College Football

Welcome to your warehouse for high school football coverage at the Marion Star. If you want to know anything about the 10 teams we cover — Marion Harding, River Valley, Pleasant, Ridgedale, Elgin, Highland, Cardington, Mount Gilead, Northmor and North Union — it can be found here. Everything we’ve produced to date for this season is in this spot. Everything …

SOUTH BEND — When there were no more mental reps to take on the practice field, no more bonds to build in the locker room, no film to watch in the meeting room, that’s when it was toughest on Notre Dame football quarterback Riley Leonard. He would find himself often alone, often at night, with nothing but his surgically repaired/healing right …

Fall camp rolls on for Ohio State football. Ohio State is 16 days from its 2024 season opener against Akron at Ohio Stadium, and expectations are already high, with the Buckeyes coming in as the No. 2 team in both the preseason Associated Press and US LBM football coaches polls. After Ohio State’s 13th practice of the spring, head coach …

Aug. 15—”Coopetition.” Definition — collaboration between business competitors, in the hope of mutually beneficial results. That is the perfect word to describe how the Vandal wide receivers and cornerbacks have looked at fall camp. The cornerbacks have the edge on experience, but are not using that experience to just shut down their teammates on the opposite side of the ball, …

DALLAS – OCTOBER 7: General view of the Rivalry banner hung above fans during the Red River Shootout between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl on October 7, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. The Longhorns won 28-10. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) There is much debate about ranking the Longhorn’s top rivals in football but we …

The 2024 college football season is almost here. As Week 1 of the season quickly approaches at the end of August, here are 10 of the biggest storylines ahead of a season of serious change in college football. There are now four power conferences It may take the month of September to get used to the Pac-12’s absence. Sure, Washington …

Mike Aresco is fresh off a three-week vacation to London and Scotland — a voyage he’s wanted to make for years now available to him in his first few months fully retired. He and his wife visited Buckingham Palace. They toured some of the most renowned Scottish scotch distilleries. And they played golf at the world’s most spectacular oceanside courses. …

Last year’s marquee non-conference games more than lived up to expectations by helping to shape the regular season and the makeup of the College Football Playoff. Texas beat Alabama — way back when the two programs were in different leagues — and rode that victory to a top-four finish and playoff berth. Florida State’s win against LSU was the first …

Oct. 28, 1995; Knoxville; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning in action against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee defeated South Carolina 56-21. USA TODAY Sports Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 16 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise …

. Five-star plus 2025 offensive tackle David Sanders Jr. has received multiple predictions to commit to Tennessee. On3 gives Sanders Jr. an 82 percent chance to commit to the Vols, per the sites recruiting prediction machine, that includes predictions from recruiting insiders Chad Simmons, Pete Nakos and Steve Wiltfong. 247Sports’ Anna Adams has also predicted Sanders Jr. will commit to …

Jul 15, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; LSU head coach Brian Kelly speaking at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports LSU’s head coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] is going to get to share one last football season with his son as a player. His youngest son, [autotag]Kenzel Kelly[/autotag], has announced that he is transferring to LSU after spending four seasons …

EAST LANSING – Among the few constants over the last five decades in the Michigan State football program, producing high-quality specialists remains at or near the top of the list. Punter Ryan Eckley and kicker Jonathan Kim are the latest in that lineage. And a welcome sigh of relief for new coach Jonathan Smith to inherit their talented legs. “We …

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Tony Garica (@RealTonyGarcia) and Rainer Sabin (@RainerSabin) • Editor: Robin Chan • Producer: Andrew Birkle • Email: apgarcia@freepress.com On this episode: Say what you want about the Michigan football program, but it sure isn’t boring. It was another busy week in Ann Arbor as Sherrone Moore held his first and only media availability of fall camp, with multiple storylines coming out of the press …

Welcome to the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In anticipation of the first four-round postseason in college football history, we’re counting down our predicted playoff field as the season approaches. The top five conference champions in the CFP selection committee’s rankings will make the playoff and the rest of the field will be filled out by seven …

Though UCF football doesn’t start its regular season until Aug. 29, the Knights have stayed plenty busy since kicking off fall camp on July 29. So has the Daytona Beach News-Journal. From Gus Malzahn and KJ Jefferson to key transfers and big games, UCF reporter Chris Boyle has you covered on all things Knights leading up to the opener against …