College Football

Former Pac-12 Network analyst Yogi Roth is joining Big Ten Network

You knew this was coming. With USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon moving to the Big Ten, and with the Pac-12 essentially if not technically dead, the on-air talent at Pac-12 Network was going to have to find new homes. One prominent Pac-12 Network football analyst has landed at the Big Ten Network. Yogi Roth, the lead game analyst for Pac-12 …

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Alabama Football offers 2026 prospect, nephew of NBA legend Kobe Bryant

The Alabama Crimson Tide coaching staff extended an offer to 2026 four-star athlete Jett Washington on Friday. Washington is the nephew of former Los Angeles Laker and NBA Hall of Fame inductee Kobe Bryant. The product of Bishop Gorman High School is one of the top dual sport athletes in the 2026 recruiting cycle. Washington plays both basketball and football …

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IU football: 3 questions for Curt Cignetti ahead of 2024 Big Ten Media Days

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti will make his Big Ten Media Days debut this week. Cignetti will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday alongside linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic. It will be the first time the former JMU coach speaks to reporters since an NIL-related event in June. IU …

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Where did the Gophers land in the first 18-team Big Ten football media poll?

Big Ten football power Ohio State will rule the conference; newcomer Oregon will push the Buckeyes for the title; and defending national champion Michigan will take a step back in 2024, according to results of the Cleveland.com poll of media members who cover the conference. The Gophers, meanwhile, were picked to finish 12th in the Big Ten, which will have …

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Kirk Herbstreit to start college football interview project with dog

Kirk Herbstreit is adding something else to his fall schedule. Along with his duties as the color commentator for the primetime college football game each Saturday night on ABC, the color commentator for Amazon’s Thursday night NFL broadcast and as an analyst on ESPN’s “College GameDay,” Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback, has a new project with his dog Ben. …

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Preseason Big Ten polls: Illini check in at No. 13 and No. 14

Jul. 22—Illinois is picked to finish 13th in a preseason poll of Big Ten football reporters conducted by , the website for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. The News-Gazette’s Bob Asmussen was one of 27 voters. 1. Ohio State 2. Oregon 3. Penn State 4. Michigan 5. Iowa 6. USC 7. Wisconsin 8. Nebraska 9. Rutgers 10. Washington 11. Maryland 12. …

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Big Ten media poll released for upcoming football season

Fall camp is coming and the 2024-25 season is on the way, the first for Jonathan Smith with Michigan State football. As many fans know going into the upcoming season, the national media is not very high on the Spartans and many think that Smith will fall flat on his face in year one. That sentiment was evident in the …

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Florida State questions that must be addressed at 2024 ACC Football Kickoff

The spotlight will be on Florida State football at the ACC Football Kickoff. The annual media day, which starts at noon on Monday, July 22, and ends on Thursday, July 25, is held at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event features interviews with all 17 head coaches and participating players. FSU, Georgia Tech and SMU …

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Ohio State Football: Buckeyes picked to win Big Ten in 2024

Jul. 22—Ohio State is the Big Ten favorite according to a pair of preseason polls published Monday. The Buckeyes received 21 of 27 first-place votes in a poll conducted by Cleveland.com, which took the place of the Big Ten’s official poll when the conference stopped doing one 14 years ago. Oregon got six first-place votes and was the runaway No. …

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Midwest Spotlight: Biggest upcoming decisions on the radar

Caleb Jones | AuburnSports.com Football season is just weeks away, which means time is running out for prospects who want to wrap up their recruitment before the start of their senior campaign. Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Greg Smith looks at four Midwest standouts who are scheduled to commit in August. MORE: LSU is poised to make more noise before summer …

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Gophers football projected to finish 12th in 18-team Big Ten this fall

The Gophers football team has been picked to finish in the middle of the newly expanded Big Ten Conference this fall. Minnesota slotted in 12th out of 18 total teams, receiving 183 total points from media members in the annual Cleveland.com poll released Monday. With the addition of Oregon, Southern Cal, Washington and UCLA, the Big Ten scrapped its East/West …

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