College Football

Mack Brown is going to be upset. At his firing Tuesday, sure. So much for the North Carolina Hall of Fame coach going out on his own terms.  Less than 24 hours after saying he would return to North Carolina for a seventh season, Brown’s bosses overruled him. The firing of the 73-year-old had a sordid quality to it. It …

Nov. 26—FROSTBURG — After a year at Frostburg State, Shaun Weaver is returning to Albright College as the head football coach. Weaver spent this season as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator in Frostburg. Weaver coached three All-Mountain East Conference honorees this season. Yasir Holmes and Leonard Scott were first-team selections. Holmes led the MEC with eight sacks and …

North Carolina fired Mack Brown on Tuesday, setting in motion a coaching carousel that has been lacking movement at the power conference level. While the American Athletic Conference already has a half-dozen coaching changes in progress, and CBS Sports insiders expect a robust market for power conference coordinators and assistants, the apparent cooling of multiple hot seats over the past month …

. It’s Tuesday, late in the college football season, and that means it’s time again for the lates College Football Playoff Rankings. We’re now through 13 weeks of the season and it is becoming increasingly clear some teams that will be in no matter what, but there’s also a cut line there where a loss could mean some teams just …

North Carolina head coach Mack Brown will not return following the 2024 season, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham announced on Tuesday, confirming a report from earlier in the day from InsideCarolina. The 73-year-old Brown is largely known for his tenure at Texas from 1998-2013, but he returned to Chapel Hill for a second stint as the head coach at …

Sep 7, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive Coordinator Al Golden watches warnups before the game against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images The coaching ranks within Notre Dame have churned out some prominent names over the years. Al Golden’s coaching career already was decades old when he was …

Recruiting The Ohio State Buckeyes are among the most notable college football programs in the country and typically get the attention of top-ranked recruits. The Class of 2025 is no different as the Buckeyes will have outstanding freshmen coming to Columbus next season. They have three five-star talents committed. However, they will be without London Merritt, who has officially decommited …

USATSI Colorado stars Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter will play in the Buffaloes’ postseason bowl game despite declaring for the NFL Draft, coach Deion Sanders said Tuesday. The decisions eschews a trend of highly ranked players opting out to prepare for the draft.  The Buffaloes clinched their first trip to the postseason since 2020 but face a steep climb to …

Deion Sanders doesn’t want his Jim Thorpe Award anymore. The Colorado head coach, livid that Travis Hunter was not named a finalist for the award that’s given to the best defensive back in the country each season, is going to give it to Hunter instead. “How is Travis Hunter snubbed by the Jim Thorpe Award?” Sanders said. “You could have …

Teams looking to finish the regular season on a high note clash when the Toledo Rockets battle the Akron Zips during Tuesday night MACtion. Toledo closed out its home slate with a 24-7 loss to Ohio on Wednesday, while Akron defeated Kent State 38-17 last Tuesday. The Rockets (7-4, 4-3 Mid-American Conference), who are fifth in the MAC, are 3-2 on …

EAST LANSING – As Montorie Foster flashed back to his first game as a Michigan State football player, a flood of memories returned. Along with a realization. His first college experience came against Rutgers in a near-empty Spartan Stadium in 2020. His final home game will be Saturday against those same Scarlet Knights. And the senior wide receiver does not …

UNC football is moving on from head coach Mack Brown, the Tar Heels and Brown announced Tuesday morning. Brown spent 16 seasons in Chapel Hill, including six years in his second stint with the Tar Heels. Overall, the 73-year-old coach compiled a 44-32 record (22-24 ACC) across the last six seasons. UNC (6-5, 3-4 ACC) hosts rival N.C. State (5-6, …

Ryan Day had a lot of self-reflection to do following the 2023 season. Ohio State had not only lost its third straight to rival Michigan, but Day then had to watch the Wolverines go on to win the national title. Despite all the success he’d had during his time in Columbus, Ohio, moments like that will make you question everything. …

There’s an old adage in life that seems to apply well to Michigan football’s mentality going into its rivalry game against Ohio State: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The Wolverines, of course, were broken into bite size pieces in this discord for nearly two decades. From 2004 to 2020, the lone win Michigan picked up in the sport’s …

North Carolina coach Mack Brown will not return in 2025, capping off one of the most legendary careers in college football history. Brown, 74, was one of only three coaches in the FBS who have won a national championship and he became the first UNC coach to ever win 100 games, which was accomplished across two stretches.  But while Brown …