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Notre Dame football took only a slight step backwards in 2022, the first year following longtime Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly’s departure for LSU. They finished 9-4, their first season under 10 wins since 2016. Kelly’s 2021 defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman succeeded him, and led Notre Dame football to an up-and-down first season. The […]

Nick Saban and Alabama football continue to dominate the college football recruiting game. According to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports, Alabama has garnered the commitment of class of 2024 safety Dre Kirkpatrick Jr over Missouri, Auburn, and other schools that had made offers. BREAKING: Class of 2024 Safety Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. tells me he has […]

The ceiling of Ohio State football depends heavily on the strength of their defense. They nearly pulled off the colossal upset against Georgia in the Peach Bowl last December, despite surrendering 42 points. The team has the potential to return to that position if it cleans things up a bit. The X-factor this season could […]

Ohio State is hoping to get back to the top of the Big Ten and regain another position in the College Football Playoff. To get back to the top of the conference, the defense will have to take a step up and the Buckeyes will have to find a way to beat Michigan after 2 […]

Tuskegee University Athletics has undergone big-time renovations to its athletic facilities. According to a university statement, the next phase of upgrades is set to kick off, with a focus on revamping locker rooms to improve the experience for both male and female athletes. The university also revealed that a brand-new video scoreboard was being installed at […]

New season + Deion Sanders = same old Colorado football? That’s the sentiment at least one returning player is pushing back against. Van Wells, a sophomore offensive lineman who played in nine games for the Colorado Buffaloes last season, is not happy with the results of the preseason media poll. The poll is a vote […]

It is the most coveted award in College Football, the Heisman Trophy. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a special 2023 Heisman Trophy Winner prediction and pick. First presented in 1935 to Jay Berwanger, the Heisman Trophy is the top award for an FBS player. It is given each year […]

The College Football season is right around the corner, and a multitude of running backs will be looking to come home with honors this year. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a special 2023 Doak Walker Award Winner prediction and pick. Since 1990 the Doak Walker Award has been given […]

Few college athletes were as polarizing as Tim Tebow. The Florida football superstar and Heisman Trophy winner is arguably the greatest quarterback in college football history, but his devotion to his religion is perhaps the most important aspect of his life. Tebow was asked about his sex life in college, in which he said that […]

The school year has started and football is about to kick off, which means that HBCU Homecoming Season is around the corner. Homecoming is a time to celebrate the legacy and contributions of historically black colleges and universities around the nation as well as a time for alumni to come back to visit their alma […]

The second half of August is now upon us, which means the college football season isn’t far behind. The preseason rankings are all out, and so-called “Week 0” games are just over a week away. After months of conference realignment talks dominating headlines, we’re finally at a point where we can start talking about the […]

Alabama football has all of the veteran and sage wisdom that they need with Nick Saban at the helm. Although, the Crimson Tide can never have too much of something. This is why they enlisted the help of legends like Ken Griffey Jr, Pete Rose, Doc Rivers, CL Shepherd, and Michael Strahan to impart their […]

The 2023 Michigan football team will be a force to be reckoned with. This is arguably the most talented roster the program has ever had — at least under Jim Harbaugh — and the Wolverines have high hopes for the season. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy proved in 2022 that he’s capable of leading this team to […]

When Lincoln Riley up and left the Oklahoma Sooners’ football program at the end of the 2021 season, it came as a complete shock to those in Norman. After all, Oklahoma is part of the elite in all of college football, right? Who would dare leave such a prominent program that was already established enough […]

No one should be surprised that the Colorado football team is making waves on social media. That’s just part of the deal when you hire Deion Sanders to oversee the program, after all. The latest decision to make headlines? Colorado Buffaloes players wearing their social media handles on the backs of their practice jerseys, rather […]

Michigan football’s most recent ESPN power ranking will fire up their fans and annoy Ohio State football die-hards. ESPN ranked Michigan football second in its college football preseason power rankings on August 16. The network predicted its best-case scenario is winning the College Football Playoff championship. The return of JJ McCarthy, Blake Corum, and Donovan […]

Can the hype be real? Is the Texas Longhorns football program truly back this year? Or will college football fans be fooled once again by believing in a false narrative, a false hope that has long been reported but continuously left unfulfilled? The hype for the Longhorns is the largest it’s been in some time, […]

Year 2 of the Brian Kelly era of LSU football begins Sept. 3 in the second leg of a two-year matchup against Florida State. The Seminoles claimed victory in last year’s game, when they blocked the Tigers’ game-tying extra point attempt with no time on the clock. It made for an embarrassing LSU debut for […]

Rookie head coaches tend to just inherit a system from the ones that came before them. Everything seems to be laid out with only a few key departing seniors and some new freshmen entering the squad. Logistical problems do not seem to arise with expectations fairly low. This is not what Coach Kenny Dillingham’s Arizona […]

When will the The U, the Miami Hurricanes football team, be back? That’s a question that’s been repeatedly ask for two decades now. The Hurricanes haven’t won a National Championship since 2001, where they displayed the greatest college football team imaginable on the field. Although they returned to title game the next season against Ohio […]

Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze offered his own take on the Michael Oher-Tuohy family situation. Earlier this week former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher, who’s life became the subject of the movie, “The Blind Side,” sued the Tuohy family. According to Oher, the Tuohy family never actually adopted him, but instead fooled him into […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team surprised everyone last year when they did the unthinkable—not making the College Football Playoff. It was only the second time since the system’s inception back in 2014 that Alabama didn’t make the playoff, with the other time being in 2019. Nick Saban and Alabama are hoping to rebound as […]

The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) just revealed the 2nd Annual Aeneas Williams Award Preseason Watch List per a release by the organization. Handpicked by a dedicated screening committee in collaboration with DraftHBCUPlayers and the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, the award is given to the best defensive back in Division I HBCU Football. Last […]

The Auburn football program hired Hugh Freeze as its new head coach in his return to the SEC world. Of course, a flurry of players left the program, and others came in, which isn’t unsurprising once a new coach is hired. With the Tigers undergoing a quarterback competition, it appears it is now over, and […]

As the Northwestern football hazing scandal rages on, former Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald is back to coaching football, but his new role with the Loyola Academy Ramblers is a massive step down from his formerly lofty perch in the Big 10. Fitzgerald will spend the 2023 football season as a volunteer assistant coach for […]

Texas football has high aspirations for the 2023 season. The Longhorns displayed signs of promise during the 2022 campaign and it’s clear they are trending in a positive direction. With a core of young and talented players, Texas will contend this season. In fact, college football analyst RJ Young believes they have the “clearest” route […]

Colorado football tight ends coach Tim Brewster praised quarterback Shedeur Sanders, calling him a “top level” player at his position. Via DNVR Buffs’ Jake Schwanitz: Coach Brew starts by saying: “We’ve got a top level quarterback. He’s elite. Shedeur is playing with a confidence and poise, he processes extremely well.”#SkoBuffs🦬 — Jake Schwanitz (@JakeDNVR) August […]

Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes has had an eventful last few weeks with the collapse of the Pac-12, and he opened up about what the path forward is for the school and conference. “At some point those emotions sort of settled down, and folks start to understand that we’re going to find a path […]

Penn State finished the 2022 season with a record of 11-2, taking wins over the Purdue Boilermakers and Minnesota Golden Gophers before moving on to the Rose Bowl in January. Losses to the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes led to a 2-2 run in the month of October, but a 5-0 run to start […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is set for another huge year despite the Big Ten Conference being a difficult one. CJ Stroud going to the NFL also leaves the Buckeyes in need of a quarterback, although Ryan Day has yet to decide between Devin Brown and Kyle McCord. Of course, Marvin Harrison Jr. has […]

Sean Tuohy and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s combined net worth in 2023 is $100 million. The Tuohys are the couple featured in the Oscar Award-winning film “The Blind Side” that showed how they became the guardians of Michael Oher, who went on to become an NFL offensive lineman. For this piece let’s take a closer look […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football program has seen a few important changes over the past year. It hired Matt Rhule as its next head coach after he spent three seasons with the Carolina Panthers. Rhule, a former offensive coordinator for the Temple Owls, helped turn around the Temple and Baylor football programs before moving on to […]

Nicholas Singleton had a big freshman year for Penn State football in 2022. He got 156 carries and rushed for 1,061 yards, 12 touchdowns and averaged 6.8 YPC. As a true freshman. That is extremely impressive, and he is expected to be one of the best running backs in the country this season. His superb […]

The Pac-12’s downfall seems inevitable. They will only be left with four teams for the 2024 season and some still face uncertainty. Questions about competitiveness, profit, and even exposure have risen as some universities consider other conferences. The main storyline in the past week has been the ACC trying to acquire Stanford, SMU, and Cal. […]

The Tennessee Volunteers football team finally made its comeback to relevance last season. The Volunteers finished the season at 11-2, with losses to the National Champion Georgia Bulldogs and the South Carolina Gamecocks. It was the first double-digit win season for Tennessee since 2007 and their first 11-win season since 2001. Those on good ol’ […]

Although the Texas football program has been a bit down in recent years, the Longhorns haven’t missed a beat on the recruiting trail. Texas has continued to produce good recruiting classes, the on-field results just haven’t flourished yet. The 2024 class, however, is still a work in progress for Texas. The Longhorns currently have 16 […]

Alabama football sophomore offensive lineman Tyler Booker feels the team’s current quarterback battle is still murky. When asked if Alabama football head coach Nick Saban has already settled the starting quarterback issue, Booker answered in the negative, per “The Next Round” show (via The Spun’s Cameron Duncan). “Not yet. And that’s not really our decision. […]

Northwestern football interim coach David Braun isn’t taking any chances in the 2023 NCAA season. Braun said he and his staff will take a “very calculated” approach with team bonding activities moving forward, per ESPN senior writer Adam Rittenberg. “We’ve had an opportunity to go through extensive education when it comes to hazing, as a […]

The Mel Tucker era in East Lansing has been an interesting one. Year one in 2020 was very bad for Michigan State football, but the Spartans did beat their rival, Michigan football. That’s one of the only things that matter for Spartans fans. Year two, however, saw a complete turnaround. Michigan State beat Michigan again, […]