College Football

Michigan football, in 2024, owns a very clear-cut identity. The Wolverines will play old-school football based on defense, running the ball, and field position. College football has moved toward a more wide-open style of play in the 21st century. The game is more of a quarterback-centric sport with spread passing concepts and higher scores, but Michigan in 2024 is poised …

It is one of the more interesting talking points connected to USC football as the Trojans move into the Big Ten Conference this year: How much of an impact will the weather have on the Trojans in mid- and late-season games? To be clear, we’re not really going to learn much about USC and the weather factor this year. The …

CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco unveiled his list of the top 100 NFL players entering the 2024 season, counting down the league’s best of the best at multiple positions. But before these stars were owning the game on Sundays, they had to make a name for themselves and improve their stock at the collegiate level.  There are a few college programs …

The annual ‘Youth Football Night’ is scheduled for the season opener, the Rutgers football program announced on Tuesday. The promotion is scheduled for Rutgers football’s game against Howard on Thursday, Aug. 29. Kickoff is 6:00 p.m. Fireworks will follow the game. All teams participating in the promotion will receive a Rutgers t-shirt in addition to a helmet decal. Photos of …

Jun. 18—URBANA — Aaron Henry didn’t hesitate to inject a little friendly trash talk into his conversation with Zakhari Franklin when the veteran wide receiver took an official visit to Illinois last month. Henry made sure to let Franklin know the Illinois staff was close to landing Texas transfer Terrance Brooks. A lockdown cornerback that could go toe-to-toe every day …

USC football is preparing for its big move to the Big Ten with Washington, Oregon and UCLA. One of the really interesting questions surrounding USC’s move to the Big Ten is something which includes but also transcends USC itself. How will the arrival of all four West Coast teams (Pac-12 exiles) influence the playing style in the Big Ten football …

A small quantity of single-game UCF football tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday. Single-game inventory is limited to seats returned by the visiting team in section 225 and the upper level of FBC Mortgage Stadium’s south end zone. Fans are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets directly from UCF and through verified resale tickets on Ticketmaster.com. Fans interested …

Ohio State has not played a snap of the 2024 college football season. The Buckeyes have not even begun fall camp to prepare for their Aug. 31 season opener against Akron. Yet former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has extremely high praise for the team set to take the field this fall. “As of now, this is one of the …

The 2024 college football season still remains months away, but we are rapidly approaching Week 0.  Each week, things go faster and faster as football approaches. The summer tends to go fast, especially when you have football on your mind. At this point of the year, sports outlets begin releasing preseason material left and right. Some are rankings, some are …

There’s been all kinds of talk in the past few months (and years) on if the Oklahoma Sooners are “SEC ready”. Brent Venables has had two years to try and get the program ready for the toughest conference in football. Two years to build up a culture and a level of discipline and toughness that deteriorated under the previous head …

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Mack Brown and North Carolina are off to a good start with the 2025 recruiting class. As it stands now, they have 10 commitments for the class which ranks No. 43 overall in the 247Sports rankings. They still have their eyes on more players, hoping to add recruits to the class and end it with in the top 25 for the …

Wisconsin top class of 2025 cornerback target Tre Poteat will take an official visit to Tennessee this weekend. Wisconsin and Tennessee are considered among the top contenders to land the three-star cornerback along with Michigan and Iowa State. Poteat previously visited Wisconsin on May 31 and is yet to take a trip to either Ann Arbor, Michigan or Ames, Iowa, …

OXFORD ― Lane Kiffin threw a curveball. At an alumni event in Memphis earlier this month, the Ole Miss football coach and revered offensive mind was asked which position group excited him the most heading into 2024. He didn’t choose the wide receivers, a group loaded with NFL-caliber talent, or the quarterback room ‒ home to a top-10 preseason Heisman …

For a 2026 quarterback, Ohio State has a selling point not many programs have. It’s not only the track record of quarterbacks like Justin Fields and C.J. Stroud. It’s not only that head coach Ryan Day and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly are considered gurus. It’s how Ohio State began its 2026 recruiting class, securing a commitment from five-star wide receiver …