College Football

It has becomes a fairly normal practice in the Marcus Freeman era of Notre Dame football, when a coordinator leaves, he replaces them with a better option. That’s exactly what happened this offseason, as offensive coordinator Gerard Parker left to take the Troy head coaching position. Freeman needed veteran at the position and went to LSU and hired Mike Denbrock. …

Notre Dame football is getting set to start spring practice before long but on Sunday it was the Fighting Irish baseball team that is celebrating after capping a season-opening sweep at Rice. Tied at seven in the top of the seventh inning, Notre Dame freshman Drayk Bowen was sent in to pinch run for the Irish.  Bowen was a big-time …

Keon Sabb is leaving Michigan, putting one of the top players produced in New Jersey over the last four years into the transfer portal. Sabb was offered by Rutgers football early in his high school recruitment. Rutgers had offered and recruited Sabb, who was a four-star defensive back and grew up playing his high school football in New Jersey. He …

Houston County (Fort Valley, Georgia) interior offensive lineman Peyton Joseph committed to the University of Florida on Sunday, picking the Gators over Florida State, Georgia Tech and Tennessee, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. “Mostly talking with coach Napier and Sales led me to commit because they have shown great program development,” Joseph said. “UF is on the way to the …

It’s early in the 2025 recruiting cycle still but recruiting for Notre Dame tends to play out a lot like a quote from New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra: “It’s getting late early out there.” When it comes to football recruiting Notre Dame is a team that tends to start hot and then usually have to hold on to secure …

Dabo Swinney and his coaching staff are hard at work recruiting in the 2025 class and continue to make progress toward building one of the best classes in the country. Four-star cornerback Timothy Merritt took to social media Saturday night to announce his top 12 schools, with Clemson making the cut. The Tigers are competing with Texas A&M, Missouri, Mississippi …

It’s still early in the process, but Notre Dame football’s No. 1-ranked recruiting unit in the class of 2025 just got stronger. The Fighting Irish secured the commitment of three-star wide receiver Shaun Terry on Saturday. Ranked the No. 58 WR in the nation, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound player out of Ohio reposted a graphic with his announcement the day after news …

There’s no denying that Dabo Swinney is one of the best coaches in college football and approaching the status of one of the best of all time if he continues to have this Clemson football program amongst the elite.  Love him or hate him; you can acknowledge greatness either way. Just look at Swinney’s resume… with two National Championships wins, …

College Football has always adapted and changed over time. It has never done so as quickly and in as many ways as it has in the last handful of years. Many “old school” fans do not like the way the sport has begun to feel much more like some version of professional football rather than collegiate. Too bad as the …

What are fair expectations for Notre Dame in 2024? Personally I look at pretty much any year going forward being a disappointment if the Irish aren’t hosting a first round playoff game in the middle of December. Anything short of a College Football Playoff appearance, essentially being one of the nation’s top 12 teams, would certainly be seen as a …

Four-star offensive tackle Mario Nash Jr. hails from Kemper County High School in De Kalb, Mississippi. He has included USC in his top 10 schools in his recruitment. USC joins Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, LSU, Penn State, Ole Miss, Miami, Mississippi State and Missouri. There are currently no crystal ball projections for Mario Nash at this time, but Mississippi …

Alabama football head coach Kalen DeBoer is entering a situation unlike any other. He must replace one of the greatest coaches of all time, take over a legendary program, and look to maintain his prior successes. Last season, DeBoer took Washington all the way to the national championship, but fell short of winning it, and had some high-quality, impressive wins …

One former Alabama assistant coach will be headed to the Pacific Northwest to continue his coaching career. Several days ago, former Alabama linebackers coach Robert Bala was hired to be the next inside linebackers coach at Washington. Previously, Bala was hired to be the defensive coordinator at Western Michigan. However, he will now head to the Big Ten to join …

With Jayden Daniels off to the NFL, Garrett Nussmeier is set to be LSU’s next starting quarterback. Nussmeier’s time has been long awaited and highly anticipated. He’s played sparingly his first three years in Baton Rouge but has 1,720 yards and 11 touchdowns under his belt. Now taking over the full-time role, the hopes are high. On3’s JD Pickell agrees. …

Notre Dame football has started to heat up its wide receiver recruiting over the last few weeks. New Jersey’s Elijah Burress committed just over a week ago, giving the Irish their first verbal of the 2025 class at the position. On Sunday that number grew to two, as Ohio’s Shaun Terry committed to Notre Dame. The 5-foot, 10-inch and 170-pound …