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Notre Dame football, ranked fifth in the preseason AP Top 25, is gearing up for a September 3 showdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes, ranked second in the poll. However, quarterback Tyler Buchner and the Fighting Irish received some bad news on potential All-America offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson. Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman […]

The Alabama football program could not repeat its dominant SEC Championship game performance against the Georgia Bulldogs in the CPF title game. Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide ended up losing 33-18 and the hopes of another national trophy were over at the time. Fast forward to the 2022 season, the Crimson Tide are once […]

Klutch Sports has scored another victory. Just one day after securing a two-year, $97.2 million contract extension for Los Angeles Lakers superstar and top client LeBron James, the agency dove right into the world of college football and high school sports, landing top quarterback recruit and verbal USC football commit Malachi Nelson on Thursday, as […]

Georgia football and Stetson Bennett had a magical season in 2021. The Bulldogs went 14-1, winning their first national championship since the 1980 season. Not only was it sweet for the Bulldogs to do it against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but it was also a monumental message from Bennett, the target of heavy criticisms, to […]

The Big Ten shocked the sports world when it ended a 40-year media partnership with ESPN. No one was weeping for the conference, though, as reports emerged that it was nearing a new deal with the likes of Fox, NBC and CBS. Well, that’s exactly what came to fruition on Thursday. The Big Ten announced […]

It’s a tragic day for Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox and his family. Knox’s brother, Luke Knox, just tragically passed away at the age of 22, with no cause of death reported at this time. Bills head coach Sean McDermott addressed the tragedy during his press conference on Thursday, sending a heartbreaking message to […]

FIU football player Luke Knox has passed away, according to the school’s athletic department. The transfer from Ole Miss and brother of Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox was just 22 years old. No cause of death has been reported. We are saddened by the sudden passing of Luke Knox, a member of the FIU […]

Texas football had a disappointing campaign last year, finishing 5-7 in their first season under head coach Steve Sarkisian, including a 3-6 record in the Big 12. Clearly, the Longhorns were far from the perennial national championship contenders they became known as in the early-to-mid 2000s. Sarkisian spoke to the media on Wednesday and dropped […]

Notre Dame football and Marcus Freeman received a massive endorsement from the Associated Press, which rated the university fifth in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. It was a huge positive for the first-year head coach and the Fighting Irish. Then, Freeman and company snapped back to reality after the news they received on Wednesday. […]

How college football works as we know it might be on its way to getting redefined. According to a report by Pete Thamel of ESPN, the College Football Playoff (CFP) board on Monday during an online meeting, touched on the subject of taking away the authority of the NCAA to govern major college football. “Multiple […]

The Michigan Wolverines will be kicking off their 2022 college football season in less than three weeks, but Michigan football head coach Jim Jim Harbaugh has yet to decide on which quarterback he’ll name as the starter. At the moment, the choice is between Cade McNamara and JJ McCarthy. While McNamara started for the Wolverines […]

Clemson football and Dabo Swinney endured a disappointing- by their lofty standards- season in 2021, winning 10 games while falling short of the College Football Playoff, a destination they’ve become familiar with in recent years. Last year’s starting quarterback, DJ Uiagalelei, contributed to the underachieving squad, as the former 5-star recruit had a very uneven […]

The 2022 football season for the LSU Tigers is just weeks away, but the team already has some important questions to answer. Quarterback Myles Brennan was told by the coaching staff that he would not be the team’s starting quarterback in 2022. As a result, the sixth-year senior announced his decision to walk away from […]

For a long time this offseason, it was assumed that Myles Brennan would finally get his opportunity to lead LSU football after five seasons either injured, on the bench, or at times both. Then, with the arrival of head coach Brian Kelly from Notre Dame, shortly thereafter came Jayden Daniels, a transfer from Arizona State. […]

College football recruiting is known for being competitive. The best teams in the nation are trying to one-up one another for the best high school prospects and diamonds in the rough. But what if one of those diamonds was on campus the entire time? That’s what happened with Ole Miss football. Head coach Lane Kiffin […]

Deion Sanders’ Jackson State Tigers just keep getting better and better. In fact, they made another major addition to their coaching staff that is sure to make everyone else jealous. On Instagram, Sanders himself announced their latest member, revealing that former NFL head coach Mike Zimmer is going to be their analyst moving forward. “We […]

It is a new era for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as they have a fresh face on the sidelines to guide Notre Dame football. That’s Marcus Freeman, who succeeds Brian Kelly as head coach of the storied football program. All eyes will be on Freeman and how we will commander the team. It’s not […]

After nearly a decade-long hiatus, the “NCAA Football” video game series is finally making a comeback. Rebranded as “EA Sports College Football,” the video game is set to be released in July 2023. The incredibly popular gaming franchise will feature two beloved game modes that will make fans very, very happy. According to a report […]

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris had a breakout rookie season last year. He showed that he was ready for the NFL day one. Apparently, it didn’t happen overnight either. Harris was a strong, powerful tailback in college at Alabama for Nick Saban. But unlike many of Saban’s players, Harris was not one to back […]

