College Football

NCAA Football: CFP National Playoff First Round-Southern Methodist at Penn State STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State players have watched Ashton Jeanty make opponents look silly all season. They don’t want to be the next defenders Boise State’s star posterizes with jukes, spin moves, stiff arms and heavy shoulders. But they also know that slowing down Jeanty, who finished second …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano said Tuesday that star running back Kyle Monangai will not play in Thursday’s Rate Bowl against Kansas State. Monangai – along with other players looking to pursue the NFL after this season – had the option to sit out the game to avoid any injury risk that could dent their draft stock. …

Syndication: Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN, Texas — Texas won the Big 12 title in 2023 on its way out the door to the Southeastern Conference. It was still swinging open when Arizona State waltzed in and won the league title in its debut season. And now the old Big 12 champs meet the new Big 12 champs on the path toward …

Dec. 24—Michael Jasper, a lineman for Mt. Juliet High in the mid-2000s, has been named head football coach at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. Jasper, one of handful of Wilson County high school football players to be drafted by an NFL team, spent the past six seasons as head coach of his college alma mater, Bethel University, where he posted …

Dec. 24—There was a moment late in the fourth quarter of the District 4 Class 3A championship game in November when it looked like Danville’s run of four straight titles, and its undefeated season, would end at the hands … er feet of one player. Lewisburg’s Jeremiah Davis took a handoff off the right side and raced 77 yards for …

Sep 21, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; A detail view of a Texas A&M Aggies helmet on the sideline during the game against the Bowling Green Falcons at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images. Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class features some of the best high school athletes in the country, including four-star linebacker Noah Mikhail and four-star Edge Marco …

Nov 23, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Colorado linebacker LaVonta Bentley (20) during gets set at his position during the 1st quarter between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Colorado Buffaloes at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nick Tre. Smith-Imagn Images The Colorado Buffaloes only made two bowl games during their time in the Pac-12 Conference, playing in the …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Throughout college football, it’s become common for NFL-bound players to opt out of playing in bowl games, choosing to avoid injury risk that could damage their draft stock and potentially cost them financially in the long run. Rutgers is experiencing that for Thursday’s Rate Bowl against Kansas State with Greg Schiano confirming Tuesday that star running back …

Side by side photos of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and singer Beyoncé. (Sean M. Haffey and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Lamar Jackson said he will not miss Beyoncé on Christmas Day. Sorry, not sorry. Apparently, there’s a Ravens-Texans game during the Beyoncé concert, and fans might not be the only ones miffed that somebody had the nerve to plan a …

The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ primary offensive tackle target in the transfer portal is headed to another Big Ten program instead. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman broke the news that former Rice offensive tackle Ethan Onianwa had committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday morning. Onianwa took a visit to Iowa after entering the transfer portal on Dec. 6. In Onianwa’s first …

While you could easily say that 2024 was a good year for college football in the state of Georgia, by previous standards, you might not be able to say that it was great. Most of the bigger programs in the state are done playing, except Georgia and Georgia Tech, and as of Christmas time, Georgia still has a chance to …

Dec. 24—As the final game of Washington State’s season nears, a Friday matchup with Syracuse in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, the picture of former coach Jake Dickert’s departure is beginning to crystallize. In a Tuesday piece from Johncanzano.com, in November, WSU’s board of regents instructed president Kirk Schulz to find an additional $2 million in support for the …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Not many expected the Wolverines to have a slow go in the transfer portal after the Bryce Underwood recruitment. But, simultaneously, not many expected Michigan football to land some of the top talent in the country, either. The maize and blue have a solid haul thus far with seven commitments from the portal (Indiana WR Donaven McCulley, …

Jayden Denegal gave his parents an early Christmas present this year. The Apple Valley High School graduate, needing a change of scenery, entered the transfer portal and soon knew where he would be heading — back home to California, about a three-hour drive down Interstate 15 from his home in Apple Valley. After spending the last three seasons at the …

Hannah Mattix/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik has positioned himself as one of college football’s brightest stars, and if he returns for his senior season in 2025, he could achieve what no Tiger has before: winning the Heisman Trophy. Despite the impressive careers of Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence, Clemson has never produced a Heisman winner. …