The USC Trojans don’t look good right now, given the report from Saturday Down South that the school wanted to back out of its Week 1 2024 college football game against the LSU Tigers in Las Vegas. It never looks good when a school wants to get out of a big-game contract. You know the “Lincoln Riley is scared!” articles …
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REPORT: USC tried to back out of LSU college football season opener
This is not going to be a fun topic to discuss at USC over the next several days. Matt Hayes of Saturday Down South cites multiple sources as saying the USC Trojans tried to get out of their 2024 Week 1 college football game against the LSU Tigers in Las Vegas. Here’s one small excerpt from the piece: Another source …
Read More »Notre Dame OC Mike Denbrock has an interesting comp for QB commit Deuce Knight
Although coaches aren’t allowed to speak about players until they sign with their schools, that doesn’t mean that they won’t talk directly to recruits about how they feel about them. It seems like Notre Dame football offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock really loves what he sees from 2025 quarterback commit Deuce Knight. The future Irish quarterback is currently participating at On3’s …
Read More »Nebraska commit invited to US Army Bowl
A Nebraska class of 2025 commit has been invited to a prestigious high school all-star game. Tight end Bear Tenney has been invited to play in the US Army Bowl. In 2023, he caught 27 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns as a junior at Lucas Lovejoy High School in Texas. Tenney was the sixth commitment to Nebraska’s class …
Read More »Tennessee offers 2026 wide receiver Connor Salmin
Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 wide receiver prospect Connor Salmin. “After a great call with Kelsey Pope, I am extremely blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Salmin said. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver prospect is from Woodgrove High School in Purcellville, Virginia. There are not recruiting rankings currently for Salmin from Rivals, 247Sports, On3 or …
Read More »Texas HC Steve Sarkisian shares what he looks forward to in SEC
The Texas Longhorns are heading to the SEC. Perhaps the most exciting part of the move isn’t the conference prestige or donning the SEC logo patch, but reuniting with two of its three biggest rivals. The Longhorns will face the Texas A&M Aggies and Arkansas Razorbacks in 2024. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian highlighted that fact as reason why he’s …
Read More »How Deion Sanders’ son ended up declaring bankruptcy: ‘Kind of stunning’
As a 24-year-old college football player at the University of Colorado, Shilo Sanders has quite a problem on his hands: Bankruptcy. More than $11 million in debt. And now there are court proceedings that question his wealth and where he’s keeping it. How did it even reach this point? According to court filings by his attorney, it’s primarily because Sanders …
Read More »The Julian Lewis-to-Colorado hype is ‘very real’: Buffs have ‘a real shot’ at 5-star QB
Carrollton Trojans quarterback Julian Lewis (10) watches from the sidelines against the Westlake Lions during the first half at Grisham Stadium on Oct. 20, 2023, in Carrollton, GA. Julian Lewis is the rare kind of quarterback prospect who can change the narrative surrounding Colorado football. The Georgia high school football star reclassified from the Class of 2026 and is ranked …
Read More »Fact or Fiction: Miami has overtaken LSU for five-star DJ Pickett
Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. is joined by national recruiting director Adam Gorney, national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman and CanesCounty.com’s Marcus Benjamin to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Jahkeem Stewart would be No. 1 in 2025 class as well ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …
Read More »USC five-star commit Isaiah Gibson schedules Tennessee visit
2025 five-star edge prospect Isaiah Gibson scheduled an official visit to Tennessee after canceling a visit to Florida. Gibson will officially visit the Vols on June 14, where Josh Heupel and Tennessee will attempt to flip his commitment to USC. Gibson will also visit Georgia on Friday, South Carolina on June 7, Auburn on June 12, Ohio State on June 18 …
Read More »2025 North Carolina defensive lineman includes Vols in top three
Three-star 2025 defensive lineman prospect Charles House announced his top three schools, according to Chad Simmons of On3. House’s three finalist schools are Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The 6-foot-3, 288-pound defensive line prospect is from North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina. House ranks as the No. 600 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He also ranks as …
Read More »Wisconsin to welcome some of 2025’s best recruits onto campus this weekend
Wisconsin football begins a critical month in the class of 2025 recruiting cycle this weekend. It is the first big official visit weekend of the cycle, and sees the Badgers welcome some of the top players in the class. The Badgers enter June with 247Sports’ No. 19-ranked recruiting class in the nation with 11 total players committed. The group has …
Read More »NCAA lawsuit settlement makes this Memphis football season an even bigger deal | Giannotto
The NCAA did what it swore it would never do. The people making the decisions in the power conferences of college sports — commissioners, university presidents, media partners, the biggest boosters, and of course, the lawyers — they all got together and agreed the price of clinging to the antiquated notion of amateurism was going to be a lot more …
Read More »Here’s what the Shreveport area football coaches said about their teams in the spring
Most of the football teams in Northwest Louisiana conducted spring practices and/or spring games. Find out what some of them had to say about the progression of their team in this first of two stories. Airline “I thought we were able to solidify a few spots on both sides of the ball while our No. 1s continued to play and …
Read More »Lincoln Riley, USC tried out of playing LSU opening weekend of 2024 per report
When Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for the USC Trojans, there was speculation that the former Sooners head coach wasn’t too excited about the Sooners move to the SEC. He denied those rumors in May of 2022, but the idea lingered. Late Tuesday night, Saturday Down South’s Matt Hayes reported Riley and the Trojans have been working for two years to …
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