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Momentum around Penn State football team’s interim head coach keeps building after the 37-10 demolition of Nebraska. Players waved “Hire Terry Smith” signs, Beaver Stadium broke into Terry chants, and the locker room made it clear who they want leading the Nittany Lions beyond 2025. Now that support is about to be tested in the […]

Speculation around Lane Kiffin’s future is raging, but the Ole Miss coach still refuses to play along. Asked again this week about reported interest from both the Florida football team and LSU, Kiffin dodged every attempt to pin him down, brushing aside talk of family visits and political connections while insisting he fully expects to […]

The LSU football program is making an aggressive push to land Lane Kiffin as its next head coach. The Ole Miss Rebels coach has emerged as the top target for multiple Southeastern Conference programs following another successful season, with a major announcement expected after the Egg Bowl regarding his future. LSU football officials are preparing […]

The Louisville Cardinals find themselves in an intriguing spot with Miller Moss going into their Week 13 matchup against the SMU Mustangs. Moss has commanded the starting spot at quarterback for the Cardinals this season, granting them a great year that will have them eligible for a bowl game. However, he has picked up an […]

Ole Miss, Florida and LSU football fans are anxiously waiting to see where Lane Kiffin will be in 2026. They will soon have their answer. The Rebels head coach is expected to make an announcement regarding his future a day after the team’s regular season finale against Mississippi State, per On3 Sports. Many consider Kiffin […]

LSU football is set to face Western Kentucky, and many have been wondering if Garrett Nussmeier will be playing after missing the past game. It looks like he won’t be on the field, and it’s uncertain if he’ll play again for LSU, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. “LSU is expected to start Michael […]

The 2025 Arizona State football season has been derailed from reaching its full potential due to injuries. The Sun Devils are 8-3, but their star quarterback, Sam Leavitt, was dealing with injuries most of the year and had his year cut short due to him needing surgery to repair a foot injury that ended his […]

The Ole Miss football team is chasing its first-ever College Football Playoff berth while speculation swirls about Lane Kiffin’s long-term future. Reports in recent days claimed the Rebels wanted “clarity” on whether he would stay in Oxford, with talk of an internal deadline tied to the Egg Bowl after his family reportedly visited Florida and […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Ole Miss Rebels head coach, Lane Kiffin, couldn’t escape the swirling rumors Saturday night, beating the Florida Gators 34-24, while questions about potentially coaching the Gators next season loomed over the game. During a postgame press conference, Kiffin praised his current situation without completely ruling out future opportunities. “I love what we’re doing here,” […]

Penn State football is searching for a new head coach, after firing James Franklin earlier this year. The Nittany Lions may have a former NFL coach interested in the job. Former New York Giants coach Brian Daboll has some advocates for the position. “One wild card in the mix is former New York Giants head […]

UCLA football still must decide who should lead the Bruins in 2026. The Indiana loss halted the momentum Tim Skipper was creating. But a former Bruins head coach revealed a new frontrunner for the job. Rick Neuheisel sparked some new CFB rumors Saturday afternoon. The past UCLA head coach turned CBS Sports analyst dropped a […]

The Tennessee Titans will be hiring a new head coach after this season, after the Brian Callahan experiment utterly failed. With numerous names already rumored to be potential candidates for the role, rumors are now suggesting that Ole Miss Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin could be in the mix, too. It appears that the Titans’ […]

The 2025 Penn State football season quickly went from a season full of promise to a disaster. They fired James Franklin as a result, and the team went from a championship contender to one struggling to make a bowl game. The Nittany Lions have a wide range of candidates to choose from, and recently, Pat […]

The Virginia Tech football program is one team involved in coaching rumors, as well as plenty of other programs. Virginia Tech fired Brent Pry after an ugly 45-26 loss to Old Dominion, which was the third straight loss for the Hokies. Plenty of names have been floated as potential replacements at Virginia Tech, including Alex […]

As the future surrounding Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin has been surrounded by questions since openings around the country look enticing, how is the program he’s attached to now treating the situation? While there has been speculation of the Ole Miss football coach leaving for LSU or even the University of Florida, here […]

The Maryland football team is in the midst of another rough season. The Terrapins are 4-5 overall despite a 4-0 start, which includes Maryland defeating Wisconsin on the road, 27-10. Since then, the Terrapins have lost five in a row, including a lopsided 55-10 loss to Indiana and a 35-20 loss to Rutgers. Suddenly, head […]

It has been a disaster of a season for Oklahoma State football. The team is just 1-8, has not won against an FBS opponent, and fired Mike Gundy earlier this season. Multiple players entered the college football transfer portal after the termination of Gundy, and one of them may be staying in the Big 12, […]

The LSU Tigers and Brian Kelly remain locked in a financial standoff over his buyout. The fired coach’s attorneys are demanding the full $54 million payout and threatening legal action. LSU previously offered smaller settlements, but those talks collapsed after the departure of former athletic director Scott Woodward. After being let go on October 26, […]

USC Trojans football head coach Lincoln Riley silenced speculation Friday night after his team’s commanding 38-17 win vs. the Northwestern Wildcats at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The victory moved the No. 20 ranked Trojans to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in Big Ten play on the 2025 season, but Riley’s strongest message came once the game […]

