College Football

Jul. 30—Luke Wysong glanced down at his practice jersey and came back up with a light smile, the look of a man reunited with an old friend. “Feels good to finally have my one-five back,” the redshirt junior wide receiver said after practice on Tuesday morning. Because, for the first time under head coach Bronco Mendenhall, players like Wysong have …

Army football opened preseason camp on Tuesday with loads of optimism, a new purpose and the realization that the season is exactly one month away. “Honestly, it doesn’t feel real yet,’’ said senior co-captain Kyle Lewis, asked about the August 30 opener against Lehigh. “I think as it gets closer it’ll be like, ‘Man, this is going to be the …

The 2018 Sun Belt Coach of the Year and 2019 ACC Coach of the Year will hit the field this week looking to improve on his least productive season on the sidelines. Last year’s 3-9 campaign at the University of Cincinnati was a career-low for Scott Satterfield, albeit with a new team in a highly competitive Big 12. Heading into …

Jul. 30—Another local player is planning to play his college football in the Big 12. Noah King, a senior defensive back for Hamilton, announced Monday he has verbally committed to Kansas State from a group of about a dozen scholarship offers. “I fit well in their scheme,” the 6-foot-3, 195-pound King told 247Sports.com. “With three safeties, they see me playing …

Florida State football went in full pads on Tuesday’s fall camp practice. FSU coach Mike Norvell expected practice No. 6 to be intense. The physicality and the explosiveness were there, as Norvell explained during his post-practice interview. Here are the three takeaways from what Norvell had to say about Tuesday’s practice. Mike Norvell wants to see better tempo Norvell’s critique …

EAST LANSING — Lines of players — the offense in green and defense in white — went through stretches in preparation to shake off three months of rust. That doesn’t take long for finely trained and conditioned college athletes. Michigan State football head coach Jonathan Smith stood watching during their calisthenics, hat on head and whistle in hand, observing every …

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham looks on during first day of fall camp at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Monday, July 29, 2024. | Liv Medivitz, Utah Athletics All three of Cam Rising’s seasons as the starting quarterback at Utah have ended early, from a shoulder injury in the 2020 season opener against USC, to a concussion in …

Asked on Tuesday about the goals for the Texas offense this coming season, Kyle Flood had a quick response. “We want to be the most explosive offense in the country,” Texas’ offensive coordinator said. Now Flood was participating in a media availability on the UT campus, not an open mic night inside a karaoke lounge. But those 11 words should …

Jul. 30—STEWARTVILLE — Like Stewartville teammate and fellow incoming senior Caleb Bancroft, Parker Wangen seemed earmarked to be an eventual college basketball player. Both were big names on the AAU circuit at an early age and were seemingly two of the best prospects in southeastern Minnesota as eighth-graders and freshmen. But football, for both, gradually took over as a top …

STORRS – Jim Mora, as much as he’d like to, can’t simply wipe away the lingering disappointment from UConn football’s 3-9 season last year. The Huskies, coming off a bowl appearance in Mora’s first year as head coach, drew an announced attendance of over 35,000 to Rentschler Field for their opener against NC State. That number shrunk significantly as the …

Tennessee football continued its recruiting hot streak by beating out Ohio State for defensive lineman Darrion Smith. The 6-foot-2, 265-pounder from Baltimore committed to the Vols on Tuesday. Smith, a senior at St. Frances Academy, is rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite. He is ranked No. 69 among defensive linemen and No. 650 overall in the 2025 class. Smith …

The Gophers football program on Tuesday lost an offensive lineman who decommitted from its 2025 recruiting class but gained a safety for that class. Zac Stascausky, a tackle from Portland, Ore., who gave a verbal commitment to the Gophers football program in June, on Tuesday morning announced on the X platform that he is decommitting from Minnesota. Later in the …

Receiver Darius Lassiter (No. 5) celebrates a big play during practice in Provo during spring camp. | BYU Photo Receiver Darius Lassiter almost didn’t get to return to BYU this year for his final season of college football, so he’s determined to savor every moment, every game, and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts. The NCAA granted …

Jul. 30—The leaves are not quite changing color yet, but the Washington State and Idaho football programs will open their respective fall camps Wednesday, exactly one month prior to the first games of the season against Oregon-based opponents. The Cougs and Vandals open with 15 and 16 fall camp practices, before school begins on each campus Aug. 19. Both teams …

Joey McGuire began to change the fortunes of the Texas Tech football team in his first two years as head coach, leading the Red Raiders to 8-5 and 7-6 records the past two seasons and ending each with a bowl victory. The Red Raiders finished with a winning record in the Big 12 both seasons, and the last Tech coach …