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As the Northwestern football hazing scandal rages on, recently fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald and his legal team are going on the offensive. The former coach is now a target of players seeking legal action for the alleged hazing that went on within the football program. In response, his attorney Dan Webb released a lengthy […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders will be unable to attend Pac-12 media day Friday in Las Vegas. Deion Sanders is scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday, forcing him to miss the event. Colorado football defensive coordinator Charles Kelly will take Sanders’ place at media day. In late June, Sanders underwent successful surgery to remove blood clots […]

Tommy Rees is the new offensive coordinator for the Alabama football program this season to replace Bill O’Brien, who went to be the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. Alabama football head coach Nick Saban raved about Tommy Rees in a recent media appearance. “Tommy Rees is one of the brightest young guys I’ve […]

The Northwestern football program is in all kinds of trouble currently after reports surfaced of hazing allegations throughout the program. Former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates is now saying that the hazing was so bad that players were considering suicide, reports The Athletic’s Chris Vannini. “We were physically and emotionally beaten down, and some players have […]

Northwestern football linebacker Justin Cryer is reportedly in the transfer portal, according to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. Justin Cryer is the second Northwestern football player to enter the transfer portal since head coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired as a result of the alleged hazing within the program. Since the Northwestern football hazing scandal, eight former […]

With SEC media days, there are plenty of big storylines for the conference. One of them is the Arkansas football program, and Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman answered a series of questions. One of them was about Quincey McAdoo, who suffered a serious car accident in May. Pittman gave an update on McAdoo’s status after […]

Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman had a hilarious response to a reporter’s question about Hamm’s Beer at SEC Media Day. Via Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde: “I like an ol’ Hamm’s beer, but you burp a lot afterwards,” Pittman said. “You seem like you got a good job, man. Step it up a bit.” I've been […]

The Alabama football program has some uncertainty at the quarterback position heading into the 2023 season, with Ty Simpson, Jalen Milroe and Tyler Buchner being the three battling it out for the starting job, and Nick Saban was blunt when asked about determining the starting quarterback for this season. “It’s going to happen when it […]

The Alabama football team has a very young roster for the upcoming season, and it was the subject of many questions that Nick Saban received at SEC media days. When asked about the roster’s development process, Saban channeled ‘Grandma Saban’ and a cake analogy to perfection, reports Southeastern 14. “Grandma Saban used to bake a […]

The Alabama football team is going to be tested very early in the 2023 season, and Nick Saban knows it. The Crimson Tide are scheduled to host Texas on Sept. 9 in their second game of the year. With Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers returning for a second shot at the Alabama football team, Nick Saban […]

Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern football have been going at each other for weeks. Members of the Wildcats and other involved parties in the hazing scandal have officially come out. They even went as far as filing a lawsuit against the football coach because of his lack of actions to prevent further damages. Although, Fitzgerald’s party […]

Auburn football is ready to go back to their winning ways. The college football world should be prepared and scared because Hugh Freeze is back at the helm. The former Ole Miss football coach went out to discuss his new job and his plans during the SEC media days. Press conferences often start with the […]

Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs are still on top of the college football world. After all, they are the reigning national champions. However, former Florida football head coach Steve Spurrier isn’t taking that into consideration when he took a friendly jab at Smart over a recent comment the Georgia football made about the rivalry […]

Gloria Nevarez’s Mountain West Conference and San Diego State have been going at it for months. The Aztecs intended to leave the conference in pursuit of greener pastures. However, there has been much hesitation for San Diego State due to the amount of bureaucracy that they will need to go through. All of that may […]

The Georgia Bulldogs have been the toast of college football for the last two years, and are projected to do some serious damage in the SEC and perhaps the college football playoff again this season. Head Coach Kirby Smart has crafted a system that prioritizes speed and toughness in recruiting, and it has paid off […]

The Pac-12 will not be announcing a new TV deal at the conference’s annual media day in Las Vegas on Friday, Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger reports. It appears there will be no deal until August. The Pac-12 continues to move the needle on a timeline for a TV deal. The conference is in the midst […]

Newly appointed Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze made his first major appearance at SEC Media Days for the first time since 2016, after his Ole Miss career ended in disaster. He opened his presser with a quip about his return to the conference, before it was ended in a scandal and resignation before the […]

The Georgia football roster will be a bit lighter than fans anticipated, as head coach Kirby Smart confirmed that former Texas A&M transfer Smoke Bouie is no longer with the program, according to Radi Nabulsi of UGASports.com. The unfortunate yet expected news comes after the four-star cornerback recruit was not spotted in Athens with the […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has spoken up against a fake quote that’s gotten viral amid the recent comments of Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables. “Please read this slowly. I’ve Never responded to any of these Great coaches that choose to target me or our program here @CUBuffsFootball . I’m Great at walking […]

The status of Auburn football star Jarquez Hunter is still unknown with the start of the season a month and a half away. It’s been two months since an alleged sex tape that appeared to feature Jarquez Hunter was made public. Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze offered little clarity on whether or not Hunter would […]

It’s no secret that Georgia football is entering a new era at the quarterback position with two-time national champion Stetson Bennet now with the Los Angeles Rams. What remains a secret is who will take Bennett’s place under center for the back-to-back champion Bulldogs in 2023. Naturally, the subject was a talking point on Tuesday […]

