BATON ROUGE — More kickoff times for college football games are rolling in as the current sports calendar has hit the dog days of the offseason. LSU football received kickoff times and television designations Thursday for its Weeks 2 and 3 games against Louisiana Tech and Florida at Tiger Stadium this fall. The Tigers’ home opener against instate for Louisiana …
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Read More »Michigan’s road tilt vs Oklahoma just got harder with night game scheduled
Earlier on Thursday, the kickoff times of Michigan’s first four games were announced. The most challenging of the bunch is expected to be on the road against Oklahoma on Sept. 6. The Sooners are known for having rowdy crowds at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, and things will be all the more rowdy because it was announced the matchup will …
Read More »The Big 12 and WWE are expanding their partnership this fall, per sources
The Big 12 Conference and WWE are reportedly expanding their partnership this fall. According to Chris Vannini, senior writer at The Athletic, WWE is bringing SmackDown to Big 12 markets the night before football games. This includes an event in Ireland before the Week 0 game between Kansas State and Iowa State. WWE’s blue brand will also come to Orlando …
Read More »Clemson football has two standouts on 2025 Lott IMPACT Trophy List
Two Clemson football players have been named to the 2025 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List. Tigers defensive linemen T.J. Parker and Peter Woods are two of 42 players — and 16 defensive linemen — to place on the Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List, which recognizes the nation’s top defensive player who excels both on and off the field. Both are …
Read More »Kickoff times, TV designations announced for three more WSU football games
PULLMAN – Washington State’s 2025 schedule is rounding into form. On Thursday, three more Cougars games received kickoff times and TV designations: Sept. 13 at North Texas will kick at 12:30 p.m. on ESPNU, Sept. 27 at Colorado State will kick at 4:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network and Oct. 18 at Virginia will kick at 3:30 p.m. on the …
Read More »Six start times, networks announced for Texas Longhorns 2025 schedule
The kickoff times and the broadcast networks have been announced for six games of the Texas Longhorns 2025 football schedule. We’ve known for a week that the Longhorns season opener on Aug. 30 at the Horseshoe in Columbus, OH would be the 2025 debut of Big Noon Saturday on Fox Sports. The Cotton Bowl rematch is the premier game in …
Read More »SEC ups field and court-storming fines to $500,000 for each violation
Fines are increasing for field and court stormings in the SEC. The conference’s presidents and chancellors voted at the league’s spring meetings Thursday to raise the fines for a field storming or court storming to $500,000. Advertisement Before 2025, field and court storming fines were given on an escalating basis. In the penultimate week of the regular season, Oklahoma was …
Read More »TCU’s Sonny Dykes jokingly refers to season opener vs. Bill Belichick, North Carolina as ‘bad scheduling’
Getty Images TCU will be in familiar territory when it opens the 2025 college football season. The Horned Frogs are in for a high-profile opener Sept. 1 at North Carolina, and all eyes will be on the opposing sideline when Bill Belichick puts on the headset for the first time with the Tar Heels. It lines up to be the …
Read More »Handful of game times announced
We now know the game times of four Ohio State football games this fall after an announcement on Thursday. We already knew the Michigan game was set for Noon ET as is tradition, but now, we can confirm the official times and networks of games against Texas, Grambling State, and Ohio University, all at home. We already knew the game …
Read More »Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz laments consecutive Big Ten national championships, SEC shortcomings: ‘It bothers us’
Getty Images The balance of power in college football shifted back toward the Big Ten the last two years as the conference earned back-to-back national championships with Michigan’s 2023 title and Ohio State’s 2024 crown. That run snapped an eight-year stretch in which the Southeast region produced champion after champion and the SEC more often than not reigned supreme. That …
Read More »Future CFP formats: Here’s where things stand after SEC coaches pushed back on model guaranteeing league 4 playoff spots
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Inside one of the Hilton Sandestin’s many meeting rooms, some of the most highly paid and recognizable college football coaches, sitting alongside their athletic directors, tossed a proverbial wrench into playoff format discussions this week. A majority of the SEC’s coaches did not support the multiple automatic-qualifier playoff structure that had gained momentum with a large …
Read More »SEC sets fine for rushing field, court at $500,000 after eliminating escalating system
Imagn Images The SEC is setting the penalty for rushing the field or court after a game is over at $500,000, eliminating the escalating fine system in the process. Commissioner Greg Sankey announced the move Thursday evening as the SEC spring meetings in Miramar Beach, Florida come to an end. “The motivation was ‘field rushing is field rushing, the first …
Read More »SEC amps up fines to $500,000 for rushing field, storming court
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The Southeastern Conference is ratcheting up penalties on schools whose fans storm the field or rush the court, doing away with an escalating fine system and now charging $500,000 per incident. “The motivation was ‘field rushing is field rushing, the first time or the 18th time,’” commissioner Greg Sankey said Thursday in announcing the decision. “The …
Read More »Future College Football Playoff formats: Here’s what you need to know about what’s on the table
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Inside one of the Sandestin Hilton’s many meeting rooms, some of the most highly paid and recognizable college football coaches, sitting alongside their athletic directors, tossed a proverbial wrench into playoff format discussions this week. A majority of the SEC’s coaches did not support the multiple automatic-qualifier playoff structure that had gained momentum with a large …
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