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Maason Smith will have to suffer the consequences of his actions regarding an old rule that the NCAA held. He was signing autographs and was paid to do which did not sit well with the former administration. LSU football has long criticized this punishment not only because it is unjust but because the new NIL […]

The Michigan football team announced team captains on Thursday, and the Wolverines that received the honor are Blake Corum, Trevor Keegan, Zak Zinter, Mike Barrett, Mike Sainristil and Kris Jenkins. All of these guys could’ve gone to the NFL after last season, but they returned to Ann Arbor to bring a national championship back to […]

Carson Beck will be the new starting quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs football team this season. Beck, a redshirt junior from Jacksonville, FL, will have the unenviable task of taking over for two-time national champion Stetson Bennett. Even if Bennett wasn’t the most gifted of talents, he was a proven winner at Georgia. Beck, who […]

It’s been awhile since the Nebraska football team was as good as the fanbase would like them to be, but there is new hope in Lincoln this year. The failed Scott Frost era is over, and the Matt Rhule era is set to begin in one week when the Cornhuskers hit the road to play […]

The TCU Horned Frogs achieved what no one thought possible last year and made their way into the final game of the College Football Playoffs. Even though the Horned Frogs were defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs in a 65-7 rout, it doesn’t diminish the significance of their accomplishments last season in Fort Worth, TX. TCU […]

The 2023 season appears to be a season of great opportunity for the Michigan Wolverines. This was a team that performed brilliantly in 2022 — until the College Football Playoff when the Wolverines met the upset-minded TCU Horned Frogs. The final score of 51-45 indicates that Michigan got edged in a high-scoring game, but the […]

The offseason looked like it would be all smooth sailing for the Michigan football team as they prepared for one of the most highly anticipated seasons in recent memory. Then, the NCAA investigation on Jim Harbaugh began. At first, it looked like Harbaugh was going to be suspended by the NCAA for the first four […]

The EA Sports College Football video game is planning it’s return for the summer of 2024. However, one question is facing many of the players is whether to have their name, image, and likeness portrayed in the game. For the players, the main concern is the amount of pay and lack of royalties for players […]

The Notre Dame football team will begin their 2023 season as they face off against the Navy Midshipmen football team at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The two teams have previously ventured across the nation for their series, competing as far west as San Diego and as far east as New Jersey. Their matchups have […]

The past year has not been kind to Northwestern football. The Wildcats opened up the 2022 season with a huge upset win against Nebraska football in Dublin, Ireland as big underdogs. However, things quickly went downhill from there. Northwestern did not win another game after that and finished the 2022 season with a 1-11 record. […]

The 2022 Michigan football team had a lot of success. They finished the regular season 12-0, beat rival Ohio State football, won the Big Ten and made the college football playoff. Perhaps the biggest reason for the Wolverines success last season was the offensive line and the run game. The offensive line won the Joe […]

The Ohio State football team is a little over a week away from beginning a huge season with a lot of big implications. After losing to Michigan football and failing to make the Big Ten title game two years in a row, there is a lot of pressure on head coach Ryan Day and the […]

The Michigan Wolverines will start the college football season as the No. 2 team in the nation and they have high hopes of making a run at the national championship. They are a team that has a number of star players, including running back Blake Corum, wide receiver Cornelius Johnson, defensive tackle Kris Jenkins and […]

Matt Rhule’s first fall camp as the Nebraska football coach has been a success. That’s what Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts seems to believe, at least. Not long after the Carolina Panthers fired Matt Rhule, the head coach was hired to lead the Nebraska football program. Offensive lineman Ethan Piper described the camp as “brutal,” […]

As the countdown to the college football season opener ticks away, anticipation and excitement reach a fever pitch among fans and enthusiasts. USC, a surging powerhouse in the realm of college football, is set to face off against San Jose State football in their first game of the season in a Week 0 matchup. Here […]

For the first time since 2016, Alabama football is unsure who its starting quarterback will be for the season opener. A trio of inexperienced players are battling it out to be the Crimson Tide’s QB1, though no one has stuck out. With just over a week until their first game, Alabama football is still sorting […]

USC football managed to lure in one of the best players on the transfer portal earlier this year, with Bear Alexander deciding to leave Georgia football and take his talents to the West Coast. But despite starting 12 contests in 2022 and registering a sack in the National Championship, Alexander wasn’t guaranteed to be the […]

Will the Arkansas football program be able to reach the heights it had seen two seasons ago this year? Arkansas had gone 9-4 and defeated Penn State in the Outback Bowl in 2021. The Razorbacks started their season off with a 3-0 run after they defeated Cincinnati in Week 1, but ended the 2022 season […]

Utah football quarterback Cam Rising still plans to be back in time for the team’s season opener versus Florida on August 31st. Rising tore his ACL in January during Utah’s Rose Bowl loss and is on the verge of coming back. So far, he’s mostly been a limited participant in practice and did not play […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team, who won nine games last year, is coming off their best season since 2015 when they won 11 games. This will be Mack Brown’s fifth season as the Tar Heels’ coach, where he’ll have a Heisman-potential first-round pick of the NFL Draft quarterback at the helm in redshirt […]

