[ad_1] The 2023 season finished on a strong note for the Oklahoma Sooners. After losing back-to-back games to Kansas and Oklahoma State, OU closed with three-straight wins over West Virginia, BYU, and TCU. Against West Virginia and TCU, the Sooners scored 59 and 69 points. It didn’t end with a Big 12 title game appearance, but Oklahoma showed that the …
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Coastal Carolina’s Grayson McCall enters transfer portal: Seasoned QB expected to draw major interest
[ad_1] Getty Images Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall has entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer, 247Sports reports. McCall has spent the past four seasons as the Chanticleers’ starter, passing for 10,005 yards and 88 touchdowns with just 14 interceptions. It’s McCall’s second time dipping into the transfer portal. He tested the waters in December 2022, but later withdrew …
Read More »Georgia TE Brock Bowers named Mackey Award finalist
[ad_1] Georgia Bulldogs tight end Brock Bowers is one of three finalists for the John Mackey Award, given to the nation’s top tight end. Bowers took home the award last year over Sam LaPorta of the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michael Mayer of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Other finalists this year include Ohio State’s Cade Stover and Colorado State’s Dallin …
Read More »Oregon vs. Washington prediction, pick, spread, Pac-12 Championship Game odds, live stream, watch online, TV
[ad_1] The final Pac-12 Championship Game before 10 of the league’s 12 members leave for other conferences carries mammoth implications as No. 3 Washington and No. 5 Oregon square off Friday with a College Football Playoff spot potentially on the line. Washington won the first meeting 36-33 at home on Oct. 14 on its march to an undefeated regular season, …
Read More »Texas A&M transfer QB Max Johnson commits to North Carolina
[ad_1] Texas A&M quarterback Max Johnson (14) looks to pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) With Drake Maye almost certainly moving on to the NFL, North Carolina already has his potential replacement lined up. Max Johnson, a transfer from Texas A&M, …
Read More »Four-star CB Kobe Black changes commitment date to Dec. 13
[ad_1] Four-star cornerback Kobe Black originally scheduled a commitment date for Nov. 29 but has since pushed it back to Dec. 13. However, it doesn’t appear that Black is conflicted in his recruitment. It seems to have just been a scheduling related change due to other plans this week. According to On3’s industry ranking, Black is rated the No. 4 …
Read More »College Football Playoff, bowl projections: Paths for eight contenders still in hunt for four-team field
[ad_1] USATSI With the penultimate College Football Playoff Rankings released Tuesday, it is time to examine the prospects for the teams still in the hunt for the four-team field. This has undoubtedly been the chalkiest season of the CFP era. For the first time ever, the top four teams entering conference championship weekend are all undefeated. That allows for the …
Read More »Two Gophers players named to second-team All-Big Ten football .
[ad_1] Gophers wide receiver Daniel Jackson and offensive tackle Aireontae Ersery were selected to the All-Big Ten second team by votes of both coaches and media members as the conference announced its offensive awards on Wednesday. Four other Gophers received honorable mention: offensive tackle Quinn Carroll, center Nathan Boe, tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford and running back Darius Taylor by the …
Read More »Why Michigan football was able to slow down Ohio State star WR Marvin Harrison Jr.
[ad_1] ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Going into the Michigan football vs. Ohio State game, the big question was how was defensive coordinator Jesse Minter going to slow down Marvin Harrison Jr., the enigmatic wideout for the Buckeyes. As Jim Harbaugh said before the game, his team wasn’t going to be able to stop him, and that ended up holding true. …
Read More »Arkansas QB KJ Jefferson to enter transfer portal as Bobby Petrino returns as offensive coordinator
[ad_1] Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson is expected to enter the transfer portal, according to 247Sports, just as the program brings back former Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino as the team’s offensive coordinator. The three-year starter appears to be mulling his options following a disappointing 4-8 finish in 2023 in which he passed for a career-low 2,107 yards with eight picks. He has …
Read More »Mike Norvell praises FSU football’s All-ACC selections
[ad_1] Tuesday, the ACC announced its 2023 All-Conference football teams, and there was no lack of Florida State talent from first team to honorable mention. FSU set a program record of 25 selections, eight on first team, six on second team, four on third team and seven honorable mentions. Following practice on Wednesday, head coach Mike Norvell spoke on the …
Read More »USA TODAY Bowl Projections heading into Championship weekend
[ad_1] With the regular season officially complete and only Championship weekend left, it is time to begin looking ahead to bowl season and potential match ups. This is the final season of the four team playoff before it expands to 12, so this will be the last bowl season the way we’ve always known it. As for the Crimson Tide, …
Read More »Former Missouri State coach Bobby Petrino returning to Arkansas as offensive coordinator
[ad_1] Former Missouri State head coach Bobby Petrino will return to Arkansas and serve as its offensive coordinator, the school officially announced Wednesday. The former Razorbacks head coach from 2008-11 will return to Fayetteville since he was fired for cause in April 2012 following his infamous motorcycle accident scandal. Since then, Petrino has taken head coaching jobs at Western Kentucky …
Read More »Dillon Gabriel picking Oklahoma over UCLA proved to be hugely consequential
[ad_1] There are lots of great “what-if” questions we can ask every year in sports. In college football and in every other sport, fascinating situations emerge which make us wonder what might have been if a key moment or decision had broken in a different direction. What if the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Michael Jordan in 1984 instead of Sam …
Read More »Championship week predictions, including Texas vs Oklahoma State
[ad_1] Championship week begins Friday night as the Washington Huskies take on the Oregon Ducks for a second time. The game kicks off a loaded set of conference championship games. The Texas Longhorns have the opportunity to win their first Big 12 title in 14 seasons. That accomplishment is significant in its own right. The Longhorns will have a great …
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