College Football

Alabama football held its first scrimmage of the fall on Saturday. It was Alabama’s first time back at Bryant-Denny Stadium since A-Day in what coach Kalen DeBoer said was the team’s biggest scrimmage heading into the fall. “It’s good to be out there, scrimmage one in the stadium,” DeBoer said following the scrimmage. “Good to be in your surroundings and …

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart landed a helicopter at Douglass High in Atlanta when Jontae Gilbert was a sophomore, his coach remembered. Things heated up between Gilbert and the Bulldogs this year with Donte Williams and Travaris Robinson now coaching the defensive backs. “They built the relationship back with him,” said Douglass coach Stanley Pritchett, a nine-year NFL fullback who …

BATON ROUGE – Blake Baker doesn’t want any poodles. Poodles are show dogs. Poodles prance when they walk. Poodles are prim and proper. The new LSU football defensive coordinator, tasked with fixing a unit that statistically had one of its worst seasons in recent memory last season, has been looking for players on his defense who have personal accountability as …

Offensive lineman Kamryn Waites, defensive lineman Kamran James and true freshman cornerback Cormani McClain were among players in black jerseys who did not go through warmups before the first Florida football fall camp scrimmage on Saturday. Also not participating was Florida Gators sophomore tight end Gavin Hill, who was spotted on the sidelines in a sling during Saturday’s pre-scrimmage warmups. …

Vanderbilt football cornerback Mark Davis is out for the season with an Achilles injury, coach Clark Lea announced Saturday. Davis was a transfer from Southern Illinois after previously spending three seasons at Buffalo. In 2023 he was an honorable mention selection in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Before a single game is played, the Commodores have taken a massive hit …

Sep 3, 2022; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies offensive lineman Reuben Fatheree II (76) carries the flag as he runs out prior to the game against the Sam Houston State Bearkats at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports If you’re getting, as the kids say, “the feels” knowing that the 2024 college football season is just …

Aug. 10—PULLMAN — Last summer, when Ethan O’Connor arrived on Washington State’s campus, he felt untouchable. A highly-touted cornerback, who at one point held offers from the likes of Alabama and Georgia, O’Connor expected to start immediately and take the jobs held by the Cougars’ most seasoned players. “Like, no, that’s not how it works,” O’Connor said. Before long, O’Connor …

CLEMSON — Clemson football participated in its first preseason scrimmage Saturday, and coach Dabo Swinney said he was impressed with the offensive line. The Tigers coach was anxious to see the unit in action, and he said group delivered in the scrimmage, which was closed to the media. They dominated the trenches on the opening drive to help the offense score …

Utah Utes running back Micah Bernard (2) gets pressured by Brigham Young Cougars defensive back Malik Moore during the second half of an NCAA college football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. BYU won 26-17. | Shafkat Anowar, Deseret News Utah has played four schools on its inaugural Big 12 Conference schedule — Arizona, …

Utah State safety Ike Larsen (6) motions to teammates on defense during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 in Logan, Utah. | Tyler Tate One scrimmage in, and a few things appear to be pretty clear about Utah State football. The Aggies’ offense — so often among the best in the Mountain West Conference under former head …

Recruiting With the addition of in-state safety Brandon Logan, Notre Dame football’s 2025 recruiting class now stands with 22 members. There is room for more, and one of those that could join the group is California linebacker [autotag]Madden Faraimo[/autotag]. The 6-foot, 3-inch and 230-pound star narrowed his recruiting list on Saturday to four schools: Washington, Texas, USC and the Irish. …

The Michigan football program has added some reinforcements to its future secondary. The Wolverines landed four-star cornerback Jayden Sanders out of Texas (Kilgore) on Saturday; he’s now the 16th recruit in Michigan’s 2025 class, but just the first cornerback to commit to the Maize and Blue and new defensive backs coach Lamar Morgan. Sanders, who stands 6 feet 2 and …

Class of 2025 four-star athlete Messiah Delhomme is off of the board. Delhomme announced his verbal commitment to Maryland on Saturday night. Delhomme’s four finalists were Maryland, Ohio State, Virginia and Virginia Tech, but it was his connection to the Terrapins’ coaching staff, led by head coach Mike Locksley, that ultimately made the difference. “I like the atmosphere, I love …

Coming into the 2024 season, Penn State knows its best tight end on the roster will be Tyler Warren. Some might even go so far as to suggest he is the best tight end in the Big Ten. And while it remains to be seen if it will be true or not, Warren is officially on the radar for the …

Saturday was a brief taste of home for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team after a week in the woods at the Higher Ground Retreat and Conference Center in West Harrison, Indiana. Three weeks before their home opener, the Bearcats bused back to campus for a three-hour Nippert Stadium scrimmage where they ran well over 100 plays. “This is …