College Football

One of the fastest-growing sports in America could be coming to the NCAA. On Wednesday, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommended that Divisions I, II, and III sponsor legislation to add to the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program. After the vote, all three divisions will have an opportunity to sponsor legislation to advance the sport, and the recommendation …

Feb. 12—Ohio State is set to replace Jim Knowles with a former NFL head coach. A source confirmed reports Matt Patricia will be the next defensive coordinator for the Buckeyes while current assistants Tim Walton and Matt Guerrieri are set to receive promotions. Guerrieri will be passing game coordinator along with safeties coach while Walton will add co-defensive coordinator to …

Wisconsin football has undoubtedly raised its recruiting profile since Luke Fickell took over as head coach in December 2022. Fickell first delivered a terrific 2024 class, finishing in 247Sports’ top 25 nationally and with the program’s first-ever blue-chip radio of 50%. 2025 then became an impressive encore. Fickell again finished within 247Sports’ top 25, led by top signees four-star quarterback …

Feb. 12—After being hit with a major knee injury before his senior football season began, Pisgah’s Sawyer Belue might have thought his athletic career could be in jeopardy. But last Tuesday, Belue made his return to sports in the County Clash basketball game. The next day, he was in the Pisgah library signing his letter of intent to play football …

Former ESPN college football analyst David Pollack has been open about his expectations for Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers heading into the 2025 season. The 2024 ACC Champions took down SMU to earn the title and an automatic bid to the 2024 College Football Playoff, where the Tigers fell 38-24 to Texas in the first round. It was a …

USATSI Legendary West Virginia quarterback Pat White is returning to WVU as the assistant quarterbacks coach/assistant to the head coach under Rich Rodriguez, the program announced Wednesday. White played for Rodriguez from 2005-07 during a legendary three-year run for the Mountaineers and was most recently an offensive assistant for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2022 and 2023. “It’s really special …

Last December, West Virginia turned to its relatively recent past when hiring a head football coach, bringing in former Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, 17 years after he left his alma mater for Michigan. Now, Rodriguez is bringing arguably the most famous player from his first West Virginia tenure back with him to Morgantown. Former Mountaineers star quarterback Pat White is …

UNLV football offensive lineman Ben Christman has died at the age of 21, the university announced on Wednesday. UNLV announced the passing of Christman, who was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning, on the program’s X (formerly Twitter) account Wednesday afternoon. He transferred to UNLV from Kentucky this offseason for the final year of his eligibility. UNLV’s press …

In the weeks immediately after defeating Notre Dame and winning the 2024 College Football Playoff championship, Ohio State underwent significant, sweeping changes to its coaching staff, with Chip Kelly leaving to be the Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles taking the same role at Penn State, where he’ll be the highest-paid assistant coach in college football. …

Spring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July. The idea is nothing new, but it is gaining traction. Sources told CBS Sports …

The Georgia Bulldogs enter the 2025 spring with a significant amount of roster turnover. Georgia lost a number of key contributors in the trenches to the NFL draft and quarterback Carson Beck exited via the transfer portal. Georgia’s new starters and key depth players could certainly use the experience of playing in spring game in front of a home crowd …

Rich RodriguezA+You can go home again! One of the grandfathers of the zone read spread returns to his alma mater and a place he coached from 2001-2007. Rodriguez will bring a sense of nostalgia and possibility to a program that is dying for a sniff of the old days. Rodriguez, 61, is literally the embodiment of those old days. Barry …

Ohio State football’s search for the next defensive coordinator to replace Jim Knowles appears to be at an end. Originally reported by ESPN’s Pat Thamel and later confirmed by an OSU spokesman, the Buckeyes have hired former NFL head coach and Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator, Matt Patricia. We are still waiting for an official press release from the university. As …

Getty Images Ohio State is finalizing a deal to hire former NFL coach Matt Patricia as its new defensive coordinator, ESPN reports. The Buckeyes had been searching for a replacement after Jim Knowles departed for the same role at Penn State. CBS Sports’/247Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported Wednesday that Ohio State had hosted Patricia for a meeting previously.  The 50-year-old Patricia hasn’t coached …

Head coach Arryn Chenault is out as the Little Miami football coach. Arryn Chenault is out as head football coach at Little Miami after one season with the program. Little Miami was 1-10 last season. The team hasn’t had a winning season since joining the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in 2020. The Panthers had three in a row from 2017-19 while …