On its way to its first national championship since 1997, the Michigan football program was a continuous subject of unsavory headlines during the 2023 season college football season. Now, the repercussions of those assorted controversies are coming to life. On Wednesday, the NCAA announced a four-year show cause and one-season suspension for former Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh as a result …
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NCAA hits former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh with suspension, show-cause for recruiting violations
Jim Harbaugh, the former Michigan football head coach who led the Wolverines to the 2023 national championship, has been suspended for one year and hit with a four-year show-cause order by the NCAA after he was found to have demonstrated both “unethical conduct” and a failure to promote “an atmosphere of compliance” as it pertains to an investigation into impermissible …
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Notre Dame offensive line coach Joe Rudolph, second from right, talks to offensive lineman Aamil Wagner (59) during a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in South Bend. All eyes will be on the health and effectiveness of Notre Dame’s offensive line in 2024. Big Game Boomer, who makes a lot of college …
Read More »Detroit News: NCAA issues a show-cause to Jim Harbaugh for recruiting violations
Photo: Isaiah Hole It’s been widely known (at least in Michigan football circles) that the NCAA has been looking to make an example of former Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh, and now it looks like it is doing just that. In January 2023, it was revealed that the NCAA was investigating Harbaugh for recruiting violations and instead of eventually issuing …
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Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After coming out of spring ball a bit decimated at the position, Michigan football bolstered its wide receiving corps by adding two players via the transfer portal — one unfamiliar and one very familiar. The unfamiliar one was Youngstown State transfer C.J. Charleston. Last year, the Ohio native had 33 catches for 503 yards …
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As the 2024 Notre Dame football season rapidly approaches, the goals are fairly obvious, make the expanded College Football Playoff field. ESPN ranked 25 players with the most importance (subscription required) in the CFP race, and not one member of the Irish was included in the group. There is a silver-lining however, as [autotag]Riley Leonard[/autotag] was one of two players …
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Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Convention would say that without J.J. McCarthy at the helm and with Michigan football breaking in a new quarterback, the Wolverines would get more conservative and lean more on their roots of running the football. But general convention doesn’t necessarily win games. Go big or go home. The maize and blue are still embroiled …
Read More »Fact or Fiction: Georgia is in the driver’s seat for Nicolai Brooks
Rivals national recruiting analyst Greg Smith is joined by recruiting analyst Jed May of UGASports.com, Ryan O’Bleness of SpartansIllustrated.com and Tim Verghese of InsideNebraska.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Beating Miami would boost Florida’s recruiting instantly ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …
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The chaos of the conference realignment carousel has led conferences across the country to adjust their scheduling philosophies ahead of the 2024 college football season. There are no longer any divisions in the four power conferences as the top two teams in the standings at the end of the season will play each other for the conference title. Given that …
Read More »Here’s what the LSU football cornerback room looks like heading into fall camp
BATON ROUGE – On-the-field work to begin the fix for LSU football’s historically bad defense from last season had to start in the defensive backfield. Opposing teams had fields days against LSU’s pass defense in 2023 and head coach Brian Kelly set out to right the ship but first, letting go of last season’s entire defensive staff. He brought in …
Read More »True freshman Terry Bussey proclaims that he ‘just knew’ Texas A&M ‘was the place for me’
Nov 18, 2017; Oxford, MS, USA; Texas A&M Aggies helmets after the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Mississippi Rebels 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports Before fall football camp began last week, Texas A&M true freshman athlete Terry Bussey sat down for a conversation with Ali Russell of TexAgs on the …
Read More »Missouri football’s Class of ’25 takes hit as 4-star wide receiver flips commitment to UCF
One of the Tigers’ top-ranked pledges in the Class of 2025 has flipped his commitment and chosen to stay closer to home. Jayvan Boggs, a four-star wide receiver who originally committed to Missouri football’s next class last month, decommitted from MU late Tuesday evening and instead has chosen to play his football at UCF, per a report from On3’s Hayes …
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BURNSVILLE – Confidence swells here, even on Mountain Heritage football’s first day of practice. The Cougars have already installed most of their offense and are jumping right into perfecting it. After going 10-3 last year and reaching the third round of the NCHSAA 1A playoffs, nearly all of the Cougars’ roster returns. The expectation is to compete for a state …
Read More »Nine local players to watch for this football season
Aug. 7—August is here, and that means high school football is right around the corner. Teams are deep into fall camp, with the start of the 2024 season now just two weeks away. A new season brings plenty of old and new players who will make headlines this fall. Here are nine to keep an eye on: — Gavin Fuqua, …
Read More »Looking back at the career of Tommy Armstong following retirement from playing football
Sep 24, 2016; Evanston, IL, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4) passes the ball against the Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at Ryan Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports A former Husker quarterback has announced that he is retiring from football. Tommy Armstrong spent the last two seasons as the quarterback of the Omaha Beef of …
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