Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Bru McCoy, who once played for USC, could be granted an additional season of elibility by the NCAA. The US Department of Justice ruled the NCAA couldn’t enforce their transfer eligbility rules that forced an athlete to sit out for a season before beginning their career with a new program. McCoy was projected to enter the 2024 …
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Fact or Fiction: Miami commit Hylton Stubbs is nearing five-star status
Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. is joined by national rankings director Adam Friedman and national recruiting analysts Marshall Levenson and Sam Spiegelman to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. 1. Blue-chip Miami commitment Hylton Stubbs is on the verge of earning his fifth star. Friedman: FACT. Hylton Stubbs isn’t a …
Read More »SWAC Media Day 2024: Target on FAMU’s back renews Rattlers’ hunger to stay atop HBCU football
All eyes are on Florida A&M football. Some look for the Rattlers to maintain its Black College Football National Championship standard as they achieved in 2023. At the same time, others view the Rattlers as inferior to last year’s team that claimed the program’s first Southwestern Athletic Conference and Celebration Bowl trophies last December. The assumption of a championship hangover …
Read More »Big 12 team preview: Can new Houston coach work his magic in Space City?
Houston coach Willie Fritz speaks during the Big 12 Conference media days in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. | Lucas Peltier, Associated Press Editor’s note: Fourth in a series previewing each team in the Big 12 in 2024. When a college football team has its starting quarterback back, it usually gets treated favorably by the prognosticators who like to …
Read More »Where Jackson State football is picked to finish in 2024 SWAC preseason poll
At the Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Day on Tuesday. Jackson State football was picked to finish third in the SWAC East Division behind Alabama State and defending Black national champions Florida A&M in 2024. The voting was based on a poll of SWAC head coaches and sports information directors. Alcorn State was picked to win the West Division. In T.C. …
Read More »North Carolina to be ‘highly sought after’ in conference realignment
Conferences in college athletics will look a little different starting with the upcoming college football season as the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 have added programs. The ACC added three programs with Stanford, SMU and Cal joining but there continues to be talk of teams leaving and joining other conferences. The latest centered around Florida State and Clemson, with …
Read More »Why Texas DB Jahdae Barron switched to Michael Huff’s No. 7 jersey: it’s all about legacy
Since Monday, the Omni Hotel in Dallas has been the center of the Southeastern Conference’s universe. Football players and coaches from LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt kicked off SEC media days on Monday. Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee were featured a day later. On Wednesday, it’s Texas’ turn in the spotlight. Just two weeks after it officially joined …
Read More »Missouri football coach Eliah Drinkwitz: Mike Leach should be in College Football Hall of Fame
In his opening remarks Tuesday at SEC Media Day in Dallas, Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz called for former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. “Next summer, we will be moving media days to Atlanta,” Drinkwitz said. “And so it reminded me to call on CEO Steve Hatchell to do the right …
Read More »For first time, Jacksonville State football stadium to be renamed for corporate sponsor
Jacksonville State’s football stadium will have a new name this fall. For years, the Gamecocks have played on Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium, but the school announced Tuesday that will change. The stadium will now be known as AmFirst Stadium, after the Board of Trustees approved the name change and partnership. America’s First Federal Credit Union, otherwise known as AmFirst, …
Read More »What Eliah Drinkwitz said at SEC Media Days about OU-Missouri football recruiting battles
DALLAS — Missouri and OU have had their fair share of recent recruiting battles. First, the Tigers landed former Sooners wide receiver Theo Wease out of the transfer portal following the 2022 season. Then, Missouri landed the No. 1 defensive lineman in the 2024 recruiting class per 247Sports’ Composite rankings, Williams Nwaneri, over the Sooners. But the former rivalry that …
Read More »Why Kirby Smart compared Nick Saban to Darth Vader at SEC Media Days
Former Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach Nick Saban and current Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart have shared an interesting relationship over the years. With Saban officially retired, the two are no loger adversaries on the field. Smart had served as the Alabama football defensive coordinator under Saban from 2008-2015. Beginning in 2016, the two coaches were direct rivals, …
Read More »Two reasons why you should play as the Colorado Buffaloes in College Football 25
Colorado fans don’t need any additional reasons to play as the Buffs in EA Sports College Football 25. But for other fanbases that were curious, CBS Sports recently broke down why CU is an intriguing team to operate. On Monday, CBS Sports published an article giving readers one reason to play as each of the 134 Football Bowl Subdivision teams …
Read More »‘Horns Down’ gesture is ‘not taunting’ and won’t be penalized per SEC head of officials
Jun 19, 2022; Omaha, NE, USA; A young Texas A&M Aggies fan gestures a horns down against the Texas Longhorns in the ninth inning at Charles Schwab Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports According to SEC head of officials John McDaid, the “Horns Down” taunt towards the Longhorns will not be penalized this upcoming season as Texas and Oklahoma …
Read More »2025 4-star WR Kelshaun Johnson has committed to Texas A&M
. Boom! Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class has added its 19th commitment in the cycle, as 4-star wide receiver Kelshaun Johnson, who had to delay his announcement the last two weeks due to Hurricane Beryl, has finally committed to Texas A&M over rival Texas on Tuesday afternoon. Set to enter his senior season at Hitchcock HS, Johnson’s gravitation to the …
Read More »Longtime Cal and Fresno State football coach Jeff Tedford retires
Jeff Tedford forged a great career as a college football head coach. The architect of the Cal football team that kept Pete Carroll’s 2003 USC Trojans out of the BCS Championship Game stepped down as Fresno State’s head coach, citing health concerns. Tedford led Fresno State to multiple Mountain West Conference championships. Over a decade earlier, he guided Cal to …
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