College Football

A welcome sight at the Cincinnati Bearcats opening football practice for the 2024 campaign was wearing a different-colored jersey Wednesday morning. As it turns out a 320-pound Outland Trophy and Bronko Nagurski Award candidate is hard to hide. In the corner of the endzone where defensive line coach Walter Stewart was running through drills was Dontay Corleone, the only lineman …

Louisville football is projected to finish fifth in the ACC this season. The conference’s projected order of finish was announced Wednesday. The ACC expanded to 17 teams with the addition of California, SMU and Stanford, which are projected to finish 10th, seventh and 17th, respectively. Florida State was projected to finish first and received 81 first-place votes. Clemson was second …

Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield said Wednesday that a “multitude” of Tigers players were contacted last season, even though none of them had entered college football’s transfer portal. “Multitude of our players from our starters, even guys that were role players, other staffs reached out to,” he said. “Maybe it was a high school coach, or a 7-on-7 coach, or …

Jul. 31—MOSCOW, Idaho — Two impressive completions — on a third-and-18 and on a 40-yard connection on a deep post — should give University of Idaho fans some early confidence that the successors to former quarterback Gevani McCoy, now at Oregon State, and Hayden Hatten, now with the Seattle Seahawks, are ready to take star turns for the Vandals this …

Jul. 31—This is the first summer in the history of state high school sports when equity has been a priority. All coaches in all sports, per a newly-adopted CIAC rule, are allowed up to four hours of weekly instructional time with players who choose to participate, thus allowing more equitable baselines of competition, giving have-nots at least one rock for …

Jul. 31—On the eve of the first day of preseason practice, former Ohio State football captain Kourt Williams announced he is done playing football. “Four knee surgeries and three shoulder surgeries,” he wrote on social media. “In these five years, there’s been a lot of light and a lot of dark…but I wouldn’t change a thing. “It’s been a long …

When BYU linebacker Ben Bywater took a big hit on his right shoulder last year during the third quarter at Kansas, he knew he was in trouble, but he never thought it would end his career. On Wednesday, it did — as he retired from football. After 36 games, including 24 starts, Bywater’s playing days are over, and it was …

Sure, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian knows it’s hot. He just spent a couple of hours Wednesday in the mid-day heat in a black Longhorns T-shirt, orchestrating the first summer practice of the season at the Frank Denius Fields on the eastern edge of campus. Yes, Sarkisian also knows his talented team has genuine hopes of playing football until Jan. …

Jul. 31—BROOKINGS — The two-time defending FCS champions kicked off their bid for a three-peat on Wednesday with the first official practice of the 2024 season, and it was hard not to feel the absence of several faces that had become overly familiar at South Dakota State. Mason McCormick and Garret Greenfield were gone from the offensive line group. Tight …

OXFORD ― Lane Kiffin’s crystal ball is cloudy. Every year, the Ole Miss football coach has a few key position battles to monitor during preseason practice. Still, Kiffin said he’s usually had an idea for the likely outcomes of those competitions. As the Rebels opened preseason practice ahead of the 2024 season on Wednesday, Kiffin explained that he can’t call …

Quiet isn’t a word often associated with Indiana University coach Curt Cignietti or his football teams, but Wednesday’s opening practice for the Hoosiers didn’t have any loud moments of concern nor anything to get fired up about. It was Day 1 of a process that Cignetti hopes will whip Indiana into shape by the time of its season opener against …

Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals runs the ball upfield after a catch during a game on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 in Logan, Utah. A bright football future awaits Royals. How bright the Aggies’ 2024 season will be is less certain. | Tyler Tate For nearly a month now, football has been an afterthought in conversations regarding Utah State. Sure, …

Florida State football will be the team to beat in the 2024 season. The ACC released its media poll on Wednesday afternoon. FSU had the most first-place votes with 81 out of 170. The vote was taken last week during the ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson trailed FSU with 55 first-place votes. Miami was third with 17. FSU …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football has plenty of questions and concerns as fall camp opens. But one area the Boilermakers don’t have to worry about, knock on wood Purdue fans, is injuries. Unlike a year ago when coach Ryan Walters and staff began fall camp with key players sidelined or unable to participate full tilt, Purdue opened with nearly everyone …

With its season opener against Colorado State just a month away, the Texas football team got to work on Wednesday afternoon. This may be the most-anticipated football season at Texas in some time. Coming off a season in which it went 12-2, won the Big 12 championship and made its first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff, UT has been …