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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 […]

2021, on paper at least, looked to be the transition year for Ohio State football. The Buckeyes saw Justin Fields hit the draft and began life with CJ Stroud under center. Expectations, at least by the standards Ohio State has set for itself over the past decade or so, were comparatively low, but that didn’t […]

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 […]