College Football

You probably saw or read this earlier in the month of July: USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley was one of 21 coaches named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List. Riley is one of four Big Ten coaches on the preseason watch list, joined by Ryan Day of Ohio State, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, and James Franklin of Penn State. …

Alabama will honor former coach Nick Saban on Sept. 7 when the Crimson Tide play South Florida. The school announced the honor on Friday. Saban retired this offseason after an incredible run as coach of the Crimson Tide. He took over in 2007 and went 201–29 (. 878), with 23 bowl game appearances, 16 victories, 10 SEC West titles, nine SEC …

It is still very early for the 2026 cycle, but you have to get excited when the nation’s top offensive tackle prospect is still considering Ohio State football. Missouri’s Jackson Cantwell, a 6-foot, 8-inch, 300-pound tackle, trimmed his list down to fourteen schools on Thursday afternoon. It’s an impressive list of teams that include Georgia, USC, Oregon, and Michigan that …

DALLAS — Former USF football star Brian Battie continues to be in the thoughts of his Auburn teammates as he recovers from a shooting in May and the Tigers prepare for a season without his daily presence. “Still praying for Brian and his family during this time,” Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne said Thursday during SEC media days. “I know we …

Continuing their ESPN rounds from the day before, representatives from Notre Dame’s football team had even more to share. The most significant segment came when Marcus Freeman and Jordan Clark appeared on “First Take”. One secret badly kept recently was that the Irish were planning on wearing new home uniforms in 2024. The secret officially was out after this appearance: …

Jul. 19—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …

Robert Griffin III will be on the call this week for ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Flag Championships. The former Heisman winner and NFL veteran sees the development of flag football as crucial in the development as well as the expansion of the sport. The NFL Flag Championships will air on ESPN and will feature representatives for all 32 teams …

MADISON – In Big Ten country, football season unofficially kicks off Tuesday. Big Ten media days are set for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This is the first year the event covers three days and it will mark the first appearance for new league members Oregon, USC, UCLA and Washington. Here is what you need …

The man who once said “I’m not going to be the Alabama coach” is about to have his name on the Alabama field. Via Nick Kelly of AL.com, an agenda released on Thursday says that the “honorary degrees and recognition committee” of the University of Alabama system board of trustees will meet to consider a resolution for “a naming at …

Colorado State is in the game. College football made its glorious return to the video game world this week with the release of EA Sports College Football 25. It’s the first college football video game since the 2014 edition. Current players are in this game, as those who signed up to participate are basically part of a mass NIL deal …

The Wisconsin Badgers are promoting top special teams analyst Eric Raisbeck to assistant special teams coordinator, according to a report from FootballScoop’s Doug Samuels. Wisconsin hired Raisbeck back in March for an analyst position. He had previously signed on as UC-Davis’ new special teams coordinator before accepting the position on Luke Fickell’s coaching staff. Related: Reasons why Wisconsin football will or …

Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 43 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest. 2024 will be the fourth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and guided the …

Alabama’s football field is reportedly set to bear Nick Saban’s name. According to a report from ESPN, Alabama’s board of trustees will consider a resolution to name the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium for Saban on Friday. The longtime Alabama coach retired in January and has been replaced by Kalen DeBoer. The resolution will surely pass, and a ceremony honoring Saban …

Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier called former Wisconsin Badgers QB Graham Mertz ‘one of the best quarterbacks in America’ at SEC media days this week. Mertz is entering year two with the Gators after spending the first four years of his college career at Wisconsin. Badgers fans have tracked his career and progress closer than anybody after he initially …

Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium landed at No. 8 in ESPN’s latest ranking of the top 25 college football venues on Thursday. The Badgers’ home turf was ranked just above Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium and Clemson Memorial Stadium. The playing grounds for five Big Ten rivals landed higher than UW’s gridiron including UCLA’s Rose Bowl Stadium, Michigan’s Michigan Stadium, …