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During SWAC Media Day on Wednesday, Grambling State head coach Mickey Joseph made a bold proclamation about the view of his squad juxtaposed to their conference foes. Grambling State is a brand synonymous with football greatness, the longtime home of legendary head coach Eddie Robinson, who produced several NFL stars and found sustained success in […]

Arkansas football quarterback Taylen Green revealed which current NFL QB inspires him the most. The Razorbacks are heading into a critical 2025 season,  needing to deliver results. While head coach Sam Pittman has led this program to a bowl game in three out of four years, the 63-year-old’s seat is certainly warm. One player who […]

University of Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops didn’t mince words at SEC Media Days, offering a raw and unfiltered assessment of the challenge ahead as he enters his 13th season leading the Wildcats. Coming off a disappointing 4-8 campaign, Stoops made it clear that returning to form in the upcoming college football season won’t […]

North Carolina Central head coach Trei Oliver never shies away from sharing his opinion, and he weighed in on the explosive hires of Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson, as well as other former professional players, during the MEAC/SWAC Challenge Press Conference. Oliver definitely sees the benefits of the hires for the visibility of the conference […]

Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz dropped an eye-popping College Football Playoff proposal in a recent interview. The new twelve-team format was a resounding success, giving several programs unprecedented opportunities to compete for a national championship. The move was a healthy one for the sport and evens the playing field more between the bigger and […]

Notre Dame fell short against Ohio State in the 2024-2025 College Football Playoffs National Championship Game but is nonetheless among the favorites to take the throne in 2025. Their loaded running back room, led by Jeremiyah Love, is a big reason why Irish fans are confident in the team’s potential. The running back room is not […]

Following SWAC Media day, it’s clear that both Jackson State and Southern are expected to be considerable threats in the conference for a second consecutive year. The two bitter rivals found themselves atop the SWAC’s predicted-order-of-finish for the East and West divisions o the conference. As Jackson State looks to defend its hard-fought SWAC Championship […]

With only weeks before the start of the season, Edward Waters is seeing a staff shake-up. Head coach Toriano Morgan stepped down from the football program, per a report by Football Scoop on Tuesday evening. Football Scoop indicates that Morgan is stepping down from his position due to personal reasons, but is in play for […]

The football community was shocked when legendary coach Nick Saban retired as Alabama’s head coach ahead of last season. The decision came out of nowhere, and it hilariously came around the same time as Bill Belichick leaving the Patriots. Now, Belichick is the head coach for North Carolina, switching from the NFL to the college […]

The Los Angeles Chargers are currently gearing up for a 2025 season that will be filled with expectations after their resurgent year in 2024. The Chargers burst back onto the playoff scene last year under the direction of head coach Jim Harbaugh, who returned to the NFL after coaching the Michigan football team to a […]

Since becoming Missouri’s head football coach in 2020, Eli Drinkwitz has become a fan favorite for multiple reasons. The 42-year-old head coach showed off the sense of humor that captured fans’ hearts at 2025 SEC Media Day, where he comedically told reporters that he would not answer any questions about the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files. […]

The Big 12 is one of the deepest leagues in college football, and while it may not have the same top-end talent that the SEC and the Big Ten has, there will be plenty of drama up and down the standings throughout the season. Last year, the race to Dallas for the conference title game […]

Wisconsin football legend JJ Watt gave a powerful message to the 2025 Badgers team during a recent visit. Watt is one of the greatest defensive linemen ever, and he really began to gain his outstanding form in Madison. It all came together for the Pewaukee, Wisconsin native in 2010, where he was named a First-team […]

The Auburn Tigers are dealing with a serious off-field issue just weeks before the 2025 college football season kicks off. Sophomore wide receiver Malcolm Simmons was arrested in Lee County on a felony charge of domestic violence involving strangulation or suffocation. The arrest is another concerning development for Auburn under head coach Hugh Freeze, as […]

The Southeastern Conference will attract millions of college football fans twice during August. One thanks to a new Netflix special premiering Aug. 5 spotlighting the SEC and its communities. The other when Aug. 30 arrives featuring the likes of Texas, LSU, Alabama, etc. The Super conference annually fuels the intrigue for every CFB season. It’s […]

At the 2025 ESPY Awards held Wednesday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, ESPN honored legendary analyst and former coach Lee Corso with an emotional tribute, commemorating his nearly four-decade-long career as the heart and soul of College GameDay. Lee Corso, who announced his retirement in April, is set to make his final […]

The Michigan football team picked up yet another impressive addition to its 2026 recruiting class on Wednesday night as four-star safety Jordan Deck flipped from Baylor to the Wolverines. Deck wasn’t committed to the Bears for long as he announced his original decision back on June 24th. Sherrone Moore and Michigan ended up doing enough […]

The Michigan football team won the national championship in 2023, and a big reason why was the play of quarterback JJ McCarthy. The Wolverines always have a run-first offense, but McCarthy is what got the team over the hump. When Michigan needed a big play through the air, he consistently came through. Now, the Wolverines […]

The Oklahoma Sooners enter the 2025 college football season in search of a spark, and all signs point to John Mateer being the one to provide it. The transfer quarterback isn’t just inheriting a starting job — he’s stepping into a tradition rich with legends. And when it comes to comparisons, few loom larger than […]

