College Football

Jul. 31—This is the first summer in the history of state high school sports when equity has been a priority. All coaches in all sports, per a newly-adopted CIAC rule, are allowed up to four hours of weekly instructional time with players who choose to participate, thus allowing more equitable baselines of competition, giving have-nots at least one rock for …

Jul. 31—On the eve of the first day of preseason practice, former Ohio State football captain Kourt Williams announced he is done playing football. “Four knee surgeries and three shoulder surgeries,” he wrote on social media. “In these five years, there’s been a lot of light and a lot of dark…but I wouldn’t change a thing. “It’s been a long …

When BYU linebacker Ben Bywater took a big hit on his right shoulder last year during the third quarter at Kansas, he knew he was in trouble, but he never thought it would end his career. On Wednesday, it did — as he retired from football. After 36 games, including 24 starts, Bywater’s playing days are over, and it was …

Sure, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian knows it’s hot. He just spent a couple of hours Wednesday in the mid-day heat in a black Longhorns T-shirt, orchestrating the first summer practice of the season at the Frank Denius Fields on the eastern edge of campus. Yes, Sarkisian also knows his talented team has genuine hopes of playing football until Jan. …

Jul. 31—BROOKINGS — The two-time defending FCS champions kicked off their bid for a three-peat on Wednesday with the first official practice of the 2024 season, and it was hard not to feel the absence of several faces that had become overly familiar at South Dakota State. Mason McCormick and Garret Greenfield were gone from the offensive line group. Tight …

OXFORD ― Lane Kiffin’s crystal ball is cloudy. Every year, the Ole Miss football coach has a few key position battles to monitor during preseason practice. Still, Kiffin said he’s usually had an idea for the likely outcomes of those competitions. As the Rebels opened preseason practice ahead of the 2024 season on Wednesday, Kiffin explained that he can’t call …

Quiet isn’t a word often associated with Indiana University coach Curt Cignietti or his football teams, but Wednesday’s opening practice for the Hoosiers didn’t have any loud moments of concern nor anything to get fired up about. It was Day 1 of a process that Cignetti hopes will whip Indiana into shape by the time of its season opener against …

Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals runs the ball upfield after a catch during a game on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 in Logan, Utah. A bright football future awaits Royals. How bright the Aggies’ 2024 season will be is less certain. | Tyler Tate For nearly a month now, football has been an afterthought in conversations regarding Utah State. Sure, …

Florida State football will be the team to beat in the 2024 season. The ACC released its media poll on Wednesday afternoon. FSU had the most first-place votes with 81 out of 170. The vote was taken last week during the ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson trailed FSU with 55 first-place votes. Miami was third with 17. FSU …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football has plenty of questions and concerns as fall camp opens. But one area the Boilermakers don’t have to worry about, knock on wood Purdue fans, is injuries. Unlike a year ago when coach Ryan Walters and staff began fall camp with key players sidelined or unable to participate full tilt, Purdue opened with nearly everyone …

With its season opener against Colorado State just a month away, the Texas football team got to work on Wednesday afternoon. This may be the most-anticipated football season at Texas in some time. Coming off a season in which it went 12-2, won the Big 12 championship and made its first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff, UT has been …

OXFORD ― Ole Miss football opened preseason practice on Wednesday. Deion Smith, among the Rebels’ most exciting offseason additions, was not present. Asked whether he anticipated Smith joining Ole Miss this season, Rebels coach Lane Kiffin was noncommittal. “Maybe,” he said. The 247Sports Composite ranked Smith, a wide receiver, as the top junior college prospect in the country for the …

This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of the College Football Enquirer, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde discuss the impending notice of allegations expected to be delivered to Michigan. They predict the severity of the allegations and judge what would be a fair punishment for the school’s actions. They also cover on …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football safety Amare Ferrell started the spring game with the first-team defense. He’s not looking to give that spot up as the team opened fall camp at the John Mellencamp Pavilion on Wednesday. “Solid spring, big future, expect big things from him,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, after the team’s first fall practice. “And looks like he’s picked …

SOUTH BEND — Out from under a blanket of heat and humidity and into the cooler climes of an air-conditioned press conference room in Notre Dame Stadium late Wednesday morning, you waited and wondered. More like hoped and prayed. Hoped and prayed that Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman would step from the golf cart that ferried him from …