College Football

BYU’s director of athletics Tom Holmoe introduces the school’s new men’s head basketball coach Kevin Young at an announcement event in the Marriott Center in Provo on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe will retire at the conclusion of the 2024-25 athletic season, BYU announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “His …

The Arizona State football program has been called a “sleeping giant” for years because of the team’s potential to become a perennial college football power. Could ASU become the next college football powerhouse program? Sun Devils head coach Kenny Dillingham recently addressed that topic on a podcast, talking about the potential his team has to be the next “blue blood” …

There were 15 local athletes named to the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A all-state football team Tuesday. Among them were five from Holliday, three each from Jacksboro, City View and Vernon and one from Iowa Park. The lone first-team selection was Jacksboro senior Cannon Valenzuela who made the squad as a defensive back. Playing safety, Valenzuela notched 151 tackles, …

STATE COLLEGE — For quite some time, Penn State football coach James Franklin didn’t know whether running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen would stay in his program or go to the NFL. “It was a scramble,” Franklin said Tuesday. “I wasn’t sure how it was going to play out. It wasn’t just us talking to them. The agents were …

STATE COLLEGE – Jim Knowles had been on James Franklin’s wish list as a potential Penn State defensive coordinator since at least 2021. But not until after Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame in the national title game last month did Franklin think the Nittany Lions’ chances of hiring Knowles away from the Buckeyes were legitimate. “It was a twisting, …

Now that the Super Bowl is over, the Jets are ramping up for the offseason with the first step, announcing the coaching staff of Aaron Glenn‘s offense, defense and special teams. New York’s offense will be led by first-year coordinator Tanner Engstrand. Engstrand will have the experienced Scott Turner, and his 14 seasons of coaching, on staff to assist him. …

Oregon football fans won’t have to wait until fall to get their first glimpse of the 2025 team. They just have to wait 10 more weeks. The annual Spring Game will take place at 1 p.m. on April 26 inside Autzen Stadium, the team announced Tuesday.Admission to the Spring Game – which is preceded by weeks of spring practices for …

We may be entering the heart of basketball season, but for a team entering 2025 with sky-high expectations, there is never a bad time to check in on the happenings surrounding Penn State’s football program. Penn State head coach James Franklin met with the media Tuesday afternoon to preview the 2025 offseason and winter updates. Franklin discussed several topics, including …

Alabama basketball’s Derrion Reid is officially out for Tuesday’s game against Texas. The freshman was listed as questionable in the SEC student-athlete availability report heading into the trip to Austin. Coach Nate Oats told reporters ahead of Arkansas that Reid would be “game-to-game” after sitting out against the Razorbacks. Feb 8, 2025; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach …

Four-star tight end recruit Brock Harris could be the next great Brock to play for the Georgia Bulldogs. Of course, it is unfair to compare Harris to Georgia football legend Brock Bowers, but the two players have more similarities than just their names. Harris is an elite player and is one of the best recruits in the class of 2026. …

DeMarco Murray has emerged as a candidate to become Penn State’s next running backs coach, On3’s Pete Nakos reported Tuesday. Murray has served as OU’s running backs coach since 2020, making him the second-longest tenured assistant behind offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh. Penn State is looking to fill void left behind by Ja’Juan Seider, who accepted the Notre Dame running …

Michigan State football will reportedly host 2026 cornerback prospect Bradley Brown for a visit this spring. Brown will reportedly take a visit to Michigan State this spring, and is working to set up an official as well, according to Jason Killop of On3. Brown hails from Plano, Texas and is an under-the-radar prospect that Michigan State football has shown interest …

STATE COLLEGE − Even coach James Franklin admitted that he wasn’t banking having both of his Penn State football star running backs for the upcoming season. Maybe his electric, breakaway senior-to-be, Nick Singleton. Or his relentless, pounding senior-to-be, Kaytron Allen. “I thought there was a good chance early on that we would get one of them back,” similar, he said, …

The Colorado Buffaloes are going through another transition period. For the first time in the head coach Deion Sanders era, his son, Shedeur, is not entering spring football as the team’s top quarterback. Shedeur Sanders rewrote the record book during his two years starting in Boulder. No. 2 threw for 7,364 yards and 64 touchdowns to only 13 interceptions on …

James Franklin got the phone call at 5:40 a.m., two days after the national championship game. It was about Jim Knowles, Ohio State’s multimillion-dollar defensive coordinator. The man who had orchestrated the nation’s No. 1 defense, helped it run through the College Football Playoffs to a title victory over Notre Dame. The one Penn State football wanted to lead its …