College Football

The 2024 Penn State football schedule sets up well for an inaugural College Football Playoff run. It features the right amount of stress tests, well-timed rest and an ever-important home game with its marquee opponent. It’s not overburdened by the newly-expanded Big Ten. Even the most difficult midseason stretch — road trips to USC and Wisconsin sandwiched between home games …

Quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick watches the action as the BYU Cougars football team practice in Provo on Friday, March 17, 2023. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News It’s hot at BYU and it’s not just the seasonal heat, but the lingering heat from last season that has conditions uncomfortable. Five straight losses to end 2023 doesn’t sit well with anyone …

Ohio State is not done adding defensive linemen to its 2025 recruiting class. Florida four-star defensive lineman Jarquez Carter announced his commitment to Ohio State Thursday, picking the Buckeyes over programs such as Miami, Central Florida and Penn State. Carter is one of six defensive linemen in Larry Johnson’s 2025 defensive line class along with Trajen Odom, Zion Grady, Maxwell …

Male High School offensive lineman Isaac “Spike” Sowells, one of Kentucky’s top football players in the Class of 2025, announced his commitment to N.C. State on Thursday. Other schools Sowells considered included Kentucky and South Carolina. “I made my phone calls on Sunday, so that made it a lot easier. The piano is off my back, so just being able …

EA Sports College Football 25 has too many player statistics to keep track of, but the new video game − the first of its kind since 2013 − thankfully has overall ratings to establish the top 10 players on Tennessee’s football team. In addition to overall ratings, Knox News looked at the top 10 players in the speed and strength …

After over a decade of waiting, we finally have another college football video game. EA Sports College Football 25 releases worldwide Friday so in the spirit of the new game, I decided to auto-sim the 2024 season and see how OU, Oklahoma State and the nation fared. Remember, this is a video game, so there’s naturally going to be some …

Jul 18, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; Texas A&M linebacker Taurean York speaks to the media at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports Texas A&M’s head coach, Mike Elko, took the podium on Thursday morning during the final day of SEC Media Days this week. The annual event featured all 16 head football coaches and player representatives to …

An introduction to the wild and wooly Southeastern Conference is less scary when you’ve already been there, especially as a coach. For Steve Sarkisian and many others of his new league colleagues, those experiences are an invaluable piece of work when it comes to what they will face this fall. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said working three seasons for Alabama’s …

Utah State announced Thursday it has officially fired football coach Blake Anderson, two weeks after giving him notice of the school’s intent to terminate his contract. In a statement released Thursday, Utah State said: “This action is based on significant violations of his contractual obligations related to USU’s employee reporting requirements. These reporting requirements include a prohibition on employees outside …

With college football’s returning closer with each passing day, the hype machine has to be turned on right now. Case in point, Notre Dame has decided now is the time to make the rounds with ESPN. The Irish representatives have a full schedule packed: Two moments from this unofficial marketing by the Irish were highlighted by the program’s social media …

Jul. 18—Deep down, Andover’s Jackson Conners-McCarthy knew something was missing on the football field. After a college season spent on the defensive side of the ball, the former Brooks School star needed a change. He wanted to play offense again, and he found the program that would offer him that chance. Conners-McCarthy is preparing to kick off his first season …

True Tennessee football fans will never forget the date Oct. 15, 2022, when the Vols finally took down Alabama (and the goal posts). It goes without saying Alabama and Tennessee don’t get along, but EA Sports College Football 25 includes four additional teams as “rivals.” The new college football game, available July 19, is the first of its kind since …

Heading into the 2024 season, the Georgia secondary has plenty of room for young talent to fill the void three departing starters left. All three of these starters are now in the NFL, those being cornerback Kamari Lassiter, safety Javon Bullard, and STAR Tykee Smith. According to recent comments by head coach Kirby Smart, five-star freshman K.J. Bolden may be …

FILE – Opening kickoff at Husky Stadium between the Washington Huskies and the Utah Utes in Seattle, WA. (Christopher Mast/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) SEATTLE – “The greatest setting in college football” ranked 6th in ESPN’s ‘Top 25 college football stadiums’ list. Husky Stadium, home of the University of Washington Huskies Football Team, was ranked among the best in …

NEWBERRY — A festive afternoon at the Newberry High School gym ended with drama, as four-star defensive lineman Jarquez Carter announced his college commitment Thursday before family, friends a national web stream feed. The caps were lined up on the table — scholarship offers from Miami, Florida, UCF, Florida State, Penn State and Ohio State, In the end, the 6-foot-2, …