One of the first prospects in the 2025 recruiting class that the new Michigan State coaching staff pursued was Houston Kaahaaina-Torres, a Hawaii native. The Spartans pursued the interior offensive line target alongside Arizona State, Nebraska and Utah. This time, the Spartans fell just short in the recruitment, losing out on the prospect to another Big Ten school. The Nebraska …
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2025 offensive tackle Juan Gaston includes Tennessee in top four
2025 offensive tackle prospect Juan Gaston announced his top four schools. Gaston’s top four schools are Tennessee, Georgia, Oregon and South Carolina. He will announce his commitment on Aug. 2. The 6-foot-7, 345-pound four-star offensive tackle prospect is from Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Gaston is ranked as the No. 158 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He …
Read More »Florida-Georgia still a top-5 SEC rivalry after addition of Red River matchup
The Southeastern Conference’s expansion to 16 teams this year with the addition of the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners is a monumental moment in collegiate sports — much less college football. The two historic schools bring along with them a flourishing rivalry that is among the best in the nation. The thing is, though, the SEC is the home of …
Read More »4-star OL Juan Gaston sets college commitment date
One of the Oregon Ducks’ top offensive targets is set to come off of the board in a month’s time. On Tuesday morning, 4-star offensive lineman Juan Gaston announced that he will officially be making his college commitment on August 2, deciding between four schools — Oregon, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Gaston is rated by the 247Sports Composite as …
Read More »On3’s Andy Staples predicts 5 SEC teams make 2024 College Football Playoff field
The College Football Playoff’s expansion to 12 teams should, in theory, open the door for several programs that previously had difficult paths to the postseason. In actuality, it will likely mostly just lead to even more representation for the SEC and Big Ten. But that could mean LSU is a beneficiary, and On3’s Andy Staples thinks it could be in …
Read More »Michigan football shown intercepting Georgia’s Carson Beck
In the fictional world of EA Sports’ new College Football 25 video game, Michigan’s defense makes a play in another national championship game. Linebacker Ernest Hausmann was shown intercepting a pass by Georgia star quarterback Carson Beck in the end zone in a new trailer that released Tuesday, which featured ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit narrating EA Sports’ changes to its …
Read More »Georgia football predicted to beat Alabama in CFP, advance to national title
The Georgia Bulldogs are expected to be one of the best teams in the country during the 2024 college football season. In fact, Sporting News’ Bill Bender projects that Georgia will advance to the national championship game. Bender has Georgia as his No. 1 seed in the expanded College Football Playoff. This means that Georgia would win the SEC and …
Read More »Former Sooners offensive tackle says Brent Venables ‘fit for the SEC’
We’re just a couple of months away from finding out just how the Oklahoma Sooners stack up heading into the SEC. But they’ve done a fantastic job on the recruiting trail to help prepare the roster for what lies ahead. Oklahoma is sixth in the nation in blue-chip ratio heading into the season, giving them as good a chance as …
Read More »Wisconsin top class of 2025 DT target Drayden Pavey commits to a Big Ten rival
Wisconsin top remaining defensive line target Drayden Pavey announced his commitment to Purdue on Tuesday. The Cincinnati, Ohio native chooses the Boilermakers over the Wisconsin Badgers and Indiana Hoosiers. His decision comes after visiting the three programs on June 7, June 14 and June 21 respectively. Related: Wisconsin’s class of 2025 leaps Michigan in national rankings after landing top iOL Hardy …
Read More »Oklahoma State star RB Ollie Gordon II arrested on suspicion of DUI charge over weekend
USATSI Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon II was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence over the weekend, according to News on 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol noted that Gordon was driving 17 miles per hour over the speed limit and swerving in and out of traffic lanes when he stopped. According to 247Sports, the state …
Read More »Oklahoma Sooners favored to land 2025 LB Christian Jones
The Oklahoma Sooners 2025 recruiting class is looking really good as the calendar turns to July. There are 20 prospects committed to the class and they could add a couple more this week with blue-chip prospects Omarion Robinson and Lamont Rogers nearing their commitment dates. It’s a star-studded class on both sides of the ball, but if there’s an area …
Read More »On3 Sports ranks SEC coaches facing the most pressure in 2024
College football has entered into a new era thanks to the transfer portal and the introduction of NIL, and being a college football coach has never been more difficult. Those difficulties are exasperated, especially in a league like the SEC where expectations are sky-high and time to succeed is limited. Now, with the additions of the Texas Longhorns and the …
Read More »Oklahoma AD: Sooners coaches who weren’t excited about SEC move ‘aren’t here anymore’
Was Lincoln Riley unenthused about Oklahoma’s move to the SEC? OU and Texas officially became members of the SEC on Monday, a move that had been years in the making. News first broke in the summer of 2021 that both teams were looking to leave the Big 12 for the richer pastures of the SEC — a report that came …
Read More »Wisconsin faces an SEC power in Sporting News’ 2024 preseason bowl projections
The Wisconsin Badgers meet the Tennessee Volunteers in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Sporting News’ latest preseason bowl projections for the 2024 college football season. The Music City Bowl will be played on Dec. 30, 2024, far removed from the first edition of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Related: Three Wisconsin football assistants among Big Ten’s top recruiters for …
Read More »Oklahoma AD: The Sooners coaches who weren’t excited about SEC move ‘aren’t here anymore’
Was Lincoln Riley unenthused about Oklahoma’s move to the SEC? OU and Texas officially became members of the SEC on Monday, a move that had been years in the making. News first broke in the summer of 2021 that both teams were looking to leave the Big 12 for the richer pastures of the SEC — a report that came …
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