College Football

Sep 21, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; DUPLICATE***Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Will Kacmarek (89) runs the ball against the Marshall Thundering Herd in the second half at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. We’re now through four weeks in the new, improved, and expanded Big Ten. Each time out provides additional data points and eyeball tests to try and figure out the pecking …

Penn State football is preparing for its biggest proving point yet − with its most scintillating Beaver Stadium environment − of this young 2024 season. The Nittany Lions’ Big Ten competition begins with fireworks Saturday night. Which means it will be the most expensive home ticket yet. The undefeated Lions (3-0) and Illinois Fighting Illinois − both ranked teams − …

GAYLORD ― The Gaylord-area high school football picture is becoming clearer as we head into the final full week of September. With five full weeks of games left, teams across Otsego County know who they are and can better focus on their goals, whether that be a playoff push, a conference title or just salvaging the second half of the …

Sep. 23—*** The college football game we all should have been watching was Saturday in Boulder, Colo. The hometown Buffaloes, still licking their wounds after a convincing loss at Nebraska, trailed Baylor late. Really late. Down 31-24 on the last play of regulation, Shedeur Sanders rolled across the field while his receivers headed toward the end zone. Sanders let fly …

Sep 21, 2024; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; Florida Gators running back Ja’Kobi Jackson (24) runs the ball against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the second quarter at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-Imagn Images Florida football put a stop to its bleeding on Saturday in Starkville with a 45-28 win over the Mississippi Bulldogs. The win was …

Mississippi State football is welcoming Texas into the SEC this week. The Bulldogs (1-3, 0-1 SEC) are traveling to Austin, Texas to play the Longhorns (4-0, 0-0) in their first conference game since leaving the Big 12. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 3:15 p.m. at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas is ranked No. 2 in this week’s US …

Sep 21, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Tennessee Volunteers defensive back Jermod McCoy (3) reacts after making an interception during the first quarter against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) concluded its first month of the season on Saturday. The Vols recorded a fourth win in as many games at …

Jan 7, 2024; Houston, TX, USA; A Heisman Trophy at the College Football Playoff Fan Central at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Through four weeks of the 2024 college football season, the race for the Heisman Trophy is wide open. With conference play getting underway this weekend, the upsets are going to start pouring …

STILLWATER — As Utah trotted into the locker room, just minutes away from its Big 12 road opener against Oklahoma State, head coach Kyle Whittingham held a conference. It was about quarterback Cameron Rising, who was a game-time decision due to a finger injury on his throwing hand. The plan was for the two-time All-Pac-12 senior to play on Saturday, …

Sep 30, 2023; Arlington, Texas; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Enai White (6) sacks Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback KJ Jefferson (1) during the second half at AT&T Stadium. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Texas A&M (3-1, 1-0 SEC) will return to AT&T Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a final time to face the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-1, 1-0 SEC) for a final time …

Sep 21, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Marcel Reed (10) runs the ball as Bowling Green Falcons defensive lineman Jordan Porter (33) defends during the second quarter at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images. Redshirt freshman quarterback Marcel Reed has certainly made the case to start for the No. 24 Texas A&M football team and …

Del Valle’s much heralded junior quarterback Jake Fette has verbally committed to Arizona State of the Big 12 Conference. Fette announced on his X account on Sunday night. The 6-foot-2 signal caller is the second Del Valle player to commit to a Division I school this year. Senior running back Manny Fuller committed to Utah in July. Utah also competes …

A huge weekend is in the books and there is a lot of news coming out from top prospects across the country. The latest from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney in this week’s Recruiting Rumor Mill: FACT OR FICTION: Jordan Young is a heavy lean to NC State CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State …

NORMAN — He goes by “Vawl Daddy,” and he wears half-buttoned orange and white checkered overalls, which leave little to the imagination, including an exposed upper thigh tattoo of Tennessee coach Josh Heupel smoking a celebratory cigar. Before Tennessee’s 2022 game against Alabama, Luke Jackson posted on social media that he’d get a tattoo of Heupel if the Volunteers beat the …

Nearly 109 years ago, the Texas football team played Rice in its first Southwest Conference game. And 28 years ago, Texas met Missouri for its first Big 12 battle. On Saturday, No. 2 Texas (4-0) will play its first conference contest in the Southeastern Conference. That debut will come against Mississippi State in an SEC Network-televised game that will kick …