Coming off of a national championship, not many are giving Michigan football much of a chance at a repeat. Part of it is the talent it lost, the other is the talent that teams around it has accumulated in a reshifting college football atmosphere. Yet, some of the questions this offseason have been answered. With a new coaching staff, the …
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Big 12 team preview: After more help from transfer portal, is Colorado ready for ‘prime time’?
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders directs safety Ben Finneseth during spring college football game, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. | David Zalubowski, Associated Press Editor’s note: Seventh in a series previewing each team in the Big 12 in 2024. One of the biggest stories in all of college football was set in Boulder, Colorado, last season. From the …
Read More »What Virginia school made Niceville’s Kane Lafortune forget about the Ivy League route?
NICEVILLE — This summer, Kane Lafortune hit the recruiting trail hard by visiting the top academic institutions in the country. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia … the list of quarterback camps featured a who’s-who of Ivy League institutions recruiting the Niceville rising senior, whose 4.4 GPA and high football IQ quelled any worries about his 5-foot-10, 180-pound frame. At …
Read More »Tennessee Volunteers version of EA Sports College Football 2025 is available now – sort of
While avid fans of Tennessee football and video games have been consumed by EA Sports College Football 25 since its early release, the cover image features the wrong UT − at least, that’s what Vols would say. Tennessee football has a fix. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, Michigan running back Donovan Edwards and Colorado cornerback and receiver Travis Hunter grace the …
Read More »Case closed: Texas loses to Tennessee in the ‘UT’ debate for conference within SEC
It doesn’t take much to rattle up a college football fanbase — especially in the SEC. Or even start a rivalry from nothing. Both seemed to be true back in 2021 when a simple — and perhaps “silly” — debate was started between the Tennessee and Texas fan bases on which school would be the “UT” of the SEC once …
Read More »Billings ‘malls’ Albany for Arena Bowl XXXIII championship
They used to play a bowl game in Atlantic City Convention Hall. Yes, a football game indoors in a venue that was far from a domed stadium. New Jersey went that one better on Friday as the Billings Outlaws defeated the Albany Firebirds, 46-41, in Arena Bowl XXXIII. How was the Boardwalk Bowl one-upped in the Garden State? The Arena …
Read More »What EA Sports College Football 25 got right and wrong about Colorado player ratings
Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Travis Hunter (12) warms up before a spring game event at Folsom Field. Colorado is one of the best teams to play with on EA Sports College Football 25. The Buffaloes are the second highest-rated Big 12 team (87 overall, behind only Utah at 88 overall) and they boast a pair …
Read More »2025 5-star DB Trey McNutt has delayed his commitment announcement
. Things got a lot more interesting this week regarding one of Texas A&M’s high-priority prospects, as 2025 5-star safety Trey McNutt, who was previously slated to announce his commitment on Friday, has reportedly pushed back his announcement until early next month. His reason behind the delay is currently unknown. Still, based on pure speculation, he could be weighing his …
Read More »Greater Cincinnati high school football top 10 defensive secondary players
With the start of another high school football season just over one month away, The Enquirer is once again ranking the best players by position in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Defensive backs and safeties make their home beyond the line of scrimmage. They live for the interceptions, the pass break-ups, and the celebrations that come with. A …
Read More »Oregon football schedule 2024: See who the Ducks will face in their first Big 10 season
Could SEC football teams pay players $15 million? | College Football Enquirer<p>Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde look at the reported $15 million per year SEC schools would have to pay football players and the ripple effect it’d cause. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast …
Read More »The Daily Show roasts Ohio State in favor of Michigan
Some things are bigger than politics and one of those things is the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. And one Daily Show correspondent and host has chosen a side. At the Republican National Convention, Ohio senator J.D. Vance was named the vice presidential candidate, and though he’s from the Buckeye State and went to OSU, he made several overtures to Michigan throughout …
Read More »Television ratings, media choices are part of new Big Ten football reality
The Big Ten football world is a strange and wondrous place right now, with four West Coast schools leaving the Pac-12 and joining one of the two most powerful conferences in the country alongside the SEC. One of the many important and mysterious aspects of life in the new Big Ten football theater of events is the television angle. How …
Read More »Oregon State football schedule: See who the Beavers will face in 2024
Could SEC football teams pay players $15 million? | College Football Enquirer<p>Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde look at the reported $15 million per year SEC schools would have to pay football players and the ripple effect it’d cause. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast …
Read More »Big Ten football is interesting not just because four new teams are joining
The Big Ten Conference will be fascinating to watch for all the obvious reasons connected to conference realignment. Seeing USC, Oregon, Washington, and UCLA in the conference of the Midwest will be new and fresh. The matchups in the conference will be new and interesting. We can say that Washington State and Oregon State got a very raw deal, and …
Read More »College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 released
Florida ended the 2023 college football season ineligible for a bowl game, ending an eight-year run of consecutive postseason appearances for the Gators. The goal for 2024 is simple — win six games and start a new streak of bowl appearances — and what better time to turn things around than the dawn of the 12-team playoff era? The expansion …
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