College Football

Mar. 12—Sign up for our daily Illini football newsletter here Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He’ll give you his views each day on the game he loves. *** The new Illinois assistant won’t need to alter the …

Austin Blaske has been in the news a lot in recent months as the 6-foot-5, 315-pound offensive lineman transferred from the University of Georgia, where he played for the last four years, to North Carolina. But a recent honor that Blaske received shined the light on something that has not been widely reported. Blaske, who has Type 1 diabetes, was …

The last time Kirby Smart met with the media who cover the Bulldogs before late Tuesday morning, his Georgia football team had just gotten off the field after a 63-3 drilling of Florida State in the Orange Bowl In the 10-plus weeks since, the Bulldogs coaching staff lost and replaced three coaches for four total, brought its total to seven …

Missouri football running backs coach Curtis Luper has seen something like this before. In a meeting with coaches during spring camp, he told the media, he said that the Tigers’ new transfer-portal additions at running back, Marcus Carroll and Nate Noel, stirred a memory of a duo he’d coached before. “(They) remind me of Tyler Badie and Larry Rountree in …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders calls for a timeout during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona State, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) Colorado football begins spring practice on Monday, March 18 for just the second time under head coach Deion Sanders. The Buffaloes will practice for a week, …

AP Images When the lightbulb was invented, candlemakers said the world was changing. When Henry Ford rolled out his first car, horse-and-buggy makers complained. Same with the cell phone, the personal computer and so much else in our lives. And now a new age has come to college football and coaches set in their ways, happy to make millions upon …

ORLANDO, Fla. – There were some new and familiar faces on the practice field Monday morning as UCF kicked off spring football. Quarterback KJ Jefferson, who transferred to UCF from Arkansas this semester, had to shake off a few nerves. “It was good. I had a little nervousness going out there. Didn’t know what to expect. But I got over …

Rivals.com Visit season is clicking on all cylinders right now and prospects from every corner of the country are taking trips to get a closer look at some of their top programs. We take a look at five of the most surprising and interesting upcoming visits this week, starting today in the East region. RIVALS CAMP SERIES LOS ANGELES: WR/TE …

A Georgia football football sophomore who was rated the nation’s No. 2 tight end prospect in the 2023 recruiting cycle is ending his college career. Pearce Spurlin will take a medical disqualification due to a congenital heart condition that was already being monitored, coach Kirby Smart said Tuesday morning before the Bulldogs began spring practices. Smart said Spurling made the …

A Georgia football football sophomore who was rated the nation’s No. 2 tight end prospect in the 2023 recruiting cycle is ending his college career. Pearce Spurlin will take a medical disqualification due to a congenital heart condition that was already being monitored, coach Kirby Smart said Tuesday morning before the Bulldogs began spring practices. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound Spurlin, from …

Retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban didn’t mince words. Sen. Ted Cruz asked Saban during an NIL roundtable on Tuesday in Washington D.C. how much the current chaos in college athletics contributed to his decision to retire in 2024. “All the things I believed in for all these years, 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics,” Saban …

That was quick. Just a few days after being named the interim head coach of the Navarre football team, Garrett Bagley officially became the head coach of the Raiders on Tuesday. The football team’s X account, formerly known as Twitter, made the announcement. Bagley is no stranger to Navarre football. He’s been the team’s longtime defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. …

Texas’ Quinn Ewers is one of the top three quarterbacks in college football. That is, if one college football analyst is to be believed. 247Sports’ Brad Crawford shared his ranking of the top 25 quarterbacks in college football with Ewers ranking No. 3. He has the ability to become the best. The Longhorns’ five-star talent is finally starting to live …

Burgeoning Penn State football star Abdul Carter is finally making the position move others saw coming for quite a while. The Nittany Lions junior will be getting his first taste as a pass-rushing defensive end when spring practice sessions begin today. For the past two years he’s stunned onlookers, from time to time, with his pursuit speed and instincts in …

March Madness tips off next week, bringing with it America’s unique burst of spring excitement … as well as piles of money. Its basic structure is simple: * Teams earn their way into the bracket either by winning the automatic bid of their conference (each conference gets one) or an at-large invite extended by a selection committee. * Teams earn …