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Alabama football under Nick Saban has been one of the best dynasties in modern sports. The Crimson Tide have won six national championships since the 2009 season and have not lost more than two games since 2010. Monday, the preseason AP Top 25 was released and Alabama football is shockingly not a top-3 team. The […]

New Ole Miss football defensive coordinator Pete Golding spent five seasons with the Alabama football program under Nick Saban, and he recently cited family reasons as to why he made the join Lane Kiffin’s staff. “I think you get so locked into a career and you get focused on the next step,” Pete Golding said, […]

Michigan football had two of the best running backs in the country last year with Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards. Corum was in the Heisman race until he went down with a season-ending injury against Illinois football. That’s when Edwards burst onto the scene and had a historic performance against Ohio State football. The Wolverines […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams, rush end Jamil Muhammad and running back MarShawn Lloyd praised freshman linebacker Tackett Curtis for his impact in fall camp. Via The Athletic’s Antonio Morales: “If I had to call him something, he’s a destroyer,” Williams said. “He’ll run down people whether they’re ahead of him by 20 yards, whether […]

Five-star defensive end Williams Nwaneri committed to the Missouri Tigers on Monday afternoon, cementing himself as one of the top-ranked Mizzou recruits of all time. The 6-foot-6, 260 pound defender selected the Tigers over the Oklahoma Sooners and national champion Georgia Bulldogs. Brent Venables and Oklahoma were rumored to be leading the recruitment for a […]

Conference realignment has been wild over the last couple of years, and the SEC started it off with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas. Georgia president Jere Morehead gave his perspective on where the SEC stands, and what the future could hold for the conference. “This is just my opinion, I’m not speaking for other […]

Iowa State football, and many other athletic programs at Iowa State and the University of Iowa, have been involved in an ongoing gambling scandal recently. Players from five different athletic programs at the two universities were accused of betting on games involving their own teams, and Iowa State football is one of those programs. One […]

The first Associated Press (AP) Preseason Poll was released on Monday, announcing the top 25 teams heading into the 2023 college football season. This is now the second poll in as many weeks after the coaches’ poll was released. There are some obvious similarities, such as the No. 1 ranking for last year’s national champions, […]

Former Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher is petitioning a court order alleging that the Academy Award-winning film, “The Blindside,” of which he was the subject, was built on a lie that he was adopted by the Tuohy family, per ESPN’s Michael A. Fletcher. The retired offensive tackle says that he was “tricked” into signing over […]

The 2023 American Football Coaches Association FCS Preseason Poll is out and North Carolina Central football and Florida A&M football are the only two HBCUs on the list. North Carolina Central is ranked 19th and FAMU is ranked 25th on the AFCA FCS Preseason Coaches Poll per a statement by afca.com. This is the second […]

Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day announced that sophomore tight end Bennett Christian will not play for the Buckeyes this season after testing positive for a banned substance, according to Bill Rabinowitz. The test took place in January and Christian is ineligible to play for one year from the time of the test, per […]

The Ohio State football team is undergoing a quarterback competition in camp following CJ Stroud’s departure to the NFL. Both Devin Brown and Kyle McCord are battling it out in hopes of landing the job, and with the season a couple of weeks away, there has yet to be a decision. On Monday, Buckeyes head […]

South Carolina State’s football program has always been a producer of professionals ready to make big plays. Defensive stalwarts such as Colts Pro-Bowl linebacker Darius Leonard and Rams defensive back DeCoie Durant are Bulldogs succeeding in the NFL today. But, four former South Carolina State football players are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of […]

The Colorado Buffaloes are ushering in a new chapter in the program’s history. After coughing up just a win in 12 games in the 2022 season, Colorado football feels that it will be taking a big leap forward under new head coach Deion Sanders, whose personality warrants nothing but success on the field. But with […]

The Tennessee football program is set for a big year after an impressive 2022 season. The Volunteers finished 11-2 with an Orange Bowl victory over Clemson, and one of those losses came to Georgia, who wound up winning the national title. With lofty expectations for 2023  and Joe Milton set to be the starting quarterback, […]

Peyton Manning is an NFL legend and a popular name at the University of Tennessee. After leading the Tennessee football program to success during his time in Rocky Top, he went on to have an impressive NFL run with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos. Now, Manning is headed back to Knoxville as a professor, […]

Former Florida A&M football star and Dallas Cowboys safety Markquese Bell made a statement to start year two of his NFL career. Bell posted a team-high total of 10 tackles (4 solo) and a pass breakup vs. the Jaguars on Saturday evening. Talk about reading keys; Lord have mercy Markquese Bell 🫨 MUG alignment on […]

Colorado football did not look the same as it was before spring. The arrival of Coach Deion Sanders prompted some players to get cut out of the system while some had to transfer. Most of their squad consists of recent acquisitions after the Buffaloes cleaned house over the Spring and Summer break. The addition of […]

Alabama football played their first fall camp scrimmage on Saturday, and obviously, they still have a number of key issues to address. The wide receiving corps, in particular, could improve when it comes to taking care of the ball. Head coach Nick Saban said as much as he challenges his wideouts to do better. Speaking […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban still won’t comment about the team’s quarterback competition. Sure the team has already gotten a first look at what Ty Simpson, Jalen Milroe and Tyler Buchner can do in the first scrimmage of the fall camp, but Saban emphasized he doesn’t care about stats since execution is just as […]

