The University of Alabama athletics department released these conceptual images Friday showing how Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium may appear this fall at Alabama football games. Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium was adopted before a UA System Board of Trustees committee meeting Friday. Nick and Terry Saban attended the virtual meeting, as did UA President Stuart Bell, along with trustees …
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SEC preseason poll places South Carolina 13th despite one first-place vote from media
According to the media’s votes attending SEC Media Days this week, there is quite a divide about how South Carolina football’s 2024 season will go. The Gamecocks were one of seven teams to be picked as a preseason favorite to win the SEC. However, South Carolina finished with 923 total points and a 13th finish out of 16 teams in …
Read More »Kansas football running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. is ‘a wild card’ in Jayhawks’ 2024 offense
LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s offense in 2024 will feature a lot of players worth keeping track of. There’s redshirt junior quarterback Jalon Daniels, as well as a running back duo of senior Devin Neal and redshirt junior Daniel Hishaw Jr. There’s the wide receiver trio of seniors Luke Grimm, Lawrence Arnold and Quentin Skinner. There’s also the potential for stars to …
Read More »Graham Mertz takes a dip in 247Sports’ SEC quarterback rankings
Florida quarterback Graham Mertz fell three spots to No. 10 in the most recent SEC quarterback rankings from 247Sports. Mertz’s drop is less about him and more about first-year quarterback DJ Lagway, a five-star recruit out of high school. On national signing day, head coach Billy Napier mentioned that Florida would find time to get Lagway into games early on, …
Read More »247 Sports projects Texas to play Florida State in the CFP Peach Bowl
The Texas Longhorns may be transitioning to the toughest conference in college football, the SEC, but the expectations are still to compete for a conference title and Playoff bid. The schedule is no joke for the Longhorns in 2024 with a road trip to the Michigan Wolverines, a visit from the Georgia Bulldogs, and renewed rivalry games against the Arkansas …
Read More »LSU sees its offensive line as the key to its success in 2024
USC and LSU — as noted here and in lots of other outlets — occupy very similar positions entering the 2024 college football season. They both lost Heisman-winning quarterbacks. They both played terrible defense in 2023. They both overhauled their defensive coaching staffs. They both have a lot to prove this year. How is LSU dealing with the loss of …
Read More »Texas is the No. 2 pick in the 2024 SEC preseason media poll behind Georgia
Texas was the No. 2 pick in the preseason SEC media poll released Friday as well as voters’ second-favorite choice to win the SEC championship, though only two Longhorns earned a spot on the preseason first team. Georgia, Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss were the first four teams in the poll. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian talks with quarterback Quinn Ewers …
Read More »LSU’s 2025 recruiting class has the nation’s highest average player rating per On3
The Tigers came out of the gate red-hot in the 2025 recruiting cycle. They quickly gained commitments from the top receiver, running back and receiver in the cycle while jumping out to a No. 1 ranking, but things cooled off a bit during the summer. Five-star receiver Dakorien Moore decommitted and later flipped to Oregon, and four-star cornerback Jaboree Antoine …
Read More »Where is Auburn projected to finish this season?
Jul 18, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze speaking at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports SEC Media Days in Dallas, Texas has officially come to an end, which means that media projections are beginning to surface. Media in attendance were asked to predict the order of finish for SEC football teams this season, …
Read More »Georgia Tech – Notre Dame tickets go on sale Monday
THE FLATS – Single-game tickets for Georgia Tech football’s highly anticipated home game versus Notre Dame on Oct. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium go on sale to the general public on Monday at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online through Ramblinwreck.com or by phone at 888-TECH-TIX. Single-game ticket inventory is limited for the showdown between the Yellow Jackets and Fighting …
Read More »Fact or Fiction: Oregon could finish with the No. 1 class
Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson is joined by DuckSportsAuthority.com’s Ryan Young, AggieYell.com’s Landyn Rosow and DeathValleyInsider.com’s Jefferson Powell to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE: Notre Dame is the favorite for four-star WR Derek Meadows ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 …
Read More »Oklahoma picked to finish eighth in 2024 preseason SEC media poll
You’d have to go back quite a while before a preseason conference poll didn’t have Oklahoma as one of the top three teams in that conference. However, in 2024, with the Sooners joining the SEC, Brent Venables’ squad is doing just that as they stare down a predicted eighth-place finish by the SEC media on Friday afternoon. After a fun …
Read More »ESPN says this is Michigan football biggest question mark in 2024
Coming off of a national championship, not many are giving Michigan football much of a chance at a repeat. Part of it is the talent it lost, the other is the talent that teams around it has accumulated in a reshifting college football atmosphere. Yet, some of the questions this offseason have been answered. With a new coaching staff, the …
Read More »Big 12 team preview: After more help from transfer portal, is Colorado ready for ‘prime time’?
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders directs safety Ben Finneseth during spring college football game, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. | David Zalubowski, Associated Press Editor’s note: Seventh in a series previewing each team in the Big 12 in 2024. One of the biggest stories in all of college football was set in Boulder, Colorado, last season. From the …
Read More »What Virginia school made Niceville’s Kane Lafortune forget about the Ivy League route?
NICEVILLE — This summer, Kane Lafortune hit the recruiting trail hard by visiting the top academic institutions in the country. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia … the list of quarterback camps featured a who’s-who of Ivy League institutions recruiting the Niceville rising senior, whose 4.4 GPA and high football IQ quelled any worries about his 5-foot-10, 180-pound frame. At …
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