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Travis Hunter’s Heisman-buzz-worthy performances in the first two weeks of the season for Colorado are causing many college football fans and analysts to draw comparisons to his coach Deion Sanders. Hunter has been playing on offense as a wide receiver and defense as a defensive back for a large majority of the Buffaloes snaps and […]

The college football season is now in full swing as we are entering the third official week of the season this weekend. There’s already beginning to be some separation shown, although it’s still relatively too early to tell who or what some teams really are as they have yet to face any true tests. The […]

Alabama football was shocked by the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, losing 34-24 on home soil. As you can imagine, Crimson Tide fans weren’t happy, but there’s never any excuse for racist or homophobic slurs. As several Longhorns players were dancing on the sidelines taunting the Bama fans, a group of them started verbally abusing the […]

Grambling athletic director Dr. Trayvean Scott provided an update on injured Tiger Jaquavis Richmond on Sunday afternoon. Richmond a redshirt sophomore linebacker for Grambling, sustained an injury while attempting a tackle after a punt in the third quarter of the team’s game against LSU where he appeared to collide with one of his teammates. Grambling […]

The greats find ways to motivate themselves. They do not need any extra bulletin board material. They will still use it to their advantage, though. Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart undoubtedly lit a fire in Bulldogs fans when he responded to recent comments made by a South Carolina player. Senior defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway […]

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes football team have shocked the college football world in just two games this season. Having already surpassed their win total from last season, the Buffaloes bear no resemblance to last year’s team. In fact, there are 86 new players on the Colorado 2023 roster, coming from high school to […]

The Alabama football program had a disappointing game against Texas on Saturday, losing 34-24 at home, and Alabama will have to bounce back on the road against South Florida this week to get back on track before the Crimson Tide’s first conference game against Ole Miss. Alabama football coach Nick Saban spoke about why he […]

After Colorado quarterback and early Heisman candidate Shedeur Sanders blasted Nebraska football following the Buffaloes’ 36-14 blowout win, Matt Rhule is now giving his side of the story. The Cornhuskers head coach led a meeting on Colorado’s logo last Saturday before the game, which Sanders interpreted as “extreme disrespect.” Though, according to Rhule, there was […]

The Alabama football team suffered a tough loss to the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, putting question marks on the state of this year’s program. The Longhorns scored 21 fourth-quarter points to get the win and give Nick Saban’s team the loss, and there is plenty to discuss with the Crimson Tide, most notably the quarterback […]

Jeff Sims struggled against Colorado football during Nebraska football’s 36-14 defeat. He also reportedly suffered an ankle injury in the game. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule provided updates on both Sims’ injury and his status as the starting quarterback. “QB Jeff Sims didn’t practice Sunday with an ankle injury, Nebraska coach Matt Rhule says. When Sims is […]

Oklahoma Sooners football coach Jeff Lebby issued a public apology after bringing disgraced Baylor coach Art Briles on the field after a September 9 home win over SMU. Lebby, Oklahoma football’s offensive coordinator, issued the statement about Briles, who is his father-in-law, on Monday in front of the media. #Sooners OC Jeff Lebby’s opening statement […]

The UCF football team is off to a 2-0 start as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Quarterback John Rhys Plumlee entered the season with big expectations, although the Golden Knights got some tough news on the injury front with their starting quarterback. Head coach Gus Malzahn gave the update that he will miss […]

Colorado football is two games into the Deion Sanders era and has more than lived up to the hype brought in by the Hall of Fame player manning the ship on the sidelines. The Buffaloes shined in their first home game with Sanders at the helm and his son Shedeur, Colorado’s quarterback, showed that his […]

Dallas Cowboys safety and Florida A&M alumnus Markeese Bell had an outstanding season debut in the 40-0 victory against the New York Giants. The former Rattler led the Cowboys in tackles with 8 tackles (6 solo) and was second in the game in tackles for both teams, only trailing Micah McFadden of the Giants who […]

News about a Division II Bowl game called the Florida Beach Bowl is gaining traction in HBCU circles. The Florida Beach Bowl, seemingly a successor to The Pioneer Bowl that was discontinued in the 2012 season, will reportedly feature a team from the SIAC and CIAA that each have over six wins at the end […]

After only two games at Colorado, ESPN College Football Analyst Paul Finebaum already sees Deion Sanders as a possible successor to Nick Saban. Finebaum was recapping Week 2 of college football action on the Matt Barrie Show that saw Colorado pick up a dominant win over rival Nebraska and Alabama lose to Texas. In speaking […]

As much hype as there was coming into the 2023 college football season for the Colorado Buffaloes, no one had them as a threat to win the Pac-12. The hype was to see just what new head coach Deion Sanders had actually constructed in Boulder, while most were looking to see how it would fail. […]

Coach Matt Rhule is having a rocky and tumultuous start to his Nebraska football tenure. The Jeff Sims-led Cornhuskers crumbled in the last minutes against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and hoped things would change. Now, they knew that Deion Sanders’ Colorado football program was going to be a tough battle. Every terrible thing in their […]

The Miami Hurricanes football team hasn’t been notably successful as a program in two decades. That’s the reality of Hurricanes football. To put it in perspective, the Hurricanes’ win over Texas A&M on Saturday was the first time Miami has beaten an out-of-conference Power-Five team since 2017 when they routed Notre Dame 41-8. It’s also […]

