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Texas football did something on Thursday that they’ve never done in program history. Andrew Ivins of 247 Sports reports that the Longhorns have landed 4-star running back recruit Cedric Baxter from the state of Florida. Ivins details what made the commitment so historic. Cedric Baxter to Texas could be a sign of what’s to come […]

Lincoln Riley’s net worth in 2022 is $30 million. Lincoln Riley is a former football player who suited up for Texas Tech. He currently serves as the head coach for the University of South Carolina’s American football team. Riley is a four time Big 12 champion coach and a Coach of the Year winner. For […]

Maybe the rest of Big 12 football should not be sleeping on Texas Longhorns true freshman wide receiver Savion Red, especially when he’s already getting compared to San Francisco 49ers weapon Deebo Samuel this early in his college football career. Red’s teammate and Longhorns junior wideout Jordan Whittington recently said that Red reminds him of […]

It’s a new dawn for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2022. After a tumultuous 2021 that saw the shocking departure of head coach Lincoln Riley and quarterback Caleb Williams, Oklahoma football will look to rebound with a new man in charge of the team in the form of a familiar face: Brent Venables. With that said, […]

The Texas A&M football preseason outlook is full of optimism, but the Aggies have entered seasons with optimism before. Backing up the optimism with an elite season is what this program needs. Jimbo Fisher brought in the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. As the 2022 college football season approaches, Texas A&M is a […]

Former Washington State football head coach Nick Rolovich, who was fired last year for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, is taking action against the university. Rolovich has filed a claim against the school and is seeking millions, as reported by the Associated Press. “Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has filed a claim […]

The Big Ten is nearing a media rights deal with the likes of NBC, CBS and Fox Sports, one that could be worth over $1 billion annually. It’s a huge deal for the conference, who ended their 40-year partnership with ESPN in the process. With all the conference realignment talk swirling around, it’s something that […]

The Miami football program has had a decade and a half to forget. The Hurricanes have just one bowl win to their name since 2007 and have gone through five full-time head coaches in that span. Last season was more of the same, as the Hurricanes finished with a middling 7-5 record. Going into the […]

Alabama’s Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy last season. He enjoyed a tremendous year and was deserving of the award. However, the Crimson Tide ultimately fell short in the championship game against Georgia. Nonetheless, Young and Alabama enjoyed a productive season, despite Nick Saban referring to it as a “rebuilding year.” Meanwhile, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud […]

Wake Forest football fans received a shock Wednesday morning when it was announced that quarterback Sam Hartman would be out indefinitely with a “non-football” issue. Hartman, who earned second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors last year, was expected to be the team’s starter once again after a banner year. Following the brutal news, Demon Deacons head […]

Wake Forest football was looking forward to building off of last year’s 11-3 season and a trip to the ACC title game, led by star quarterback Sam Hartman. Hartman and the Demon Deacons were dealt a shocking blow on Wednesday morning. Les Johns of 247 Sports has the details. Breaking from Wake Forest Fall Camp: […]

Football will be everything in the 2022 NCAAF season for Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry. According to Mike Rodak of AL.com, McKinstry will not let basketball in the way, as he tries to help Nick Saban and Alabama football in dominating anew on the field. “Kool-Aid McKinstry, speaking Tuesday to reporters for the […]

An NIL collective that will benefit the USC football players is coming to campus, but there’s one big issue with it: the school itself is not in favor of it. The said collective called “Student Body Right” is said to be intent on providing USC football players “the equivalent of a base salary,” according to […]

The Alabama football juggernaut is not expected to slow down in the 2022 college football season, but the unique aspect of this program, given its runaway success under Nick Saban, is that anything less than a national championship feels like a failure, even though making the national title game is something only a few select […]

Last year was a banner year for Michigan football. Not only did the Wolverines win the Big Ten for the first time since 2004, but they also were victorious over their hated rival, the Ohio State Buckeyes, for the first time during the tenure of head coach Jim Harbaugh. One would think that such a […]

Penn State football has been very successful on the recruiting trail when it comes to their 2023 class, as they’ve reeled in one of the better marks in the nation from 247 Sports. Well, that class took a hit on Tuesday. 4-star edge rusher Tomarrion Parker announced that he was decommitting from the Nittany Lions, […]

D.J. Uiagalelei is considered QB1 for the Clemson Tigers in 2022-23, but he could be facing some competition for snaps. Five-star recruit Cade Klubnik is looking very good early on and he appears to be handling the transition to the college game with ease. Most importantly, he’s impressing head coach Dabo Swinney, who says Klubnik […]

Alabama isn’t just the most talented team in the country. As arguably the best two players in all of college football see it, the Crimson Tide will have a decided leadership advantage throughout the 2022 season, too. “The leadership has been great,” All-American edge rusher Will Anderson said of Alabama’s preseason camp, per Charlie Potter […]

College football has had an intriguing offseason. Between rumored media deals, conference switching, and the transfer portal, there has been no shortage of news. A recent report stated that ESPN would not be covering Big Ten games for the first time in 10 years. CBS and NBC were listed as potential TV destinations for the […]

The winds of change have found a foothold and have been blowing right through Los Angeles all summer. Out goes Clay Helton and interim Donte Williams, and in comes Lincoln Riley and a set of expectations unrivaled in this USC football program since the days of Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, LenDale White and others under […]

