College Football

The best kicker for the 2024 college football season hails from Cajun Country. At the 2024 College Football Awards show on Thursday, Louisiana football’s Kenneth Almendares won the 2024 Lou Groza Award, earning him the title of the best college football kicker in the nation. All year long, the fifth-year senior kicker has been a weapon in the Ragin’ Cajuns’ …

USATSI The sport’s biggest names were honored on Friday at the annual College Football Awards as more than 20 different trophies were handed out over the course of the evening. Few stars shone brighter than Colorado’s Travis Hunter, who took home multiple awards reflecting his impact all over the field.  Hunter kicked a prolific event off by winning the Bednarik …

It may be hard to believe, but Bill Belichick is the new head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Yeah, you read that right. The wildest hiring of the cycle has taken place, and the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach will now take his turn at trying to rebuild a program in desperate need of a boost. Legendary coach …

Florida State landed a commitment from Boston College quarterback transfer Thomas Castellanos on Wednesday evening, giving the Seminoles their quarterback for the immediate future, at the very least. Castellanos comes to Tallahassee after two seasons at Boston College, where he quickly emerged as a dynamic playmaker for the Eagles. At the time of his commitment, Castellanos ranks as the No. …

Was a Travis Hunter Heisman win foreshadowed on Thursday night? The Colorado defensive back and wide receiver became the first player to win the Bednarik Award and Biletnikoff Award on Thursday night. The Bednarik Award is given to the best defensive player in college football and the Biletnikoff Award is given to the best wide receiver. The Biletnikoff Award was …

The Michigan Wolverines played one of the toughest schedules in the nation with six games against ranked opponents. They will face No. 11 Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Dec. 31 at Noon ET. It’s another example of how the Wolverines haven’t shied away from playing top competition despite losing talent from their national championship squad last season. The Wolverines …

Dec. 12—As hundreds of college football players enter the transfer portal, more than a handful of local high school graduates are among them. Taran Tyo, a veteran offensive lineman from Versailles, has generated the most headlines after announcing he is leaving Ball State. The 6-foot-4, 326-pound Tyo was a two-year starter for the Cardinals. He made the All-MAC third team …

UNLV is hiring former Florida and Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen, the school announced Thursday.  The two sides were in active discussions late Wednesday night, with the deal being finalized Thursday morning, sources familiar with the situation said. UNLV was able to entice Mullen with an increased name, image and likeness budget in addition to revenue-sharing payments for players starting …

Texas football redshirt freshman Sydir Mitchell is expected to stay with the team according to a report from 247Sports. Mitchell announced his intention to enter the portal on Wednesday but never officially entered. The Longhorns were already bracing for some depth problems on their defensive line, with current Texas defensive tackles Alfred Collins, Vernon Broughton, Jermayne Lole and Bill Norton …

USATSI The sport’s biggest stars will be honored on Friday at the annual College Football Awards event with more than 20 different trophies to hand out over the course of the evening. The Maxwell and Walter Camp awards, both tabbing college football’s player of the year, are just some of the accolades on the line.  Three seniors are up for …

Dec. 12—The road to the Class AA state championship began long before spring practice started for the football teams from Barnwell and Clinton. In fact, the journey to Thursday’s title tilt started at the same time for both of them — mid-November of last year, hours after a loss in the third round of the playoffs. For Barnwell, it was …

Bill Belichick is on to North Carolina. The six-time Super Bowl champion head coach was officially introduced as the newest leader of the North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday, marking one of the most surprising developments in the football world in 2024.  After parting ways with the New England Patriots following the 2023 season and not landing a gig last …

John Garcia, Jr. MOBILE, Ala. — Notre Dame won out early before Auburn and Ole Miss battled it out in the end. The recruitment of Deuce Knight was national news over the last six months or so, with plenty of eyeballs still on the Lucedale (Miss.) George County quarterback on December 4 when it was time to make things official …

We are rapidly approaching the start of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, and here at CBS Sports we have found all kinds of ways to break it down. There are, of course, expert picks with our thoughts on how the bracket will play out. We’ve also broken down the easiest and hardest paths in the bracket, power ranked the …

Names had already been tossed in, but the NCAA football transfer portal officially opened on Dec. 9 and will close on Dec. 28 before a spring window opens in April. Recruitment from the transfer portal is off and running with the opening. Here is a list of local athletes that have put their names in the transfer portal with hopes …