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Amie Just: Matt Rhule takes accountability but isn't panicking about Nebraska's slow start ·
It’s a rough stat.Two weeks into the season, every Big Ten team has recorded at least one win. Well, every Big Ten team but Nebraska. Yes, even Northwestern. Yes, even Indiana. Rutgers is 2-0.Nebraska, though, isn’t panicking — at least outwardly.My three takes from Matt Rhule’s Monday availability.Jeff Sims’ starting status is up in the airBefore Nebraska fans get too worked up about this, Sims’ status ...
Michigan State QB Noah Kim named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week ·
Michigan State quarterback Noah Kim, who went 18-of-22 passing for 292 yards and three touchdowns, was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Spartans’ 45-14 win over Richmond last Saturday.He finished the game by completing 15 straight passes. In the season opener, Kim threw for 279 yards in a win against Central Michigan. He is 36-of-53 for 571 yards with five ...
Mitch Albom: Mel Tucker's decision making, not sex life, has likely cost him his job ·
Detroit Free PressIt’s not about sex. It’s about judgment.That’s the reason Mel Tucker has been suspended as coach of the Michigan State Spartans and, in all likelihood, will never coach them again.Judgment. Not sex. A hearing will determine whether what went on between Tucker and a woman named Brenda Tracy was consensual or not. But in truth, we shouldn’t need to be rooting around in Tucker’s bedroom, ...
Jim Harbaugh’s dad has warned him about Michigan’s next opponent ·
ANN ARBOR -- Some of Jim Harbaugh’s earliest and most cherished memories come from when his dad, Jack, was a football coach at Bowling Green.Jim was 4 years old when his dad began the first of his three seasons as an assistant coach at the Ohio school. Jack had played football there from 1957 to 1960 and met his wife, Jackie, in an English class. “There’s a great picture of my dad sitting on the bench ...
LSU football will play 5-star freshman Lance Heard vs. Mississippi State: Here's how. ·
Lafayette Daily AdvertiserBATON ROUGE – LSU football will continue to start Miles Frazier at right guard, but will rotate freshman and former five-star signee Lance Heard into its first team offense against Mississippi State on Saturday (11 a.m., ESPN), coach Brian Kelly announced Monday.LSU deployed that tactic during Saturday's home opener against Grambling State by starting Frazier at right guard ...
Kentucky football’s Liam Coen hospitalized after ‘medical episode’ Sunday ·
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 6:21 PMKentucky football offensive coordinator Liam Coen was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing what the university has called a “medical episode” while working at UK’s football offices.“(Coen) is currently in good condition at UK Chandler Hospital while doctors and medical personnel continue to monitor him and he is expected to be released Monday,” UK said in a statement ...
Jalon Daniels didn’t show any rust in his return at quarterback for Kansas football ·
LAWRENCE — Lance Leipold said Jalon Daniels didn’t show any rust Friday. And, if it was possible, that may have been an understatement from Kansas football’s head coach.Daniels, the Jayhawks’ junior quarterback, started his first game of the 2023 season that night. After missing Kansas’ season opener the week prior against Missouri State, he led his side to a 34-23 win against Illinois. As Daniels ...
Mr. 200: Kirk Ferentz's milestone shows he's still winning the race against time ·
IOWA CITY — More than half a decade ago, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and his wife, Mary, got into a limousine.The couple was in Monaco for the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2018. Iowa’s “Touchdowns for Kids” campaign, which included the iconic Kinnick Wave, was nominated for an honor.Mary remembers being accompanied in a limo by Steve Redgrave and Emerson Fittipaldi. Redgrave, a British rower, ...
Indiana football names Tayven Jackson starting quarterback with Louisville on deck ·
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Tom Allen named Tayven Jackson the starting quarterback over Brendan Sorsby on Monday.The Hoosiers (1-1, 0-1 Big Ten) play Louisville (2-0, 1-0 ACC) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday.Allen extended the quarterback competition into the season to give the coaching staff a chance to evaluate the two playing what he described as “full-bore live football.”The ...
Georgia Tech’s Kyle Kennard named ACC defensive lineman of the week ·
6 hours agoFollowing a historic performance in Georgia Tech’s 48-13 win over South Carolina State on Saturday, junior Kyle Kennard has been named the ACC defensive lineman of the week, the league office announced Monday.Kennard had an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the win over SC State becoming only the second Georgia Tech player since 2000 to pull off the rare trifecta in ...
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Colorado’s Travis Hunter, one of the rarest players to grace college football in generations, won both the Chuck Bednarik and Biletnikoff Awards Thursday.
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Now we will see and hear the fire because there will be heated reactions whether the playoffs have four or 12 teams.
Here is a snapshot of the 12-team bracket.
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CFB: AP Top 25, Precursor to Playoffs
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Tick, tick, tick. . .
The College Football Playoff selection show will air on ESPN, beginning at noon ET Sunday.
The show is scheduled to last four hours, concluding at 4 p.m. ET, though as has been the case in previous years, the rankings and playoff selections ...
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CFP: Three-loss Tide rises to No. 11
As anticipated, any CFP polling Tuesday that showed three-loss Alabama making it into the top 12 would inevitably rankle other ranked contenders for the College Football Playoff.
Sure enough, acrimony and frustration surfaced when it was learned that Alabama came ...
CFB: Whacko weekend = Shakeup
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Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football ...
Freshman Phenom honored by 247 Sports
Hawaii quarterback Micah Alejado stole the show on the Rainbow Warriors' Senior Night in Saturday's 38-30 win over New Mexico. After completing 37 of 57 passes for 469 yards and five touchdowns, the Las Vegas Bishop Gorman product is the 247Sports True Freshman ...
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The edge rusher is a premier position in the a modern version of pro football always seeking ways to encourage more passing.
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2025 Draft: ILBs seek relevance, respect
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