College Football

EDITOR’S NOTE: Months of research led to a series, “Year of the Quarterback,” being presented in three waves. The first wave — 10 articles covering the volatile new world of the transfer portal — was published recently. This is the eighth story in the second wave, which tracks then-and-now journeys of 10 Stark County quarterbacks. Alliance High School quarterback Brendan Zurbrugg poses …

. Ahead of Texas A&M’s (5-1, 3-0 SEC) Week 8 road test against Mississippi State (1-5, 0-3 SEC) on Saturday afternoon, the second SEC-mandated availability report made its way to the public on Thursday night, as some change on the Aggies side is good new for the offense. Early on Wednesday, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko further confirmed that …

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia breaks down Michigan football’s 2024 Week 8 matchup vs. No. 22 Illinois on Saturday in Champaign, Ill. Fast facts Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore calls a play against Texas during the first half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Matchup: No. 22 Michigan (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) vs. No. 21 Illinois …

. The Nebraska Cornhuskers play the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, and if you’re wondering how to watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place. The Huskers enter the game with a record of 5-1 (2-1) after defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights two weeks ago 14-7. Indiana is coming off of a bye week and holds a record of …

Fall Saturdays are meant for college football games. Ideal settings are framed by an alluring backdrop of changing leaves and accompanied by the drumbeat of a marching band and the roar of a crowd. They’ve been my destination for 26 years now, chronicling University of Delaware football for Delaware Online/The News Journal, just as they were in my youth and …

BLOOMINGTON — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule set the stage for this weekend’s showdown against Indiana football during his weekly press conference. “Truly, playing against good teams allows you to show what you can do,” Rhule said. “You can’t show what you can do when you play bad teams, you do that when you play good teams.” Indiana and Nebraska have …

It’ll be Tigers on Tigers this weekend on Faurot Field. Missouri football faces Auburn on Saturday in Columbia, which is the first game between the two teams since Mizzou squandered a couple golden opportunities to win in Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2022. MU (5-1, 1-1 SEC) is entering the second half of its season, despite some question marks in its biggest …

Nixa High School will host Ozark in the eighth week of the 2024 high school football season on Friday night. Eagles five-star junior offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell will be the main event as Rivals.com’s No. 1 overall player in the country. Cantwell, the son of Olympians Christian Cantwell and Teri (Steer) Cantwell, is considering 14 different college programs, including Mizzou, where …

Oct 12, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks edge Kyle Kennard (5) during the second half at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-Imagn Images The University of South Carolina makes its first trip to Norman on Saturday for its first matchup with the Oklahoma Sooners. These schools have never met on the gridiron before, and it’s only fitting that …

The Boston College football team takes its 4-2 record into Thursday night’s matchup with Atlantic Coast Conference rival Virginia Tech (3-3). Both teams are 1-1 in the ACC and are coming off byes. The Hokies lead the all-time series, 21-11, and have won two straight, beating the Eagles 27-10 at home in 2022 and winning 48-22 at Chestnut Hill last …

The Arizona football team continues its 2024 college football season at home on Saturday against Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Want to go to the game? Here’s how to purchase tickets (with prices) for the Wildcats’ Week 8 home game against the Buffaloes on Oct. 19. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. MST. After the game against Colorado, Arizona …

NORMAN — A little more than 130 years ago, John Harts stood in Bud Risinger’s Norman barbershop and declared, “Let’s get up a football team.” Harts’ words — which marked the genesis of what became OU’s football program — have long been known, thanks to the research of legendary Sooners Sports Information Director Harold Keith. But the location of Risinger’s shop had been …

Ravell Call, Deseret News Editor’s note: Eighth in a series exploring BYU’s 1984 national football championship. No way Robbie Bosco could let an injury keep him from finishing the biggest game of his life. The setting was the 1984 Holiday Bowl, BYU vs. Michigan. Nobody else — not Washington, not Oklahoma — would take on the challenge of playing undefeated …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football landed its fifth class of 2026 commit on Thursday, as four-star South Pointe safety J’Zavien Currence announced he will play for the Gamecocks. Currence is the No. 1 recruit in South Carolina and the ninth-best safety in his class according to the 247Sports Composite. He posted the news on social media with the caption “10000000% …

In Matt Holtry’s 16 years of coaching high school football in Homedale, Idaho, he needed to pack two jerseys – one for offense and the other for defense – for just one player. So when it came time to retire Scott Matlock’s number this summer, Homedale had to decide which jersey number would go in the rafters: 44 or 99? …