Player Notes

The biggest question surrounding the Utah football program heading into its season opener against Florida has revolved around the availability of quarterback Cameron Rising.One day before the game, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Rising is unlikely to play in Thursday’s contest at Rice-Eccles Stadium.“Cam Rising, the starting quarterback for Utah, is doubtful for the game tomorrow night and not expected ...

Austin American-StatesmanThanks to strained relations and challenging SEC schedules, Texas will likely avoid future dates with its old Big 12 rivals for the most part.Duke Carlisle, Ernie Koy and 33 other Longhorns will be on hand Saturday to honor 60th anniversary of the undefeated 1963 national championship team.If SMU joins the ACC, it will invite powers like Clemson and Florida State into the Lone ...

Central Catholic High School receiver Pete Gonzalez made a verbal commitment in June to play next season at Penn State, and there is an NIL deal waiting for him when he gets to Happy Valley.But he’ll have company in the NIL deal department.NIL (name, image and likeness) deals have become a gigantic part of college athletics. It is important to point out colleges themselves aren’t permitted to pay NIL ...

DJ Uiagalelei’s performance during Oregon State’s two preseason camp scrimmages was the difference in winning the starting quarterback job for the Clemson transfer.A week after deciding to name Uiagalelei as his starter, coach Jonathan Smith explained that the “body of work” throughout three weeks of practice was a secondary factor.Uiagalelei beat out fourth-year sophomore Ben Gulbranson and freshman ...

The Pac-12′s final season of existence (at least in its current form) ramps up Thursday and features games on four consecutive days.The conference is favored in eight of nine matchups against FBS opponents, including Utah’s critical duel against Florida. Eight victories, if combined with three wins over FCS foes, would make for a stellar opening weekend.But from a wagering standpoint, the outlook isn’t ...

It’s bold prediction time for the college football season, but we’re going to leave all the fun depth-chart projections at Alabama to the real experts.Who’s going to win the national championship? Who’s getting fired first (after Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, of course)? Who’s going to be the starting quarterback for the Crimson Tide? These are all worthy questions going into the first full ...

Aflac is back for another round of college football spots this season, and it is bringing back Alabama coach Nick Saban and Colorado coach Deion Sanders, along with the Aflac Duck and Gap Goat.This year, Aflac’s new commercials show how the health supplemental provider can help Americans with expenses health insurance doesn’t cover.“While kicking off another college football season, I’ll continue advocating ...

9 hrs agoLARAMIE – Bluebloods with bigger national brands than Texas Tech have ventured into War Memorial Stadium in the 73-year-old venue’s recent history.Wyoming messed with Texas briefly before losing 41-10 in 2009. The Pokes couldn’t keep the red out of their home stadium or the end zone during a 38-14 loss to Nebraska in 2011.Justin Herbert led Oregon to a 49-13 romp over Josh Allen-led UW in ...

Seattle Times columnistsome amalgamation of West Coast football, the schools shifting somewhat over time but never the goal: to reign supreme over the geographic footprint in which it seemed it would always reside.Now, of course, that footprint is being smudged out by the machinations of realignment, which are wreaking havoc on every time-honored rivalry and connection in college football. After this ...

Seattle Times staff reporterIf you can’t stand the heat, get off the couch.Is that how the saying goes?Regardless, it’s a mantra Zion Tupuola-Fetui embodied in the sizzling Seattle summer of 2021. Six months after exploding onto the scene with seven sacks and three forced fumbles in UW’s shortened four-game season, “ZTF” — a second-team All-American — found himself without a home.The Pearl City, Hawaii, ...