College Football

USC goes to Big Ten media days this week in Indianapolis. Let’s get to know our new Big Ten football neighbors. Next up: the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa has been a solid and nationally relevant program for most of the past 40 years. Hayden Fry revived the program in the early 1980s after two decades of irrelevance. Kirk Ferentz took the …

Former Belleville High School football star and Michigan football defensive back Andre Seldon Jr. died at the age of 22 after an apparent drowning at a dam in Utah on Saturday. Officials from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office initially announced a search and rescue mission was underway around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday after a “young adult male was seen diving …

Wisconsin football’s class of 2025 is nearing its final form with the recruiting cycle beginning to slow now three full weeks into the dead period. Big Ten media days are this week in Indianapolis, Indiana and training camp begins before the end of the month. Wisconsin’s currently-listed class of 2025 which is close to what the group will look like when …

Wisconsin top class of 2025 defensive line target Kade Pietrzak committed to Big Ten rival Nebraska on Sunday. The Badgers were in the four-star recruit’s final four schools along with the Cornhuskers, Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas State Wildcats. Related: Full recap of power rankings for every Big Ten football position group entering 2024 season Pietrzak is ranked as 247Sports’ No. …

Clemson hasn’t been to the College Football Playoff since 2020, and a recent piece from ESPN staff writers named the biggest reason why from the standpoint of position play. While listing their biggest question marks for post-spring Top 25 teams heading into the 2024 season, ESPN named the quarterback position as the Tigers’ biggest uncertainty. Per staff writer David Hale: …

Florida football landed a commitment from one of the top wide receivers in the country. And he’s got a familiar name, to boot. Vernell Brown III announced his pledge to the Florida Gators on Sunday, adding another pass-catching threat to UF’s growing 2025 class. Brown’s father played wide receiver and defensive back at Florida from 2001-05 and was dubbed “the …

Jul 18, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; Texas A&M defensive lineman Shemar Turner speaks to the media at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports In its annual summer fashion, SEC Media Days provided more insight into what to expect from the 2024 SEC football season, now just weeks away. During the four-day event, the national media heard from …

Thom Brennaman is the son of longtime Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman. The two called a Reds game together in September 2019 before Marty’s retirement. Thom, however, was fired after saying a slur on-air the following year. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) Four years after being caught saying a homophobic slur on-air, former Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman will be …

Thom Brennaman is a the son of longtime Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman; the two called a Reds game together in September 2019 before Marty’s retirement. Thom, however, was fired after saying a slur on-air the following year. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) Four years after being caught saying a homophobic slur on-air, former Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman will …

LSU might not have the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, but when it comes to quality over quantity, the Tigers are in pole position. According to On3, LSU leads the country in average recruit rating. The average LSU commit is rated 92.63, just ahead of Oregon at 92.35. Alabama, whose class ranks No. 1 overall, is fourth with …

Brandon Inniss is heading into his second season as a part of Ohio State’s wide receiver room. The former five-star will make his 2024 debut at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 31 when Ohio State takes on Akron. He is joined in OSU’s wide receiver room by players such as Emeka Egbuka, Carnell Tate and freshman five-star Jeremiah Smith, among others. Here’s …

In the midst of a slightly calmer stretch of the recruiting calendar, I figured I would take a look at the recruiting rankings to compare recruiting classes as we hit the mid-year point. And what’s better than getting some conversation going amongst some of the heated rivalries of college football? First up is the Red River rivalry of Texas and …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program have secured a major addition to their 2025 recruiting class. Four-star defensive end Bryce Davis committed to Clemson on Saturday, picking the Tigers over Georgia, Duke, and South Carolina. According to 247 Sports composite rankings, Davis is the No. 59 overall player and No. 8 defensive lineman in his class. The 6-foot-3, 245-pound …

SEC media days have come and gone for the Oklahoma Sooners, their first go-around participating in media days in their new conference. Brent Venables and the Sooners had a successful week in Dallas, showing they won’t back down from the challenge that the SEC presents. One of the most influential voices in the SEC has been very complimentary of OU …

Jul. 21—Andre Seldon Jr., a Utah State transfer cornerback, drowned at Porcupine Reservoir in Cache County, Utah, the program announced on Saturday. He was 22. Seldon was a captain and two-year starter at New Mexico State the past two seasons, one of the key figures in the Aggies’ football resurgence. He initially spent the spring at TCU before ultimately deciding …