College Football

EAST LANSING — Jay Johnson and Scottie Hazelton always seemed like an odd pairing. Mel Tucker’s handpicked coordinators looked and sounded completely different. Johnson was clean-shaven with a professorial demeanor. He was exacting and precise with his words. Hazelton, in contrast, had a scraggly ZZ Top beard. He often rambled breathlessly with incomplete thoughts and run-on sentences. Beyond the press …

Jacksonville State will be starting to get into spring practice this month, and coming off a successful first FBS season there are a few things that this crop of Gamecocks will need to show this spring. The Gamecocks start spring practice on Saturday. The Gamecocks will be going through a few weeks of spring practice, leading up to the spring …

As if operating in Nick Saban’s shadow wasn’t enough, Kalen DeBoer has two more coaches he must live up to: Mike Norvell and Lane Kiffin.ESPN reported Wednesday that Alabama did not seriously consider Kiffin as a candidate to be Saban’s heir. It did consider Florida State’s Norvell. No surprise on either front. The Tuscaloosa News, in January, confirmed Norvell’s candidacy. …

Erk Russell had rare and extraordinary leadership skills.  Across the Southeast and beyond, there are hundreds of football players who would quickly attest to that. He had remarkable instincts with an ability to get his point across graphically and made every player, regardless of his ability, think he was the “little train that thought it could.”  Erk invoked humor to …

Florida football will begin its third season of spring football practice under head coach Billy Napier on Thursday in search of developmental gains. The Florida Gators went 5-7 in their second year under Napier, a season that ended with a five-game losing streak. That prompted a call out from the Head Ball Coach himself, as Steve Spurrier told Florida Times-Union …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2027 interior offensive lineman prospect Peyton Miller. “I’m excited to announce another Division 1 football scholarship offer from from the University of Tennessee,” Miller said. The 6-foot-4.5, 280-pound interior offensive lineman prospect is from Anna High School in Anna, Texas. There are not recruiting rankings currently for Johnson from Rivals, 247Sports, On3 or ESPN. The …

Alabama basketball’s SEC regular season championship hopes took consecutive hits on Saturday and Tuesday following Crimson Tide losses to fell to Tennessee and Florida, respectively. No. 17 Alabama (20-10, 12-5 SEC) fell to 0-2 against the Vols and 1-1 vs. the Gators this season, also dropping the Crimson Tide to third place in the SEC standings behind South Carolina, which …

Despite years of speculation he could ultimately succeed Nick Saban at Alabama, Ole Miss football coach and former Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin reportedly was never “seriously in the mix” to replace him in Tuscaloosa, per a Wednesday report by ESPN. ESPN’s Chris Low on Wednesday reported on the whirlwind created by Saban’s retirement on Jan. 10 — including …

Anyone worried athletics director Greg Byrne is going to leave Alabama for Texas A&M should be able to take a deep breath now. Byrne told Yea Alabama, the NIL entity for UA, that he “doesn’t want to be the AD anywhere but Alabama,” the report said. “Regina and I have felt genuinely supported by President Bell, our trustees, coaches, staff …

Penn State continues their efforts in the 2025 recruiting class to add as many talented prospects as possible. With the Big Ten expanding, there is more need for talent now than ever. The Nittany Lions have done a great job at landing early commitments from many players in the class so far, but there is still plenty of time for …

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart has shared his biggest concern entering spring practice. 247Sports’ Josh Pate asked Kirby Smart what has his attention and concerns him entering spring practice. “Depth. Depth at all positions. Like can we create offensive and defensive line depth. When I look across football the game is changing. Less big guys are playing… every NFL …

OXFORD ― Ole Miss football hasn’t been shy about chasing Mississippi State transfer portal talent under Lane Kiffin. Now, the Rebels have added a former Bulldog of the off-the-field variety. Ole Miss is set to hire former Mississippi State coach Zach Arnett in an analyst role, Kiffin confirmed Wednesday. Arnett was fired last season by the Bulldogs after less than …

The Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors is walking a tightrope regardless of whether they realize it. It’s been little more than a week since the FHSAA board discussed name, image and likeness. It will be an ongoing discussion, and the group has scheduled a workshop for April. NIL at the high school level in Florida has inherent …

For over a decade, Dabo Swinney has been one of the top head coaches in college football.  Year after year, Swinney proves why he is the highest-paid coach in the game right now. While the past few seasons haven’t been up to the typical standards of the Tigers’ program, Swinney and Clemson are still in an excellent spot, with a …

The list of visitors is starting to get really long for Notre Dame football and on Tuesday, another name was added to it. Ohio 2026  Cam Thomas has set his spring visit schedule and will make the trip to South Bend this coming Thursday. It is the first visit on his schedule that will span through the end of April. …