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Matt Rhule may have already signed up as the head coach of Nebraska, but he still has some gripes with his last football coaching gig. On a recent podcast appearance, the former Carolina Panthers head coach seemed to take a shot at his former team. Rhule talked about the Panthers’ seemingly incoherent philosophy when it […]

Former NFL Network broadcaster Trent Dilfer is expected to become UAB’s next head football coach in place of interim head coach Bryant Vincent, according to a Wednesday morning report from ESPN. Dilfer spent 13 seasons in the NFL with five different teams, including six with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after they drafted him with the […]

The College Football Playoff rankings dropped once again on Tuesday night, with little surprises within the top-six teams, as Georgia, Michigan, TCU, USC, Ohio State and Alabama comprised the top teams in the nation. However, committee chair Boo Corrigan’s comments indicate that college football fans could be in for a surprise, mainly in the form […]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish cornerback Cam Hart isn’t ready yet to leave South Bend. The senior defensive back announced his decision to stay with Notre Dame football and come back to the school for his fifth year in college, via a passionate message on his Instagram account. “The University of Notre Dame has been nothing […]

The latest College Football Playoff rankings dropped and fans took to Twitter with their social media pitchforks and torches to skewer the committee, specifically for the placements of Alabama, Tennessee and Clemson. Here are some of the best reactions. Does anyone outside the people in that room or Clemson's football headquarters think Clemson is the […]

The TCU Horned Frogs have a reason to celebrate this week, as the College Football Playoff committee promoted them a notch higher in the latest rankings, as they go up from No. 4 to No. 3. This comes after TCU football blasted the Iowa State Cyclones at home last Saturday, 62-14, to keep the Horned […]

Dabo Swinney ruffled some feathers when he made comments saying that Tennessee was “flipping burgers”, or getting ahead of themselves before their loss to South Carolina, only for his own Clemson team to lose to the same Gamecocks team this past week. Clemson was eliminated from College Football Playoff contention for the second straight year, […]

The College Football Playoff wants the Rose Bowl committee to make up its mind in relation to the CFP’s expansion plans, intended to take place in 2024. The Rose Bowl and the CFP have yet to agree on the proposed role that the former would play in the expansion, particularly relating to scheduling. It has […]

Up to this point in the season, several players around the country have managed to stand out. Some of them, such as Bryce Young and Bijan Robinson were expected to perform this way. Others, such as Max Duggan, have been surprises of the season. But regardless of how they have found success, they have managed […]

Hugh Freeze can’t wait to play the Alabama Crimson Tide again. Freeze was formally introduced as the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers Tuesday, and in his speech, he mentioned that he is looking forward to Auburn football playing the Iron Bowl while dropping a harmless warning to Nick Saban (via Nathan King of […]

With the college football regular season out of the way, for many players it is now time to look to their future. In this modern era, that means the transfer portal. For 45 days starting December 5th, players can make a one time transfer from one school to another for any or no reason at […]

USC football head coach Lincoln Riley addressed the ‘revenge game’ narrative ahead of their Pac-12 Championship clash with Utah, per Antonio Morales. “This is not a revenge game,” Riley said. “This is not what this is. We played a really good football game, as did Utah up in Salt Lake and it was an elite […]

Quentin Johnston seems to be back to full health just in time for TCU football’s Big 12 Championship game vs. Kansas State. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Horned Frogs head coach Sonny Dykes revealed that Johnston “looked like his old self at practice“, according to Steven M. Johnson of the Fort-Worth Star Telegram. Not only […]

Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams have formed quite the coach-QB duo for USC football. Williams recently revealed that Riley used the Heisman Trophy during the USC recruiting process, per Antonio Morales. “Yeah. He’s had a couple of Heisman guys who have won and another guy who was there,” Williams said. “(Riley) believed I had traits […]

Brent Key has earned a massive promotion within the Georgia Tech football coaching ranks, as the interim head coach has officially earned a promotion. Key, an alum of the university, is being promoted to the role of permanent head coach for the Georgia Tech football program, according to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated. Key went […]

Texas sophomore quarterback Hudson Card plans to enter the football transfer portal when it opens on Dec. 5, according to a Tuesday tweet from ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel. Card will have three years of eligibility remaining. Once called a “Day 2 prospect” by 247Sports writer Charles Power, Card was compared to Carolina […]

The final week of the 2022 college football regular season turned everything on its head. Top teams such as LSU, Clemson and Oregon lost in big upsets, definitively eliminating them from College Football Playoff contention. However, no result had a bigger impact than Ohio State’s lopsided loss to arch-rival Michigan. The Wolverines, who entered the […]

Auburn football hired Liberty’s Hugh Freeze to be their next head coach on Monday. Auburn athletic director John Cohen knew he had to hire a capable head coach to lead Auburn into the post-Bryan Harsin era- and Freeze is certainly capable. But he’s also controversial. During his time with Ole Miss, the university was charged […]

The Auburn football program addressed its head coaching situation with a very controversial hire. Liberty football coach Hugh Freeze will take control of the program after agreeing to a six-year deal with the Tigers. Freeze will look to revive an Auburn football program stuck in mediocrity after Bryan Harsin’s failed stint. The Tigers have a […]

There’s a new football sheriff in town for the Auburn Tigers after the school hired Hugh Freeze to become its football program’s next head coach. Freeze will have a challenging job ahead of him, as he looks to turn things around for Auburn football which finished the 2022 college football regular season with just a […]

