With the reckoning finally arriving, college football will need new revenue streams. Via USA Today, Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin identified one way to make more money on Wednesday at the SEC’s spring meetings. “I believe the NCAA is going to allow us to put a sponsor logo on the field during the regular season,” Scott Stricklin said. “That’s an …
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Kate Sweeney resigns as Ohio State rowing team coach
Kate Sweeney, head coach of the Ohio State rowing team over the last four years, resigned on Wednesday according to a press release from the OSU Department of Athletics. A member of the coaching staff for eight seasons, Sweeney will complete the year with the NCAA Championship regatta this weekend at Lake Bethel, Ohio. “I have made the difficult decision …
Read More »Highlands names NMMI coach to football post
May 29—The splash hire New Mexico Highlands University desperately needed happened Wednesday morning when it nabbed one of the top junior college coaches in the country to take over its historically struggling football program. Kurt Taufa’asau, who led New Mexico Military Institute to the 2021 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I national championship and took the Broncos to a …
Read More »Todd Kiley, after 21 years as Holliston’s football coach, will leave for Franklin High
Todd Kiley has stepped down after 21 seasons as Holliston High’s head football coach, and, in a text to the Daily News late Wednesday night, said he accepted the head coaching position at Franklin High. Eian Bain, the new coach at Bridgewater-Raynham after spending eight years at Franklin, praised Kiley in a text to the Daily News and weighed in …
Read More »USC’s Lincoln Riley Seems Afraid of Brian Kelly
When USC and LSU take the field opening weekend in Las Vegas it’ll surely draw one of the biggest tv-audiences of the entire season. Two traditional powerhouses starting the year out with a big-time opponent, why wouldn’t it? Despite the appeal of two bluebloods meeting, USC has tried to get the game removed from the schedule. According to a report …
Read More »Five-Star tackle sets visit with Ohio State
Ohio State has dialed up its recruiting efforts to an 11 and they have most recently nailed down a recruiting visit from a five-star offensive tackle in the class of 2025 from the state of Georgia in Josh Petty. He is widely considered a top five offensive tackle in the class and is projected as an immediate contributor level player. …
Read More »The destruction of the Pac-12 and football tradition — is it worth it?
The end of the Pac-12 means the end of the classic Rose Bowl we grew up loving and cherishing. We’re not going to have the Pac-12 champion against the Big Ten champion in the Rose Bowl at 2 p.m. in Pasadena on January 1, unless the College Football Playoff seedings and brackets happen to work out perfectly. Tradition is fading …
Read More »2025 5-star WR out of Sasche (TX) is trending towards Texas A&M’s SEC rival
RN_AggiesWire_FB1 Ahead of a busy recruiting summer, Texas A&M is still in the mix for elite 2025 five-star wide receiver Kaliq Lockett, who holds deep ties to the program and possesses NFL-like receiving traits with an incredibly high ceiling. While head coach Mike Elko and his staff have done a solid job of keeping Lockett close to College Station with …
Read More »Comparing Pete Carroll with Washington’s modern football coaches
The USC Trojans hope Lincoln Riley can match what Pete Carroll achieved. This is the Trojans big hope in the 21st century. Washington, meanwhile, has had two coaches who made the College Football Playoff this century and recalled what Don James did decades ago. James was the architect of a Washington empire, much as Pete Carroll built a USC dynasty. …
Read More »Where Ohio State ranks in On3’s post spring top 25 college football rankings
Headed into the 2024 college football season many experts and analysts around the college football landscape have high expectations for Ohio State to be among the best teams in the country. Most preseason college football rankings currently feature Georgia and Ohio State at the top in some order. This includes Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt who currently ranks the Buckeyes at …
Read More »Lou Holtz Shares Early Tim Brown Story at Notre Dame
Before being a Heisman Trophy winner, first round NFL draft pick, or putting together a Hall of Fame career with the Raiders, tim Brown was a little-known Notre Dame recruit from Dallas. Brown’s first two seasons in South Bend saw him compile 53 total receptions for 737 yards and four touchdowns while he ran for another. Lou Holtz was hired …
Read More »Auburn RB Brian Battie improving but could face ‘permanent paralysis’ after shooting, per court records
USATSI Auburn running back Brian Battie could face “permanent paralysis” after a fatal shooting in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, according to court documents obtained by the Tampa Bay Times. Battie was shot during an incident on May 18 that left his 24-year-old brother, Tommie Battie, dead at the scene. Brian was transported to the hospital in critical condition, where …
Read More »Sources: NCAA officials mulling change to allow on-field corporate sponsorships
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Outside of the Hilton Sandestin, a beachside resort where the Southeastern Conference historically holds its annual conference meetings, the league’s logo illuminates the hotel’s exterior in the dark of night. This week, it is the SEC Hilton Sandestin. Or the Hilton Sandestin presented by the SEC. It is fitting. Soon, perhaps in this very conference, sponsorships …
Read More »2025 four-star RB James Simon commits to Texas
The Texas Longhorns added Louisiana four-star James Simon to the fold on Wednesday. It’s a big addition for the Longhorns’ 2025 recruiting class. Simon continues an increasing trend of Louisiana players choosing to play for the Longhorns in recent seasons. Among the most famous players from the state, five-star quarterback Arch Manning and elite safety Derek Williams Jr. are already …
Read More »NCAA to consider allowing sponsor logos on field in wake of proposed revenue sharing settlement
A general view of a college football game between Ohio State and Oregon State at Ohio Stadium in 2018. College athletics directors are still absorbing the impacts and implications of the proposed settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust lawsuits that the NCAA and the Power Five conferences approved last week. But one industry leader already has a prediction about a couple …
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