College Football

When Nick Saban, arguably the greatest college football coach of all time, praises your coaching ability, you’re probably in a good place. Just ask Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman. Saban went on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN and said that Freeman’s personality is a big part of why the Irish are already garnering attention as a College Football …

Hello, and welcome to Week 2 of the Michigan high school football season! Here are the scores and results from the second week of prep football in the Mitten State: CONTROVERSY IN THE PSL: Detroit Mumford athletic director insists: Connor Stalions is not our acting head coach Thursday’s scores Advanced Tech 46, CMA 0 Allendale 20, Hopkins 12 Brown City 56, Memphis …

College football is back and it may be better than ever. If you’ve already rolled your eyes at that (possible) overreaction, that’s fair. But you may have missed Nick Saban cussing on College GameDay, playoff scenarios making headlines after Week 1, and the general volatility of Florida’s major programs. The offseason was crazy, but 2024 is off to a crazy-good …

Sep. 6—MITCHELL — Dakota Wesleyan football will vie for a new piece of hardware on Saturday. The Tigers open their Great Plains Athletic Conference calendar facing off against Mount Marty for their home opener in the inaugural Dakota Railroad Rivalry game. DWU also looks to bounce back following a road loss on opening week, and give Alex Kretzschmar his first …

Sep. 6—MITCHELL — When the opportunity came along to lead a defense again, Chris Bessler couldn’t pass it up. Bessler was brought in to be Dakota Wesleyan football’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach back in January following a long coaching tenure at his alma mater Doane University (Neb.). He served as the defensive coordinator at Doane from 2007 to 2017 …

Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Not many are giving Michigan football much of a chance to compete against Texas in Week 2, despite having won the national championship last year. And much of that is due to the personnel losses mixed with how the offense looked in Week 1. But Fox Sports analyst Brady Quinn doesn’t think it’s …

Sep. 6—Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck coached at Western Michigan. So did Jack Harbaugh, father of Jim and John Harbaugh. So did Elliot Uzelac, whose job as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator went up in flames when star running back Robert Smith sat out the 1991 season because of a conflict with Uzelac. And so did Tim Lester, who took over for …

Sep. 6—As the time to hang up his high school cleats nears, senior linebacker and running back Drayton Pouncil looks to work hard and be a leader for his team in his last year wearing black and gold. Pouncil began playing football in third grade and remembers falling in love with the game. He explained that since he was young, …

Sep. 6—It was a typical first week of college football as there was only one upset and all the other ranked teams handled business against nonranked opponents. Some ranked teams may have had a scare, but ultimately they all came out on top, except Florida State. Which, shame on me for not picking Boston College to come out on top. …

No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will host No. 3 Texas Longhorns during week two of the NCAA football season. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Defending national champs the Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns both won their first games of the season last week, and the two will meet this weekend in Ann Arbor for Week 2 of NCAA football. …

The Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) football team is back in action on Saturday, hosting South Dakota (1-0) in the second game of the year. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, 3:30 p.m. ET at Camp Randall Stadium as the Badgers will look to improve to 2-0 on the season. The Badgers are coming off a 28-14 win over Western Michigan …

. DirecTV has come to an agreement with the University of Southern California. We discussed the likelihood of corporate sponsorship in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Trojans Wire back in May of this year. The DirecTV corporate name will be painted on the back line behind the two end zones. USC home games will provide more sponsorship labels on Coliseum …

The Big 12 showed out during Week 1 of the college football season. The conference’s 16 teams posted a combined 14-2 record. And, with Week 2 of the season set to kick off on Friday, they’ll look to continue their strong play. Here are Week 2 score predictions for every Big 12 team. More: Big 12 football tiebreaker rules: How …

Conference realignment has changed the landscape of college sports yet again. The 2024-25 season is the first without the Pac-12 as a Power Five conference. Most of its member institutions departed for the Big Ten and the Big 12. That leaves major college football with four “power conferences”: Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and ACC. The Big 12 added four …

Aug 31, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney walks onto the field with players before the 2024 Aflac Kickoff Game with the University of Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: – Ken Ruinard – USA TODAY Sports A lot of times, you’ll hear people say don’t overreact to one week of football. More often than …