College Football

It’s no secret that the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed the landscape of college athletics — particularly college football. It’s a recent development, Penn State football coach James Franklin said, that doesn’t necessarily bode well for the sport. “We’ve been on a slippery slope for a while,” Franklin said at his winter news conference on …

ESPN and the College Football Playoff reportedly have agreed to a contract extension to televise the 12-team playoff through the 2031 college football season, according to a Tuesday report by The Athletic. The deal is reportedly worth $1.3 billion per season through the life of the extension. The Athletic added the deal is still contingent on how the Pac-12’s disbandment …

ESPN has updated its way-too-early college football rankings for the 2024 season. Since ESPN released its initial rankings, Nick Saban retired, Washington lost its head coach and much of its roster, and numerous Alabama players transferred. Not too much has changed for the Georgia Bulldogs over the past several weeks. Georgia has the nation’s No. 13 incoming transfer portal class, …

The 2024 NFL combine will begin later this month in Indianapolis. The league announced the full list of prospects who were invited to participate. In all, 321 prospects were invited. The combine begins Feb. 26 and will run through March 4. All 321 players, grouped by position, are listed below. Quarterback Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Jayden Daniels, LSU Sam Hartman, …

Feb. 13—Nick Saban’s decision to leave college football a month ago after guiding Alabama to six national championships was stunning. And last week, Chip Kelly’s resignation as UCLA head coach to become offensive coordinator at Ohio State and take a hefty pay cut was shocking. Not necessarily to Penn State coach James Franklin, who has been complaining for most of …

Feb. 13—Julian Fleming has been at Penn State for a little more than a month and already he’s receiving positive reviews. Fleming, the former Southern Columbia High School star, transferred last month from Ohio State and is expected to be a starting wide receiver and a team leader. “He’s a very good guy,” Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said Tuesday. …

RENTON, WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 01: John Schneider, general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, welcomes Mike Macdonald as the new Seattle Seahawks head coach at Virginia Mason Athletic Center on February 01, 2024 in Renton, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) The Seattle Seahawks announced the hiring of seven assistants for Mike Macdonald’s coaching staff on Tuesday, along with general manager …

It’s no secret that Ohio State football’s recruiting and development of wide receivers is as good as it gets in college football. Between Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, the Buckeyes have produced three first round wide receivers in the last two drafts. With Marvin Harrison Jr. likely coming off the board in the top five in April’s draft …

Now that signing day is over and the majority of transfers have made their decisions, Ohio State football has a much better feel for what to expect in 2024. ESPN’s way-too-early top-25 reflected that, as the Buckeyes made a jump from No. 5 to No. 2 in the most recent update. Mark Schlabach, who compiled the list, noted the big …

AUBURN — Auburn football will pay new defensive coordinator DJ Durkin $1.2 million in Year 1, according to a copy of his contract obtained by the Montgomery Advertiser on Tuesday. The deal is set to run from Feb. 1, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2027. Durkin, who was announced in his new role Jan. 31, will see his compensation increase by …

The Pac-12 has started the process of moving on from commissioner George Kliavkoff as 10 programs prepare to exit the conference this summer. Teresa Gould, the conference’s deputy commissioner, has been targeted as Kliavkoff’s replacement, according to Yahoo Sports.  The proposed change in leadership is hardly a surprise given the effective dissolution of the West Coast’s premier athletic conference, which leaves …

The full list of the 321 prospects invited to the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine was released on Tuesday, featuring 52 players from the Pac-12. From Deion Sanders’ first team at Colorado, wide receiver Xavier Weaver was the only player who earned an invite. Weaver led the Buffs with 68 receptions and 908 yards on the season, plus four touchdowns. The …

Tennessee football’s Bru McCoy on Tuesday posted a positive update on his road to recovery from a gruesome, season-ending ankle injury. The Vols receiver posted a brief video of himself on Instagram Stories: The clip showed him jogging on a treadmill with the captions, “1%” and, “Will speed it up more next week.” Here’s the clip, as captured on X …

Baylor football got a huge commitment on Tuesday from four-star running back Caden Knighten. A member of the class of 2025, Knighten is ranked as the No. 23 running back in the nation in the 247Sports Composite, where he is also the No. 7 recruit in Oklahoma. Last year in 12 games played, he had 2,278 rushing yards and 35 …

Benilde-St. Margaret’s has made a high-profile hire to take over its football program, tapping former Wayzata coach Brad Anderson to become the team’s head coach and oversee the entire football program, grades 7 through 12. Anderson was the head coach at Wayzata for 18 years, compiling a 156-47 record and leading the Trojans to state championships in 2005, 2008 and …