College Football

Alabama’s courtship of its eventual football coach, Kalen DeBoer, was a rapid one. As Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne noted at DeBoer’s introductory news conference, he set out to hire a new coach within 72 hours of Nick Saban’s retirement on Jan. 10 and ultimately did so in 49 hours. For the focus of one of the most consequential …

Unlike with other national college baseball rankings, the voters of the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll were not going to let a two-loss week from Florida slide. The Gators dropped three spots to No. 7 in this week’s poll, the lowest ranking of the year for the Orange and Blue. The one loss to Miami on Saturday likely had little …

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban knew a while ago that his time with the program was coming to an end. The 72-year-old Crimson Tide legend confirmed in a recent interview with ESPN that he began contemplating retirement shortly after the 2022 season and told athletic director Greg Byrne that he felt his coaching career was nearing an end.  To everyone else, Saban’s …

University of West Florida football head coach Kaleb Nobles was itching to get back on the field during National Signing Day about a month ago. He wanted to hear helmets clacking against each other. He wanted to see wide receivers sprinting down the field. He wanted to see defensive backs trying to stop those wide receivers. Nobles wanted all the …

No matter what time of year it is, college football never stops. Teams have to constantly be recruiting and building those relationships. That’s no different than at Oklahoma. The Sooners currently have a top-five class in the country in 2025. Now, it’s early so it’s hard to determine exactly where they will end up. Brent Venables has said this will …

Alabama football ended up hiring Washington’s Kalen DeBoer as its next coach, but it was quite a couple day journey to get there. Rumors flew, some which had validity and some that didn’t. The Tuscaloosa News reported the day before Alabama hired DeBoer that DeBoer and Norvell were the top two candidates for the opening, but who else was and …

Heading into the 2023 season, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman did not have Ohio State coach Ryan Day as his top-ranked coach in the Big Ten. Both Penn State’s James Franklin and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh landed in front of Day. But heading into 2024, Day is at the top of Feldman’s list in the Big Ten as his No. 5 coach …

  One of the nation’s top quarterbacks from the 2025 recruiting cycle is counting down the days until he announces his college destination and Auburn is among the eight programs still in the running. According to Hayes Fawcett of On3, four-star quarterback Husan Longstreet will choose between Auburn, Oregon, UCLA, Michigan, Texas A&M, Miami, Ole Miss, and Louisville on April …

The Texans have announced the full set of assistant coaches who will be working under head coach DeMeco Ryans during the 2024 season. Offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik returns for a second season in Houston after getting interest for head coaching vacancies around the league. He will be joined by assistant head coach/running backs coach Danny Barrett, offensive assistant Jarrod James, …

Nick Saban heard two main questions when he met with players after the 2023 season ended. Playing time and money. “I thought we could have a hell of a team next year, and then maybe 70 or 80 percent of the players you talk to, all they want to know is two things: What assurances do I have that I’m …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 offensive tackle John Turntine III. “Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Turntine III said. The 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive tackle prospect is from North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas. There are not recruiting rankings currently for Turntine III from Rivals, 247Sports, On3 or ESPN. The Vols are one of …

The Wisconsin Badgers football team offered class of 2025 running back Shekai Mills-Knight from Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound athlete is a junior at Baylor School and he’ll have one more year of high school football before he’d potentially make the leap to the collegiate level. Although Mills-Knight doesn’t have an official star designation from 247Sports, he has …

BLOOMINGTON — Former Indiana football receiver DeQuece Carter was greeted by a bunch of unfamiliar faces when he returned to campus earlier this week for pro day. New IU coach Curt Cignetti replaced all but one on-field assistant and revamped the team’s strength and conditioning staff. The roster saw plenty of turnover as well with dozens of players coming and going …

If 2024 Arizona high school football prospects were great, 2025 has the potential to be even greater. With the state growing, so do the prospects’ lists. This is The Arizona Republic’s Big 150 for the 2025 high school class. As we transition into spring, then summer, this list will grow to 10 more each week. We start off with the …

After a couple of long off-season months, the grass is starting to grow and trees are getting ready to bloom. Spring is coming in Eugene, and with it comes the long-awaited return of football for the Oregon Ducks. A lot will look different in this new year for Dan Lanning and his team, with several of last year’s top players moving onto the …