College Football

Recruiting It’s an easy sell for Notre Dame football when they are recruiting tight ends, TE U does reside in South Bend after all. All a high school player has to do is look at the lineage of impressive former Irish stars who have made their mark on the NFL. The list includes Cole Kmet, Kyle Rudolph, Tyler Eifert and …

It was padded, live football for the first time in camp Wednesday. The Colorado State football team used its first day in full pads as a scrimmage day at Canvas Stadium. The season opener (Aug. 31 at No. 4 Texas) is fast approaching, but in camp terms its still early days. The depth chart is not set, a bunch of …

Aug. 8—The new school year for Idaho is a week and a half away, but for the Vandal football team the first exam of the fall is today. Idaho will hold the first scrimmage of fall camp with the main focus being on the young talent battling it out for spots on the depth chart and playing time. “I think …

SOUTH BEND — Freshman linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa hasn’t even played in his first college football game, yet he’s already blowing up plays at Notre Dame football practice. At least that was the sense one gathered from the way associate head coach/running backs coach Deland McCullough described the newcomer’s prowess as a blitzer. “Kyngstonn came up, we had two guys block …

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com More wild recruitments and decommitments will come heading closer to the Early Signing Period, but there have already been some big ones. Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at some of the crazy recruitments so far. MORE GORNEY: Latest intel on five-stars that are still in play ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

Sep 9, 2023; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kobie McKinzie (11) celebrates with Oklahoma Sooners defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. (2) during the second half against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports For much of the last decade-plus, questions about the Oklahoma Sooners focused on the defensive side of the …

Cameron Seldon. Tennessee Volunteers versus Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 21, 2023. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 23 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the …

COLUMBIA, MO – OCTOBER 01: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs shakes hands with head coach Eliah Drinkwitz of the Missouri Tigers after a game at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium on October 1, 2022 in Columbia, Missouri. Georgia defeated Missouri 26-22. (Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images) USA TODAY’s Blake Toppmeyer recently ranked every head coach in the SEC. Toppmeyer …

The past two years have been quite the roller coaster for Michigan football. The program has reached the highest of highs as the defending national champion and three-time reigning Big Ten conference champion. And while it has been winning on the field, there have been multiple NCAA investigations, an FBI investigation, scandals surrounding improperly filming other teams and a wholesale …

There are just 24 days to go before the season opener against Fresno State and Michigan football remains in the middle of a heated quarterback competition. But this doesn’t mean the Wolverines have designs on running a conservative offense Aug. 31 at Michigan Stadium. On the contrary, those who’ve been a part of U-M attacks in the past say there’s …

Alabama football and coach Kalen DeBoer officially began their preparations for the 2024 season last week, beginning preseason camp leading up to Alabama’s season-opener on Aug. 31. Ahead of the season, many questions remain about the Crimson Tide’s secondary, with it having to replace every starting defensive back from its 2023 roster aside from Malachi Moore. Alabama picked up transfer Domani …

Tennessee’s Josh Heupel and his staff are proving they’re ace quarterback recruiters. The talent is stacked up for years to come. Five-star redshirt freshman Nico Iamaleava takes the reins this season, while four-star rookie Jake Merklinger will be among the backups. Four-star George MacIntyre is committed to Tennessee’s 2025 class, and five-star Faizon Brandon, the No. 1 overall recruit in …

When Florida football players reported to camp in late July, plush hotel rooms were replaced with more spartan surroundings. The Florida Gators are staying at Tolbert Hall, dorm rooms built in 1950 across the street from the Heavener Football Complex, with two players to each room. “It’s good for our guys to experience something different,” Florida football coach Billy Napier …

The Courier & Press granted anonymity to every high school football coach in Southwestern Indiana to answer five questions before the start of the 2024 football season. Some responses have been edited for clarity. The fourth: Most unique place to coach a high school football game in SW Indiana? Two stadiums in the city limits of Evansville were the favorite answers …

Sports preludes and recaps are best told in a storybook-like fashion. You have the preseason, your beginning of the story. A season may climax with a championship or win against a big rival. The ending, well, that’s a road to the state finals that everyone strives for. The Marion County high school football season has its own set of storylines …