College Football

The College Football Playoffs will be staying on ESPN and its family stations for the foreseeable future. Last week, it was reported by The Athletic that ESPN and the College Football Playoffs have come to a six-year deal worth $7.8 billion to keep the playoffs on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Notably, there are still two years left on ESPN’s …

The Wisconsin football program, believe it or not, is not commonly known for its production of wide receivers. Tight ends are a different story. Wisconsin has sent Jake Ferguson, Troy Fumagalli, Owen Daniels, Travis Beckum and others on to the NFL level. But Wisconsin is traditionally known for running the football and stopping the run, not necessarily for its high-level …

The Wisconsin Badgers were busy in the transfer portal this offseason. The program currently has 12 total transfer commitments, good for one 247Sports’ top 10 transfer classes. The headliners of the group: former Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, former Oklahoma running back Tawee Walker, former USC linebacker Tackett Curtis and former Arkansas linebacker Jaheim Thomas. Related: Which Big Ten football team …

Answer this: Other than the money, why does anyone choose to coach at the major college football level when presented with an opportunity to do what you love in the NFL? Big-time college football has morphed into something a lot more than just the X’s and O’s on the practice field and putting them to work during games. Still, that …

Cornerback has been a revitalized position since Brent Venables was hired. Oklahoma has changed the caliber of athletes and the type of cornerbacks they have recruited. Venables’ hire of Jay Valai to take over as the cornerbacks’ coach has paid off in spades. The depth and talent in the room have been elevated tremendously in just a couple of years. …

STARKVILLE — The recruitment and signing of 2024 high school prospects are complete for first-year Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby. However, the conclusion of national signing day on Feb. 7 only signaled the start of the next recruiting cycle. The 2025 class, barring any surprising head coaching change, will be the first one at Mississippi State where Lebby oversees …

Collin Brunstein’s dad, Kevin, believed he would make a good receiver. He nailed it on the head. Brunstein tore up the record books this past fall at NCAA Division III Illinois College. The 2020 Jacksonville graduate hauled in 91 catches for 2,200 yards and 31 touchdowns to lead all of NCAA as well as set Midwest Conference and school single-season …

Carson Beck’s first season as the starting quarterback for Georgia football produced an unbeaten regular season for a team coming off back-to-back national championships. His decision to return in 2024 rather than enter the NFL draft is viewed as a big boost for the Bulldogs. Sportsbooks are bullish on Beck. Caesars lists him as the Heisman Trophy betting favorite for …

Georgia running backs coach and run-game coordinator, Dell McGee, is expected to be Georgia State’s next head coach, according to a report by Graham Coffey of The Players’ Lounge late on Wednesday night. Multiple reports confirmed earlier on Wednesday that McGee was a “strong candidate” to replace Shawn Elliot, who left the Panthers in his seventh year to be tight …

A video of a Florida football recruit was posted this week. It will not make some people happy. It shows D’Antre Robinson, a defensive lineman from Orlando, giving his mother quite the Valentine’s Day surprise. “Welcome to your new house, Ma,” Robinson says as she walked through the door. He’s dangling a set of keys in his mother’s face, and …

Rutgers football landed a massive addition to its 2025 recruiting class last week when Matawan offensive lineman Jayden Elijah announced his commitment to Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights. Perhaps nobody knows more about the player Rutgers is getting than Jay Graber, Elijah’s high school coach who earlier this month took over at Brick Township. Simply put? Elijah already boasts …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas football is gearing up for an exciting stretch of spring football. There will be a competition to determine the starting quarterback, and the Razorbacks will welcome a handful of new coaches, including the return of Bobby Petrino. The pressure is on head coach Sam Pittman to show meaningful improvements in 2024 after a disappointing 4-8 campaign …

This could be a big week for Michael Hershey. The Spring Grove senior has the chance to win his first District 3 wrestling title Saturday. And he was the lone YAIAA football player named to the prestigious Big 33 Classic all-star game Wednesday. The game pits some of the top seniors from Pennsylvania against all-stars from Maryland. The 2024 Big …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson coaching staff have done a great job recruiting in the 2024 class, even if some don’t seem to believe it.  While the Tigers didn’t earn a top 5 ranking with this class, the talent is there, and this staff knows how to recruit. The people who were knocking Clemson for their 2023 recruiting class for …

The Clemson football program needs a bounce-back year to return to the top of the food chain, with fans hoping that 2024 could be that year for the Tigers.  This team should be better in 2024, but that doesn’t mean they will be. Clemson has a lot of pieces to put together before they find the success they once had, …