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Arkansas football could be a dark horse SEC title contender in 2022, and it all depends on two things. The first is how well their star quarterback will play. Recall that the SEC has so many well-known quarterbacks, including Bryce Young, the Heisman Trophy winner from the previous year. This also includes Will Levis and […]

One of the nation’s top signal-callers returns to Miami Hurricanes football as the Mario Cristobal era begins in South Florida. As the Canes attempt to win the ACC Coastal in Cristobal’s first season as head coach, star QB Tyler Van Dyke serves as the team’s linchpin. Van Dyke isn’t the only top college football player […]

Oregon football received some devastating news in July when former tight end Spencer Webb tragically died in a lake accident. Webb, a three-year veteran at Oregon, was at the rock slides west of Triangle Lake when he fell and struck his head. The Ducks tight end tragically died after bystanders and paramedics were unable to […]

The Pac-12 fell victim to conference realignment back in June when it was announced that USC and UCLA would be moving to the Big Ten in 2024. But the Big Ten isn’t finished big-game hunting just yet. Commissioner Kevin Warren recently revealed big plans for the conference, one of which includes potentially expanding to 20 […]

2021 was so nearly the year for Oklahoma State football. The Cowboys finally got their Bedlam Series victory over Oklahoma and looked destined for the College Football Playoff, but mere inches kept them from finally reaching the mountaintop, as they fell to Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Game. A big part of the terrific […]

After missing the College Football Playoff in 2021, the Ohio State Buckeyes are banking on a bounce back season in 2022. Ryan Day and CJ Stroud are aiming to lead the team to the playoffs and a National Championship. But the offense was not the issue last season. Instead, it was Ohio State’s questionable defense […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels will be rolling to the 2022 college football season with Drake Maye as their starting quarterback. North Carolina football  head coach Mack Brown announced the decision Monday. Via Adam Smith of Inside Carolina: “Coach Mack Brown made the announcement Monday, naming the redshirt freshman Maye the team’s starter, and thus […]

Tragedy hit the Indiana State football program over the weekend as they lost two of their own. Freshmen Caleb VanHooser and Christian Eubanks tragically passed away in a car accident not far from campus, per TMZ Sports. School president Deborah J. Curtis released this statement after the news surfaced: “There are no words to express […]

Several offensive linemen of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have a reason to celebrate after striking NIL deals with Hooters. It is at this point that we have to point out that this is real. Laine Higgins of The Wall Street Journal also reported that Hooters has signed 48 offensive linemen to NIL deals. A quick […]

It will be fascinating to watch how Michigan State handles losing Jalen Nailor, A.J. Arcuri, and Kenneth Walker III in 2022. Recall that the Spartans defeated Pittsburgh in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to end the 2021 campaign with an 11-2 record. In ESPN’s power rankings, Michigan State is ranked fifteenth for 2022. That means they […]

Alabama football star and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young has secured another NIL deal. Not just any NIL deal, either. Young has taken over for Clemson football’s DJ Uiagalelei with this Dr. Pepper deal, which will feature the Crimson Tide signal-caller in this year’s installment- the fifth- of the “Fansville” campaign. Here’s what Young […]

For the coming 2022 college football season, Notre Dame football should be among the best in the nation. The Fighting Irish will also open their 2022 campaign against another team pegged to be among the elite, Ohio State. Before we get to that game, though, we need to look at this squad and make some […]

In 2021, Alabama football won the SEC championship and had a Heisman Trophy winner. Despite that, the Crimson Tide still felt let down. How will that fuel them in 2022? Going into the 2022 season, Alabama football is carrying the very heavy weight of expectations. Under head coach Nick Saban, however, this is nothing new. […]

In 2021, Clemson football may have fallen short of expectations, but the Tigers still had a double-digit victory season. 10-3 sounds like a letdown because the standard has been set so absurdly high under Dabo Swinney, and in some ways it is. Now, let’s take a brief step back and look at how they did. […]

Georgia football won its first national title in 41 seasons last year. The Bulldogs are far from satisfied, though. Georgia football hopes to build on that success and win back-to-back in 2022. The Bulldogs look to be in top form as head coach Kirby Smart enters his seventh season at the helm. Undoubtedly, Georgia just […]

Expectations for NC State football are higher than ever in 2022. The Wolfpack burst onto the scene last season as true contenders in the ACC. They finished second in the ACC Atlantic division, but the future looks very bright. NC State should only improve with another year of development. Preseason ACC Player of the Year […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have not been very successful at the NFL Draft in recent years. Most of the team’s recent draft picks have either flamed out or left the team very quickly. The most obvious example is the Raiders’ 2020 draft, as the team has already moved on from its top five picks. The […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes football team seem to always find themselves in contention. They are a storied college football program that has produced plenty of talent over the years. After missing out on the Final 4 last season, can Ohio State Football rebound in 2022 and make a championship run? The Buckeyes have put in […]

It has been quite a while since the USC Trojans last rolled out a well-rounded offense. Just last season, USC relied upon two quarterbacks, and neither passer was able to formulate much of a free-flowing offense. USC wound up ranking at fifth in the Pac-12 in points per game with a 28.7 average, which was […]

