College Football

COLUMBIA − Illinois football has hired South Carolina football tight ends coach Justin Stepp, the Fighting Illini announced Thursday. Stepp has spent the last three seasons coaching wide receivers for the Gamecocks and moved to coaching tight ends in the offseason after South Carolina hired James Coley as wide receivers coach on Jan. 12. Stepp helped develop two All-SEC wide …

Host J.C. Shelton and former Georgia Bulldog Arthur Lynch breakdown some positive updates on multiple 2024 signees!  Your friends at UGA Football Live and UGA Wire present your one-stop-shop podcast for all things Georgia football: “UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton.” The podcast streams on YouTube as a part of The Pulse Sports Network and wherever you get your podcasts. Check …

Baylor is hiring former TCU coach Gary Patterson as a senior consultant to head coach Dave Aranda, a person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was being finalized. The website SicEm365 first reported Baylor was hiring Patterson. Patterson, 63, was coach at TCU, maybe …

Florida State fans have painted Kirk Herbstreit as a villain like they have the College Football Playoff Committee for not backing the Seminoles as worthy of making the four-team field. It was Georgia football fans turn this week to have a beef with the longtime ESPN College GameDay host and analyst. At issue is whether Herbstreit helped steer five-star Georgia …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders made waves with his rapid roster turnover last year, netting 72 new additions before his first season with the Buffaloes. Of those, 21 came from the high school ranks — a rather standard prep recruiting class in the modern age of college football. Following that tone-setting first offseason, the Buffaloes were relatively quiet this year.  With …

Feb. 8—THOMASVILLE — On the eve before National Signing Day when ten of his senior teammates would make their football futures official, Thomas County Central junior Dee Reddick made headlines as he announced his surprising flip. Reddick has de-committed from Auburn and is now committed to UCF.w For many, the flip was a shock. UCF has recently joined the Big …

Getty Images Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel will serve as the College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s new chair, the CFP announced Thursday. He replaces NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, who held the role in 2022 during the final season of the CFP’s four-team format. Manuel spent the past two seasons on the selection committee and has become one of …

Penn State had a relatively quiet February national signing day this week after locking up its Class of 2024 back in the early signing period in December. But the pieces came together and Penn State put together another good quality class that should provide some key players for future success and add to the quality depth across the roster. It …

Penn State has already attacked the linebacker position in the Class of 2025, but James Franklin and his staff may be wondering what went wrong in the pursuit of one more of the top linebackers in Pennsylvania, and one who has a strong Penn State connection. Anthony Sacca, the son of former Penn State quarterback Tony Sacca, announced his top …

Another National Signing Day is in the books. The 2024 edition didn’t have too much drama, aside from the initial surprise of Josaiah Knight signing with Mississippi State less than two months after signing with Illinois. But it did feature a lot of really talented high school football players signing to play in college. State of Florida Recruiting H.Q. hosts …

LSU is just over a week away from beginning its national title defense, and while coach Jay Johnson’s team lost a pair of studs in Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, as well as several other key contributors, it has retooled this offseason. The Tigers enter the year as a preseason unanimous top-five team as they return stars like Tommy White …

The Southeastern Conference returned to its typical upward trajectory when it comes to income during the 2023 fiscal year after stumbling in 2022, the conference’s new federal tax records show. The SEC brought in total revenue of nearly $853 million for a year ending Aug. 31, 2023 — about $50 million more than its total for 2022 — the document …

Getty Images The SEC announced it has distributed a total of $741 million in revenue to its 14 member universities for the 2022-23 fiscal year, which ended Aug. 31, 2023. Though that number doesn’t quite qualify as the conference’s best year, it is an almost $20 million increase from 2021-22’s revenue of $721.8 million, showcasing further growth and recovery after …

The Alabama State football Signing Day Bash on Wednesday was the official kickoff to the 2024 football season. Head coach Eddie Robinson Jr. addressed the fans and media for the first time since the Turkey Day Classic game on Thanksgiving. He answered all the burning questions from Hornets nation in attendance regarding the busy offseason. More: Alabama State football coach …

Texas recruiting is in a good spot early on in the 2025 recruiting class. The Longhorns rank No. 8 in the class for On3 Sports’ industry rankings with room for improvement. Highly regarded Saraland (AL) quarterback KJ Lacey headlines a class that includes top tight end Emaree Wilson, elite defensive lineman Lance Jackson, Florida defensive lineman Brandon Brown and Pearland …