College Football

Football coach Chip Kelly is leaving UCLA to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) For the final play of his sorry UCLA tenure, Chip Kelly finally ran something that fooled somebody. A cowardly reverse. Less than three months after the UCLA administration publicly embraced him, he flipped them off. Less than three months …

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake speaks to the Cougar Club on National Signing Day in Provo on Feb. 7, 2024. | BYU Photo There’s little question Kalani Sitake just finished signing the highest-rated recruiting class of his tenure. To accomplish this, by his own admission, he refocused his efforts from a “developmental” approach to going after a “play as soon …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff made a trip to Terrell, Texas, to extend an offer to a talented four-star athlete who is currently leaning towards SMU. Keiundre Johnson is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound, four-star athlete from Terrell, Texas, where he plays for Terrell High School. The Terrell Tigers finished the 2023 season 7-4 with a loss to Texas High School …

The Sooners have done yeoman’s work in Oklahoma to land the top prospects in the Sooner State. Of their ten prospects currently committed in the 2025 recruiting class, six of them are from the state of Oklahoma. And based on the trend of predictions for four-star outside linebacker C.J. Nickson, the Sooners look like they’re on the verge of adding …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Derby, Kansas, to extend an offer to one of the best tight ends in the 2025 recruiting class. LSU will have to fight off the Oregon Ducks to land him. DaSaahn Brame is a 6-foot-6, 235-pound, four-star tight end from Derby, Kansas, where he plays for Derby High School. The …

Iowa State football added Cedar Falls offensive tackle Will Tompkins – one of the top in-state players – to its 2025 recruiting class on Friday. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound lineman was the No. 9 player in the Des Moines Register’s rankings for the junior class, released in December. Tompkins is ranked the No. 7 player in Iowa, No. 48 offensive tackle …

Chip Kelly left UCLA in a tough spot by abruptly leaving the program after six years, reportedly to become Ohio State’s offensive coordinator. From an optics perspective, it’s a blow for the Bruins to lose their sitting coach just so he can become an assistant at a future Big Ten competitor. Practically, UCLA’s options for his successor are a lot …

Deer Park has announced the hiring of Tucker Berger as the Wildcats’ next football coach, pending board approval. “I am honored and excited to take on the role of head football coach at Deer Park High School. Football has always been a huge part of my life, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share my passion for the …

February 7 was National Signing Day, where football players sign their letter of intent to play at a college where they’ve been recruited. Such was the case for six area football players, including three from Barstow High School. Two other local high school football players — Oak Hills’ Paki Finau and Adelanto’s Shakir Collins — signed letters on the early …

SOUTH BEND — A sense of relief swept through the defensive line corps at Notre Dame football on Friday as news spread that run-game coordinator Al Washington wouldn’t be named head coach at Boston College after all. Former NFL head coach Bill O’Brien reportedly agreed to leave Ohio State before calling a single play as the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator. Washington, …

For the past several years, as it captured Big Ten championships, made the College Football Playoff and, eventually, won its first national championship in 26 years, Michigan football’s success was predicated at least in part on its defense. The Wolverines boasted a top-10 scoring defense in each of the past three seasons, a stretch in which they went 40-3. This …

We’re not far from spring football in the SEC. There are plenty of questions for several teams in the league. The retirement of Alabama head coach Nick Saban leaves plenty up for grabs in the league. New head coach Kalen DeBoer, who just coached Washington to a national title appearance, will look to keep Alabama’s place atop the SEC opposite …

In December of 2017, Chip Kelly was the hottest name on the college football coaching market — and what a market it was. Florida wanted him. Tennessee made an offer. Nebraska checked in. Arizona State was intrigued. But Kelly, fresh off head coaching stints with two different NFL teams, wanted UCLA for his much-anticipated return to college football. He wanted …

Moeller’s athletic signing class for February, 2024, from left: Ethan Page (football, Lake Erie College), Kyler Paul (football, Dayton), Preston Smith (football, Mount Union), Nick Monahan (football, Bryant), Talan DeBruler (lacrosse, Mercyhurst), Brennen Hickey (lacrosse, Cleveland State), Noah Smith (Belmont Abbey College, lacrosse). Anyone who was at Piqua High School’s Alexander Stadium Nov. 25 had reason to be worried about …

Feb. 9—BLOOMING GROVE — Noah Hutchison, who played all over the field for Blooming Grove’s Lions, signed a letter of intent, accepting a football scholarship from Hardin-Simmons on Wednesday. They’re going to love him at Hardin-Simmons, but Blooming Grove may need an SUV full of players to replace him. Hutchison played everywhere on the field for the Lions as a …