While National Signing Day was relatively quiet for most programs in college football, that was certainly not the case for Texas A&M and new head coach Mike Elko. He was tasked with holding the 2024 recruiting class together following Jimbo Fisher’s dismissal, and he was able to do so with a class that is No. 18 in the 247Sports team …
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After coaching at Ole Miss together, former Lake View Quarterbacks take new jobs in 2024
With all the football coaching changes going on for 2024 at every level, high school, college and professional, then toss in transfer portals, and it’s all whirring around in one’s mind. Two changes at the college level involve Lake View grads, who have now found new coaching spots after coaching together at the University of Mississippi. Sterlin Gilbert has now …
Read More »Report: UConn football to hire Matt Brock as defensive coordinator
The UConn football program is set to hire Matt Brock as its defensive coordinator, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported on X Friday morning. The defensive coordinator at Mississippi State last year, Brock joins UConn’s coaching staff in its third season under head coach Jim Mora. The program did not fill the defensive coordinator role after Lou Spanos, who held the position …
Read More »Bill O’Brien to BC: How former Penn State football coach flees Ohio State, goes home
Bill O’Brien won’t be making a Penn State football reunion stop this fall, after all. Less than a month after deciding to lead Ohio State’s offense — and being scheduled to coach in Beaver Stadium for the first time in more than a decade — O’Brien has bolted to lead another college program. He’s going back to his hometown, as …
Read More »Oregon vs. Ohio State named as one of most intriguing matchups in new-look CFB era
A lot of things have changed over the last few years in the world of college football, and things are going to continue to change rapidly going forward. The most immediate difference that we will see in 2024 is the new-look conferences across the nation, where conference realignment has landed schools like California and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference, …
Read More »Benjamin Yurosek commits to Georgia: Productive TE from Stanford will compete to replace Brock Bowers
Former Stanford tight end Benjamin Yurosek is transferring to Georgia following a four-year career with the Cardinal. Yurosek, who is the No. 6 tight end in 247Sports’ transfer rankings, is a huge get for the Bulldogs, who needed an experienced tight end to replace star and expected first-round NFL Draft pick Brock Bowers. “Obviously Georgia has the best of both …
Read More »Dan Lanning details Oregon’s approach to the Big Ten going forward
The Oregon Ducks have played their final football game as a member of the Pac-12. And the next time the teams put on their shoulder pads, they’ll wear a Big Ten emblem on the right side of their jerseys. The Ducks’ move to the Big Ten has been official for several months now, but there are still things that will …
Read More »Stanford tight end Benjamin Yurosek transfers to Georgia football
Former Stanford Cardinal senior tight end Benjamin Yurosek has announced that he is transferring to the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia’s tight end room is looking very deep for the 2024 season with Yurosek, Oscar Delp, Lawson Luckie, and Pearce Spurlin. Benjamin Yurosek, who has over 1,000 career receiving yards, visited Georgia’s campus on the weekend of Jan. 13, per a report. …
Read More »These 4 Florida football players changed position for 2024
The upcoming college football season will be bringing many changes for the Florida Gators both on the field and off. Following their third-straight losing season, there are plenty of adjustments that need to be made. Among those are four members of the team’s 2024 roster who will be taking on new roles in the new year. In fact, it is …
Read More »Georgia football adds experienced Power Five transfer tight end to 2024 roster
Georgia football isn’t done adding to its roster for the 2024 season. The Bulldogs went to the transfer portal for its seventh scholarship newcomer in Stanford tight end Benjamin Yurosek. He told ESPN.com Friday that he’s committed to Georgia which lost All-American tight end Brock Bowers to the NFL. Yurosek said he’s looking forward to playing in the SEC. “Obviously …
Read More »What did ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit tell Dylan Raiola’s father before the Georgia flip? ‘I of course did not try and sell Nebraska’
Dylan Raiola’s flip on the eve of the early signing period made waves in the college football world. It continues to do so, with ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit’s “involvement” in the five-star quarterback’s flip from Georgia to Nebraska. According to Rivals, the quarterback is the second-best player in the nation in the class of 2024. In a recent interview with …
Read More »Report: Trotwood native set to join Michigan football coaching staff
Feb. 9—Michigan football is preparing to add long-time NFL assistant Don “Wink” Martindale to its coaching staff according to a report Friday morning. ESPN reports a deal for Martindale to become the defensive coordinator for the Wolverines is still being worked out between the Trotwood-Madison grad and the school, “but it is not expected to be an issue.” Martindale, 60, …
Read More »Super Bowl LVIII: How the game’s biggest players were recruited in high school
Patrick Mahomes has the Chiefs back in the Super Bowl, but colleges didn’t think too much of him as a high school quarterback at Whitehouse High School in Texas. None of the major programs in Texas or the Midwest offered, so he ended up at Texas Tech. He’s not the only player in Super Bowl LVIII who went under the …
Read More »Notre Dame lands monster 2025 tackle from Wisconsin
Notre Dame football currently has the No. 1 overall 2025 recruiting class according to the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings and it just got stronger on Thursday. Wisconsin offensive tackle Owen Strebig, the 6-foot, 8-inch and 295-pounder, committed to the Irish. As one of the top players in the country, the No. 13 offensive tackle and 127th overall prospect according to …
Read More »WSU’s Chun named to CFP selection committee
Feb. 9—In a bit of irony, Washington State athletic director Pat Chun, whose football program won’t have a full conference next season, was named to the College Football Playoff selection committee, it was announced Thursday. The committee helps decide which teams will make the College Football Playoff, which for the first time will consist of 12 teams during the 2024-25 …
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