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart had the perfect response to people accusing the Bulldogs of having a “cupcake” schedule. After many have called the Bulldogs schedule easy and a “cupcake” schedule, Smart gave a simple but effective answer in response, “come play it,” per a tweet by Brett McMurphy of Action Network. Georgia’s Kirby […]

Northwestern football’s nightmare scenario is just getting started. After the school announced the firing of head football coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations toward the Northwestern football team surfaced, the school also fired the baseball coach, Jim Foster, after allegations of “abusive behavior” were brought up about the coach. University president Michael Schill, who played […]

The Auburn football program moved on from Bryan Harsin and hired Hugh Freeze. In his return to the SEC, there are a lot of expectations for Freeze and the Auburn Tigers. Unfortunately, the program took a hit when TJ Finley decided to enter the transfer portal, throwing a massive wrench in the team’s plans under […]

The Georgia football program has been dominant for two seasons in a row, but lately, the Bulldogs have had a reoccurring problem with its players speeding, and head coach Kirby Smart had some comments regarding the trend that were puzzling to many. “It’s not an out of control what the media has made it,” Kirby […]

The Northwestern football program has been the subject of unfortunate headlines ever since the hazing allegations surfaced. As a result, Pat Fitzgerald was fired as head coach after nearly two decades with the Wildcats, and a new chapter of Northwestern football is taking place. Now, Fitzgerald was named in a lawsuit that was filed over […]

Marvin Harrison Jr. has a chance to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft next year, and he’s already earning comparisons to All-Pro players. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah wrote a scouting report about Harrison and said the Ohio State wide receiver is comparable to wideout A.J. Green. “The best comparison is seven-time […]

The Georgia football program will be looking to 3-peat as national champions once the college football season gets underway this fall. However, head coach Kirby Smart is not one for entertaining any such conversation of a 3-peat, reports Action Network’s Brett McMurphy. “I don’t care about 3-peat, 2-peat, 1-peat. I care about complacency.” Kirby Smart […]

Recruitment season is underway and some coaches have been making their programs more attractive for high school recruits. A part of this whole fiasco would be coaches developing mentorship roles with the new recruits. The best at doing this is Ryan Day’s Ohio State football with Justin Frye as one of their men. They may […]

Ashely Griggs, the mother of Ohio State football freshman Carnell Tate, died in a fatal drive-by shooting in Chicago, IL on July 16. The 40-year-old Griggs succumbed to multiple gunshots from an unidentified assailant riding a vehicle on Chicago’s West Side at 2.25 a.m. on Sunday, per WGN. Griggs and several people were leaving an […]

The NIL debacle does not just extend throughout the systems of the NCAA. Individual teams and players get affected by it. Their team chemistry often dwindles which defeats the purpose of a team sport like football. A perfect example of this is Coach Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M football. Ainias Smith unveiled why it hampered their […]

Penn State football alumnus and current Panthers running back Miles Sanders may have the secret formula for his alma mater to make the College Football Playoff. Penn State football has never been to college football’s prestigious postseason tournament, coming closest in 2016 when they had one loss on the season and the Ohio State Buckeyes […]

No. 1 Massachusetts prospect Liam Andrews is set to announce his commitment Friday. The choice is down to Penn State, South Carolina or Wisconsin. Penn State football coach James Franklin made one thing clear to Andrews: “I can’t let you go anywhere else.” “He said I am a priority and they want me at Penn […]

Paul Finebaum, known for his outspoken nature, once again shared one of his hot air opinions during SEC Media Days on Monday. When questioned on ESPN’s First Take about whether Nick Saban’s legacy could be viewed differently if he were to miss this year’s College Football Playoff, Finebaum responded with, “I think, yes, you have […]

The exodus might have just started for the Northwestern Wildcats amid the Pat Fitzgerald firing. Four-star recruit and freshman linebacker Nigel Glover has reportedly entered the transfer portal, making him the first Northwestern football player to do so since the dismissal of Fitzgerald, as noted by Matt Zenitz of On3. This is not a good […]

After 12 largely successful years at Notre Dame, Brian Kelly took the head coaching job for LSU football in 2021. Turns out, Kelly didn’t want it at first. He had his sights set on the Texas Longhorns job, the Tennessee Volunteers job or perhaps an NFL position, according to Chris Low. When Kelly’s agent called […]

With both Deion and Shedeur Sanders leaving Jackson State for Colorado, the Tigers will be looking at a much different team in 2023. But as Jackson State looks towards 2024, some help at the quarterback position will be coming. Ethan Terrell has committed to Jackson State, he announced via social media. The quarterback ranked as […]

The 2022 season for Miami (FL) football didn’t exactly bring The U back. In fact, finishing a season at 5-6 with losses to the likes of Middle Tennessee State and a 45-3 beating to bitter rival Florida State, left many believing if anything would ever revive that mantra. To rectify last seasons woes, head coach […]

One of the biggest storylines surrounding Texas A&M football heading into the 2023 season is the team’s play-calling situation. Will head coach Jimbo Fisher call the shots or will it be the much-maligned Bobby Petrino, who was brought in as offensive coordinator this offseason? Predictably, Fisher was asked about who will call the plays at […]