COVID-19 had massive effects on the lives that most people in college sports go through. It had extended eligibility and other controversies that the NCAA had to traverse. Some effects are still felt to this very day while some have not impacted programs as much as others. The latest issue involving the concerns during the […]

The Texas football program has a lot of excitement heading into the 2023 season, and much of that is related to Quinn Ewers, but a Big 12 defensive coordinator is not as high on him, and has a bold prediction regarding Arch Manning as well. “Damn man, it’s really hard to not be successful when […]

The Big Ten conference has been at the center of conference realignment over the last year or so, adding USC and UCLA in 2022, and adding Oregon and Washington this month. Those moves are effective in 2024. Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts got honest on conference realignment and how much it will happen in the […]

New television deals and better opportunities for revenue make it lucrative for most teams to swap conferences. Negative consequences also arise due to these transfers. More notably, the PAC-12 had lost most of its members to the Big 12 and the Big Ten conferences. This disallows a lot of their players the opportunity to play […]

In the vast expanse of Texas, where football is more than just a sport—it’s a way of life—the University of Texas Longhorns football team carries immense expectations into the 2023 season. These expectations are not simply the usual hopes and dreams of Longhorns fans; they’re colossal, as grand as the state of Texas itself. Head […]

Wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan committed to the Ohio State football program on Sunday, according to a tweet from Eleven Warriors Deputy Editor Dan Hope. “Brian Hartline lands another top target as four-star St. Louis wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan commits to Ohio State,” Hope wrote. McClellan held offers from LSU, Oregon, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, […]

It seems only a matter of time until Marvin Harrison Jr. follows in his father’s footsteps as one of the NFL’s elite wide receivers. Hall-of-Fame genetics won’t be the only factor pushing the Ohio State football star toward greatness at the next level, though. Asked which current NFL wide receivers he models his game after, […]

Marvin Harrison Jr. did pretty much all he could to help lift Ohio State football to the national championship game last season. The Buckeyes star wide receiver and future first-round pick in the NFL Draft finished with five catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns in his team’s heart-stopping 42-41 loss to Georgia in the […]

Ryan Day took over as head coach for Ohio State football in 2019 after Urban Meyer left. Meyer left Day with all he could ask for. The team had been extremely dominant during Meyer’s tenure and hadn’t lost to Michigan football since 2011. Ryan Day walked into a gold mine. His first two seasons were […]

Michigan football recruiting got off to a scorching hot start in the 2024 cycle, and the Wolverines even had the top class in the country at one point. However, things have cooled off a quite a bit recently and Michigan’s class is now ranked #6 in the nation. Still very good, but the Wolverines took […]

The Florida football program is hoping for a return to championship form this season under Head Coach Billy Napier. The plan for Napier is to focus on fundamentals and toughness after finishing 6-7 last season. It could be an uphill climb based on trends and recent news. Florida football lost a key EDGE rusher this […]

Texas football freshman quarterback Arch Manning is making progress. The prodigal son of Cooper Manning — and nephew to Peyton and Eli Manning — showed his potential during Texas Football’s first fall scrimmage of the season. During the scrimmage, Manning showcased both his accuracy and scrambling ability, including on an incredible 70-yard touchdown run. “According […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide are on a mission to reclaim college football glory in the coming season after missing the College Football Playoff in the last campaign. One can only imagine how intense the preparation is for Alabama football, especially under a legendary head coach like Nick Saban. Baseball great Pete Rose also helped Alabama […]

Johnny Manziel has been a big topic of discussion around the sports world as his Netflix documentary, “Untold: Johnny Football”, was released earlier this week. The documentary went in depth about what happened behind the scenes during Manziel’s time with Texas A&M football, the Cleveland Browns and his post-football career. After watching the documentary, one […]

In more ways than one, Colorado football will be unrecognizable in 2023. Head coach Deion Sanders arrived with a Hall of Fame name, and big plans that did not include a huge chunk of the roster. More than 50 players from last season’s squad are gone, as an entire program is being built nearly from […]

Michigan football fans were under the impression that head coach Jim Harbaugh would not be on the sideline for the team’s first four games due to NCAA violations. Harbaugh got into trouble because he watched recruits workout in a dead period and other minor coaching activities that violated NCAA rules. He also supposedly lied to […]

The 2023 LSU football season is almost ready to begin, but the Tigers haven’t stopped adding players for a few years down the road. Five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore has committed to playing for the LSU football team as part of the 2025 recruiting class. The recruiting rankings indicate that the LSU football team is […]

Zavier Betts’ abrupt decision to leave Nebraska football less than three weeks before the season opener left Matt Rhule by surprise. Just because one of his team’s most talented playmakers will no longer suit up for the Cornhuskers, though, hardly means Rhule has lost any love and respect for Betts. “He came to me and […]

Notre Dame football is preparing for a big season but they’ve been dealt a pair of injuries prior to the campaign. Head coach Marcus Freeman announced Saturday that tight end Kevin Bauman and defensive end Aiden Gobaira will both miss the entire year with knee injuries. Via Pat Forde: “Notre Dame injury update from Marcus […]