College Football

WEST HARRISON, Indiana – In an effort to divulge as little information as possible, college football teams often delay naming their starting quarterback. Usually, only a returning starter or well-publicized transfer is given the nod early. Otherwise, the goal is to make the opposing defense prepare for a couple of options in week one. Coach Scott Satterfield’s Cincinnati Bearcats are …

Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) and quarterback Jackson Arnold (10) warm up before a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the TCU Horned Frogs at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Oklahoma Sooners have nearly made it through a long offseason. …

Penn State football head coach James Franklin hugs quarterback Sean Clifford after the Nittany Lions defeated Auburn 28-20 at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in State College. Hes Dr 091821 Pennstate 58 USA TODAY Sports released its 2024 Preseason US LBM Coaches Poll on Monday. USC was placed right outside the top 20 at No. 23 overall. The …

The Oklahoman recently ranked the top offensive linemen heading into the 2024 Oklahoma high school football season, and now the fans have a chance to have their voices heard. The Oklahoman’s poll for the state’s best high school offensive lineman is now live and will be available until noon Sunday. Cast your vote and check out all of our coverage heading into …

. LSU’s [autotag]2025 recruiting class[/autotag] has just gotten even better as the Tigers landed a commitment from a four-star safety earlier. [autotag]CJ Jimcoily[/autotag] is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound, four-star Safety from Nashville, Tennessee, where he plays for Lipscomb Academy. Jimcoily committed to LSU over Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Stanford and more schools. LSU’s 2025 recruiting class jumped from the No. 4 class …

Justin “Juice” Johnson said Thursday he doesn’t like to compare one Texas Tech football team receiving group against another. While there are things to learn from each and every season, the passing game coordinator and receivers coach said the focus is always on who he has at his disposal for each season, each practice and each game. On the surface, …

Head coach Dawson Odums and Norfolk State are not returning much production — yards-wise — from the wide receiver room in 2024. But depth certainly won’t be an issue for the Spartans’ wideouts. Last season, the Spartans’ top 10 wide receivers combined for just 1,578 receiving yards. Andre Pegues led the way with 474 yards and he was just one …

. Colorado football target Andrew Marsh has narrowed down his college recruitment to five schools, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported Wednesday. Marsh, a class of 2025 wide receiver who has visited Boulder multiple times over the past year, will be deciding between the Buffs, Washington Huskies, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans and Michigan Wolverines. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound prospect from Katy, Texas plans …

BATON ROUGE — As much work as the cornerbacks needed from the disappointing 2023 season performance to now, LSU football’s safeties needed just as much work. The Tigers’ pass defense was abysmal last season and, while there were some injuries at both safety positions, the group’s issues were glaring. For Brian Kelly and new safeties coach Jake Olsen, there are …

Memphis football has gotten plenty of national interest this offseason, with the expansion of the College Football Playoff positioning the Tigers as a potential playoff team. That led to an appearance for Ryan Silverfield on “The Paul Finebaum Show” Thursday afternoon, the well-known college football show that mostly focuses on the SEC. And Silverfield laid out his case for the …

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports The Davey O’Brien Foundation announced today that Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik has been named as one of 36 players on the watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award, presented annually to the nation’s best quarterback. Compiled by a subset of the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee, this year’s list was selected based on previous Division I …

This Illinois football season marks the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium. And to honor the Memorial Stadium Dedication Game from 1924 against Michigan, the Fighting Illini will don new, commemorative uniforms against the Wolverines this season. Illinois, which faces the defending national champions Oct. 19., will sport throwback uniforms for the matchup, which are meant to resemble the past uniforms …

Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — This may be a new-look Michigan football team entering 2024 but a lot will be the same as it was last year. One place where there’s an opportunity for both annual consistency as well as shaking some things up comes in special teams, where the Wolverines do have some incumbent kick and punt returners …

SOUTH BEND — For a sophomore running back with just 81 career touches to his name, Jeremiyah Love has been quite the topic in the early stages of preseason camp for Notre Dame football. Defensive coordinator Al Golden invoked the name of Irish great Ricky Watters, reaching back three-plus decades for an apt comparison for the all-around talents of Love. …

A statement from a former Michigan football staffer to NCAA investigators further called into question the culture of the program and lack of rule following under former coach Jim Harbaugh. The findings were contained in the Division I committee on infractions’ 48-page report released Wednesday regarding violations within the Wolverines’ program, which hit Harbaugh now in charge of the NFL’s …