College Football

O’Brien: Parity in college football was ‘eye-opening’ in 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2024 college football season has been pretty awesome. There were plenty of surprise teams, both good and bad. Conference realignment led to some pretty cool matchups that we don’t often see like Texas vs. Georgia or Ohio State vs. Oregon. There were no …

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set, as 12 teams prepare to compete in the expanded playoff for the first time. No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed Georgia, No. 3 seed Boise State and No. 4 seed Arizona State each earned first-round byes, so they will wait for their respective quarterfinal matchups to be set. The first round …

Tim Prangley – trojans wire USC football might still have one game left to play in 2024, but the Trojans have already begun getting ready for 2025. On Thursday, USC landed its first transfer portal commitment of the offseason, former UCF cornerback Chasen Johnson. As a true freshman at UCF in 2024, Johnson was able to find his way into …

USATSI Cal is hiring former Hawaii and Washington State coach Nick Rolovich as a senior offensive assistant, ESPN reports. Rolovich last coached college football in 2021 after he was fired for cause in the middle of the season after refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine.  Rolovich was one of five Washington State coaches fired by the school for not complying with …

There are few environments in sports that can match the spectacle of the Army-Navy football game. The 22nd-ranked Black Knights (11-1) and Midshipmen (8-3) renew one of college football’s top rivalries on Saturday at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md. Navy leads the series with an all-time record of 62-55-7, but Army has won the past two meetings. Navy coach Brian …

The 125th playing of the Army-Navy Game will take place Saturday, with the 2024 Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy on the line. Both teams defeated Air Force earlier this year, so the Army vs. Navy winner will claim the trophy, which would be the Black Knights’ second in a row. No. 22 Army (11-1) can set a single-season program record by notching its …

The NCAA, Pac-12 and USC are pushing to get former USC running back Reggie Bush’s lawsuit dismissed. Bush is seeking past name, image and likeness compensation. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) The NCAA, Pac-12 Conference and USC are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by former Trojan star running back Reggie Bush on the grounds that his claims of antitrust …

It was a landmark year in the ACC as the league entered into its first season of the 17-team era, welcoming in SMU, Cal and Stanford to create a new footprint that expands from the Atlantic Coast to … all of the coasts. And the newcomers made some noise, too, with SMU being the only team to go 8-0 in …

Michigan football officially has its next offensive coordinator. The program announced the hire of Chip Lindsey on Friday after he spent the past nearly three decades coaching across the country. He comes directly from North Carolina, where he spent the past two years in Chapel Hill as offensive coordinator. The 50-year-old has been either an offensive coordinator or head coach …

USATSI Michigan has hired Chip Lindsey as its next offensive coordinator, the school announced Friday. Lindsey served most recently as North Carolina’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the last two seasons and worked with current New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye during the 2023 season. “Coach Lindsey is an innovative offensive mind who likes to run and pass the …

Nov 9, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; A U.S. Army parachute jumper prepares to land in Notre Dame Stadium before a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Florida State Seminoles. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images While Notre Dame football has played on Friday’s, they haven’t done so at home in a very long time. According to Chuck …

Photo: Isaiah Hole A local product who handled both kickoff duties and punting, it was an uneven season for Michigan football’s Tommy Doman. The fourth-year punter was still solid on kickoff but outside of a handful of games, Doman struggled, often kicking short punts or shanking punts. However, against USC and Ohio State, Doman shined, with a defining 68-yard punt …

The Army and Navy take great pride in everything they do, but this week, their mutual respect is also an opportunity for competition. The Army-Navy Game provides one of the most striking and patriotic scenes in all of sports, but before the entire student body of cadets and midshipmen march on the field, and the AAC teams meet Saturday inside …

BATON ROUGE — LSU football starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier announced his decision that he would be returning for his final year of eligibility earlier this week, much to the delight of coach Brian Kelly, his staff, players and fans. In his first year starting, Nussmeier pieced together a solid junior season, leading the Tigers to an 8-4 record and the …

USATSI LSU coach Brian Kelly and his wife, Paqui, will personally match up to $1 million in contributions to the Tigers’ name, image and likeness collective with a gift to the Tiger Athletic Foundation’s Excellence Fund. The initiative, dubbed the “Kelly Family Million Dollar Match Challenge,” is set to run from Dec. 13 to Feb. 5, 2025. “LSU has a …