College Football

The Illinois Fighting Illiniface the Penn State Nittany Lions in Week 5 of the college football season. Kickoff from Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on NBC. No. 21 Illinois (4-0) is coming off a 31-24 overtime road win at Nebraska. No. 8-ranked Penn State (3-0) of the Big Ten Conference is coming off a 56-0 win …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football quarterback Kurtis Rourke knew a linebacker wasn’t going to be able to keep up with Ke’Shawn Williams. At the end of the first half of last week’s win over Charlotte, Williams ran a slant and up route that left linebacker Cam Burden just grasping at his jersey. Rourke tossed an easy 19-yard touchdown pass that left members …

PISCATAWAY – As soon as Washington kicker Grady Gross’s 55-yard field goal attempt sailed left of the goalpost and the final seconds of the game ticked off the clock, the scoreboard read exactly what Rutgers football needed it to. Rutgers 21, Washington 18. It wasn’t an easy win. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t emphatic. But it didn’t need to be. …

New Mexico State football coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tyler Wright will “not be with the team” while the University investigates more than 150 posts on his social media account containing derogatory language about Africans and African-Americans, Hispanics and others, NM State athletics director Mario Moccia told the Las Cruces Sun-News late Friday night. The posts come from from more than …

Ball State football is gearing up for a tough challenge on the road against undefeated James Madison. The Cardinals (1-2, 0-1 MAC) opened MAC play last week, losing on the road to Central Michigan 37-34. While the offense looked efficient, the Ball State defense continued to struggle. It surrendered 527 total yards of offense and gave up a game-winning touchdown …

MARION — With Hurricane Helene dropping rain all over the Marion area Friday night, it was a soggy Week 6. And because of it, scoring was was hard to come by for teams. Four from the area failed to score and three more managed only one touchdown. Video: River Valley’s Chase Ebert on beating Marion Harding in the rain RV-Marion …

Gideon Snyder (36) and the Morton Potters celebrate a play against Pekin in the second half of their Week 5 high school football game Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Morton. The Dragons edged the Potters 27-24. MORTON — Gideon Snyder is training for mixed martial arts. But the player teammates nicknamed Jean-Claude Van Damme saw his Morton team submit to …

Editor’s note: This report contains potentially disturbing and offensive language. This story was updated to add new information. New Mexico State football offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tyler Wright’s social media contains more than 150 social media posts containing derogatory language about Africans and African Americans, Hispanics, women and the LGBTQ+ community from more than 10 years ago when he …

College football has the tendency year after year to deliver surprising storylines — and teams — through the first couple weeks of the season. And through the first third of the 2024 college football season, one of those has been Jake Retzlaff and BYU. The redshirt junior quarterback, the first Jewish starting quarterback in program history, has led the Cougars …

Oklahoma State football looks to rebound from its Week 4 loss to No. 10 Utah when it travels to Kansas State for its first road game of the season. The No. 20 Cowboys’ (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) matchup won’t be easy, as No. 25 Kansas State (3-1, 1-1 Big 12) is coming off a loss of its own after falling …

CALEDONIA — Despite the remnants of Hurricane Helene dumping much needed rain, River Valley did what River Valley does. “Like I told you at Buckeye Valley. Rain, sleet or snow, we’re going to throw,” RV senior quarterback Chase Ebert said, referencing this year’s other off-night with the weather. “No matter what we do that was our game plan, and we …

Before Friday, Sept. 20, the Taylor Yellowjackets football team hadn’t scored a point on the Wyoming Cowboys since 2015. Eight seasons, eight matchups, zero points. In those eight seasons, Wyoming finished atop the Cincinnati Hills League seven times and lost one conference game. This year, the Cowboys were on the same track, sitting at 5-0 and looking like the best …

High school football is a truly special thing, even when there are a myriad of difficult circumstances like those facing Hamilton football. There are only so many times you get to put on pads and a helmet and take the field with your teammates. Perhaps the challenges — like the driving wind and rain during Friday night’s game between Hamilton …

Paul VI sophomore Alesio Adinolfi (8) tries to break a tackle during a 28-0 Paul VI home win over Willingboro. Sept. 27, 2024 The Paul VI High School football team has so many choices on offense, that waiting one’s turn is often a necessity. That is certainly the case with senior running back Elijah Wilson.  The 6-foot, 195-pound Wilson hasn’t …

No. 9 Miami fought off Virginia Tech’s upset bid Friday night with a big assist from a controversial replay review. The Hokies, who led for a large stretch of the game before yielding the go-ahead touchdown with 1:57 to go, appeared to come up with the game-winning points on a Hail Mary touchdown reeled in by Da’Quan Felton amid a …