College Football

TAMPA ― The Bucs stayed in the Southeastern Conference to bolster their offensive staff, hiring Georgia assistant Bryan McClendon as their wide receivers coach. He replaces Brad Idzik, who opted to join Dave Canales’ Carolina Panthers staff as offensive coordinator. The Bucs earlier this month hired former Kentucky and Rams offensive coordinator Liam Coen to run their offense following Canales’ …

The Buccaneers have hired Bryan McClendon as their wide receivers coach, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. McClendon has served as Georgia’s wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator the past two seasons. This is his first NFL coaching job. McClendon replaces Brad Idzik, who followed Dave Canales to Carolina to become the Panthers’ offensive coordinator. Todd Bowles’ son, Troy, is …

Georgia wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon is leaving for the NFL, according to reports. The former UGA player and current pass game coordinator will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers coach. ESPN’s Adam Shefter was the first to report to move. The University of Georgia and head coach Kirby Smart have yet to announce the departure. Smart was spotted …

Texas A&M (15-10, 6-6 SEC) fell on the road 100-75 to a hot No. 15 Alabama (18-7, 10-2 SEC) on Saturday. Sometimes when a team is hot and you’re not you have to accept that loss and move on.  Alabama came into this game as one of the top offensive teams in the nation, but also one of the worst …

The Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart have the nation’s No. 8 recruiting class in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Georgia is in the hunt to land a commitment from five-star linebacker recruit Zayden Walker. Zayden Walker is the 10th ranked recruit in the class of 2025. Walker plays high school football for Schley County High School in Ellaville, Georgia. …

LAWRENCE — It appears Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold will have to make another assistant coach hire this offseason. According to a report from FootballScoop, the Jayhawks’ offensive line coach — Scott Fuchs — is making the jump from college football to professional football. Fuchs, the report states, will become an offensive assistant with the Tennessee Titans. And that would mean …

This is exciting: 2025 four-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn, from McKinney High School in Texas, has USC as a finalist in his recruitment. Pettijohn holds offers from over 25 elite programs all over the country, but he recently announced he has already narrowed his list of contenders to six programs. Florida State, Florida State, USC, Ohio State, Texas,Texas A&M and Georgia …

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian’s salary will nearly double once the university’s Board of Regents approves the terms of his contract extension. Sarkisian, who made $5.6 million last year, will see his guaranteed compensation increase to $10.3 million this year under the terms of the deal, which were published in advance of the board’s Feb. 21-22 meeting in Austin, Texas. By …

This upcoming week, the Texas Board of Regents is set to approve a significant increase to UT football coach Steve Sarkisian’s salary. Last month, Texas announced that Sarkisian had agreed to a four-year extension that will keep him with the Longhorns through the 2030 football season. If approved, Sarkisian will now make $10.3 million during the 2024 season. He was …

Steve Sarkisian didn’t pursue the Alabama job and is set to receive a hefty pay increase that would make him college football’s third-highest-paid coach behind Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Georgia’s Kirby Smart. Steve Sarkisian’s very good year just got better. But so did Texas’. The Longhorns’ third-year head football coach, who took them to a 12-2 record and their first …

Under head football coach Mike Elko, Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class is looking to grow in the coming months, already adding multiple defensive prospects, including 4-star linebacker Kelvion Riggins and 4-star cornerback Deyjhon Pettaway. During his two seasons as Duke’s head coach, Elko recruited current star Aggies linebacker Taurean York, knowing he would quickly become one of the more underrated …

The Georgia Bulldogs finished the class of 2024 recruiting cycle with the No. 1 class in the SEC and the No. 1 class in the country. Georgia won the recruiting title, but the Bulldogs did it without dominating in-state recruiting. Overall, nine of Georgia’s total 28 signees are in-state recruits. Georgia signed four of The Peach State’s top-11 recruits in …

Former UCLA star DeShaun Foster has his work cut out for him as the Bruins’ new head coach. Here are some thoughts on how he should build his brand. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) The handshakes, back slaps and congratulatory text messages are over. It’s time for DeShaun Foster to get to work. The passion the former UCLA star running …

Usually when a team wins a national championship, it gets a lot of hype for the next year. But for Michigan football, considering the personnel and staff turnover, as well as next year’s schedule, not everyone is optimistic about the Wolverines in 2024. Not only did Jim Harbaugh leave and take a good portion of the defensive staff along with …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 wide receiver prospect Derek Meadows. “I am truly blessed and honored to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Meadows said. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound four-star wide receiver prospect is from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Meadows is the No. 144 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as …