Arizona State University head coach Kenny Dillingham moved quickly this week to quiet speculation that he was eyeing higher-profile openings around college football, telling players he plans to return to the Sun Devils next season. Dillingham popped into several team meetings last week and made his intentions clear, sources told 247Sports, a message he reinforced […]

Georgia Tech coach Brent Key made it clear this week that no amount of national attention or job speculation will pull him away from the Yellow Jackets. Rumors continue to swirl linking him to coaching vacancies at Florida, Florida State, and even Auburn. In response, Key delivered a passionate message about his loyalty to Georgia […]

Urban Meyer has officially broken his silence regarding rumors that he met with Penn State officials about the school’s head coaching vacancy. The former Ohio State coach laughed off the reports during a recent episode of The Triple Option podcast with Rob Stone and Mark Ingram, calling out sports radio host Zach Gelb for spreading […]

On Saturday afternoon, the Clemson football program dropped to 3-5 with another home loss, this time at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils. This game was a back and forth affair throughout, with the Blue Devils taking an early 21-7 lead but the Tigers ultimately tying things up by halftime. Still, it was a […]

After firing Brian Kelly, the LSU football program is without a head coach. And, if Josh Pate is correct, Oregon’s Dan Lanning will not be filling that vacancy. Since leading Oregon back-to-back double-digit win seasons in his first two years as a head coach, including a 2024 Fiesta Bowl victory, Lanning has been a popular […]

LSU’s football team breakup with Brian Kelly has spawned a wave of unflattering aftershocks. In the aftermath of the 49-25 home loss to Texas A&M and Kelly’s dismissal, a local radio personality alleged that Kelly spent significant time on the golf course during his tenure, fueling frustration about focus and culture. “Just heard BK carded […]

Following a pivotal 34-26 road win versus Oklahoma on Saturday, Ole Miss fans can taste a long-awaited College Football Playoff berth. Oxford knows better than to celebrate too early, with South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi State all relishing the opportunity to tarnish the Rebels’ campaign, but this is a momentous time in the program’s history. […]

Auburn football got a big comeback win over Arkansas on Saturday. The Tigers defeated Arkansas, 33-24. Auburn trailed the game at halftime, 21-10. The victory helped cool off the hot seat that Auburn coach Hugh Freeze is sitting on. Freeze is under fire for not winning more games during his tenure at Auburn. Following the […]

The Texas Longhorns staged a wild comeback to beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs 45-38 in overtime, but their head coach had to deal with something beyond the scenes. Reports linking Steve Sarkisian to NFL opportunities surfaced hours before kickoff, forcing his agents to issue a denial and setting up a tense postgame response. Sarkisian didn’t […]

Early Saturday morning, reports surfaced that Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian would be open to an NFL coaching opportunity should one arise in the coming offseason. The report stirred a lot of buzz, but it was swiftly rejected by Sarkisian’s agents, Jimmy Sexton and Ed Marynowitz. Sexton and Marynowitz released a statement via the Creative […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian is trying to lead his team back to the College Football Playoff this season. Sarkisian might be looking ahead though to the NFL, according to a report from The Athletic. It appears the Texas coach is interested in possibly leaving the Longhorns after the 2025 season. “I’m told that representatives […]

With the Ole Miss football team preparing to take on the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, head coach Lane Kiffin has been involved in much speculation connected to the open Florida Gators job. While the Gators could be looking at the Ole Miss football coach to replace Billy Napier, Kiffin will be addressing these rumors with […]

Virginia Tech is looking for a new head coach after firing Brent Pry. Current South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer has been connected to the Virginia Tech opening. He has now made an emphatic statement that South Carolina is his “dream job.” “I have no idea where that story came from. I have conveyed publicly […]

Penn State football is looking for a home run hire, after firing James Franklin amidst a 3-3 campaign. Franklin is owed about $50 million in buyout money, and Penn State will have to shell out millions more to their next head coach. There are two candidates emerging as a possible replacement to Franklin, per college […]

The 2025 Ole Miss football team has exceeded expectations, especially after last year. That is a credit to Lane Kiffin and the coaching job he has done this year. Kiffin has been the subject of coaching rumors before. Still, with the biggest coaching carousel ever on the horizon, it’s only a matter of time before […]

The 2025 North Carolina football team has been nothing short of an embarrassment and a disaster. The Tar Heels are 2-3 this year, but have been blown out in all three games against power conference opponents. The disaster has expanded to off-the-field issues. A coach was suspended due to recruiting violations, and there were rumors […]

Michael Vick’s Norfolk State Spartans have suffered greatly to start this season. The team has emerged from its out-of-conference slate with a 1-6 record, losing to previously winless Wofford College on Saturday. Their lone win comes from their overtime victory of Division II rival Virginia State, in which the Trojans missed an end-of-regulation field goal […]

Despite plenty of rumors and reports to the contrary, North Carolina football head coach Bill Belichick and general manager Michael Lombardi are not in the process of buying one-way tickets out of Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels, in their first season under Belichick, have proven to be uncompetitive when facing Power-4 opponents, and it has […]