Greedy conference commissioners, television deals and college football’s moneymaking clout sparked such persistent realignment that we need a cheat sheet to identify what teams are in which conference. Rutgers and Southern Cal soon will be conference brethren, because, you know, Los Angeles and Piscataway, New Jersey, share a lot in common. The Big 12 spans from Orlando to Provo, Utah, …
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D.K. McDonald brings NFL coaching experience to Kansas football’s defense
LAWRENCE — Lance Leipold had an idea Scott Fuchs might leave college for the NFL one day. In February, Leipold recalled the conversation from when the two first met. Fuchs didn’t want to be a coordinator or a head coach, just the best offensive line coach he could be, hopefully in the NFL. So when Fuchs had the chance to …
Read More »2024 NFL Mock Draft: Trades for QBs shake up Round 1; Ravens retool offensive line
The Ravens are still in the crux of a potential Super Bowl window. Still, they’ll look drastically different on both sides of the football after undergoing massive changes to player personnel and the coaching staff. Eric DeCosta started the off-season with urgency, signing Justin Madubuike, one of the league’s best defensive linemen, to an extension. After inking Madubuike to a …
Read More »Indiana football: Philip Blidi enters transfer portal before spring football
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football defensive tackle Philip Blidi announced he was entering his name into the transfer portal on Monday night. The former Texas Tech defender spent one season with the Hoosiers. “It has been a great journey this past year,” Blidi wrote on X. “Indiana is a place full of welcoming and friendly people. My family and I are blessed …
Read More »Why new Georgia football RBs coach Josh Crawford is seen as a ‘great fit’ for Bulldogs
As co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Western Kentucky in 2022, Josh Crawford had a hand in the nation’s No. 2 passing offense with a quarterback in Austin Reed who threw for more yards — 4,756 — than anybody else in the nation “I have so many good things to say about Coach Crawford,” Reed said after Crawford was …
Read More »Oklahoma State freshman center Brandon Garrison enters the transfer portal
Mar. 18—Oklahoma State freshman center Brandon Garrison entered the transfer portal, he announced Monday on social media. The move is expected to be the first of several after the university and coach Mike Boynton parted ways on Thursday. “I want to thank coach Mike and the rest of the coaches for giving me the opportunity to play at the school …
Read More »Colorado Buffaloes football: 3 takeaways from first spring practice
Colorado wide receiver Omarion Miller (14) plays during an NCAA football game against Oregon, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eugene, Ore. Colorado football began spring practices on Monday, March 18 and a media session afterwards featured a few new faces to Boulder. A pair of transfers, former Liberty defensive back Preston Hodge and former FAU wide receiver LaJohntay Wester, spoke …
Read More »Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer gets eight-year contract: Salary, buyout, more to know
The University of Alabama introduced new head football coach Kalen DeBoer with a press conference at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Nicole and Kalen DeBoer hold up an Alabama jersey after the press conference. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer had his contract approved by the compensation committee for the UA System Board of Trustees on Monday. DeBoer is set up …
Read More »ESPN tabs OU’s Peyton Bowen, OSU’s Alan Bowman as breakout candidates for 2024 season
ESPN recently published an article titled “Breakout players from the top 25 teams to watch in 2024.” Among the list of breakout candidates were OU safety Peyton Bowen and OSU quarterback Alan Bowman. Bowen is a former five-star safety who recorded 36 tackles (one for loss), one sack and five broken-up passes as a freshman last season. He figures to …
Read More »Does Aidan Chiles have edge as Michigan State football’s QB? ‘An upset if he’s not’
EAST LANSING — Jonathan Smith stopped short of naming Aidan Chiles his starting quarterback. But the new Michigan State football coach confirmed what anyone paying attention to the college football world already assumed. “I ‘d describe it as an upset if he’s not,” Smith said Monday, on the eve of the Spartans opening spring practices. Chiles is one of four …
Read More »Four-star safety sets commitment date, Gators in top 3
The Florida Gators are among three teams standing out for Columbus (Miami) safety Bryce Fitzgerald as he approaches a decision, according to Swamp247’s Blake Alderman. Fitzgerald said that he plans to announce a commitment on May 24, his mother’s birthday. “Right now I have Florida, USC and Miami,” Fitzgerald said to Alderman. “I like Florida State too, but things were …
Read More »Final thoughts after final Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament
The Pac-12 wrapped up its last men’s basketball tournament on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with No. 4 Oregon surging past No. 3 Colorado 75-68 in a surprising championship game, with nationally ranked teams in Arizona and Washington State losing their respective semifinals. The Ducks got the automatic bid to the NCAA postseason, giving the conference four representatives …
Read More »Trust an important dimension of FSU football’s success under coach Mike Norvell
Mike Norvell has built a culture of trust within his Florida State football program. That might be the most important dimension when measuring the Seminoles’ success under the energized Norvell. “We talk all the time about the right fit for Florida State,” Norvell said Monday during his annual coaches’ luncheon prior to the start of spring practice Tuesday. “Who are …
Read More »Peterson: Iowa State new offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser mentions more deep passes
AMES – In keeping with the annual spring football tradition of writing that Iowa State plans to throw more deep passes – well, this time it actually could happen. New offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser said it, as did returning quarterback Rocco Becht. Head coach Matt Campbell even insinuated it, so my biggest takeaway from the first press conference since last …
Read More »Kalen DeBoer contract: Salary, buyout, more to know for Alabama football coach
Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer had his contract reviewed by the compensation committee for the UA System Board of Trustees on Monday. With that contract, DeBoer makes a colossal jump in his compensation, after he made $4.2 million this past season in total pay at Washington. That ranked No. 44 among public school coaches, per the USA TODAY football coach …
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