College Football

The debate is over. The University of Tennessee is the official “UT” of the Southeastern Conference. At least that is according to the press release put out by the SEC Friday morning when it announced who made the conference’s preseason teams as Tennessee was abbreviated and the University of Texas was listed as “TEX.” Don’t miss the biggest story of …

The 2024 football season unofficially began at SEC Media Days. Billy Napier and the Gators were optimistic and stuck to the script amid a sea of skeptics. But the week’s big surprise was the sudden resignation of UF president Ben Sasse because of his wife’s health issues. The native of Nebraska quickly became an ardent Gators fan and was sure …

This offseason, the Fresno State Bulldogs and head coach Jeff Tedford landed former five-star recruit and USC transfer Korey Foreman. During the Mountain West media days earlier this month, head coach Jeff Tedford — before retiring from coaching due to health reasons — offered his highest praise yet for the USC transfer, comparing Foreman to New York Giants Hall of Famer Lawrence …

Former Alabama quarterback and national champion Greg McElroy said this week on the “Always College Football” podcast that USC’s month of October will be the most important in the Trojans’ upcoming college football season. McElroy broke down USC’s schedule this fall during a recent episode of “Always College Football.” To him, their year will come down to the four-game stretch …

The excellence of Jayden Daniels was impossible to ignore last season. Daniels was a one-man band who won the Heisman Trophy even though LSU lost to Alabama, did not win the SEC, and did not make the College Football Playoff. This year, LSU has to be better at every non-quarterback position in order to compensate for Daniels’ exit to the …

ESPN recently named its top 25 college stadiums, and two Texas universities made the list. The sports media organization had 14 writers select and rank their top 20 favorite stadiums — without criteria and parameters. ESPN then assigned points based on these rankings: 20 points for a first-place vote, 19 for a second-place vote, and so on, down to 1 …

It’s been a banner week for the Oklahoma Sooners as they took part in their first Media Day festivities as official members of the SEC. SEC Media Days were held in Dallas, Texas, where the Sooners are quite familiar as they recruit the DFW area well but also play their biggest rival in the city. Brent Venables was accompanied by …

A USC defense which has been awful for the past several years (remember Todd Orlando and Clancy Pendergast before Alex Grinch) will be challenged out of the gate in 2024. LSU brings a lot of weapons to Las Vegas for the big Labor Day weekend showdown everyone is talking about. Though LSU is definitely a team worth taking seriously, it …

The 2024 edition of SEC media days is in the books after each of the 16 schools in the expanded conference took their turns at the podium in Dallas, Texas. Head coach Billy Napier — along with linebacker Shemar James, running back Montrell Johnson Jr. and quarterback Graham Mertz — represented the Gators at the annual event and shared their …

As we all know, Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program have a huge 2024 season ahead of them. The 2024 season is the first year of the expanded, 12-team playoff. With the expansion comes more opportunities for powerhouse programs like Clemson, which has struggled to achieve its goals over the past few seasons.  College football analyst and former Georgia …

You probably saw or read this earlier in the month of July: USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley was one of 21 coaches named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List. Riley is one of four Big Ten coaches on the preseason watch list, joined by Ryan Day of Ohio State, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, and James Franklin of Penn State. …

Alabama will honor former coach Nick Saban on Sept. 7 when the Crimson Tide play South Florida. The school announced the honor on Friday. Saban retired this offseason after an incredible run as coach of the Crimson Tide. He took over in 2007 and went 201–29 (. 878), with 23 bowl game appearances, 16 victories, 10 SEC West titles, nine SEC …

It is still very early for the 2026 cycle, but you have to get excited when the nation’s top offensive tackle prospect is still considering Ohio State football. Missouri’s Jackson Cantwell, a 6-foot, 8-inch, 300-pound tackle, trimmed his list down to fourteen schools on Thursday afternoon. It’s an impressive list of teams that include Georgia, USC, Oregon, and Michigan that …

DALLAS — Former USF football star Brian Battie continues to be in the thoughts of his Auburn teammates as he recovers from a shooting in May and the Tigers prepare for a season without his daily presence. “Still praying for Brian and his family during this time,” Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne said Thursday during SEC media days. “I know we …

Continuing their ESPN rounds from the day before, representatives from Notre Dame’s football team had even more to share. The most significant segment came when Marcus Freeman and Jordan Clark appeared on “First Take”. One secret badly kept recently was that the Irish were planning on wearing new home uniforms in 2024. The secret officially was out after this appearance: …