College Football

By any estimation, Notre Dame is one of the standard bearers for the purely American enterprise that is college football. Perhaps it is only fitting that of any program, the first Black or Asian American coach to lead a team in a Division I national championship game will belong to this storied program led by Marcus Freeman. Freeman’s father is …

How QBs stack up | Players to watch | Keys to the game | Prediction The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on …

ATLANTA — The value of a conference championship has diminished before our eyes. Like it or not, they just don’t matter as much.  Monday’s Notre Dame-Ohio State College Football Playoff National Championship was long ago guaranteed to produce only the fourth ever national champion that did not win its conference in the championship game era.  That history goes back to …

How QBs stack up | Players to watch | Keys to the game | Prediction The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on …

Getty Images USC and defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn have agreed to a contract extension, locking in a key piece to Lincoln Riley’s coaching staff amid interest from other schools, the university announced via social media. Lynn, who just finished his first season with the Trojans, generated some buzz in the assistant coaching carousel with schools like Penn State keeping an eye …

After a program-record 11 Texas football players were selected in the NFL draft last year, several Longhorns are hoping to surpass that number. Some Texas players are going pro because that’s their only choice — they’ve exhausted all their eligibility. Others are going because they’re near-locks to be highly draft (Kelvin Bank Jr., for instance). And there’s another group who …

Special Teams Coach Bubba Ventrone at the 2023 Hall of Fame Game between Clevelannd Browns and New York Jets at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Friday, August 03, 2023. The Cleveland Browns announced that their special teams coordinator, Bubba Ventrone, will serve as a head coach at the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl. Ventrone will be joined by New York …

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman studied in the Jim Tressel school of thought. No, I don’t mean the punt being the most important play in football. More like the way to win a game is to control it, by making your opponent earn every yard and minimizing your own mistakes. That recipe worked for Ohio State in 2002, when the …

Brent Venables is hard-wired for defense. Ask the OU football coach about the Sooners’ offense, the struggles on the line or the inconsistency at quarterback, and he is apt to take off on a tangent about the defense. Bless his heart, that’s just how he is. Defense, defense, defense. Which leads us to an interesting question: Would Jim Knowles leave …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman has three predictions on the final Rivals250 rankings for the 2025 class, a lofty ranking for Tennessee quarterback commit Faizon Brandon and Georgia’s big recruiting weekend. MORE PREDICTIONS: Kansas’ 2026 class, USC decommit, 2025 team rankings CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team …

Jan. 17—ATHENS — The Concord University Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Cody Edwards as the school’s next head football coach, Concord Co-Athletic Directors Luke Duffy and Tesla Southcott announced Thursday morning. Edwards comes to Concord as the program’s 22nd head coach after a stint as the linebackers’ coach and special teams’ coordinator at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, …

Sep 7, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland Terrapins head coach Mike Locksley smiles while on the field before the game against the Michigan State Spartans at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images The New York Jets will be looking for a new head coach in 2025 after the Robert Saleh regime failed to produce a winning season, let …

You’ve probably heard it’s a tough time to coach college football. Never mind that coaching salaries soar into the eight figures for guys who’ve never won a national championship or that exorbitant buyouts protect some failing coaches. Yes, indeedy, the echo chamber says coaching college football is a fool’s errand nowadays. Players possess more power, freedom and compensation than ever …

Here are three keys for No. 8 Ohio State against No. 7 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff final on Monday night: Ohio State quarterback Will Howard (18) walks off the field after throwing an interception against Michigan. Limit mistakes Turnovers could leave the Buckeyes susceptible to an upset, and quarterback Will Howard has at times been mistake-prone. In …

To pick a QB or not to pick a QB? That is the question facing the Tennessee Titans and their yet-to-be named general manager come April 24, when the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft will take place in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By virtue of their 3-14 record and .522 strength of schedule under first-year coach Brian Callahan, the …