College Football

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – College Sports Inc.’s two mob bosses sat together in a show of strength Thursday, and although no horse’s head sat on the table in front of them, their message resonated. If Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti don’t get what they want, on your (horse’s) head be it. That’s especially true of the College Football Playoff. Sankey and …

Penn State’s first road game of the season in Big Ten play is here this weekend as the Nittany Lions fly west to face new Big Ten member USC. A week after taking care of UCLA at home behind a strong defensive performance, the Nittany Lions will look for the California Big Ten sweep against a Trojans team coming off …

After posting its first shutout in five years, the University of West Florida football team has to quickly turn its sights to another strong Gulf South Conference opponent. The Argos, who allowed just 7 yards of total offense against Mississippi College, now have to face a top-25 team in the Statesmen, another “historically good” team, UWF head coach Kaleb Nobles …

Nixa High School will host Waynesville in the seventh week of the 2024 high school football season on Friday night. Eagles five-star junior offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell will be the main event as Rivals.com’s No. 1 overall player in the country. Cantwell, the son of Olympians Christian Cantwell and Teri (Steer) Cantwell, is considering 14 different college programs, including Mizzou, where his …

SOUTH BEND — Even now, six years into his Notre Dame football career, All-America defensive tackle Howard Cross III still needs to rehearse. Before he can do great things on the field, Cross must be a dominant force in his mind. “Visualization for me is just (picturing) myself doing great,” Cross said this week as the 12th-ranked Irish prepared to …

NEWBURGH, Ind. — Doug Hurt vividly remembers the Thanksgiving practice his Castle Knights experienced at the RCA Dome in 1994. Then a senior center and defensive end, he and the Knights were preparing for the Class 5A IHSAA state championship against nationally ranked Portage. Hurt, who had never stepped foot inside the RCA Dome before, soaked in a “Hoosiers” moment. …

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats’ Saturday game at UCF in Orlando, Fla. will be played based on the latest announcement from the Knights social media page. The school will resume normal campus operations on Saturday which includes playing the Big 12 game at the “Bounce House” at 3:30 p.m. Additional announcements about campus and gameday operations will come on Friday. …

NASHVILLE — Not long after Tony Petitti started his new job as the Big Ten commissioner last winter, he met with his athletic directors. And they give him a directive that would prove quite central to the 18 months that followed. The ADs told him, You gotta get close to Greg. The Big Ten’s campus leaders wanted their new commissioner …

Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel will get an up-close look at a future Vol quarterback Thursday at Knoxville Catholic. Heupel is at the Division II-AAA East Region game between Catholic and Brentwood Academy, where he’ll get a chance to see 2025 Tennessee football commit George MacIntyre, a four-star quarterback who will be a January enrollee at UT. MacIntyre committed to …

The Memphis versus South Florida football game will now be played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, the schools and the American Athletic Conference announced Thursday. The Tigers (4-1, 0-1 AAC) and Bulls (2-3, 0-1) kick off at 2:30 p.m. CST and the game will be streamed on ESPN+. Tampa and the rest of Florida were hit by …

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (3-3, 1-1) are heading back on the road Saturday to visit Missoula where they will take on another Big Sky opponent, Montana (4-2, 1-1). Kickoff is at 1 p.m. MST. The Grizzlies are No. 14 in the latest AFCA FCS Coaches Poll, which ranks teams in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Lumberjacks will …

UCF‘s home football game against Cincinnati will kick off as scheduled on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., despite the devastation from Hurricane Milton. School officials announced Thursday evening that normal campus operations, including playing the game, would resume on Saturday. Final details surrounding gameday operations and hurricane relief efforts will be announced on Friday. Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday evening, …

SOUDERTON — There were plenty of reasons Souderton’s Jayden Bergey wanted to make it back on the football field for his senior season. After tearing the ACL in his right knee not once, but twice in 2023, the linebacker had his doubts about if he would return. “I thought about it a little bit (not being able to play), but …

WAYNE − In fewer than 100 seconds, Charlie Wingfield scored two touchdowns to put Ramapo in command. Wingfield caught a 17-yard TD pass and turned a strip into an 88-yard fumble return for a score to propel the Green Raiders to Thursday’s 45-29 victory over Wayne Valley in the Super Football Conference. Wingfield’s TD reception from quarterback Casey Grusser provided …

Four-star Kemper County offensive lineman Mario Nash Jr. announced his commitment to Florida State football on X, formerly Twitter, Thursday. Nash is ranked as the No. 10 player in Mississippi, the No. 14 interior offensive lineman and the No. 279 overall recruit in the Class of 2025, according to 247Sports Composite. The senior offensive lineman was committed to Mississippi State …