College Football

Ohio State football is off to a fantastic start to its 2025 recruiting class with eight current commitments. That number will grow larger, and in fact could as early as next week, as Florida linebacker, Tarvos Alford, is set to make his commitment on March 30 with the Buckeyes as one of his finalists. The 6-foot, 2-inch, 210-pound ‘backer broke …

Johnny Manziel is back in Memphis — only this time it’s for March Madness. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback showed up Friday in the front row at FedExForum for the first-round NCAA tournament game between Nebraska and Texas A&M, his alma mater. It must have felt like a full-circle moment for “Johnny Football,” who spent some time in Memphis in 2019 …

Renick Dorilas, one of the top players in New Jersey and a Rutgers football recruit, is set to transfer for his final season of high school football. Traditional powerhouse Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey) is set to be the junior’s home next fall. Dorilas made the announcement on social media on Friday afternoon. Dorilas spent his first three years …

Stephon Shivers has committed to be a Bulldog. Shivers, a 6-foot-3, 335-pound defensive end at Humboldt, is heading into his senior year with a Power Five commitment. Shivers announced his decision during an event Friday at the school. Shivers is rated a three-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite. He is ranked No. 23 in the Class of 2025 in Tennessee …

Georgia football picked up a rather large commitment on Friday afternoon. Stephon Shivers, a 6-foot-3 ½, 355-pound defensive lineman from Humboldt, Tenn., announced his commitment to the Bulldogs, according to a video posted by his high school coach on X, formerly Twitter. Shivers is a three-star prospect rated as the No. 65 defensive lineman in the nation for the 2025 …

There’s no way around it, Michigan football’s offense in 2024 will look different than it has the past few years. Though the scheme may be similar, there will be changes, if for no other reason than the personnel changes — both at the player level as well as the coach level. Gone are star players such as J.J. McCarthy and …

AUBURN — Auburn football recruiting is up to 10 commitments in the Class of 2025. Offensive lineman Tai Buster pledged to the Tigers on Friday, announcing his commitment on X/formerly known as Twitter. Williams is currently unranked out of A.L. Brown High School in North Carolina. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound interior offensive lineman landed an offer from Auburn in January. He chose the Tigers over …

Bailey Kapels/Bailey Kapels Photography From the first day of taking the Colorado job, coach Deion Sanders has not employed a traditional approach. The Hall of Famer who came to the Buffaloes after a few seasons at Jackson State basically encouraged the struggling Colorado players in his first meeting with them to hit the transfer portal, that he was bringing his …

Mar. 21—For so long, he’s fluttered around the hierarchy of football’s coaching ranks like a moth knocking against a porch light. Finally, though, Justin Vogt — a longtime, successful coordinator under the Friday Night Lights of Texas football — is settling into the top spot. Skyline High School announced the hiring of Vogt as its next football coach earlier this …

Alabama softball is on its SEC bye weekend as it hosts Virginia Tech for a two-game slate at Rhoads Stadium this weekend. The No. 13/15 Crimson Tide come into the matchup following midweek wins against Samford (11-2, 5 innings) and UAB (4-3). They are facing a No. 12/16 Virginia Tech team that sits at 24-4-1 on the season and atop the …

Mar. 22—College football fans have been led to believe over the years that the SEC is all-powerful. A league without an equal. And that seems to make sense given the conference dominance on the biggest stage. Though it didn’t win it all this year, Georgia took the two previous national titles and Alabama and LSU have dominated for stretches. But …

During a press conference earlier this week, head coach Deion Sanders told the media that the Colorado Buffaloes are still waiting on a television rights deal for their 2024 spring football game on April 27. ESPN, which went live from Folsom Field last April, will be prioritizing the NFL draft, but Fox (or Fox Sports 1) and the Pac-12 Network …

Former Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards stepped in as an elder man was being attacked in a YMCA locker room. (AP Photo/Tony Ding) Braylon Edwards is happy to report “Mr. Khel” has been released from the hospital more than three weeks after he was attacked inside the Metro Detroit YMCA. The former NFL receiver, and star for the Michigan Wolverines, …

Rutgers football became the latest program to officially get involved in with sophomore tight end Anthony Cartwright from Michigan. The Big Ten program offered Cartwright on Thursday. He is a class of 2027 recruit from Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan). The offer from Rutgers is the latest in a recruitment that is certainly blowing up. Cartwright’s offer list …

Jeremy Hathcock may have his sights set on the Buckeye Verrado football job, after he resigned Friday as head coach at Lakeside Blue Ridge. Hathcock interviewed as a finalist for the Verrado job. An announcement could come Wednesday. Hathcock said he could not comment. He returned to his alma mater at Lakeside Blue Ridge in 2021 after leading Mesa Desert …