College Football

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana football will be in for a unique experience when it heads to Evanston to play Northwestern in October. The Hoosiers played at Ryan Field the last time they visited their Big Ten rival in 2016, but all that’s left of the venue is rubble. Northwestern demolished the stadium over a four month-span starting in February as they started …

Former Western Illinois University football head coach Myers Hendrickson has been hired to a role on the University of Illinois football staff. PEORIA — Myers Hendrickson has won a job with the Illinois football program. The Macomb native and former Western Illinois football head coach will be senior analyst for the Illini under head coach Bret Bielema. “I have watched …

Florida football developed two young tight ends into pass-catching threats, which bodes well for the position in 2024. Redshirt sophomores Arlis Boardingham and Hayden Hansen combined for 439 yards and 6 receiving TDs in 2023. In 2022, Florida got just a combined 3 TD catches from the tight end position. The increased receiving production from the tight end spot helped …

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters told reporters at Big Ten media days that the school’s entire athletic department is going into the 2024 season with a “chip on our shoulder” after being picked to finish last in the conference. The Boilermakers ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason media poll and the cleveland.com poll this week. …

BLOOMINGTON — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters told reporters at Big Ten media days that the school’s entire athletic department is going into the 2024 season with a “chip on our shoulder” after being picked to finish last in the conference. The Boilermakers ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason media poll and the cleveland.com poll this week. …

As long as you play NCAA Division I football, you should have an opportunity to compete for a national title. That’s how the leadership and players feel at West Point and that’s why it was a prime reason to join the ranks of affiliated football for only the second time since the program was created in 1890. Army was greeted …

INDIANAPOLIS — Here are four things we learned about Ohio State as it took its turn at Big Ten media days on Tuesday. Quarterback competition continues Coach Ryan Day is planning to maximize repetitions among quarterbacks in the early days of preseason training camp, which opens on Aug. 1. Day said they will divide the Buckeyes between two of their …

Jul. 23—Polls and predictions? Those two rituals of the preseason in college football say Ohio State will be one of the top teams in the country this season. Ryan Day called them noise and distractions on Tuesday during the first day of Big Ten Football Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium. “Our focus is on this preseason as the next …

The anticipation for the start of college football season continues to build, especially in the ACC, with the ACC Football Kickoff running until Thursday afternoon. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips started off Monday responding to the Big 12 Commissioner, highlighting the ACC is a Top-3 conference. Georgia Tech, Florida State and conference newcomer SMU followed Phillips, then Tuesday included appearances from …

After losing “The Game” three times in a row, Ryan Day has received some heavy criticism. Most of the soundbites and news clippings coming from Big Ten media days are surrounding the extremely high expectations that Ohio State has this upcoming season. The other hot topic is the temperature of Day’s seat. The players are not immune to this and …

Gulf Shores (Alabama) four-star 2026 linebacker JaMichael Garrett has locked in the USC Trojans as one of his top schools. Auburn, LSU, Miami, Mississippi State, Michigan, and USC football made the top six. The 6-2, 200-pound product is currently ranked as the No. 125 player and No. 11 linebacker in the nation according to the On3 industry ranking. He is …

INDIANAPOLIS — While he may no longer be wearing maize and blue, no one was happier to see Michigan football win the national championship than AJ Henning. The former Wolverines receiver, who transferred to Northwestern last offseason, was tuned in just like everyone else, elated to see his previous team take down Washington on January 8. Considering he spent three years …

Even though the 2027 graduation year is a long way away, the following high school football players have already had improbable success, most playing football against legal adults as 14- or 15-year-olds. Some have garnered major college offers from Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee and others. Most are champing at the bit get out on the field and show even further that …

Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, ESPN SEC and college football analyst Paul Finebaum was the biggest Michigan football hater. But after Jim Harbaugh proved him wrong by winning three consecutive Big Ten championships, as well as a national championship, Finebaum has refocused his energy on someone else. Ohio State and Ryan Day. Day was featured on ESPN …

With football season on the horizon, fans are gearing up for a new year and challenges surrounding the Big Ten and college football season. It is at the point of the year, especially with the Big Ten media poll coming out, that fans are comparing Big Ten schools against one another. One category to rank the schools is the number …