Netflix released the first episode of the “Untold: Volume 2” series. The episode is called “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist.” It takes an in-depth look at former star linebacker Manti Te’o. The documentary covers his football career and the fake girlfriend controversy. It is a thrilling documentary directed by Ryan Duffy and Tony Vainuku. […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes are expected to be a contender in 2022 with quarterback CJ Stroud leading the way. However, they were dealt a brutal offensive blow on Tuesday as it was announced redshirt freshman running back Evan Pryor will miss the entire season with a knee injury he sustained in training camp, per Austin […]

After a disappointing season as the starting quarterback of the Clemson Tigers, DJ Uiagalelei is looking forward to atoning for that with a much more spectacular performance in 2022. That’s going to be easier said than done, especially when he’s also facing some pressure in the form of freshman quarterback Cade Klubnik, whose chances of […]

Whether Kentucky is a basketball or football school, Kentucky Wildcats athletics director Mitch Barnhart wants both sides of John Calipari and Mark Stoops to know that the school is doing all it can to help the respective programs. But that’s not all of it. When he spoke to the media recently, Barnhart also hinted on […]

It’s a new era for LSU football, but there’s going to be some work to do to get back to the mountaintop after recently winning a national championship with Ed Orgeron and Joe Burrow leading the way. The 2022 AP Top 25 preseason poll is out, and the Tigers only made it to the “others […]

The LSU Tigers’ quarterback competition took a major twist on Monday after sixth-year senior Myles Brennan made the decision to walk away from football altogether. Brennan, who was once again competing for the starting role, was informed over the weekend that he would not be named LSU’s starting quarterback in 2022, despite some level of […]

Utah football may have lost the Rose Bowl in spectacular fashion to Ohio State, but the 2021 season where the Utes won the Pac 12 can’t be considered anything other than a massive success. While it may have initially felt like the culmination of a squad comprised of a lot of upperclassmen, that actually isn’t […]

There’s a new sheriff in town for Miami Hurricanes football, with Mario Cristobal about to enter his first year as the program’s head coach. So far, it appears that Canes nation is loving the hire of Cristobal. Even the legendary Jimmy Johnson said that he is thrilled to see Cristobal taking over the head-coaching reins […]

Soon the 2022 season will be here, and Texas A&M football will be back! The Aggies will strive to recover from a terrible 8-4 rollercoaster of a season in 2021. Coach Jimbo Fisher and company will strive to establish the Aggies as an SEC powerhouse and a national championship contender. After all, they have what […]

Will Nebraska football bounce back for a successful 2022 season now that kick-off is around the corner? Take note that even though Nebraska football had a disappointing 3-9 record last year, the Cornhuskers still showed a lot of potential. The Cornhuskers may have lost more games than they won, but each of their losses was […]

The Clemson Tigers got a bowl win in 2021, but it was not the goal they had set prior to that season wherein they did not make it to the College Football Playoff. They did not even win the ACC title. But this time, Clemson football ahs both ACC and national domination on their mind […]

Oregon football is looking to have a strong 2022 campaign. In fact, the Ducks are getting ready for one of Week 1’s premier games against the Georgia Bulldogs. That will take place on September 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Dan Lanning will make his coaching debut in this game, going up against the group […]

Miami Football had a difficult year in 2021, but one positive development was the rise of some of the team’s younger players. Fans hope some could be Miami football breakout players for 2022. The previous coaching staff made a poor choice when the Hurricanes persisted on playing older veterans for most of the first half […]

After an underwhelming campaign last year, expectations are quite high for the Oklahoma Sooners in the debut season of the Brent Venables era. Oklahoma had a drama-filled 2021 season that culminated in the Sooners failing to win the Big 12 and Lincoln Riley opting to leave the program in favor of a move to USC. […]

The Texas Longhorns are entering the 2022 college football season with very high expectations. Texas is considered the slight favorite to win the Big 12 this year. The Longhorns have a probability percentage above 50 in all of their games as of right now except for their early-season showdown with Alabama, according to ESPN’s FPI. […]

Ohio State football is one of the best programs in the country but not yet a perennial contender for the national championship. Ryan Day’s squad greatly increased its chances of doing so by landing one of the best recruits on the defensive side of the ball in the class of 2023. Four-star safety Jayden Bonsu […]

Dabo Swinney is an American football coach who is currently the head tactician for the Clemson University Tigers football team. He has been coaching since 1993, but he only became a head coach in 2008. Since then, he has amassed multiple personal and team awards such as various coach of the year honors, as well […]

With a number of players already moving up to the NFL, the Michigan State Spartans football needs to retool and find new players to lead the team in 2022. Kenneth Walker III and Jalen Nailor, two significant playmakers for Michigan State, were taken in this year’s NFL Draft. Both of those players had the potential […]

With Mike Tirico joining Cris Collinsworth for a full season of Sunday Night Football and Drew Brees parting ways with NBC after just one year, the network needed a new duo for Notre Dame football games. The replacements for Tirico and Brees have been found, with Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett getting the call on […]

With less than two weeks till the start of the 2022 NCAA Football season, it’s time to look at some of the candidates for the year’s breakthrough prospects. For their part, the Ole Miss Rebels have more than a few potential standouts. After being one of the season’s surprises last year, the Rebels lost a […]