College Football

Mar. 5—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. *** As I’ve written before, I want your first source …

The USC football program filled a staff vacancy. The Trojans have hired Anthony Jones Jr. as their new running back coach. Jones will replace Kiel McDonald, who departed a month ago to coach the same position for the Los Angeles Chargers. Jones had been at TCU since 2022. Jones coached under Lincoln Riley’s younger brother, Garrett Riley, who was TCU’s offensive …

No. 8 Tennessee (11-1) enters Week 3 of the college baseball season. The Vols will host Kansas State on Tuesday and Southern Indiana on Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Week 4. Both contests are slated for 6 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+. Tennessee will also host Illinois, Friday-Sunday, for a three-game series at Lindsey Nelson …

Last week, Michael Thomas III included Rutgers football in his top five, signaling that the Big Ten program is going to get an official visit from the New Jersey wide receiver. He is a priority recruit for Rutgers football and head coach Greg Schiano’s staff. Thomas is a four-star wide receiver out from Donovan Catholic (Barnegat, New Jersey). Both ESPN …

During his time as Georgia football coach, Kirby Smart has filled openings by hiring 20 assistant coaches after assembling his original staff in 2016. It took until season nine for someone who departed to land back again as an assistant coach with Smart in Athens. That was James Coley, the new wide receivers coach who held that position for Smart’s …

A multi-sport athlete from Southwest Florida is set to become the next head football coach for the Eagles. Gateway High School hired Charles Powell as the program’s second head football coach heading into the Eagles’ fourth varsity season. “Honestly, it felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders,” said Powell, who was the head coach of Gateway’s freshmen team last …

The 2024 college footbal season, headlined by an exciting SEC schedule, changes are upon us, led by the expanded 12-team playoff structure which will create much needed parity within a sport that a handful of team has dominated throughout the last decade. Led by the conference’s expansion, with Texas and Oklahoma set to join the SEC in July, recruiting, NIL, …

The Alabama men’s basketball team will look to bounce back from a tough home loss to the Tennessee Volunteers as the Tide travels to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators in a ranked battle on Tuesday night. Despite an impressive first-half comeback that had Alabama in the lead at halftime, the team fell into a bit of an offensive slump …

As Ohio State begins spring practice on Tuesday, a look at the top storylines, most intriguing players, position battle to watch, freshman to follow and breakout candidate on defense and special teams. (Editor’s note: A preview of the offense can be found here.) Top storylines Linebacker C.J. Hicks was the No. 7 overall prospect in the 2022 recruiting class. Are …

STARKVILLE — There are more questions than answers surrounding Mississippi State football as the start of spring practice nears, and that’s not a surprise. The Bulldogs are entering their first season with former Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby at the helm. With him comes a new staff and a plethora of changes to a roster that went 5-7 last season. …

Wisconsin landed a commitment from class of 2025 linebacker Samuel Lateju Monday afternoon. The commitment is the program’s eighth in the class, and first since the end of January. Luke Fickell’s group now ranks No. 9 in the nation, and No. 3 in the new Big Ten behind Ohio State and Penn State. Related: Wisconsin football class of 2025 commitment tracker …

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team hit the practice field on Monday for the first time this spring as the Kalen DeBoer era gets underway. Following the practice, Coach DeBoer would speak to the media about what he could see from his team, including several new faces. One such player was Michigan safety transfer Keon Sabb who recently joined the …

As things stand today (March 4, 2024) the Wisconsin Badgers now have eight players committed to their class of 2025. The class currently ranks No. 9 in the nation and No. 3 in the new Big Ten, though is yet to receive a commitment from a blue-chip recruit. The recruiting cycle is a critical one for head coach Luke Fickell …

OXFORD ― Eighty-nine years after the award’s inception, Ole Miss football is still waiting on its first Heisman Trophy winner. It has been 21 years since the Rebels’ last finalist — Matt Corral narrowly missed the cut in 2021 — and the Earth has completed 64 trips around the sun since their last Heisman finalist not named Manning. Quarterback Jaxson …

The 2024 college football season is going to simply be pandemonium. From the 12-team playoffs to conference realignment to the rapidly changing NIL landscape, the sport is the Wild West right now. For Alabama fans, that’s not even the main concern yet as we are still adapting to life post-Nick Saban. It must be said that new head coach Kalen …