Brent Venables and his coaching staff can recruit. They’ve put together top 10 classes in each of their first national signing days in Norman. That includes the 2022 class, when they only had a couple of months to recover the class after Lincoln Riley left. And they’re already off to a fantastic start to the 2025 recruiting class. According to …
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How to watch Notre Dame Football Pro Day on Peacock: Sam Hartman, Joe Alt, and more expected to participate
Notre Dame’s 2024 Football Pro Day takes place today, Thursday, March 21, exclusively on Peacock at 12:30 PM ET as select members of the Fighting Irish showcase their skills in front of scouts and coaches, hoping to bring their pro football dreams to reality. See below to find out which Notre Dame prospects are expected to be in attendance and …
Read More »Four star ATH Kaiden Prothro lands Auburn offer
Kaiden Prothro has been a popular name in the recruiting world since last October. He earned his first offer from Florida State on Oct. 15, 2023. Since then, he has fielded offers from a plethora of Power Five programs such as Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, and Alabama. As of Tuesday, he can add Auburn to that list. Prothro, a …
Read More »‘Nothing is promised.’ What to know about IU football’s QB competition in spring practice.
BLOOMINGTON — An annual rite of spring has been a new quarterback competition for the Indiana football team. There’s a fresh round of optimism this year with the program hiring Curt Cignetti, a coach with a proven history of developing quarterbacks. The same is true of the brain trust he hired — offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri …
Read More »IU football spring practice: Most pressing questions for Curt Cignetti, new-look Hoosiers
BLOOMINGTON — First-year Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti has laid out lofty expectations for the 2024 season ever since landing the job. “We’re going to win and we’re going to win this year and we’re going to change the brand and the expectation level and the way people see Indiana football,” Cignetti said. Cignetti didn’t have to set such a high …
Read More »Four problems from 2023 losses Josh Heupel can fix in Tennessee spring football practice
Coach Josh Heupel said he’s challenged his Tennessee football players to not repeat mistakes of last season. He should follow his own advice in spring practice. The Vols had a good 2023 season. They went 9-4, including a Citrus Bowl victory over Iowa. But frustrating losses to Florida, Alabama, Missouri and Georgia derailed their chances at any serious contention for …
Read More »Deion Sanders’ second spring at Colorado: ‘We’re gonna win. I know that. You know that.’
The son of Deion Sanders could have been the second quarterback selected in the NFL draft next month if he wanted to be and “should be” the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft in 2025. At least that’s the opinion of Deion Sanders, the father. And he could be right. But what about Shedeur Sanders, his quarterback son at …
Read More »ACC legal battles could open door for more Big Ten expansion
If you thought the Big Ten was going to settle in an 18-team membership following this year’s additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington, you are probably fooling yourself. Expansion could be looming on the horizon once again if things in the ACC continue on the path they seem to be heading. Florida State previously opened a significant legal battle …
Read More »Oklahoma makes top seven for 4-star safety from Arkansas
The Oklahoma Sooners coaching staff is in the midst of rounding out their 2025 recruiting class. They currently have nine players pledged to join the Sooners next year. Brent Venables has already said this would be the smallest recruiting class he’s had at Oklahoma during his tenure. That is because they’ve reached the point of not having to process as …
Read More »How self-fulfillment made Missouri football’s Eli Drinkwitz ‘obsessed’ to reach potential
Eli Drinkwitz, straddling the line between sincerity and levity, will remark that he’s just a football coach. But … right now, by his own admission, he’s an obsessed football coach. And he’s an obsessed football coach who has arrived at that emotion because of Missouri football’s recent history. He’s just a football coach, but in between the things that have …
Read More »From Boy Wonder to boy blunder, UF’s Austin Armstrong haunted by Gators’ defensive collapse
GAINESVILLE — Florida defensive coordinator Austin Armstrong can look back on the rapid decline of his D with a healthy dose of humility and even a touch of humor. “When you’re young and you’re successful, you’re Boy Wonder,” he said following Tuesday’s practice. “When you’re not, you’re boy blunder.” The Gators’ fall from a top-10 unit in September to a …
Read More »Spring practice: What you need to know about Indiana football’s high stakes QB competition
BLOOMINGTON — An annual rite of spring has been a new quarterback competition for the Indiana football team. There’s a fresh round of optimism this year with the program hiring Curt Cignetti, a coach with a proven history of developing quarterbacks. The same is true of the brain trust he hired — offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri …
Read More »Indiana football: Most pressing questions for new-look Hoosiers going into spring practice
BLOOMINGTON — First-year Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti has laid out lofty expectations for the 2024 season ever since landing the job. “We’re going to win and we’re going to win this year and we’re going to change the brand and the expectation level and the way people see Indiana football,” Cignetti said. Cignetti didn’t have to set such a high …
Read More »What does Clemson’s lawsuit against the ACC mean? Here are 4 key questions on move that could have massive implications
Last May, on what began as a quiet Monday morning, ACC athletic directors filed into a conference room within a luxurious oceanfront resort in Florida to begin their annual spring meetings. A proverbial cloud loomed over the meetings. An elephant lurked in the corner. In a published story that morning, a months-long secret was revealed: Seven of the 14 ACC …
Read More »Washington AD Troy Dannen leaves for Nebraska
SEATTLE – After more than five months as the University of Washington athletic director, Troy Dannen will be leaving to oversee the University of Nebraska’s Athletics Department. ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported on Wednesday that Nebraska was finalizing a six-year deal to be the school’s new athletic director. Sources: Nebraska is finalizing a six-year deal to make Washington athletic director …
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