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The Vanderbilt Commodores have been known more for their work on the hardwood than for their prowess in college football. That’s why many college football fans likely fell out of their seats when they heard what Commodores head coach Clark Lea said on Tuesday. During SEC Media Days, Lea made this shockingly bold declaration about […]

One of the most notable storylines of college football has been the transition into NIL deals. This has changed the landscape of the sport and seemingly made some enemies in the process. The bloodbath that recruiting has already proven to be has a new hurdle that each coach is still figuring out the best way […]

It’s going to be an interesting season for Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers in 2022, especially at the quarterback position. Last year, starter D.J. Uiagalelei was one of the worst performers at his position in the ACC, in addition to the PCL sprain and finger injuries he dealt with last season. Needless to say, it was […]

NIL, (name, image and likeness) deals have already changed the college football landscape since the NCAA agreed to allow college athletes to earn money off of sponsorships and endorsements in 2021. Some players have signed NIL deals in the six and seven-figures, eye-popping financial numbers for athletes who were once true amateurs. During an appearance […]

The Heisman Trophy is one of the most prestigious awards in all of sports. Awarded to the most outstanding player in college football, it also is a cause for criticism due to the lack of structural qualifications. Alabama star outside linebacker, Will Anderson,  recently took issue with this saying it was at the expense of […]

Back in May, Alabama’s Nick Saban accused Texas A&M of buying its players. Aggies’ head coach Jimbo Fisher was quick to defend his team and deny Saban’s comments. He called the allegedly unwarranted claims “despicable,” and things snowballed from there. Bryce Young voiced his opinion on the beef at his SEC Media Days appearance on […]

A little over a year ago, collegiate athletes began making money off of their name, image, and likeness. The US Supreme Court made the new NIL law in June, and, by July 1, NCAA athletes across the nation were signing endorsement deals with different companies. According to Nick Saban, nobody is doing NIL better than […]

There are not a lot of topics today hotter than the debate regarding abortion, especially following the huge decision by the US Supreme Court to flip the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which lets all states have their own mandates. With the clash of ideologies of pro-abortion and pro-life factions getting more intense, Michigan Wolverines […]

The 2022 college football season hasn’t even started yet, but Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is already winning in terms of making backhanded compliments. Just take a gander at how Saban spoke about the Texas Longhorns, who are under Steve Sarkisian, the former Crimson Tide offensive coordinator. Via Anwar Richardson: Alabama football coach […]

The Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences have spent the last two weeks discussing a potential partnership. However, an update received on Monday night seems to have ended any hopes for such a partnership. ESPN reports that the two conferences will not partner up. They add partnership discussions are now over with. These talks began after […]

LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly doesn’t think the school is losing out on NIL deals and getting outbid for players. Speaking to reporters on the opening news conference for the SEC media days, Kelly pushed back on the talks that the university is underfunded. In contrast, the former Notre Dame tactician expressed his confidence […]

As the start of college football is right around the corner tensions are unusually high. The controversial conference realignments and the growing importance of NIL deals have changed the game for college coaches. USC and UCLA were the latest teams to jump ship and will begin playing in the Big Ten starting in the 2024 […]

The future of college football is an uncertain one, especially with conference realignment causing widespread changes in recent years. It’s a subject that was brought up to LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly at SEC Media Day on Monday. Kelly, the former head coach at Notre Dame, knows all about conference talk, having been the […]

On paper, Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Longhorns offense look to be an absolute juggernaut. Coach Sarkisian is a known offensive mastermind. Combine that with the power of Texas recruiting, which has pulled in some of the highest rated recruits in recent memory like Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning and Bijan Robinson. However, Texas’ offense had a slightly […]

Arch Manning was destined to be a popular name in the football world despite his 2023 class ranking. The relation to Eli and Peyton Manning automatically makes him stand out as a quarterback. However, he has lived up to the name so far in his young football career and recently committed to Texas. According to […]

College Football is in a state of turmoil like never before. The influence of NIL deals and news of several notable teams changing conferences have drastically changed the outlook of the sport. Every person involved in college football seems to have differing opinions on what is best as these uncharted waters are attempted to be […]

Expansion in the college football world has been a trending topic over the past couple of years. UCLA and USC recently went from the Pac-12 to the Big 10 which had fans asking which school may be next to jump ship. However, the SEC is reportedly content with the teams currently in place according to […]

The Georgia Bulldogs walked away from the 2021 season with, for the first time in 34 years, a national championship. The Bulldogs did so off the back of a capable enough offense complementing one of the greatest college defenses ever assembled. However, unfortunately for Georgia, this past season also culminated in a wave of departures, […]

The 2022 college football season can’t come soon enough for the Ohio State Buckeyes, who must be so pumped up to see action on the field, especially after hearing the news that they have three players, namely C.J. Stroud, TreVeyon Henderson, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, on the Maxwell Awards preseason watch list, as pointed out by […]

Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson will now stop using the “AR-15” nickname, and for good reason. Richardson’s nickname originated from the initials of his name and his jersey number. Of course for a QB leading a lethal offense, that seems to be an apt nickname. However, amid the recent mass shootings in the United States, […]

The world of college football recruiting is a cold one. Programs on the rise or competing with bigger brands have to scrap for each commitment, especially high-level recruits. But sometimes, the rich just get richer. That sentiment applies to star tight end Jelani Thurman committing to the Ohio State Buckeyes over Michigan State. Thurman was […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes added depth on both ends of the field for arguably the strongest recruiting class of 2022 The 2022 college football season is almost approaching. Ohio State has returning stars like CJ Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba to lead the way. Still, it’s always exciting to speculate about the program’s potential future. Despite […]

As a player in the NFL, Deion Sanders was all about his money. Now as head coach of the Jackson State Tigers, he figures to do the same. Sanders issued his opinion on the recent trend of NCAA conference realignment: “Well you called it realignment, you can really call it chasing the bag,” Sanders told […]

The Georgia Bulldogs have once again landed a coveted linebacker for their 2023 recruiting class. Troy Bowles, an outside linebacker who has starred at the Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida, announced on Saturday that he has committed to the University of Georgia. https://twitter.com/TroyBowles23/status/1548389899421724673?s=20&t=HPHPDMSp_Ck4Ex73X98AsA Bowles, a son of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles, […]

College football season may not start for a while, but recruiting season is well underway. The Texas Longhorns are building a complete team as they prepare for the 2022 season. Arch Manning has stolen headlines for Texas but the Longhorns won’t have him for another season. But the truth of the matter is that the […]

Arch Manning shocked the college football world last month when he announced his commitment to the University of Texas at Austin. Manning, a nephew of former Super Bowl winners Eli and Peyton Manning, garnered interest from SEC powerhouses such as Alabama and Georgia, but in the end, he opted to verbally commit to the soon-to-be […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have put together a strong college football recruiting effort under new head coach Marcus Freeman. That continued on Friday, as the Fighting Irish added to a 2023 class that currently ranks as the best in the nation in 247 Sports’ rankings. Four-star wide receiver Jaden Greathouse is headed to Notre […]

If there’s any coach in the country that’s well versed in the art of building a number one recruiting class, it’s Nick Saban with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Time and time again he just pops up with another excellent class like the Empire from Star Wars showing up over Endor with another Death Star. Well, I hate […]

One could last hours debating on just which college football team is the greatest of all-time. Over the past 20 years, numerous teams made a strong case to be called the best college football side ever, including the Reggie Bush-led 2004 USC Trojans. For Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, as he noted during a […]

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables is set to have quite a decision to make later this year. With Caleb Williams opting to take his talents to USC, Venables will have to decide on just who he will call upon to be the Sooners’ starting quarterback for their season opener against UTEP in September. Among […]

The Texas Longhorns shocked the college football world when they announced their intention to leave the Big-12 for the SEC nearly a year ago. Having been a Big-12 school since 1996, it was pretty stunning for longtime fans to learn that the school would have a new home, a move set to occur in 2025. […]

The 2022 college football season is still about a month and a half away from beginning. However, excitement is beginning to build, especially in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Vernables is ready for some football. After serving as Clemson’s defensive coordinator and associate head coach, he’ll be in charge of leading his first program […]

The Texas Longhorns secured the commitment of the top quarterback recruit in recent memory, Arch Manning. Ahead of his debut season at Texas, UT legend Vince Young dropped an honest take on the pressure Manning will face in Austin, and how he expects him to handle the bright lights. In an appearance on ESPN’s First […]

With the 2022 college football season a little over a month away, the Oregon Ducks received some awful news. Ducks tight end Spencer Webb has tragically died in an accident at Triangle Lake, located about 35 miles west or Oregon’s university. Webb was just 22 years old. The report first arrived from the Lane County […]

It was many, many years ago. But before Nick Saban was the legendary college football coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, he was briefly the head coach for the Miami Dolphins. He coached in Miami for two seasons spanning from 2005 through 2006 before heading to college football. Former Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder joined “The […]

The Big-12 introduced a new commissioner on Wednesday, Brett Yormark. However, Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy stole the show for a brief moment. Gundy jokingly made a suggestion about the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners, two college football powerhouses who left the Big-12 for the SEC just a year ago. Here are Gundy’s […]

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders didn’t see eye-to-eye on the NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals taking the college football world by storm. Back in May, Saban made comments accusing Sanders and the Tigers of “paying” for top recruit Travis Hunter, then bragging about it. Sanders […]

When Jimbo Fisher arrived in College Station in December 2017, his mission was clear. He was going to do everything he could to make Texas A&M a powerhouse both on the field and on the recruiting trail, in order to deliver a national championship to the Aggie faithful. While on-field results are coming more slowly […]

USC and UCLA shocked the college football world when they announced they would be leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. It was 2022’s installment of a trend becoming increasingly paramount in college football: realignment. The Big-12 experienced it last year when Texas and Oklahoma bolted for the SEC. Amid all the chaos, new Big-12 […]