Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks with media during Big 12 media days in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Coach Prime had very complimentary things to say about BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. | Lucas Peltier, Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Coach Prime made his first-ever appearance at the Big 12 football media days on Wednesday, so naturally the …
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Big 12 parity amid expansion may prove league’s biggest strength in expanded College Football Playoff era
LAS VEGAS — How to put this delicately? The expanded Big 12’s biggest strength might be its lack of collective history. Only two programs — Colorado and BYU — have won national championships. That’s fewest among Power Four conferences. With all due respect to this island of disparate toys, in this age of radical realignment, the Big 12 essentially has …
Read More »UNC football recruiting target posts photo with QB Bryce Baker
North Carolina’s 2025 football recruiting class is currently ranked in the top 50 with 12 commitments including a rising quarterback prospect in Bryce Baker. The quarterback climbed from a three-star prospect to a four-star prospect and moved into the 247Sports top 247 ranking. That should boost UNC’s class, especially if he continues to improve. Landing other prospects will also help …
Read More »Nick Saban has won the 2024 ESPY Icon Award
Legendary college football Nick Saban has added to his already crowded trophy case by winning the 2024 ESPY Icon Award on Thursday night. In his time as a head coach with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Saban won six national championships during his 17-year tenure in Tuscaloosa. Coach Saban won an additional title while serving as the head coach of the …
Read More »Colorado State coach Jay Norvell wants in-state rivalry matchup with Colorado to be played every year
LAS VEGAS — This season the Colorado-Colorado State rivalry game returns to Fort Collins, Colorado for the first time since 2015. If Rams coach Jay Norvell got his way, it’s a game that would be played every year. “I think rivalries are what make college football special,” Norvell said. “It’s an in-state rivalry game and it’s been a special game …
Read More »Can USC win a national championship with an ‘offensive minded’ head coach?
During the Conquest Call-In Show on The Voice of College Football, a caller made the claim this past Friday that college teams, USC included, need a defensive-minded head coach in order to win a national championship. It was a clear, if indirect, reference to Lincoln Riley. Urban Meyer with Florida and Ohio State in 2014 was an offense-first head coach. …
Read More »Monte Kiffin, longtime DC who helped revolutionize defensive football, dies at 84
OXFORD, Miss. ― Monte Kiffin, a longtime college and NFL coach and the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, died Thursday at the age of 84, the Rebels announced. Monte Kiffin spent his final years working for his son in Oxford, most recently as an analyst. He first began coaching football in 1966 at his alma mater, Nebraska. …
Read More »‘My hero’: Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin shares photos remembering his father Monte Kiffin
OXFORD — The football world lost one of its brightest defensive minds on Thursday. Monte Kiffin, a longtime pro and college coach and the brain behind the famed “Tampa 2” defense, died at the age of 84. Kiffin is the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin. On Thursday morning, Lane took to social media to share some memories. …
Read More »Lane Kiffin pays tribute to Monte Kiffin in simple, poignant childhood tweet
The passing of Monte Kiffin is a loss for the football community, but it is most centrally a loss for the Kiffin family and the son who learned so much from his father. Lane Kiffin tweeted two pictures from his childhood. In the two pictures, Lane is with his dad, Monte Kiffin, who died on Thursday at age 84. Lane …
Read More »What’s it like to play with Alabama in EA Sports College Football 25?
The release of the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 video game is right around the corner. On July 19, 2024, fans all over the nation can play as their favorite teams, something they haven’t been able to do since the game was discontinued nearly a decade ago. Fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide have a lot to look forward …
Read More »EA Sports College Football 25: Exclusive previews of game’s top five teams from the experts who played it
With just a few days to go before the July 19 release of EA SPORTS College Football 25 — July 16 for deluxe edition pre-orders — 247Sports was granted exclusive, early access to the highly anticipated comeback. The team at 247Sports took advantage of that opportunity and test drove the game with full autonomy, diving deep with the top teams …
Read More »How Kyle Whittingham became the face of the BYU-Utah rivalry
Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham celebrates a Utes victory over BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. | Tom Smart, Deseret News Kyle Whittingham may never catch LaVell Edwards when it comes to victories, championships or his golf handicap, but as far as who belongs on the two-man Mount Rushmore of the BYU-Utah rivalry, they stand together. Edwards coached in …
Read More »Georgia RB Trevor Etienne’s DUI charges have been dropped
Georgia Bulldogs running back Trevor Etienne’s DUI charges have reportedly been dropped. Etienne transferred to Georgia from Florida this offseason and was arrested in March. “Charges of DUI less safe and DUI under 21 were dismissed while Etienne pled no contest to a reckless driving charge from the early morning March 24 incident and pled guilty to underage possession of …
Read More »Monte Kiffin, distinguished defensive coach and father of Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin, dies at 84
OXFORD ― Monte Kiffin, a longtime college and NFL coach and the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, died on Friday at the age of 84, according to a statement issued by the Rebels program. Kiffin spent his final years working for his son in Oxford, most recently as an analyst. He first began coaching football in 1966 …
Read More »Future Duke: Andover’s Hnat commits to renowned James Madison football
Jul. 11—Andover’s Brian Hnat could have waited to make his college football decision, with a postgraduate season rapidly approaching. But given the chance to take on the best that college football has to offer — for a program with a history of excellence, including two national titles — the recent Andover High graduate knew the time was right. Hnat has …
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