The Georgia football program finished the second game of its 2023 campaign with a 45-3 win over Ball State. Georgia’s defense finished the win in Sanford Stadium with three interceptions from defensive backs Tykee Smith, Malaki Starks and linebacker Chaz Chambliss. The Bulldogs added six tackles for loss and four pass deflections. Georgia wide receiver […]

It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it’s nothing short of historic at this point. Alabama football lost a game in Week 2 of the 2023 season. In a rematch from last year’s showdown that took place in Austin, Texas, the Texas Longhorns football team made the trek to Tuscaloosa and beat the […]

Ohio State is not the kind of team that is often indecisive when it comes to naming its starting quarterback. However, head coach Ryan Day could not determine his team’s starting quarterback during the team’s training camp. The head coach said he wanted to see both Kyle McCord and Devin Brown both play in the […]

The Michigan State football program learned the fate on Sunday afternoon as embattled head coach Mel Tucker faces allegations of sexual misconduct. Tucker was reportedly under investigation for several months, dating back to claims of inappropriate behavior from sexual assault advocate Brenda Tracey. The news broke after the Spartans drubbing of the Richmond Spiders on […]

The Colorado Football team has arrived. If that wasn’t evident in Colorado’s Week 1 win over TCU, then perhaps their Week 2 thumping of Nebraska helped. The Buffaloes beat the Cornhuskers 36-14, making them 2-0, already surpassing their record from last season of only one win. Head coach Deion Sanders kept many guessing all offseason […]

Texas football went into Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and handed Alabama its first home loss since 2019. Also, Steve Sarkisian got revenge against his former boss, Nick Saban. Sarkisian, a former Alabama offensive coordinator, came into the game 14-12 at Texas and with just two wins in nine tries against ranked teams. He left with […]

The Michigan Wolverines moved to 2-0 in their 2023 football campaign with a 35-7 win over the UNLV Rebels on Saturday. Special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh and running backs coach Mike Hart had the chance to be the team’s acting head coaches during the first and second half of the game against UNLV, respectively. Both coaches earned […]

It’s Colorado football coach Deion Sanders’ world and we’re all just living in it. Sanders made his home debut as head coach of Colorado against Nebraska on Saturday. Coach Prime made sure to let his guys know that the game was “personal” with an epic pregame speech that hyped up the boys. It’s safe to […]

Caleb Williams has nothing left to prove in college football. Don’t tell that to the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and presumptive No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, though. After another utterly dominant performance in USC football’s 56-10 beatdown of Stanford on Saturday night, Williams sent a warning to any team trying to […]

USC football absolutely destroyed Stanford on Saturday, running out to a 49-3 halftime lead before cruising to a 56-10 win. While the Trojans effectively ended the game by halftime as Caleb Williams continues a repeat Heisman Trophy campaign, head coach Lincoln Riley had a warning for his team after the game. “You play good and […]

The Texas Longhorns put their stamp on the college football world with a revenge victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday night, thanks to Quinn Ewers controlling the fourth quarter en route to a 34-24 win. After falling short a year ago at home in a heartbreaking loss, Ewers and the Longhorns got the […]

Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables and university athletic director Joe Castiglione maintain they were initially unaware of disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles’ presence on the field Saturday following the Sooners win over SMU and insist it won’t happen again. “I was made aware of it, just before I came in here, that he was […]

Something surprising has already happened to Nick Saban and his No. 3 Alabama football team just a couple of weeks into their 2023 campaign. They now have their first loss of the season. The Crimson Tide faced a big matchup in Week 2. They played against former assistant coach Steve Sarkisian and his No. 10 […]

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker is currently under investigation by the university for alleged sexual harassment. Apparently, this investigation has been ongoing for several months. The investigation was initiated after a complaint was filed by Brenda Tracy, a well-known advocate for preventing sexual assault. She visited the team twice, in August 2021 and April […]

Last year was Lincoln Riley’s first year as the USC football head coach, and he instantly turned the program around. In 2021, the Trojans were at a low point with a 4-8 record. They brought in Riley to get the Trojans back to the top of college football where they belong, and a switch was […]

Week two of the college football season provided the country with a plethora of intriguing matchups, and with that, the stars were shining. ESPN’s College GameDay traveled to Tuscaloosa for a top-15 clash between #11 Texas football and #3 Alabama football. The two teams played last season as well, and it was an instant classic. […]

Caleb Williams and USC football absolutely dominated Stanford football in their Week 2 showdown, so much so that fans couldn’t help but declare Williams as the Heisman Trophy winner. Of course there’s still a lot of games to be played in this 2023 college football season that just started, but it’s hard to blame anyone […]

The Matt Rhule era in Lincoln has not gotten off to the start that Nebraska football fans were hoping for. When Scott Frost was the head coach at Nebraska, the issue for the Cornhuskers was closing games. In the past five seasons that were coached by Frost, Nebraska led the FBS in losses by one […]

Steve Sarkisian’s Texas football program went on the road to Alabama and made a statement with a 34-24 win, and made some history by winning in a fashion that has not been seen against Nick Saban since he was coaching at LSU in 2003. The Texas football program’s win over Alabama was Nick Saban’s first […]

The Texas football program picked up a huge statement win on the road against the Alabama football program by the score of 34-24, and Quinn Ewers played so well that some people are calling for backup quarterback Arch Manning to transfer. Quinn Ewers completed 24 of 38 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns in […]