The Colorado football team has lost a key defensive player shortly before the start of the 2023 season. Texas State announced the addition of defensive end Chance Main to its football team. The news, of course, means that Chance Main has left the Colorado football program. Buffaloes defensive line coach Sal Sunseri was asked what […]

Big-12 Commissioner Brett Yormark made it clear he is openly rooting for Texas Tech football to beat Texas football in their matchup on November 24th, the day after Thanksgiving. Yormark’s remarks are a break from what should be a neutral stance as commissioner. It clearly seems his position is throwing shade at the Texas football […]

South Carolina State head football coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough will retire following the 2023 football season, per a release by the university. Pough, who is entering his 22nd season as head coach, shared the news with the team after Thursday morning’s practice in preparation for the season opener against Jackson State. In an emotional address […]

With only a couple of days left until the start of the College Football season, the Reese’s Senior Bowl just released its preseason watchlist. The list features 8 HBCU players, a few of whom are featured on other preseason lists such as the Black College Football Player of the Year watchlist and the Buck Buchanan […]

UCLA ended its 2022 football campaign with an overall record of 9-4 and a 6-3 record against conference opponents. It started the season with a 6-0 run with wins over Washington and Utah, but went 3-3 in their final regular-season games as they fell to Oregon, USC and Arizona. A 47-yard field goal from Pittsburgh […]

Shannon Sharpe officially confirmed that he will be joining Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s First Take, per a tweet from his Twitter account. This comes one day after Sharpe announced that he was moving his “Club Shay Shay” podcast to Colin Cowherd’s “The Volume” network and one week since news originally broke from the New […]

The USC football team had been down in recent years before Lincoln Riley took over last season, and a switch was immediately flipped. The Trojans found themselves 11-1 and ranked fourth in the country heading into the Pac-12 championship game against Utah football. Win, and USC is going to the College Football Playoff. That is […]

Deion Sanders has always been about flash. Although he’s long retired from playing football (and baseball), Prime can still shine like neon. It will forever be that way, and that is very much represented by the recently unveiled “PRIME” Nike DT 96 Cleat PE Colorado football players will be wearing in the upcoming 2023 college […]

LSU football received a major blow just over a week before the 2023 NCAA season kicks off. The NCAA suspended defensive tackle Maason Smith for the game against Florida State football on September 3. The suspension stems from an autograph signing session in the summer of 2021. Smith, who was in his true freshman season […]

Ohio State football has always had stacked rosters that ran through the Big Ten conference. The team’s hopes of competing for a national championship are almost certainly alive during the college football season. But, Marvin Harrison Jr. senses something different in the squad that was crafted by Ryan Day. Specifically, he smells that a legend […]

A very crucial season is about to begin in Lincoln for Nebraska football. Nebraska is one the most storied programs in all of college football, and for the past several years, they have looked far from that. The Scott Frost era was a failed experiment. He was brought there to resurrect the program and bring […]

This offseason has been quite the rollercoaster for the Michigan football program. At the beginning, things were looking great for the Wolverines. Michigan got some key pieces back that were considering the NFL, like star running back Blake Corum. The hype quickly got loud around Ann Arbor, and preparation began for what is the most […]

Oregon football quarterback Bo Nix remains unfazed despite the incredible adulation he has received in recent days. Advertisers have featured Nix on giant billboards in Dallas, TX and New York City in the past 10 days, per The Oregonian’s James Crepea. The New York city ad measures a gargantuan 151 by 90 feet. It’s reminiscent […]

The Auburn Tigers football program is entering what will hopefully be a bright future with new head coach Hugh Freeze. Freeze, of course, comes with a controversial background from his time at Ole Miss, where he was eventually found to have been involved in numerous scandalous recruiting violations. So, without a doubt, his hiring at […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban doesn’t want to end the team’s quarterback competition. He wants one of those in contention to do it for him. With less than two weeks to go before Alabama’s first game, Saban still has not decided who will pilot the offense this season. Or at least, get first crack […]

The 2023 college football season begins in just a few days, and one team in particular that has a big season ahead of them is Colorado football. The Buffaloes have been one of the worst teams in the Pac-12 in recent years, but Boulder is full of hope heading into this season as a new […]

Parting ways in order to pursue greener pastures is nothing new in life. But, the NCAA had a massive surge of players entering the transfer portal during the offseason. This is often no concern for most coaches and they even bid their former players luck as they embark on a new journey. Nick Saban has […]

The 2023 USC football season kicks off this Saturday against San Jose State football, and fans are eager to see the Trojans in action for the first time. USC returns last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, Caleb Williams, and it’s been a busy off-season for the CFB star. It’s not often that a team is gifted […]

The decision to hire Matt Rhule was a huge $74 million gamble that the Nebraska football program took. They are getting a veteran NCAA head coach. Furthermore, he had experiences with Baylor and Temple before transitioning into being the mastermind of the Carolina Panthers. But, rookie concerns are always present for a new coach that […]