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Obviously, acclaimed actor and Landman star Billy Bob Thornton is a football fan, as he features nods to the Big 12 in the second season, from programs like Texas Tech to Colorado to TCU. In a viral clip from Landman Season 2, two characters are seen discussing Big 12 mascots. Throton’s daughter even says that […]

Michigan’s football team’s narrow 24-22 win over Northwestern turned into a coming-out party for freshman wideout Andrew Marsh and a stress test for Sherrone Moore. Marsh hauled in 12 passes for 189 yards, setting Michigan freshman single-game receiving marks dating back to 1979 and later saying it “means the world” just to have the chance […]

Five HBCUs are making history this postseason at the Division II level. For the first time in history, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities have clinched a bid to the NCAA Division II Playoffs: Albany State University, Benedict College, Kentucky State, Johnson C. Smith, and Virginia Union. Each institution enters the postseason having delivered a […]

Norfolk State Head Coach Michael Vick was visibly unhappy following his team’s close 35-28 loss to Morgan State on Saturday. The defeat marks the Spartans’ tenth loss of the season and their ninth consecutive defeat since their overtime victory against rival Virginia State University on September 6th. Heading into the final week of the season, […]

Johnson C. Smith football is once again at the top of the CIAA. The Golden Bulls secured the conference championship in a resounding 45-21 victory over the reigning champions, Virginia Union University, snapping a 56-year title drought. This is the team’s first conference championship since 1969. The team’s rapid success is largely attributed to Head […]

On Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, former Miami Hurricanes football star Bernie Kosar is getting a liver transplant, as the former Cleveland Browns quarterback revealed. He took to social media to share the news. Kosar posted a video from the hospital before the operation. “We’ll see you at 5 am,” Kosar said in the video. Good […]

Ohio State has added a major in-state talent to its 2026 recruiting class by flipping tight end Nick Lautar from Louisville. The three-star prospect from Lebanon High School, Ohio, announced his pledge to the Buckeyes on Sunday, just one day after receiving an official offer from Ohio State during its 48-10 victory over UCLA. Listed […]

There are just two weeks left in the college football season. The top five-ranked conference champions get a guaranteed trip to the College Football Playoffs. After Week 12, few spots have been decided in conference title games, and it is time to break down all the scenarios for each conference in their title game. The […]

Indiana football snatched the hearts of Penn State eight days ago off Omar Cooper Jr’s epic catch. Now IU and Curt Cignetti siphoned a wide receiver once committed to the Nittany Lions. Lavar Keys joined the long list of decommits following James Franklin’s firing. The class of 2026 WR is now heading to the Hoosiers, […]

Michigan football just took a comeback victory over Northwestern. Michigan is now 8-2 on the season, led by freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood. Now they will have another quarterback entering the room, as the grandson of Michigan legend Lloyd Carr will be joining the program. According to Hayes Fawcett of Rivals, Tommy Carr has committed to […]

Week 12 of the College Football season has come to an end, with upsets and near-upsets. With just two weeks left in the regular season, some teams have cemented their status as contenders, while other teams fell from that class this week. This has caused some major shakeups in the College Football Top 25 Power […]

There are now just two weeks left in the college football regular season, and the College Football Playoff picture is starting to take shape. Saturday was an eventful one, especially in the SEC, and the results will have a massive ripple effect heading into the Week 13 CFP rankings reveal on Tuesday night. The biggest […]

Following yesterday’s 23-21 win vs. Alabama on the road in Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma has leapt back into the top 10 of the AP’s latest poll. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide took a tumble. Going into their Week 12 matchup, Oklahoma and Alabama were ranked (in both the AP poll and College Football Playoff rankings) 11th and fourth, […]

The Texas football team got pushed around on Saturday. Texas dropped a 35-10 game to the Georgia Bulldogs. It was a tough loss for Texas, as the squad lost a pivotal SEC game. Following the tough loss, Texas took a huge dip in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. The Longhorns dropped […]

The Texas A&M football team has a lot to be excited about right now. Not only do the Aggies have an undefeated record, but the school also just grabbed one of the top high school football recruits in the country. Texas A&M football got the commitment Sunday of Class of 2027 recruit JayQuan Snell, per […]

The South Carolina football team had quite an eventful Saturday afternoon, with a historic collapse and a bizarre incident between a state trooper and a group of Gamecock players dominating the headlines. Although later on in the day, the big story would be blowing a 30-3 halftime lead, amidst their first-half shellacking of Texas A&M, […]

The South Carolina football team blew a huge halftime lead to drop yet another game. South Carolina lost to Texas A&M, 31-30, on Saturday. The Gamecocks had a 30-3 halftime lead, but got shut out in the second half while the Aggies stormed back. The loss was another blow to South Carolina coach Shane Beamer’s […]

On Saturday, the USC football program picked up a big win over the Iowa Hawkeyes by a score of 26-21 in front of their home fans. The win pushed the Trojans’ record on the 2025 college football season to 8-2 and kept their outside hopes at the college football playoff this year alive ahead of […]

Back in October, Lincoln Riley was already talking about Makai Lemon like a cornerstone, not just another talented USC football team wideout. After Lemon’s 11-catch, 151-yard, two-touchdown performance against Illinois, Riley told Thomas Goldkamp of On3/Rivals that the sophomore’s versatility and consistency set him apart, praising how Lemon can line up in multiple spots, expand […]

