College Football

UCLA offensive lineman Niki Prongos sets set at the line of scrimmage during a game against Oregon at the Rose Bowl on Sept. 28. (Brooke Sutton / Getty Images) In high school, Niki Prongos would hear the play call and wonder what it meant. When he got to UCLA, the offensive lineman went over the playbook and heard teammates talking …

Ligonier Valley’s John Jablunovsky finished tantalizingly close to the 1,000 rushing-yard milestone in this past week’s victory at Charleroi. The senior running back enters the Rams’ Week 8 game Friday at South Park (6-1) with 999 rushing yards this season. Ligonier Valley is 3-4. Area stat leaders “He’s one yard shy of 1,000. After the game, we didn’t realize how …

The Chip Kelly era at Oregon was a short but thrilling ride for Duck fans. Kelly, now the offensive coordinator for No. 2 Ohio State, came to Oregon for that same role on Mike Bellotti’s staff in 2007, and two years later he was named Bellotti’s replacement. From 2009 to 2012, Kelly and the Ducks captivated the college football world …

STILLWATER — After six games, Oklahoma State’s first bye week of the season is here. Let’s call it the mid-term break. And with that, let’s hand out some mid-term grades. This probably goes without saying, but mom won’t be hanging this report card on the fridge. The Cowboys are 3-3 overall and 0-3 in Big 12 play. They had climbed …

Members of Maryland football’s defense might have forgiven, but they haven’t forgotten. On Oct. 28 last year, Northwestern stunned the Terps, 33-27. Wildcats quarterback Brendan Sullivan enjoyed a career day in passing yards (265) and threw two touchdown passes to hand Maryland its third of four straight losses and added stress to a potential bid for a bowl game appearance. …

Ezekiel Elliott’s NFL career has come full circle. The former Ohio State running back was selected fourth overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2016 NFL draft. He spent seven years there before joining the New England Patriots for a season and returned to Dallas in April as a free agent. Over that time, he’s recorded 9,002 rushing yards and …

As we just learned during what was expected to be a relatively mundane week of college football games, some results are impossible to see coming even for the so-called experts. Your intrepid panel presses on, however, to a Week 7 slate featuring three Top 25 showdowns. Headlining the weekend is the first major test in its new conference for No. …

Sep 21, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; James Madison Dukes quarterback Alonza Barnett III (14) reacts in the second quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Get ready for an exciting week 7 of the college football season, continuing on Thursday with three thrilling matchups. Coastal Carolina ignites the night’s action against James Madison and UTEP …

When projecting whether teams possess the goods to make the College Football Playoff, we examine factors including schedule strength, quality of a depth chart, transfer haul, program pedigree and coaching momentum. Every element matters, but we tend to overcomplicate this. LSU’s Brian Kelly cut through the clutter when he boiled down the difference between college football’s haves and the have …

When the team returns to its normal schedule next week, there might be hurt feelings around the Texas Tech football coaching staff. Head coach Joey McGuire said Wednesday that while the Red Raiders (5-1, 3-0) are atop the Big 12 standings, have won four straight games and had its best defensive performance of the season in Saturday’s 28-22 win over …

PISCATAWAY – After suffering its first loss of the season on the road at Nebraska, Rutgers football will be back at home on Saturday for another Big Ten test. The Scarlet Knights will host Wisconsin at SHI Stadium looking to earn their fifth win of the season and beat the Badgers for the first time in program history. While Wisconsin, …

When you think of the Manning family and quarterbacks, that’s a pretty good combination. Army’s Bryson Daily may not have that ESPN and commercial appeal of brothers Peyton and Eli just yet, but he can claim a tie to their namesake. On Wednesday, Daily was named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Daily …

Oct. 9—MITCHELL — It’s an exciting week to the a Dakota Wesleyan University Tiger. Homecoming week is here, with the annual parade beginning at 10 a.m. on Mitchell’s Main Street and the football game at 1 p.m. on Saturday vs. Doane. DWU Athletic Director Ross Cimpl took his new position in February after 12 years as head football coach at …

Big changes are coming to the NCAA. The NCAA Division I Council is eliminating the National Letter of Intent program, which is the formal agreement between an athlete to attend a college program. And while Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer said he still has to be educated on the changes, he doesn’t expect many changes to the recruiting landscape or …

The Oregon Ducks are pulling out all of the stops for this weekend’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, breaking out one of the most highly-anticipated uniform combinations in recent Oregon history. With ESPN’s College GameDay in town, the Ducks announced on Wednesday that they would be debuting the all-black ‘Fly Era’ uniforms for a black-out game on Saturday night. …