College Football

Will Howard, the Kansas State quarterback who has entered the transfer portal and was visited by Lincoln Riley weeks ago, has reciprocated. He has come to Los Angeles and the USC campus to visit Riley and the school he is considering as a possible landing spot. Who will be USC’s starting quarterback in 2024? It could be Miller Moss, but …

Sprayberry (Marrietta, Georgia) cornerback Mark Manfred announced that he received a scholarship offer from USC. The 6-2, 175-pound Manfred is also considering offers from Clemson, Duke, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Wisconsin, North Carolina State, Wake Forest and North Carolina. Manfred finished his junior campaign with 14 receptions for 178 yards and 3 TDs, along with 57 tackles, 5 TFLs, 1 interception, and …

The wait is over as the Texas Tech football team returns to the field one last time in 2023 to take on Cal in the Independence Bowl. The Red Raiders and Golden Bears enter Saturday night’s contest with identical 6-6 records. This will be Cal’s final football game as a member of the Pac-12 conference as it heads for the …

No. 22 Clemson and Kentucky were both left disappointed by their respective results in the regular season, but they can generate momentum heading into next season when they meet in the 2023 Gator Bowl on Dec. 29. The Tigers closed the year on a four-game winning streak, including top-25 wins over North Carolina and Notre Dame. Kentucky lost five times …

We are still more than two weeks away from the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena but it hasn’t slowed down Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban from putting in the work during the “downtime”. Since winning the SEC Championship on Dec. 2, Coach Saban and …

Savannah (Georgia) Jenkins edge rusher Lorenzo Cowan announced his commitment to USC on Friday. The former Kentucky commit was impressed by the USC coaching staff and his visit to campus this week. “USC offers so much beyond football, and not just academically,” Cowan said. “The experiences they offer, the people you’ll be around every day, the culture, and Coach Riley …

It’s the time of the year when we see football rosters in flux across the nation, whether it be due to players leaving via the transfer portal, or others opting out of bowl games and declaring for the NFL Draft. That means that there are holes to fill on teams playing in bowl games across the nation, and young players …

18 total quarterbacks were ranked ahead of Georgia quarterback Carson Beck in the 2020 recruiting cycle. What happened to all 18 quarterbacks ranked ahead of Carson Beck? The Georgia Bulldogs hit on Carson Beck, who has 3,728 passing yards, 22 touchdowns, and six interceptions through 13 games in his first year as the starter. Three players (Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, …

On Thursday, Rutgers offered New Jersey athlete Talibi Kaba, getting involved early in a recruitment that appears poised to blow up. The class of 2025 prospect plays his high school football at Hillside (Hillside, New Jersey). He is a 6-foot-3, 203-pound athlete who projects at multiple positions at the next level. Kaba is turning into a strong national recruit, holding …

As the UCF football team began preparations for next week’s Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, the players were given a few days off to recuperate. For many of the older players on the team, it was a great excuse to recover from a long season — the first in the Big 12. A trip home to Mississippi wasn’t in the …

Some potentially great news regarding Texas A&M’s 2024 recruiting class is on the horizon, as 2024 four-star wide receiver Izaiah Williams, who is currently committed to Florida, has made his way to College Station for an official visit with new Aggies head coach Mike Elko. While the Gator’s recruiting woes have been notable, Texas A&M has now lost eight commits, …

Welcome to bowl season! It’s the most glorious time of the year. And from the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Dec. 16 to the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 8, there will be 42 FBS postseason games played. Not including the national title game, we have ranked all 41 bowl games from worst to best. Beyond the CFP bowls, …

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks (8-4) and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (6-6) square off Saturday in the 2023 New Orleans Bowl. This will be just the second matchup in history between these teams. Louisiana is playing in the New Orleans Bowl for the second time in the last three years. In 2021, the Ragin’ Cajuns defeated Marshall 36-21. Meanwhile, Jacksonville State …

College football’s bowl season gets underway Saturday with what one might think of as a soft launch. The slate of a half-dozen contests features no teams ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll, and just one of the games matches squads from so-called power conferences. There are, however, a couple of league champions taking the field, and the day’s lineup …

There is a big on Saturday in Texas with two teams in the USA TODAY Sports HSS Super 25 squaring off for a state championship. AT&T Stadium in Dallas will be the venue as No. 6 North Shore (Houston, Texas) plays No. 10 Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas). Willie Gaston, in his first year as head coach of North Shore, has his …