College Football

Jun. 22—There is a little more than nine weeks left until college football — until Hawaii hosts Delaware State, SMU travels to Nevada, New Mexico opens the Bronco Mendenhall era against Montana State — and a potentially compelling season for the Mountain West begins in earnest. It can’t get here soon enough. In light of that, I’m picking all 12 …

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star is back next week in Jacksonville and some of the nation’s top linebackers in the 2025 and 2026 classes will be working out. Here are five storylines we’re watching heading into the premier summer event. ***** MORE RIVALS FIVE-STAR: SEC teams in spotlight | Big Ten teams in spotlight | Five QBs storylines | RB …

Even in the triple-digit temperatures of June in Phoenix, Tavon Rooks is excited to be on a football field. It’s in a vastly different capacity than what he imagined as a top offensive lineman at Kansas State in 2014. Now, it’s about teaching kids life skills to go along with football skills as Paradise Valley High School’s offensive line coach. …

Not all football games are played in stadiums, feature pads or helmets, or even require teams to compete 11-on-11. “I have like six friends in my neighborhood,” South Kitsap junior quarterback Franklin Fox said, “and we used to play on my grandmother’s cul-de-sac. People would get messed up.” Street football, backyard football, pickup football, whatever you want to call it …

Former four-star and Alabama Crimson Tide cornerback Jahquez Robinson is transferring to Auburn. Robinson began his college career at Alabama. The native of Jacksonville, Florida spent three seasons in Tuscaloosa. He played in seven games for the Crimson Tide and recorded two unassisted tackles, one tackle for loss, and one sack. Following the 2022 season, Robinson transferred to Colorado. In …

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell joined the Big Ten Network’s ‘B1G Today’ earlier this month to preview the Badgers’ upcoming football season. He discussed everything to the program’s objectives during spring practice, what needs to be done during fall training camp, the Big Ten’s additions of USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington, the location of the Big Ten championship game and …

With the college football season quickly approaching, the latest Phil Steele preseason All-American list was released this past week. Rutgers was well represented, with five players selected. The list of Rutgers football players named to the list included running back Kyle Monangia, linebacker Mohamed Toure, offensive lineman Hollin Pierce, and defensive backs Flip Dixon and Robert Longerbeam. Expectations are higher …

Heading into the 2024 college football season, the race for the Heisman Trophy will be as wide-open as it’s ever been. With no returning winners and the top five vote-getters from last year all going to the NFL, there is no clear front-runner. The award has become increasingly more of a quarterback award with seven of the eight last winners …

What exactly would you, the reader, consider the goal for the 2024 season? Of course, if you ask Kirk Ferentz and his staff their end goal for the upcoming college football season, it would be to bring home the Big Ten championship. Now, even as fans, we all know that is a massive stretch for the Hawkeyes, who last won …

The Alabama Crimson Tide football program received some huge news on the recruiting trail on Saturday night. During an official visit to Alabama, 2025 four-star interior offensive lineman Micah DeBose announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide. DeBose chose Alabama over other programs such as Florida, Ohio State, and LSU. Alabama has landed commitments from four offensive linemen in the …

Penn State saw one running back commitment flip from the Nittany Lions to Auburn last week, but that spot in the Class of 2025 has already been filled by another running back recruit. Jabree Wallace-Coleman, from Philadelphia’s Imhotep Institute, committed to Penn State on Saturday evening. Wallace-Coleman, a 6′-0″, 205-lb running back, committed to the Nittany  Lions following his official …

It’s decision time for the class of 2025 and the Georgia Bulldogs are projected to land a lot of elite prospects. The latest top recruit that has been predicted, per 247Sports, to commit to Georgia football is four-star offensive tackle recruit Nick Brooks. The 6-foot-7, 345-pound offensive lineman has incredible size. Brooks plays high school football for John F. Kennedy …

BEREA — Tommy Rees can still remember what it was like the first time he was out on the Cleveland Browns’ practice fields. “Yeah, shagging Phil Dawson’s kicks and out here catching for the quarterbacks and got my first paycheck and all that,” Rees, the new Browns tight end coach/pass game specialist, recalled at the end of minicamp. “So I …

Pat McAfee’s latest viral rant has a tangential connection to the Wisconsin Badgers. The rant was in support of walk-ons — a key pillar to the foundation of the Wisconsin football program. Related: Big Ten football offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator rankings for 2024 season The timing is relevant because recent court proceedings and industry chatter point toward college football moving …

AggiesWire_CMTD_FB Boom! Texas A&M has added maybe the strongest leg in the 2025 recruiting class, as a kicker has remained a position of need after a season that saw several missed kicks that impacted multiple games during the 2023 season. With new head coach Mike Elko at the helm, the Aggies have secured 14 commitments in the 2025 cycle, led …