College Football

Count returning Georgia starting quarterback Carson Beck as a fan of former Florida football running back Trevor Etienne. Beck expects Etienne to make a “huge impact” for UGA after the Bulldogs lost running backs Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards to the NFL Draft. “Being able to pick him up out of the portal, such a talented running back, (he’s) someone …

Get ready SouthCoast college football fans, a new video game is out this week. EA Sports College Football 25 video game is set to be officially launched on July 19 with some of its players receiving access on Monday. More than 11,000 players are expected to be in the game and with more to follow in the coming week, according …

It’s no exaggeration to say that prospects across the country have had the course of their lives changed thanks to a strong showing during camp season. Let’s take a look at five such prospects in the Midwest that saw their stock rise dramatically in June. RUMOR MILL: Key decisions on deck as summer hits midpoint This embedded content is not …

Clemson offensive coordinator Garrett Riley believes there’s a lot of potential for leadership on the offensive side of the ball heading into the 2024 season. Riley and other coaches spoke to the media Tuesday at the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex. When asked about leadership, Riley highlighted quarterback Cade Klubnik, running back Phil Mafah and tight end Jake Briningstool in …

Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Bru McCoy, who once played for USC, could be granted an additional season of elibility by the NCAA. The US Department of Justice ruled the NCAA couldn’t enforce their transfer eligbility rules that forced an athlete to sit out for a season before beginning their career with a new program. McCoy was projected to enter the 2024 …

Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. is joined by national rankings director Adam Friedman and national recruiting analysts Marshall Levenson and Sam Spiegelman to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. 1. Blue-chip Miami commitment Hylton Stubbs is on the verge of earning his fifth star. Friedman: FACT. Hylton Stubbs isn’t a …

All eyes are on Florida A&M football. Some look for the Rattlers to maintain its Black College Football National Championship standard as they achieved in 2023. At the same time, others view the Rattlers as inferior to last year’s team that claimed the program’s first Southwestern Athletic Conference and Celebration Bowl trophies last December. The assumption of a championship hangover …

Houston coach Willie Fritz speaks during the Big 12 Conference media days in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. | Lucas Peltier, Associated Press Editor’s note: Fourth in a series previewing each team in the Big 12 in 2024. When a college football team has its starting quarterback back, it usually gets treated favorably by the prognosticators who like to …

At the Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Day on Tuesday. Jackson State football was picked to finish third in the SWAC East Division behind Alabama State and defending Black national champions Florida A&M in 2024. The voting was based on a poll of SWAC head coaches and sports information directors. Alcorn State was picked to win the West Division. In T.C. …

Conferences in college athletics will look a little different starting with the upcoming college football season as the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 have added programs. The ACC added three programs with Stanford, SMU and Cal joining but there continues to be talk of teams leaving and joining other conferences. The latest centered around Florida State and Clemson, with …

Since Monday, the Omni Hotel in Dallas has been the center of the Southeastern Conference’s universe. Football players and coaches from LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt kicked off SEC media days on Monday. Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee were featured a day later. On Wednesday, it’s Texas’ turn in the spotlight. Just two weeks after it officially joined …

In his opening remarks Tuesday at SEC Media Day in Dallas, Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz called for former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. “Next summer, we will be moving media days to Atlanta,” Drinkwitz said. “And so it reminded me to call on CEO Steve Hatchell to do the right …

Jacksonville State’s football stadium will have a new name this fall. For years, the Gamecocks have played on Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium, but the school announced Tuesday that will change. The stadium will now be known as AmFirst Stadium, after the Board of Trustees approved the name change and partnership. America’s First Federal Credit Union, otherwise known as AmFirst, …

DALLAS — Missouri and OU have had their fair share of recent recruiting battles. First, the Tigers landed former Sooners wide receiver Theo Wease out of the transfer portal following the 2022 season. Then, Missouri landed the No. 1 defensive lineman in the 2024 recruiting class per 247Sports’ Composite rankings, Williams Nwaneri, over the Sooners. But the former rivalry that …

Former Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach Nick Saban and current Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart have shared an interesting relationship over the years. With Saban officially retired, the two are no loger adversaries on the field. Smart had served as the Alabama football defensive coordinator under Saban from 2008-2015. Beginning in 2016, the two coaches were direct rivals, …