College Football

Most Ivy Leaguers aren’t associated with smelling salts or taking cannonball plunges into cold tanks in the training room. Then again, Florida football defensive tackle Joey Slackman isn’t your typical Ivy Leaguer. Sure, Slackman enrolled at Penn, where he earned a wresting scholarship before transitioning into football his final two years on campus. But after earning Ivy League Defensive Player …

EVANSVILLE — The Courier & Press sports reporters will be making daily predictions or observations on various high school football topics this week ahead of the 2024 season. Next up: Which players in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference and Pocket Athletic Conference have breakout potential in 2024? Everyone knows who the top players will be. Every year, a handful of …

Leroy McFadden was a rare Big Ten recruit out of the NIC-10 … sort of. He played more for Michigan State (391 yards rushing, 224 receiving in 1997 and 1998) than he ever did at Auburn, leaving Rockford to move in with his uncle in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after his sophomore year. “I had to get away,” said McFadden, who …

STOCK | Footballs rest in a bag at a high school football game between St. Augustine and Bolles in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 25, 2023. [Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union] There is a quarterback battle at DeSoto, one of the top programs in Texas football and the nation. In last week’s release of the USA TODAY Sports Preseason Super 25, DeSoto was …

We’re less than two weeks from the start of the 2024 college football season. The first rankings of the season are out with familiar teams at the top: Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, and Alabama round out the top five teams. Two of those five teams made the College Football Playoff last season and the other three were one win …

Nov 26, 2022; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young (9) waves to fans as he leaves the field after defeating the Auburn Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama won 49-27. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports During his time as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Nick Saban was certainly no stranger to success on the …

Florida football held its 11th practice of fall camp on Tuesday at the Sanders Practice Fields. In all, the Florida Gators are holding 17 practices in fall camp to prepare for the 2024 season, which opens Aug. 31 at The Swamp against Miami. Florida held its first intrasquad scrimmage of the fall last Saturday and will hold another Saturday. UF …

Photo: Isaiah Hole The 2024 season is just over two weeks away, and we will soon learn more about what the Michigan Wolverines are actually capable of as they look to defend their national championship from last year. With a new head coach in Sherrone Moore, some new faces expected to step up and a much more difficult schedule than …

Florida Gators quarterback DJ Lagway (2) passes in the first half during the Orange and Blue game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, April 13, 2024 [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun]2024 Florida football’s five-star freshman quarterback DJ Lagway is considered by many as one of, if not the best, backup quarterbacks in the country. Lagway knows that he …

CHEBOYGAN – Just recently, Luke Munger made his way down to Northwood University. Munger, a senior football star with the Cheboygan Chiefs, was on the Midland-based campus for a barbecue with the Timberwolves program. He loved everything about it – and then he got an offer to play there. That’s all it took. On Sunday evening, Munger made it official …

Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei has settled into Florida State football’s offense, and quarterback coach Tony Tokarz saw it firsthand. After practice on Tuesday, Tokarz discussed Uiagalelei’s development and how much he has improved since the spring. Uiagalelei enrolled last winter. He praised the transfer quarterback for his poise in preparation. “He prepares at an elite level,” Tokarz said. “I mean his …

Jayden Cofield and James Hansen line up at the same position on the Texas Tech football team, but stand about as far apart as possible on the experience spectrum. Cofield is a year out of high school and a redshirt freshman with the Red Raiders. Hansen’s a sixth-year senior who served a two-year Mormon mission after high school, which makes …

Nov. 25, 2023; Ann Arbor, Mi., USA; Helmets for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines decorate the on-field set for ESPNÕs College GameDay before SaturdayÕs NCAA Division I football game at Michigan Stadium. Way more than 10 EUGENE, OR – OCTOBER 6: Close-up of the Oregon Ducks ‘Liquid Metal’ helmet during the the game between the Oregon Ducks …

Image courtesy of Notre Dame Athletics A lot of things can determine whether or not a college football unit is strong. Players can lift up coaches as well as the other way around. We don’t know if that’s the case at Notre Dame, but one definitely could make that case. [autotag]Mike Mickens[/autotag] is the Irish’s defensive backs coach, and he’s …

Utah Utes running back Micah Bernard (2) celebrates after scoring a touchdown as Utah and Northwestern play in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. Northwestern won 14-7. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News With about two weeks to go until the University of Utah kicks off its season against Southern Utah, the …