College Football

Sep. 6—FROSTBURG — Frostburg State had a top-20 defense last season, and it showed in the season opener against Millersville. The Bobcats (1-0) only allowed one touchdown, and pitched a second-half shutout, leading to a 23-6 victory Thursday night at Bobcat Stadium. “One great takeaway was that was Millersville’s second game and our first,” FSU head coach Eric Wagoner said. …

Sept. 3, 2022; Lincoln; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Scott Frost looks on during a timeout in the second quarter against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Memorial Stadium. Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports Scott Frost, the former head coach of the UCF Knights and Nebraska Cornhuskers, began his first coaching venture into the NFL when he joined the Rams earlier this …

ESPN analysts Kirk Herbstreit, right, and Lee Corso broadcast from the set of ESPN’s College Gameday before a NCAA Division I college football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. [Joshua A. Bickel/Dispatch] Osu19psu Jb 02 The 12th Man is widely known across the …

Should Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter somehow gotten even more recognition after their Week 1 performances against North Dakota State? Deion Sanders thinks so. The Colorado coach wondered on his weekly coaches show Thursday why his quarterback and star cornerback/wide receiver weren’t an even bigger part of the college football discourse following Colorado’s 31-26 victory last Thursday. He even joked …

Saturday’s game between Colorado and Nebraska poses a fundamental question about the rapidly changing modern era of college football: Which is the right way to build a team these days? The head coaches of both programs started at the same time, in late 2022. But since then, Colorado’s Deion Sanders and Nebraska’s Matt Rhule have taken wildly divergent paths in …

. Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 edge prospect Tobi Haastrup. “After a great conversation with Coleman Minnis, I’m blessed to receive my 12th Division 1 offer from the University of Tennessee,” Haastrup said. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound four-star edge prospect is from Mayde Creek High School in Houston, Texas. Haastrup is the No. 276 overall prospect in the class of …

The Wisconsin Badgers are among 24 collegiate programs with a starting quarterback in the NFL ahead of the 2024 campaign. Former Badger and 2011 Big Ten Quarterback of the Year Russell Wilson will represent the program as the sole Wisconsin alumnus starting under center this season. He will do so for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oklahoma, which produced Kyler Murray (Cardinals), …

The young season’s first top-10 showdown highlights the Week 2 slate in college football, with plenty of other tempting matchups on the menu as well. OK, there are also quite a few potential laughers like there were in Week 1, but hey, that’s why we’re here to help you pick the games to watch. In addition to the headliner with …

By now, it’s well documented that college football has entered yet another era of seismic conference realignment. And one of the several driving catalysts behind this new “wild wild west” stems from the dissolution of the Pac-12, with two of its members finding new homes on the opposite side of the country in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Week 2 of …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State easily covered the point spread in its season-opening win over South Dakota State last week, but Arkansas presents a different kind of challenge. The 17th-ranked Cowboys are eight-point favorites as they host the Razorbacks at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium. Former OSU great Leslie O’Neal, the Pokes’ all-time sacks leader, will be recognized with …

PROVO, UT – NOVEMBER 18: Jake Retzlaff #12 of the Brigham Young Cougars throws a pass during warmups before their game against the Oklahoma Sooners at LaVell Edwards Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images) The first week of the 2024 college football season is over, and it was full of surprising upsets and …

Kentucky Wesleyan College opened its football season with a 33-13 win over Northern Michigan on Thursday at Steele Stadium. KWC quarterback Joey Cambron threw three touchdown passes to lead the team to victory. Cambron hit Jatavian Churchill with a 23-yard touchdown strike, Cambron also hit Khia Sherrard with a 34-yard touchdown pass, and Kam Sherrard with a 35-yard touchdown. Cambron …

Congratulations to No. 7 Notre Dame, which not only won a difficult road game at No. 20 Texas A&M, 23-13, but has already clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff. How, you say, does that happen after one game? Well, first it’s clear they’ve got a solid defense and have updated their quarterback position with Duke transfer Riley Leonard. …

Missouri football looks like it will be without its starting tight end this week. On Thursday, ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel reported that Mizzou sophomore tight end Brett Norfleet has been ruled out of the Tigers’ game against Buffalo on Saturday with a shoulder injury he classified as not long term. Sources: Missouri will be without star sophomore tight …

SOUTH BEND — No matter how Marcus Freeman fares as the coach of Notre Dame football, a certain wariness will always set in before guarantee games such as Saturday’s against Northern Illinois. Two years ago this week, Marshall University collected a $1.25 million appearance fee and still left Notre Dame Stadium with a shocking 26-21 upset victory. That game marked …