The Texas Longhorns are on a mission to bounce back stronger in 2022 following the 2021 college football season wherein they only won five games total and just three in conference play. As always, there are big questions for a program like Texas heading into a new season. Here are three of those burning questions […]

Conference realignment has made sweeping changes in college football in recent years — and months — with top schools such as Texas, Oklahoma and USC announcing their intention to bolt from their longtime homes for greener pastures. However, it’s not just schools making waves. It’s the conferences themselves, too. The big networks, such as ESPN, […]

Brent Venables’ tenure as Oklahoma Sooners coach is off to a tumultuous start. In shocking news Monday, Sooners wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, who has been with the program since 1999, suddenly resigned after allegedly repeating a racial slur when he was reading from a player’s iPad. That sent shockwaves through Sooners nation, but the […]

By now, the entire college football world has seen the story on former Oklahoma Sooners wide receivers coach Cale Gundy, who uttered an insensitive word during a film session. Gundy, the longest-tenured assistant coach in the Big-12, resigned Sunday night. The ex-Sooners coach spoke about how he was “mature enough to know that the word […]

Oklahoma Sooners assistant coach Cale Gundy shockingly resigned from his role on Monday after an incident during a film session. Gundy reportedly read aloud from a player’s iPad, and in doing so, accidentally uttered a “shameful” and “hurtful” word. The incident resulted in the longtime Sooners assistant resigning from his post, and has prompted responses […]

The college football coaches preseason poll dropped on Monday, with few surprises at the top. For the second straight year, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban’s peers were buying what he was selling, as the Tide garnered the most no. 1 votes. Fellow top schools, such as Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson, rounded out […]

Team photos- especially football ones- generally don’t feature too many smiling faces. After all, teams aren’t there to take each other out to dinner. However, Alabama football’s team picture dew some hilarious reactions for one particular reason: star linebacker Will Anderson had the most serious expression he could possibly muster on his face. While there […]

The Oklahoma Sooners have parted ways with long-time assistant Cale Gundy after he resigned from his post on Sunday night. Gundy, who was also the Sooners’ wide receivers coach at the time of his resignation, stepped down following an admission that he said “a word that I should never — under any circumstance — have […]

Cale Gundy played his college football at Oklahoma and was an assistant coach for the Sooners since 1999, holding a variety of titles. But late Sunday night, Gundy resigned from the program after an incident in a film session. Gundy took to social media with a lengthy post explaining what happened, saying he read aloud […]

Expectations for the Clemson Tigers in the upcoming 2022 season are sky-high following their roller-coaster 2021 campaign. Clemson entered last year among the heavy favorites to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Tigers’ aspirations at this feat came to a crashing end within weeks, as they opened up with a concerning 4-3 […]

Over the past several weeks, conference alignment has been a dominant topic in college football. For the longest time, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been resistant to the idea of joining the SEC. As they’ve worked tirelessly to avoid being affiliated with football “super conference” status, it may be time for them to change […]

Notre Dame kicked off their August practice on Friday after a very successful recruiting cycle. For the 2022 Fighting Irish, all eyes are on the quarterback battle. Head coach Marcus Freeman took the podium following their practice, answering questions about various things. The topic of the quarterback battle between Tyler Buchner and Drew Pyne arose. […]

As with any other top football program in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes head into the 2022 season with several notable storylines to watch. One could make the case that Ohio State had itself a quality 2021 campaign, as it recorded 11 wins and also came away with a dramatic win over Utah in […]

Alabama football’s 2021 season didn’t end the way they wanted it to. The Crimson Tide won 13 games, the SEC title and made it to the national championship game, where they were defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs. You know, just your casual rebuilding year. I’m kidding, Nick Saban! In all seriousness, last year’s title game […]

Since Miami football hired Mario Cristobal to be their new head coach, he has hit the ground running. Cristobal has already begun to change the Hurricanes’ culture, announcing that the famed turnover chain will be retired this season. On Friday, the college football world learned of something else cultural that Cristobal would be installing: respect […]

Another big name is leaving the Big 12, but this time it’s a person, not a program. Ed Stewart, former top executive for the Big 12, is leaving the conference for USC football, who is hiring him for a ‘high-ranking role.’ ESPN has the details. “Ed Stewart, one of the top officials in the Big […]

Kenny Pickett is gone. Kedon Slovis is in. It’s a new era for Pitt for the first time in a long time. However, the era just gone did produce something for the Panthers that had only happened twice before, and that’s a conference title. Their last was the 2010 Big East crown, but enough about […]

Michigan football enjoyed their first real breakthrough season under the leadership of Jim Harbaugh last year, winning 12 games- the most during Harbaugh’s tenure- while also defeating bitter rival Ohio State, the first time the head coach had ever done do. One of the engines of the Wolverines’ 12-win season was an elite-level running game, […]

The Georgia Bulldogs achieved what every college football team dreams of last season. Behind a generational defense, the Bulldogs won their first national championship since 1980. Beating a longtime demon in Alabama, who won the previous seven matchups, only made the feeling better. Every team faces questions heading into a new season, even the defending […]