College Football

It may be the Texas Longhorns’ first year in the SEC, but the expectation on the Forty Acres remains to compete for a conference championship and Playoff berth. Steve Sarkisian has assembled one of the best coaching staffs in America as proven by their work in the transfer portal this offseason. However, the key to the Longhorns’ success this season …

Dana Dimel is heading to Illinois. UTEP’s former football coach, released after last season, is taking a job as Illinois’ senior offensive assistant. Dimel was head coach at UTEP from 2018-23 and led the team to the New Mexico Bowl in 2021 before back-to-back losing seasons led to a coaching change to Scotty Walden. UTEP’s head football coach Dana Dimel …

Bringing in a strong transfer portal haul is necessary for most college football teams these days, and Billy Napier has the Floride Gators poised to bring in one of the nation’s best transfer classes in 2024. Three of Florida’s new players made 247Sports’ recent list of the top 50 transfers heading into 2024, but the Gators also lost a considerable …

INDIANAPOLIS – Wisconsin players Hunter Wohler, Jake Chaney and Jack Nelson met with reporters at Big Ten football media day Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Here are some of the highlights from their 30-minute sessions: Wisconsin Badgers linebacker Jake Chaney will wear No. 1 on his jersey this season, after previously wearing No. 36. A new number for Jake Chaney …

Miami Central High wide receiver Naeshaun Montgomery will announce his commitment on August 25, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Montgomery set a top-six of Alabama, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Oregon and Penn State, but he has long been considered the UF’s to lose. Only the Gators and Nittany Lions have gotten him on in town for an official visit. He …

If you have not been paying really close attention to the LSU football team six weeks before the big game against the USC Trojans, we talked about an important news story on our Monday night YouTube show at The Voice of College Football. We picked up LSU Tigers Wire’s story on the suspension of LSU cornerback Javien Toviano, which mentioned …

LSU made quite a few changes to its defensive staff following a rough 2023 season. The Tigers moved on from defensive coordinator Matt House, and they also let go of several assistants. One of those coaches — former safeties coach Kerry Cooks — has now found a new home. On Monday, 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported that Cooks will be joining …

Each year, the Shrine Bowl 1000 watchlist compiles the top 1,000 players in college football who are eligible for the annual all-star game and upcoming NFL draft class. This year, four Michigan State football players were honored on the Shrine Bowl 1000 watchlist. Those players are: OL Luke Newman OL Brandon Baldwin RB Nate Carter DB Angelo Grose Contact/Follow us @The …

With Oklahoma and Texas set to join the SEC this fall, those two programs are set for some road trips to environments they aren’t used to. Every returning member of the league draws at least one of those two squads, and for LSU, that’s a matchup against the Sooners in Tiger Stadium to conclude the regular season. Speaking at SEC …

It’s a fun and interesting question to toss around six weeks before the LSU season opener: Which USC football freshmen will have big seasons for the Trojans? USC has some depth questions up front, so if a freshman lineman can play above expectations and offer the coaching staff a valuable plug-in piece either in a starting or depth-providing role, that …

Before Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti brought up the four new additions to the conference at Big Ten football media days in Indianapolis on Tuesday, he dropped some news for the future. Petitti opened up his remarks by announcing the conference had agreed to continue playing the Big Ten Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis through 2028. Big Ten …

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s been tough sledding lately in Columbus, Ohio. No matter how good the Buckeyes have been, there’s been a dark cloud over Ohio State, having lost to rival Michigan football the past three years. Winning The Game had started to appear to be OSU’s birthright, given the results dating back to Jim Tressel’s tenure in Columbus. But after former …

One of the co-defendants in Jaden Rashada’s name, image and likeness lawsuit against Florida Gators coach Billy Napier accused the blue-chip quarterback’s legal team of promoting “cunning conspiracy theories” in a multimillion-dollar federal complaint. That line came Tuesday as former Gators staffer Marcus Castro-Walker moved to dismiss the suit against him in the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of Florida. …

Florida football’s recruiting efforts in the 2025 cycle had been floundering a bit but a commitment from blue-chip, double-legacy wide receiver Vernell Brown III has finally moved the dial for the Gators. The pass-catcher out of Orlando (Florida) Jones chose the Gators over the Florida State Seminoles, Miami Hurricanes and Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday afternoon. His decision to follow his family’s …

INDIANAPOLIS – Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell and his staff spent the offseason mining the transfer portal for length and athleticism to add to the roster. The biggest change in Year 2 of the Fickell era, however, might not be measureable. Fickell unofficially kicked off the 2024 season Tuesday morning at Big Ten media day at Lucas Oil Stadium. His …