College Football

Bill Lapthorn, an assistant football coach and teacher at Mason High School, died Thursday, according to Mason head football coach Brian Castner. Lapthorn has been with the Comets since the 2018 season, coaching the offensive line. He was also a health and physical education teacher at the school. “Lap was just a great father, great guy, great coach, and great …

INDIANAPOLIS – College football is a sport steeped in tradition, from Michigan vs. Ohio State, to the Iron Bowl, to the Army-Navy game and to the beautiful view of the San Gabriel Mountains as the sun sets at the Rose Bowl. Another tradition in college football was that coaches and administrators had control over player movement, with the ability to …

THE FLATS – Football season is here and Georgia Tech will celebrate its return with its annual First Saturday on The Flats, which is set for this Saturday, July 27 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Admission is FREE. First Saturday on The Flats provides Tech fans with the opportunity to engage with their favorite …

With the start of another high school football season around the corner, The Enquirer is ranking the best players in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. While they typically don’t receive the headlines as skilled position players, offensive linemen are vital to any offense, creating holes for running backs to race downfield and blocking dangerous defensive linemen to protect …

USC Trojans head football coach Lincoln Riley mentioned the Alabama Crimson Tide at Big Ten Media Day. Riley credited the Crimson Tide of constructing a schedule that wins national championships and not a schedule designed for fan satisfaction. Over the years, Alabama has seemed to schedule tough non-conference games to begin the season. Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban was …

It’s offseason rankings time, when college football writers rank everything and anything to hold readers over until the start of the season. And everything and anything includes ranking the mascots in the new Big 12 Conference, which will now have 16 teams with the additions of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah and the loss of Oklahoma and Texas. The …

LSU’s 2025 recruiting class is loaded at the top. According to the On3 industry rankings, LSU has three five-star commits with QB Bryce Underwood, CB DJ Pickett and RB Harlem Berry in the fold. The Tigers lost a five-star earlier this cycle when receiver Dakorien Moore backed off his pledge and later committed to Oregon. LSU did a fine job …

One of the advantages of playing freshman early, is they get the experience needed to perform in the future. Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has done a great job of that, some out of necessity, others due to players forcing their way into the rotation. Running back Jeremiyah Love falls into the latter, as he got touches in every …

Lee County (Leesburg, Georgia) defensive lineman Jeramiah McCloud has been locked in with the Florida Gators since verbally committing to the program in May, but that hasn’t stopped other Power Four programs from pushing for a flip. According to Swamp247, McCloud has heard from LSU, Georgia, Auburn, USC, and Florida State since committing to Florida. Visits to FSU and UGA …

The college football world moves fast and the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan is proof of that. It wasn’t too long ago that former Buckeye head coach Jim Tressel went 9-1 against The Team Up North and Urban Meyer followed that up with a 7-0 record, but that is a distant memory. Ohio State has lost three in a …

Ahead of its signature summer recruiting event, UCF made a major splash by poaching a four-star defensive back from Alabama. Jackson (Ala.) rising junior Jamarrion Gordon flipped his verbal commitment in the Knights’ favor Friday afternoon, joining wide receiver Keeyun Chapman — his high school teammate — as the first pair on board in the Knights’ 2026 class. Gordon (6-0, …

Billy Napier has said many times that his goal is to keep the best high school football players in Florida from leaving the state, so it’s no surprise that Bolles School (Jacksonville) linebacker Simeon Caldwell — a top-100 recruit in the class of 2026 — near the top of the Gators’ recruiting board. Florida has pursued Caldwell for the past …

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti doesn’t plan to name a starting quarterback before the team’s Week 1 game against FIU. The quarterback competition that started in the spring between Kurtis Rourke, Tayven Jackson and Tyler Cherry will continue when the Hoosiers open fall camp next week. Cignetti told reporters at Big Ten Media Days on Thursday that he’s sticking …

We visited our friend Mark Rogers for his Big Ten live show at The Voice of College Football on Thursday. We reviewed the proceedings at Big Ten football media days in Indianapolis, focusing naturally on USC and Lincoln Riley but also including analysis of Dan Lanning and Oregon. It is fascinating to watch coaches take the podium at a mass-media …

A look at the Gators leading up to fall camp: SAFETY What to expect The back end of Florida’s defense spent much of 2023 on its heels. The Gators’ season-ending five-game losing streak included a 52-35 defeat to LSU featuring 372 passing yards by eventual Heisman winner Jayden Daniels and 130-yard receiving nights by Malik Nabers and Bryan Thomas Jr. …