Earlier this week, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney shut down any speculation about a possible quarterback dilemma for the Tigers’ season opener against Georgia Tech. Swinney noted that D.J. Uiagalelei is “for sure” the Tigers’ starting quarterback for the 2022 campaign. Uiagalelei is coming off of a roller-coaster 2021 season in what was his first […]

Much attention at USC’s fall practices has not only been set on transfer addition and former five-star recruit Caleb Williams but also on wide receiver Jordan Addison. Following a two-season run at Pittsburgh, Addison decided to take his talents to USC for the opening year of the Lincoln Riley era. Addison has spent much time […]

Ex-Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer is making his return to the college football scene, but not with his former team. After a rather chaotic stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars in his first season in 2021–one that ended prematurely amid a slew of controversies–Meyer is getting back to the broadcasting booth to cover college […]

ACL injuries are devastating. What about back-to-back ACL injuries? That’s the harsh reality facing Notre Dame football wide receiver and team captain Avery Davis, who suffered his second straight season-ending injury at practice last week. It’s yet another tough blow for Davis, who was entering his final year of eligibility with the Fighting Irish in […]

As was the case last season, the Alabama Crimson Tide are stacked with quality depth at the running back position. Even as the reigning SEC champions lost Brian Robinson Jr. to the NFL Draft, they will have Jahmyr Gibbs to rely on for the 2022 season. Following a two-season run at Georgia Tech, Gibbs decided […]

The 2021 season was a dream for the Baylor Bears football program. After starting the season unranked and selected to finish eighth in the conference, the team surprised many and took home the Big 12 title. The Bears managed to upset then-No. 5 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship Game, 21-16. The team then […]

The Miami Hurricanes are projected as the favorites to win the ACC Coastal Division for the first time in years. Much of that has to do with the acquisition of Mario Cristobal as head coach. Cristobal is a fantastic recruiter. He made a name for himself as the head coach at Oregon over the last […]

Texas football has their starting quarterback for the 2022 season. After an offseason QB competition between Hudson Card and Quinn Ewers that stretched into fall camp, Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian revealed who his starter will be. Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman reports that Sarkisian and the Longhorns will go with Ewers as their […]

After a shaky start to the 2021 season, everything changed for the Utah Utes once Cameron Rising took over as the starting quarterback. Following a 1-2 start, Rising led the team to its first Pac-12 title and its first conference title since 2008. The Utes also made their third New Year’s Six Bowl, but lost […]

Oregon football reached incredible highs last season, but it ended with a thud. The Ducks went to Columbus in Week 2 and stunned Ohio State, instantly propelling them to college football’s elite. They hit a road bump against Stanford but still looked like the Pac-12 favorites well into November. However, Oregon began to sputter down […]

Texas A&M has had one of the most interesting offseasons in college football in 2022. The Aggies pulled in the nation’s best recruiting class with a staggering eight five-star players. However, some people grew suspicious of just how strong A&M recruited this cycle. One of those questioning the Aggies happened to be Alabama head coach […]

The 2022 college football season is just around the corner, and a new era of Oklahoma football comes with it. Former head coach Lincoln Riley shockingly left the Sooners in the offseason, as did quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Spencer Rattler. To replace them, Oklahoma brought in former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and former UCF […]

Commissioner Kevin Warren and the Big Ten made a major move on Thursday, agreeing to a TV deal with Fox, CBS and NBC worth upwards of $7 billion. But Warren isn’t going to stop there. The commissioner has a big vision for the conference. In an interview with Bryan Gumbel set to air on HBO […]

The Big Ten agreed to a monster TV deal with Fox, CBS and NBC worth billions of dollars on Thursday. It’s a huge day for the conference, and one that everyone affiliated with the Big Ten should be proud of. Well, almost everyone. Ohio State football star quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful CJ Stroud wasn’t […]

Nobody likes puking. It’s uncomfortable, it’s disgusting and it almost always means something isn’t quite right in the stomach region. Almost always. Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost made waves during a weekly radio appearance on Thursday night for his remarks about, yes, puking. Of course, the most notable thing Frost said was that Texas […]

The Michigan Wolverines enter the 2022 college football season looking to build off of their best season in years. Led by quarterback Cade McNamara, Michigan football went 12-2, won the Big Ten title for the first time since 2004 and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff. However, the Wolverines fell short of their […]

With the 2022 college football season around the corner, many eyes are on the reigning national champions Georgia Bulldogs. Last year, they defeated Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 and took home the CFP trophy. However, things could be very different for the Bulldogs in 2022. The team lost a number of players […]

Ohio State officially revealed its six captains for the 2022 season last week. To not much of a surprise, C.J. Stroud wound up not only being named a captain for the campaign but was also the leading vote-getter by his teammates. Heading into the season, Stroud is not planning on changing up his leadership approach […]

The 2021 season was a change of pace for the Clemson Tigers. For the first time since 2014, the team failed to reach the ACC Championship Game or the College Football Playoff. It also ended their streak of six consecutive conference titles, the then longest in the FBS. Now, 15th-year head coach Dabo Swinney will […]

Texas football running back Bijan Robinson might have the best NIL deal around. NIL deals are all the rage in college football. College- and high school- athletes are beginning to profit off of their names in ways they never could have previously imagined. Yes, there have been flashy cars and fancy watches. But funny NIL deals […]