The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule begins on Saturday, so there is not much time to craft a winning college football bowl confidence strategy. South Alabama is a 7-point favorite against Western Michigan in the Veterans Bowl on Saturday and using the latest college football odds is one tool to use when you lock in your 2024-25 college football bowl …
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Penn State’s Tyler Warren, Abdul Carter named to an All-American team
Penn State tight end Tyler Warren and defensive end Abdul Carter were named Wednesday to the CBS Sports/247 Sports All-America first team. Warren leads the Nittany Lions with 88 receptions for 1,062 yards and six touchdowns. He also has rushed 23 times for 191 yards and four scores and has passed for 35 yards for one TD. Carter has 60 …
Read More »2024 CBS Sports All-America team: Big Ten edges SEC in selections, Travis Hunter picks up three honors
With the college football season in the books, our panel of experts was faced with plenty of difficult decisions when convening to select the 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America team. Experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports joined forces once again to honor the players who shined the brightest on the gridiron over the last three-plus months. Unanimous selections generally play a …
Read More »Texas OT Kelvin Banks wins the Lombardi Award
Nov 23, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (78) blocks Kentucky Wildcats player during the second quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-Imagn Images Texas Longhorns offensive tackle Kelvin Banks has won the prestigious Lombardi Award, given to the most ‘outstanding college football lineman, whether on offense or defense, who displays …
Read More »College football bowl confidence pools 2024-25: Picks, predictions, optimal rankings from expert on 26-8 roll
The 2024-25 college football bowl season will kick off on Saturday when South Alabama takes on Western Michigan in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl at 9 p.m. ET. Over the course of the next five weeks, there will be 46 bowl matchups (including all College Football Playoff games) and the college football bowl schedule includes some stylistically intriguing battles. …
Read More »Former UNM QB Devon Dampier transferring to Utah
Dec. 11—Former New Mexico quarterback Devon Dampier will transfer to Utah, he announced via a post on social media Wednesday. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound first team All-Mountain West quarterback is set to reunite with offensive coordinator Jason Beck and quarterbacks assistant Koy Detmer Jr., who both left UNM for Utah at season’s end. Dampier, the most prominent of UNM’s 30-plus portal …
Read More »LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier announces return for senior season; first-year starter was potential first-round pick
Garrett Nussmeier will be back at LSU for his senior season. Nussmeier, who threw for 3,739 yards and 26 touchdowns in his first season as LSU’s starting quarterback, announced Wednesday night that he will return to Baton Rouge for his final season of eligibility. Nussmeier spent two seasons as the backup to Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels before moving into …
Read More »Bulldogs’ Ridgeway commits to Grizzlies
Dec. 11—Fynn Ridgeway, the decorated Whitefish High School quarterback who spent the past two seasons at Division II Moorhead (Minn.) State, has committed to the Montana Grizzlies. It’s been an interesting three weeks for the 215-pounder. On Nov. 19 he announced via Twitter/X that he was entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. “This decision was not easy and I have valued …
Read More »2025 SEC football schedule by team: Key games, dates as league releases full slate for next season
The SEC released its 2025 conference football schedule on Wednesday, giving all 16 league members a glimpse of what the upcoming season will look like. Though league opponents were locked in for SEC teams in 2025, there were still a few things to settle when the conference announced the schedule. Every team will play the inverse of its 2024 schedule, …
Read More »Former Boston College quarterback Thomas Castellanos commits to FSU football
Florida State football landed its quarterback in the transfer portal, per reports. After taking his official visit on Wednesday, Thomas Castellanos decided to commit to the Seminoles. After losing freshman quarterback Luke Kromenhoek to the portal, adding Castellanos gives FSU a guaranteed quarterback option following a 2-10 season. One factor in Castellanos’s decision to join the Seminoles is reuniting with …
Read More »North Carolina hires Bill Belichick: Tar Heels invest like title contender, but now it’s time for results
North Carolina football has been at the center of the entire sports landscape — not just at the collegiate level — for much of the last week as it pursued Bill Belichick to be its next coach. The return of the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach to the sidelines was always going to be a large-scale media event if it happened, …
Read More »New coach Eric Schmidt says his FBS blueprint can work at UND
Dec. 11—GRAND FORKS — Eric Schmidt’s path in college football came full circle Wednesday, speaking where it all started — at the site of old Memorial Stadium around the likes of Dale Lennon and Bubba Schweigert. As a player, Schmidt captained UND to a 2001 NCAA Division II national championship. As an assistant coach, Schmidt helped UND win the 2016 …
Read More »Bill Belichick to North Carolina reaction: Why college football, NFL figures either love — or hate — hire
The multi-day melodrama that played out between Bill Belichick and North Carolina blunted a bit of the shock of the Tar Heels hiring the 72-year-old, six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach, but industry consensus was nonetheless stunned/shocked/surprised as the two sides barreled closer to the goal-line. The news finally saw daylight Wednesday. North Carolina officially announced Belichick as coach Dec. 11, with …
Read More »Texas DC Pete Kwiatkowski among finalist for coach of year awards
Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski answer questions from the local news media during the first press conferences for the 2023 football season on August 1, 2023. Texas Longhorns Defensive Coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski has been named one of the top five finalists for the Broyles Award, recognizing the best assistant coach in college football. The Broyles Award committee revealed the …
Read More »Where North Carolina’s Bill Belichick ranks college coaches: Some experts say top 10, another says bottom half
Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick is set to take over at North Carolina, bringing perhaps the greatest professional coach in history to a new frontier. Belichick is the all-time leader with six Super Bowl wins and one of only three coaches — along with Don Shula and George Halas — to win more than 300 games in the NFL. However, …
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