College Football

Jul. 25—When the new Potato State Trophy was unveiled on Monday during the Big Sky media day, it created a stir. The 19.4 pounds of Douglas Fir wood, in the shape of a potato, resting on a wooden base with a metal cutout shaped as the state of Idaho, will now be awarded to the winner of the Idaho/Idaho State …

The raucous crowds, big plays, tailgates, and stadium entrances all define one sport – college football. The North Carolina Tar Heels begin their coming season on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Minnesota, a team they beat in their inaugural matchup – 31-13 – last year in Chapel Hill. There’s a lot of mystery surrounding UNC entering the fall, with plenty of …

14 Wisconsin Badgers cracked the Shrine Bowl preseason watch list entering the 2024 football season. With roughly one month remaining until Wisconsin begins its 2024 campaign, college football outlets have begun to craft preseason rankings and hierarchies for the fall slate. One of those projections, the East-West Shrine Bowl watch list, includes hundreds of the most promising players across the …

OSHKOSH – The 48th Annual Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Charity Football Games were held this past weekend, hosted for the 45th time by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, at Titan Stadium, in partnership with and to benefit the Children’s Wisconsin Foundation. Each year, the best of the best high school football players and coaches from throughout the state are nominated …

LAKE BLUE STREAKS  HEAD COACH: Dan DeGeorge, 12th year, 68-51 LAST YEAR: 9-4, 4-2 POSTSEASON: Division II, Region 5 Lake linebacker Charlie Christopher forces Jackson running back Kristian Satterfield to the sideline in the third quarter, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Lake football’s returning lettermen (22) Charlie Christopher, RB-LB, 6-1, 230, Sr. Gavin Constantine, OL-DL, 6-3, 200, So. Korey Datsko-Miller, FB-LB, …

INDIANAPOLIS — Go back exactly eight months, and there was Michigan State football mangled and crumpled, a green-and-white heap of a mess. The 42-0 loss to Penn State on a frigid November night at Ford Field was the last disaster punctuating a trainwreck of a season, when the Spartans endured the tabloidish midseason firing of their coach, a historic defeat …

DALLAS — For one of the most powerful people in collegiate athletics, the beauty of going for a run, even with an Apple Watch strapped to his wrist measuring his progress, is getting lost in the wonder of new cities he’s visited. In the early morning of July 1, Greg Sankey’s planned 3-and-a-half mile jog around the University of Oklahoma’s …

Three of Missouri football’s four main players at defensive tackle from last season will not return in 2024. That presents a common question being asked of the Mizzou defense, which lost 10 players who were either starters or key role players to the NFL Draft or to eligibility. Where are the Tigers going to turn to replace lost production? With …

SOUTH BEND — With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams this season, more programs will be in the mix for a national championship. With Notre Dame football’s seemingly favorable schedule, the Irish are considered a favorite to nab one of those 12 spots. Of Notre Dame’s 12 regular-season games, the Irish are expected to be favored in each. …

Savannah has grown as a big-time recruiting target for Power Five football programs in the last decade and the Hostess City has had a run of stellar quarterbacks in recent years. It’s been a remarkable run with former Benedictine quarterback Holden Geriner earning a scholarship to Auburn and New Hampstead’s Pauly Seeley landing at Wofford. In the last two seasons, …

Admittedly, Dontavius Nash still has several items he’d like to scratch off his personal checklist before his college football career is through. No longer among those, however, is the opportunity to see his name, image and likeness in a video game. The East Carolina junior defensive back and former Hunter Huss standout is one in a host of players from …

With July coming to a close, a new high school football season is on the horizon. Ahead of the tryouts and training camps, and before the first kickoff whistle sounds under those famed Friday night lights in the Greater Taunton area, the Taunton Daily Gazette is kicking off our 2024 high school football coverage with a look at all four area team’s …

USC football took center stage at Big Ten media days on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Connor Morrissette of USC’s 247Sports site talked to USC safety Kamari Ramsey, one of three players who went to Indianapolis for the media event. Ramsey really likes what he sees from two of the USC players he has had to compete against in practice: Ja’Kobi Lane …

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana football coach Tom Allen went through a unique interview process to land Penn State’s vacant defensive coordinator position. Allen spent two weeks in Happy Valley with PSU’s coaching staff as part of an extended get-to-know-you phase that allowed both parties to see if it was the right fit. “Tom was in a position where he did …

NORMAN — On OU’s first official day in the SEC, athletic director Joe Castiglione appeared to hint at the idea former coaches had about the Sooners’ SEC move. “I will tell you, without reservation, every coach that we talked to was excited,” Castiglione said. “And you know what, the ones that weren’t aren’t here anymore. This is Oklahoma. Either get …