Although it seems like it started yesterday, the college football regular season is officially over. Conference championships are taking place this weekend, and the College Football Playoff selection committee will announce the playoff field on Sunday. Though many teams have looked like contenders over the course of the season, only a few remain alive heading […]

Cadillac Williams isn’t going anywhere. Williams is said to be staying with the Auburn Tigers even after Auburn football hired Hugh Freeze as their next head coach Monday, per a source of AL.com. Williams served as the Tigers’ interim head coach after the program sacked Bryan Harsin back in October, following a 41-27 loss to […]

The Clemson Tigers are coming off a 31-30 home loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks last Saturday, which did not just deflate their chances of making the College Football Playoff but also put Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney under increased scrutiny. When asked recently about whether it’s time for changes in the coaching staff […]

Oregon Ducks wide receiver Dont’e Thornton has announced his plan of leaving Oregon football via the transfer portal. Thornton made the announcement via his Twitter and Instagram accounts, while; also expressing his gratitude to head coach Dan Lanning and the rest of Ducks nation. “First off, I want to start by saying thank you to […]

Cadillac Williams’ time as Auburn football coach is over. The school has found a new permanent head coach, as Hugh Freeze is set to leave Liberty to join the Tigers. But the experience of coaching his alma mater will never leave Williams. Following the Tigers’ loss to Alabama on Saturday, Williams shared words with his […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide continue to win off the field, particularly on the recruitment front. In one of its most recent recruiting victories, Alabama football landed four-star wide receiver Jaren Hamilton, as reported by Andrew Boone of Bama Insider. BREAKING: #Alabama lands commitment No. 24 from four-star WR Jaren Hamilton! Great work by @CoachJoeCox and […]

The Auburn Tigers have a new boss on the sidelines after Auburn football hired Hugh Freeze Monday to be the next head coach of the program. Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin, however, hilariously made a last-ditch effort to sway Freeze into coming to Ole Miss instead with a mere Twitter post. #ComeToTheSip pic.twitter.com/2eHXWpfmMB […]

The Utah Utes are preparing for a huge game this coming Friday against the USC Trojans, with both teams squaring off for the Pac-12 title. One of the most notable storylines heading into this conference championship game is the status of Utes football tight end Dalton Kincaid, who was not able to finish last Saturday’s […]

The Ohio State University is undergoing major change, as President Kristina M Johnson has announced her resignation, according to Sheridan Hendrix of The Columbus Dispatch. Per Hendrix, the board of trustees at Ohio State University asked her to resign following an investigation based on concerns about her raised by staff. Johnson, 65, was named President […]

Heading into the ACC Championship against the North Carolina Tar Heels, the eighth-ranked Clemson Tigers will stick with DJ Uiagalelei as their starting quarterback. But this doesn’t mean that he will be the only one to take the field for them. DJ Uiagalelei will be entering the ACC Championship game coming off arguably the worst […]

Despite the high likelihood of him getting picked in the first round, Penn State football star Olu Fashanu is not joining the 2023 NFL Draft and is instead staying with the Nittany Lions. Fashanu–who hasn’t played since getting injured in October and missed four straight games–stressed that he still has some “unfinished business” with the […]

Matt Rhule and Nebraska football almost failed to come together on a deal, per Brian Christopherson. In the end, Rhule inked a multi-year contract to become the Cornhusker’s next head coach. But Rhule revealed that the deal came close to falling through. “Matt Rhule said there was a point in the process, by no fault […]

Jimbo Fisher made a major change to the Texas A&M football coaching staff, as he fired offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey on Monday, according to Sam Khan Jr. of The Athletic. Dickey joined Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M football staff as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach back in 2018, though he shifted to coaching the tight ends, as […]

Caleb Williams is technically still a true sophomore. He began his college career playing as a true freshman for Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma, followed his coach to play some USC football, where he became a starter and tour-de-force Heisman favorite, and is already generating serious draft interest despite not being eligible to jump to the […]

The Big Ten has meted out its punishments for Michigan State football over the team’s role in the attack on two Michigan Wolverines players last October. To recall, the Michigan State Spartans have been the subject of multiple investigations over the past month after several of their players were caught on video attacking two Wolverines […]

Hugh Freeze is returning to the SEC. Freeze has been hired to be the next head coach of the Auburn football program, as the two sides are finalizing a deal, per Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated. Freeze’s contract with the Tiges is for six years at an average of $6.5 million per year, per Pete […]

In a shock to the college football world, David Shaw announced his resignation as head coach of Stanford football after 12 seasons in the Bay Area, picking up a 96-54 record, three Pac-12 titles, and seven seasons with at least nine wins. However, Shaw failed to reach a win total higher than four since 2018, […]

The college football transfer portal is heating up. Earlier today, ex-Michigan starting quarterback Cade McNamara elected to enter the portal- and another signal-caller has decided to join him. Arizona State quarterback Paul Tyson, the great grandson of Alabama legend Paul “Bear” Bryant, has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3 Sports. Paul Tyson, a […]

Following the conclusion of the 2022 college football regular season, the conference championship games are set and the No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs will face the No. 12 Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday for the Big 12 title in Arlington, Texas. Despite being in a good position to win the conference, the Horned Frogs want […]