College Football

College Football Playoff officials are considering a 14-team format that would guarantee three spots each for the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, two for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 and one for the highest-ranked team from the other five leagues, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The people spoke …

The 2024 SEC football season is one step closer. On Thursday, the conference announced the coaches’ appearance schedule for 2024 SEC Football Kickoff Media Days, which will be held this year at the Omni Hotel in Dallas from Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18. Aside from the additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, there will be several …

The College Football Playoff will debut its 12-team format in the 2024 season, providing greater opportunity and access for teams to have a more meaningful postseason. No one benefits more from the change than the Group Five conferences, which now have an automatic bid into the playoff after years of largely being cast aside.  In the CFP’s almost decade of …

It’s a good thing when eight Florida commitments bailed on Billy Napier in November and December — seven of them signing with Southeastern Conference schools — that DJ Lagway wasn’t part of the exodus. Can you imagine the morale within Gator nation right now if UF’s prized 5-star quarterback, possibly the most hyped recruit in school history besides Tim Tebow …

Getty Images The SEC announced its appearance schedule for the league’s coaches ahead of 2024 SEC Media Days this summer. This year’s event will take place from July 15-18 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas. It will be the first time that SEC Media Days are held in Texas and just the fourth time overall that it will …

Feb. 28—INDIANAPOLIS — J.D. Bertrand believes he can play in any role the NFL might ask of him. And the former Notre Dame linebacker credits his experience under head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive coordinator Al Golden for making that possible. “I feel pretty comfortable kind of all over,” Bertrand said Wednesday during the NFL Scouting Combine. “I’ve ran multiple …

AUBURN — Auburn football spring practice is underway. The Tigers opened the period Tuesday, and it was the first time coaches saw the offseason additions in a practice setting. From five-star receiver Cam Coleman to transfer cornerback Antonio Kite to former junior college safety Laquan Robinson, coach Hugh Freeze and his staff have brought in 29 new scholarship pieces. Four …

PALM BEACH GARDENS — A Lombardi Trophy wasn’t in the cards for Tua Tagovailoa this year, but the Dolphins quarterback still has some new hardware to add to the collection in 2024. The stage for the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches is set after Tagovailoa − along with Bachelor TV star and Jupiter native Tyler Cameron, “professional YouTube golfer” …

It would be better for everyone if the SEC and Big Ten laid their cards on the table and took whatever spoils they want from college sports in one fell swoop as opposed to the craven way they’re going to spend the next decade rigging the game while pretending what they’re doing isn’t a choice. We see what you’re doing, …

Perhaps it goes without saying. We’ll say it anyway. The Third Saturday in October will be the most important game on Tennessee’s 2024 schedule. Oh, sure, we realize the importance of a few other games. When the Vols face Georgia in mid-November, Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs may well be ranked No. 1 in the nation and in hot pursuit of a …

Once the NCAA allowed players to capitalize on their name, image and likeness – and transfer from one school to another without penalty – coaches and administrators began referring to college sports as the “Wild, Wild West.” The term is outdated now. It’s the “Wilder, Wilder West.” Tennessee has contributed to the wildness, thanks to the NCAA’s misguided attempts to …

One of the NFL offseason’s biggest events, and a vital cog in the draft evaluation machine, is here. A total of 321 invited NFL draft hopefuls will attempt to impress future employers with a dazzling display of skill and athleticism. The action at the 2024 NFL scouting combine gets underway Thursday, the first day of on-field positional workouts at Lucas …

Richard Lewis never hid his Ohio State fandom. The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor and comedian graduated from Ohio State University in 1969 with a degree in advertising and continuously showed his support for the Buckeyes throughout his career. Lewis died at age 76 from a heart attack. Before a 2022 meeting between Ohio State football and Maryland, Lewis put his …

WALL – Logan Thomas always dreamed of playing college football. Thomas grew up in Wall playing football with the same group of guys from pop warner to high school. He could name everyone who grew up alongside him: Will Scherr, Brylan White, Matthew Steen, Nathan Pepper and Dylan Gidney were the first few that came to mind before rattling off …

INDIANAPOLIS — Roughly 270 miles from the Michigan football headquarters where he spent the past four years of his life, Braiden McGregor marveled at the scene before him. Here he was inside Hall J of the Indiana Convention Center, standing on stage at the NFL scouting combine. Right beside him was one of his old tag-team partners on the Wolverines’ …