College Football

The excellence of Jayden Daniels was impossible to ignore last season. Daniels was a one-man band who won the Heisman Trophy even though LSU lost to Alabama, did not win the SEC, and did not make the College Football Playoff. This year, LSU has to be better at every non-quarterback position in order to compensate for Daniels’ exit to the …

ESPN recently named its top 25 college stadiums, and two Texas universities made the list. The sports media organization had 14 writers select and rank their top 20 favorite stadiums — without criteria and parameters. ESPN then assigned points based on these rankings: 20 points for a first-place vote, 19 for a second-place vote, and so on, down to 1 …

It’s been a banner week for the Oklahoma Sooners as they took part in their first Media Day festivities as official members of the SEC. SEC Media Days were held in Dallas, Texas, where the Sooners are quite familiar as they recruit the DFW area well but also play their biggest rival in the city. Brent Venables was accompanied by …

A USC defense which has been awful for the past several years (remember Todd Orlando and Clancy Pendergast before Alex Grinch) will be challenged out of the gate in 2024. LSU brings a lot of weapons to Las Vegas for the big Labor Day weekend showdown everyone is talking about. Though LSU is definitely a team worth taking seriously, it …

The 2024 edition of SEC media days is in the books after each of the 16 schools in the expanded conference took their turns at the podium in Dallas, Texas. Head coach Billy Napier — along with linebacker Shemar James, running back Montrell Johnson Jr. and quarterback Graham Mertz — represented the Gators at the annual event and shared their …

As we all know, Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program have a huge 2024 season ahead of them. The 2024 season is the first year of the expanded, 12-team playoff. With the expansion comes more opportunities for powerhouse programs like Clemson, which has struggled to achieve its goals over the past few seasons.  College football analyst and former Georgia …

You probably saw or read this earlier in the month of July: USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley was one of 21 coaches named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List. Riley is one of four Big Ten coaches on the preseason watch list, joined by Ryan Day of Ohio State, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, and James Franklin of Penn State. …

Alabama will honor former coach Nick Saban on Sept. 7 when the Crimson Tide play South Florida. The school announced the honor on Friday. Saban retired this offseason after an incredible run as coach of the Crimson Tide. He took over in 2007 and went 201–29 (. 878), with 23 bowl game appearances, 16 victories, 10 SEC West titles, nine SEC …

It is still very early for the 2026 cycle, but you have to get excited when the nation’s top offensive tackle prospect is still considering Ohio State football. Missouri’s Jackson Cantwell, a 6-foot, 8-inch, 300-pound tackle, trimmed his list down to fourteen schools on Thursday afternoon. It’s an impressive list of teams that include Georgia, USC, Oregon, and Michigan that …

DALLAS — Former USF football star Brian Battie continues to be in the thoughts of his Auburn teammates as he recovers from a shooting in May and the Tigers prepare for a season without his daily presence. “Still praying for Brian and his family during this time,” Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne said Thursday during SEC media days. “I know we …

Continuing their ESPN rounds from the day before, representatives from Notre Dame’s football team had even more to share. The most significant segment came when Marcus Freeman and Jordan Clark appeared on “First Take”. One secret badly kept recently was that the Irish were planning on wearing new home uniforms in 2024. The secret officially was out after this appearance: …

Jul. 19—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …

Robert Griffin III will be on the call this week for ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Flag Championships. The former Heisman winner and NFL veteran sees the development of flag football as crucial in the development as well as the expansion of the sport. The NFL Flag Championships will air on ESPN and will feature representatives for all 32 teams …

MADISON – In Big Ten country, football season unofficially kicks off Tuesday. Big Ten media days are set for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This is the first year the event covers three days and it will mark the first appearance for new league members Oregon, USC, UCLA and Washington. Here is what you need …

The man who once said “I’m not going to be the Alabama coach” is about to have his name on the Alabama field. Via Nick Kelly of AL.com, an agenda released on Thursday says that the “honorary degrees and recognition committee” of the University of Alabama system board of trustees will meet to consider a resolution for “a naming at …