Maryland is sticking with head football coach Mike Locksley in 2026. Despite the Terrapins’ 4-6 record in 2025, Maryland is committing to Locksley for the upcoming season and potentially beyond. The school will also “significantly increase financial support to the program,” ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. The announcement comes amid Maryland’s six-game losing streak, which followed […]

Georgia has already shored up its future backfield with 2027 running back Noah Parker, a Macon County standout who chose the Bulldogs over heavy SEC interest from Alabama and Tennessee. Parker, now one of Georgia’s early 2027 building blocks, gave his pledge while visiting Athens for the Texas game, telling On3/Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett that he […]

On Saturday evening, the Georgia football program continued its winning ways with a blowout home victory over the Texas Longhorns to push their record to 9-1 on the 2025 college football season. Things were relatively tight in this game going into the fourth quarter, but Kirby Smart’s squad outscored Texas 21-0 in the final frame […]

The Oregon Ducks advanced to an impressive 9-1 record after securing a 42-13 Week 12 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Meanwhile, the USC Trojans are 8-2 on the season after earning a big 26-21 Week 12 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes. With both teams playing well and prepping to face off against each other, […]

Earlier this season, after a crushing 46-45 loss to Duke dropped the Clemson football team to 3-5, Dabo Swinney admitted he had “sucked” this year and vowed to be better. The Tigers’ head coach framed the slide as a failure in situational football and promised that cleaner details, toughness, and late-game poise would eventually show […]

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell offered a powerful guarantee about Seminoles freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard after the young defender made his first appearance in a game since surviving a shooting earlier this season. Norvell said he has absolutely no doubt that Pritchard will accomplish everything he puts his mind to. He also praised the […]

Back in September, when the Michigan State football team was riding an 8-win wave under Jonathan Smith and UCLA had just fired DeShaun Foster, CBS Sports floated Smith as an early candidate in Westwood, citing his Pasadena roots and turnaround work at Oregon State. That speculation, though not recent, framed him as a rising commodity. […]

Despite an 0-2 start to the season, Notre Dame football has steadied itself from that initial wobble and is now on a collision course with the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame passed its final test on paper on Saturday with flying colors, blowing out No. 22 Pittsburgh 37-15 on the road in a game it […]

Michigan football defeated Northwestern, 24-22, despite dealing with injuries. Michigan improved to 8-2 on the campaign. While the Wolverines struggled on Saturday, the squad got a fabulous performance from one of its youngest players. Michigan wide receiver Andrew Marsh had 12 receptions in the game, for 189 yards. He set freshman single-game receiving records at […]

Sherrone Moore knows his strengths as a head coach. The former offensive lineman is admittedly out of his element in special teams, forcing him to just wait anxiously as he sent Dominic Zvada onto Wrigley Field to attempt a game-winning field goal in Michigan’s Week 12 game against Northwestern to keep the team’s slim College […]

Ohio State continues to dominate both on the field and on the recruiting trail. The Buckeyes have been on a recruiting tear lately, recently securing four-star safety Eli Johnson over Texas and Michigan to bolster their future roster. Their latest commitment further solidifies their status as a recruiting powerhouse heading into the 2026 cycle. Four-star […]

Auburn football team athletic director John Cohen made it clear the Tigers were not as “close” as Hugh Freeze insisted. After a promising start dissolved into a 4-5 mess capped by a three-point offensive showing in a loss to Kentucky, Cohen said narrow margins do not matter if the job is not getting done. He […]

Notre Dame made its point clear in Pittsburgh, and it started with a simple message from running back Jeremiyah Love. The sophomore star felt the Panthers had dismissed the Fighting Irish in the buildup to the matchup. When the game ended in a 37-15 Notre Dame victory, his words carried even more weight. “Me personally, […]

Pittsburgh football lost an important game on Saturday to Notre Dame, ending a five-game win streak. The Panthers got blown out by the Fighting Irish at home, losing 37-15. Following the game, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi apologized to Panthers fans. “I mean, that was a great show. I mean, when we walked out the game […]

The day was not easy for the Texas football team. Stephen A. Smith spent part of his Saturday tearing into Arch Manning and Texas after a lifeless first half against Georgia, calling out the drops on catchable balls and wondering aloud if the Longhorns really wanted to compete with the Bulldogs. For a team that […]

Virginia Tech football has been courting James Franklin to be its next head coach. Franklin has been in prolonged talks with the Hokies, ever since he got fired essentially at Penn State. While those talks continue, there appears to be something holding Franklin back from just taking the job. “Franklin is a candidate in other […]

Alabama football team quarterback Ty Simpson walked out of a 23-21 home loss to Oklahoma, battered on the stat sheet but still defiant in his belief. After taking four sacks in a defeat that dents the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff path, Simpson was asked how much confidence he still had. He answered with a […]

NFL insider Tom Pelissero added new fuel to the ongoing speculation surrounding Bill Belichick’s future. Pelissero keeps open the possibility of a return to the league even as the veteran coach insisted he is not pursuing the New York Giants opening or any other job. Belichick released a statement stressing his commitment to North Carolina. […]

Brent Venables made it clear that Oklahoma’s football team 23-21 upset of No. 4 Alabama in Tuscaloosa was years in the making, not some Saturday-night fluke. In his postgame remarks, he pointed back to a four-year process of building identity, demanding buy-in from players and staff, and hammering home the fine details that win games […]

The Georgia football team is keeping its hopes alive for a College Football Playoff berth. Georgia was able to push past Texas on Saturday, winning by a 35-10 score. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart was ecstatic about his team’s play. Following the game, Smart compared his team to a group of Navy SEALs. “Our kids believe […]