College Football

Sam Leavitt is signing autographs for little kids after practice these days. If there’s a better example of how far Arizona State football has come as the Cinderfella story of this college football season, I can’t find it. Get “Forks Up,” our ASU collector’s edition book Leavitt is a redshirt freshman quarterback playing for a team that had just six …

Former Wisconsin Badgers and current Florida Gators wide receiver Chimere Dike declared for the 2025 NFL draft on Monday. Dike, who played Wisconsin for four years from 2020-23, plans to make the jump to the pros after one year with the Florida Gators. The former Badger pass-catcher transferred to the SEC program in Dec. 2023. He joined former Badgers quarterback …

Christmas Eve features just one football game — the 2024 Hawaii Bowl– and it is the South Florida Bulls (6-6) taking on the San Jose State Spartans (7-5) in an AAC vs. Mountain West clash. Head coach Alex Golesh navigated a tough schedule and the loss of quarterback Byrum Brown for much of the season to guide the Bulls to …

The college football bowl lineup tends to get shuffled year to year, as games are arranged and reconfigured based upon how the calendar happens to fall. One destination, however, has been fairly constant on or about Dec. 24. The pandemic interrupted this holiday tradition in the islands for a couple of years, but thankfully it’s back on the postseason schedule. …

The 2024 Hawaii Bowl will take place on Tuesday and it will pit the South Florida Bulls against the San Jose State Spartans. Under former Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh, USF (6-6) is making its second bowl appearance in a row despite winning four games combined in the three seasons prior to his arrival. Meanwhile, San Jose State is 7-5 …

Penn State football must subdue a dangerous underdog to move into the College Football Playoff semifinals. That means beating Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve. That means handling one of college football’s most unusual, electric stars in recent memory: Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty. Jeanty packs stunning speed and power from such a compact body …

It didn’t take long for Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops to start rebuilding his roster. Following a disappointing 4-8 finish in 2024, UK’s coaching staff quickly began to see players departing the program in the NCAA transfer portal. More than 20 players have entered the portal or opted to leave for the NFL. However, less than a month after the …

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck (15) goes down after a hit on this trowing shoulder during the first half of the SEC championship game against Texas in Atlanta, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck will be out for the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The …

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 02: Miller Moss #7 of the USC Trojans passes the ball against the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium on November 02, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. The 2024 college football regular season came to an end on Saturday, and that means it’s …

PHOENIX – Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano has had plenty of time to study up on Kansas State. It’s been nearly a month since the Scarlet Knights’ blowout victory over Michigan State in the regular-season finale, and nearly two weeks since Schiano’s team learned it would be playing the Wildcats in the Rate Bowl on Thursday at Chase Field. “They …

SOUTH BEND — Five weeks after losing on Senior Day at Notre Dame Stadium, Virginia transfer Malachi Fields decided to join the Irish. Fields, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound grad transfer, made the announcement Monday afternoon on his social media account. A converted quarterback who stayed home in Charlottesville, Va., out of Monticello High School, Fields was remarkably consistent in his final …

Dec. 23—Two eight-man football players from opposite ends of the state and two Class A quarterbacks were announced as the four finalists for the 53rd James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, given annually to the best senior football player in Maine. Eight-man standouts Isaiah Ervin, a 6-foot-5 quarterback from Houlton, and Old Orchard Beach receiver/returner Riley Provencher will join Noble High’s Jamier …

MANHATTAN — Kansas State football continued to replenish its secondary through the transfer portal on Monday with the addition of Arizona safety Gunner Maldonado. Maldonado is the Wildcats’ seventh portal pickup and third defensive back, filling a need with the loss of three starters to graduation, the portal or the NFL Draft. He played four years at Arizona, but was …

Former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula committed to Missouri over Iowa on Sunday night. Though the Hawkeyes and offensive coordinator Tim Lester would have love to have added Pribula into their quarterback mix, Pribula instead opted for the Tigers and the SEC. According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Pribula’s NIL package with Missouri will pay him $1.5 million in 2025. Nakos …

When the Georgia Bulldogs begin their College Football Playoff run, they will do so without their starting quarterback. Carson Beck is out for the remainder of the season, the school announced on Monday. The fifth-year senior suffered an elbow injury on his throwing arm in the final play of the first half in the SEC championship game against Texas. He …