College Football

I will be on vacation when Tennessee football plays its spring game on April 13. The timing isn’t coincidental. A college spring football game is one of the most meaningless events in sports. It’s so meaningless I once served as a “coach” in one. It’s less significant than an NFL preseason game. At least, you can guess which players might …

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football will be well-represented when the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine takes place this week at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Eight former Irish players will be in attendance for the pre-draft event, which opens Tuesday and runs through Sunday. That’s nearly as many invitees as Notre Dame had the past two cycles combined. National …

Florida football will begin spring practice on March 7 eager to begin the process of building for a more successful 2024 season. Of the 19 incoming 2024 freshmen for the Florida Gators, 16 enrolled early, looking to jump start their college careers and contribute on the field this fall. By enrolling early, all 16 players will get reps in spring …

Josh Priebe wants to put everything he has into making his lifelong dream of playing in the NFL a reality. He believes he has found the right home for his final collegiate season to make that happen. Priebe, the former Edwardsburg High School star, now calls Ann Arbor, Michigan home. The 6-5, 310-pound offensive lineman transferred to the University of …

Ryan Stanchek, a former La Salle High School Lancers football standout, is the new co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, according to a report from ESPN college football writer Pete Thamel. Stanchek spent one season as the offensive line coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Stanchek was hired at Tulsa in January …

Getty Images UMass is expected to join the MAC in all sports starting in the 2025-26 academic year, according to multiple reports. This marks a return to the MAC for UMass’ football program, which competed in the league from 2012-15 after making the jump from the Football Championship Subdivision. UMass’ other sports currently compete in the Atlantic 10.  UMass football …

After a week of interviewing multiple candidates, the Calallen Independent School District Board of Trustees voted on Monday to select We Will Win Consulting as its next search firm to lead the way in finding the next athletic director and head football coach position at Calallen High School. This is the first time in more than 40 years that the …

There was some more college football realignment MACtion on Monday. With the dismantling of the Pac-12 and the Big 10 getting … bigger, the Mid-American Conference reportedly is adding the University of Massachusetts Amherst as its 13th member. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the MAC board voted to welcome the Minutemen to its conference as …

Scooter Molander, who coached Eastmark before taking the Desert Vista job, has joined the Queen Creek staff as assistant head coach. Scooter Molander stepped down Monday as head football coach at Phoenix Desert Vista to get closer to home and help Travis Schureman at Queen Creek High School. Molander led the Thunder for one season, going 2-8. That program was …

Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer This embedded content is not available in your region. Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast reacting to the latest court ruling in Tennessee that essentially seals the fate for the NCAA and it’s inability to put guardrails on NIL. The trio believes there may be no more legal …

The Texas Tech football program has traded a road game at Colorado State on the 2025 schedule for a home game against Kent State, part of Tech athletics director Kirby Hocutt’s stated plan for the Red Raiders to have seven home games every season. Kent State went 1-11 last season under new coach Kenni Burns, its second losing season in …

AUBURN — Auburn football recruiting has its ninth commitment in the Class of 2025. Four-star cornerback Devin Williams pledged to the Tigers on Monday, announcing his commitment through On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Williams is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 89 overall player in 2025 and the No. 11 CB. He plays at Buford High School in Georgia. The …

The 2023 PNJ Player of the Year for football has found his college home. Pensacola Catholic’s Nigel Nelson announced over the weekend that he committed to Division I Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. After a standout junior season, Nelson said he knew he wanted to be committed going into his senior year. And the Owls stood out after an …

Details of the contract extension Florida State football head coach Mike Norvell agreed to with the university in January were released Monday through a records request from USA Today. Norvell, who was pursued by Alabama following the retirement of legendary head coach Nick Saban, signed his extension on Feb. 16, after he announced he would be sticking around in a …

Florida State football coach Mike Norvell received a $2.5 million raise for this season, according to a copy of his latest contract. Norvell’s base salary for the year is $10 million under a deal signed earlier this month and obtained Monday by the Tampa Bay Times through a public-records request. That’s up from the $7.5 million he was going to …