College Football

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State easily covered the point spread in its season-opening win over South Dakota State last week, but Arkansas presents a different kind of challenge. The 17th-ranked Cowboys are eight-point favorites as they host the Razorbacks at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium. Former OSU great Leslie O’Neal, the Pokes’ all-time sacks leader, will be recognized with …

PROVO, UT – NOVEMBER 18: Jake Retzlaff #12 of the Brigham Young Cougars throws a pass during warmups before their game against the Oklahoma Sooners at LaVell Edwards Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images) The first week of the 2024 college football season is over, and it was full of surprising upsets and …

Kentucky Wesleyan College opened its football season with a 33-13 win over Northern Michigan on Thursday at Steele Stadium. KWC quarterback Joey Cambron threw three touchdown passes to lead the team to victory. Cambron hit Jatavian Churchill with a 23-yard touchdown strike, Cambron also hit Khia Sherrard with a 34-yard touchdown pass, and Kam Sherrard with a 35-yard touchdown. Cambron …

Congratulations to No. 7 Notre Dame, which not only won a difficult road game at No. 20 Texas A&M, 23-13, but has already clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff. How, you say, does that happen after one game? Well, first it’s clear they’ve got a solid defense and have updated their quarterback position with Duke transfer Riley Leonard. …

Missouri football looks like it will be without its starting tight end this week. On Thursday, ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel reported that Mizzou sophomore tight end Brett Norfleet has been ruled out of the Tigers’ game against Buffalo on Saturday with a shoulder injury he classified as not long term. Sources: Missouri will be without star sophomore tight …

SOUTH BEND — No matter how Marcus Freeman fares as the coach of Notre Dame football, a certain wariness will always set in before guarantee games such as Saturday’s against Northern Illinois. Two years ago this week, Marshall University collected a $1.25 million appearance fee and still left Notre Dame Stadium with a shocking 26-21 upset victory. That game marked …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football isn’t just playing Western Illinois on Friday night. “You are fighting human nature,” coach Curt Cignetti said during his weekly appearance on Inside Indiana Football. Cignetti was referencing the fact that Western Illinois comes to Memorial Stadium riding a 25-game losing streak that dates back to 2021. The program has changed coaches three times since its last …

BATON ROUGE — LSU football was left with just three scholarship running backs in the aftermath of senior running back John Emery going down with a season-ending knee injury during practice earlier this week. Reinforcements are on the way for the No. 19 Tigers (0-1) ahead of their 2024 home opener versus Nicholls (0-1) on Saturday night (6:30 p.m., ESPN+) …

Sep. 5—STANDISH — For years, people tried to convince Ben Noe to play football. “People were telling me since I was growing up I should play football, but I just kept on denying,” said Noe, a reserve sophomore wide receiver/defensive back pressing for varsity time at Bonny Eagle High. “I gave it a try (last year) and I started liking …

Dec 4, 2021; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt during the Michigan Wolverines game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports As many pundits do at the start of every college football season, there are plenty of overreactions to wins like one that …

Sep. 5—Being a high school varsity football coach is a multi-faceted job. Head coaches oversee players and assistant coaches. They are the final disciplinarian. They will coach a position group and usually call the offensive or defensive signals. Interacting with parents, school administrators, booster groups, grounds and maintenance crews, athletic training staff, and media are part of the job. It …

BYU students unfurl a flag before the home opener against the Southern Illinois Salukis at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News BYU (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) at SMU (2-0, 0-0 ACC) Kickoff: Friday, 5 p.m. MDT Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) TV: ESPN2 Livestream: ESPN.com/watch Radio: KSL 1160 AM/102.7 …

Haddon Township’s Jaden Haltiwanger, center, is congratulated by teammates after Haltiwanger scored a touchdown during the 4th quarter of the football game between Haddon Township and Gateway played at Haddon Township High School on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Haddon Township defeated Gateway, 13-6. HADDON TWP. – Zac Dayton preaches attitude and effort to his Haddon Township High School football team. …

SMU defensive tackle Anthony Booker Jr. (10) is congratulated by defensive tackle Kori Roberson Jr. after scoring a touchdown on a fumble recovery during game against Houston Baptist on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Dallas. | Brandon Wade, Associated Press DALLAS — Some of the most memorable, and improbable, wins in Kalani Sitake’s nine-year tenure at BYU have come in …

On a Savannah Christian football team blessed with Power Four talent, Kenry Wall and Isaiah Redmond are sometimes overlooked. But the pair became a dynamic defensive duo on Thursday night to help lead Savannah Christian to a 44-20 non-region win over visiting Oceanside Collegiate (SC) at Pooler Stadium. With the game knotted at 13 late in the second quarter, Wall …