College Football

As the SEC expands to 16 teams in 2024, the conference is stacked at the quarterback position. From former five-star prospects to 2024 Heisman contenders to intriguing transfer additions, there will be some fantastic quarterback play on display this fall in the SEC. Seven of the last nine Heisman winners have come from Oklahoma and the SEC. Two of those …

Penn State showed last season that it needs to improve the wide receiver position in a big way. Penn State may have addressed that need with help from the transfer portal this offseason with the addition of former Ohio State wide receiver Julian Fleming, but the Nittany Lions are working on hitting the recruiting trail hard for wide receiver depth. …

A former Nebraska football coach has received an NFL coaching job. Greg Austin has been named the assistant offensive line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Austin played offensive guard for Nebraska from 2003-2007. He returned to Lincoln as an offensive line coach from 2018 to 2021 as a member of Scott Frost’s staff. He was dismissed from his position following …

The latest member of the 2025 recruiting class for Rutgers football is certainly an impressive athlete. Jayden Elijah is a tough and physical athlete who also moves very well. A 6-foot-7 and 290 pound offensive lineman from Matawan Regional (Matawan, New Jersey), Elijah is the No. 14 recruit in New Jersey according to 247Sports. But he is also a standout …

Wisconsin football returns to the field for spring practice in late March. It is then that we’ll get a first glimpse at some of the Badgers’ newcomers, including former Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, former Oklahoma running back Tawee Walker and former Arkansas linebacker Jaheim Thomas. The spring period promises to be an active one after Wisconsin’s disappointing 7-6 campaign. …

Back in 1998, 21-year-old Mike Elko was finishing his playing career as a safety for Penn University of the Ivy League. That same year, the Texas A&M football team won the Big 12 Championship led by R.C. Slocum. 26 years later, Elko is head coach of the Aggies, Slocum is interim director of athletics and Texas A&M hasn’t won a …

The Georgia Bulldogs are hunting for a new running backs coach after Dell McGee became the head coach at Georgia State. McGee will coach his son, Austin, at Georgia State, so who can blame him for leaving to become a head coach. Head coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs are looking for a new running backs coach that can replace …

Florida A&M quarterback Jeremy Moussa (8) celebreates after an NCAA Celebration Bowl football game against Howard, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Atlanta. Florida A&M won 30-26. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Jeremy Moussa has to make some more room in his trophy. On Friday night, the Florida A&M quarterback earned a share of the Deacon Jones Trophy, given to the best player in Black College Football. …

With last month’s news that Alabama head coach Nick Saban will not return to Tuscaloosa after 17 highly successful years at the helm, The SEC will look a lot different in 2024, including several new hires led by Mike Elko (Texas A&M) and Saban’s successor, former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer. With Texas and Oklahoma entering the SEC this Fall, …

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Dell McGee, running backs coach on the Georgia football coaching staff for all eight seasons under Kirby Smart, was announced Friday night as Georgia State’s head football coach. McGee became the second Georgia assistant in the last three months to land a head coach opening after defensive backs coach Fran Brown at Syracuse. He will be introduced at a press …

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners play next season in the Cotton Bowl like they have since 1929. For the first time, the teams will play as members of the SEC. The game will be of added importance for Texas after losing last year. While the Oklahoma game might have been on the back burner in preparation for Alabama last …

A major change to the College Football Recruiting calendar could be coming. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach reported Thursday that the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) has had advanced discussions about moving the December signing period up to the Wednesday before FBS championship games, which this year is Dec. 4. That would move up early signing day two weeks ahead of when …

Bradenton Christian School hires Phillip Spess as its new football coach on Feb. 23, 2024. BRADENTON − The newest football coach in the area is also one of the newest resident to the area. Bradenton Christian School hired Phillip Spess as its new football coach Friday, Panthers director of athletics Cole Hudson announced. Spess moved to the area with his …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Stockbridge, Georgia, to extend a scholarship offer to one of the best linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class. LSU will have to fight off a swarm of yellow jackets to land the talented prospect. Chase Taylor is a 6-foot-3, 201-pound, three-star linebacker from Stockbridge, Georgia, where he plays for Stockbridge …