Oklahoma football will unleash one of the more highly anticipated college football transfer portal additions for 2025. Quarterback John Mateer heads to Norman via Pullman — as he leaves behind Washington State. The same Washington State ghosted by the other power conferences as realignment shook up the Pac-12. Also a Cougars program notably snubbed by […]

SEC media days have dominated headlines this week in college football. The 2025 Florida football team is one of the conference’s biggest wildcards this season. The Gators were inconsistent last season but showed promise due to DJ Lagway running the offense under center. They have much higher expectations this season because of their potential, but […]

Florida football starting quarterback DJ Lagway went full Billie Jean King in response to the lofty expectations. The Gators’ leader under center played a significant role in the 2024 squad’s turnaround after a tumultuous start. Billy Napier was struggling in his third season, losing five out of the first nine games through mid-November. Fortunately, for […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables dropped a sobering truth bomb on what went wrong for Jackson Arnold in Norman. The Sooners’ former starting quarterback came in with massive hype as the No. 3 overall prospect from the Class of 2023. While Arnold posted a decent touchdown-to-interception ratio, his QBR ranked 91st in the country, […]

LSU football is entering a much-anticipated scrap fest for Week 1. Clemson is first on deck — prompting one star Tigers linebacker to drop a “fist fight” take. Whit Weeks spoke about the marquee LSU-Clemson showdown that’ll help kick off the college football season on Aug. 30. The returning linebacker shared his excitement at SEC […]

Winston-Salem State head coach Robert Massey shared some heartbreaking news concerning star running back Trevon Hester at Wednesday’s CIAA Media Day. Per comments obtained by HBCU Sports, Massey divulged that Hester will miss the entire 2025 season following a cancer diagnosis. Massey didn’t go into detail about the diagnosis but said that Hester will be […]

North Carolina football detonated a huge college football recruiting bomb Wednesday. Bill Belichick and UNC masterfully pulled off a shocking flip of one Ohio State commit. Four-star Jakob Weatherspoon backed off from the Buckeyes and chose the Tar Heels instead. Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals released the graphic that signaled Weatherspoon’s stunning decision. He also fired […]

Former Appalachian State wide receiver Kaedin Robinson has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in his push to play for UCLA football. After applying, he was denied an eligibility waiver and is pushing to play for one more season in college football. The denial has only confused because he is a former junior college player. […]

The 2025 college football season will be here before you know it, and one of the Power Four conferences — the ACC — will look to show its prowess once again. In the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, the ACC had two representatives: Clemson and SMU, with the former reclaiming the conference […]

Georgia football is delivering knockout punches in the form of landing high-profile recruits. Now the Bulldogs claimed the heavyweight battle win over Oregon and Alabama for one of the top uncommitted linebackers. Four-star Nick Abrams is joining the Bulldogs’ 2026 college football recruiting class. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder spurned the Big Ten champs and a loaded […]

As media day season for HBCU Football approached, I was surprised by the SWAC’s initial list of games slated for broadcast on ESPN platforms. While the MEAC/SWAC Challenge and the Celebration Bowl were predictably on the ESPN schedule, I noticed a significant number of other games whose broadcast homes remained undetermined. This was particularly striking […]

Tennessee football enters 2025 as one of the few Southeastern Conference teams with an open quarterback competition. All made possible by Nico Iamaleava. Tennessee watched Iamaleava become a no-show during spring football practices. He eventually transferred out of Tennessee and landed at UCLA. NIL rose to the forefront of Iamaleava’s decision to depart. But his […]

The College Football Playoff Committee has been discussing a possible expansion to change the 12-team format to 16. However, the two biggest conferences in the nation, the Big Ten and SEC, are at odds over one request that would ultimately make the change. Reports indicate that the Big Ten gave the SEC an ultimatum in […]

During media day, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) unveiled a new direct-to-consumer OTT platform called SWAC TV. The platform, launching on August 1st before the football season, will become the exclusive streaming service broadcasting all 18 conference-sponsored sports. The app will be free to access and available for download on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, […]

Florida State football has undergone a complete makeover after its disaster last season. The Seminoles went 13-1 two years ago, but last year, they fell off a cliff and finished at 2-10. They hired two new coordinators and brought Thomas Castellanos to run the offense. Castellanos has made headlines with his brashness since coming to […]

Coaches in the SEC are currently taking part in the conference’s media day, including Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian. When he was introduced to press members earlier this week, whoever was operating the audio in the venue accidentally played the Texas A&M football team’s fight song as he walked on the stage in what […]

Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian dropped a truth bomb on quarterback Arch Manning that is going to fire up fans. The Longhorns are coming off an encouraging season that saw them make the SEC Championship game and once again qualify for the College Football Playoff semifinal. It’s a new era under center in Austin […]

Alabama football is in a new era as Jalen Milroe is in the big leagues, which means that the quarterback room will look a little different. That also means that there has to be a new starter, and the team has three options: Ty Simpson, Austin Mack, and Keelon Russell. Head coach Kalen DeBoer was […]

James Johnson has officially flipped his commitment from Georgia to Texas football, giving the Longhorns a big win in the 2026 recruiting process according to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. The five-star defensive lineman from Miami Northwestern High School had initially committed to Georgia in late June, but he had second thoughts after only a […]

Everyone is expecting freshman star Bryce Underwood to be the starting quarterback for the Michigan football team next season, but nothing is guaranteed. The Wolverines brought in a couple of transfers as well, and there is going to be a QB competition throughout fall camp. Head coach Sherrone Moore knows that the sky is the […]