Player Notes

Brendon Lewis got a welcome surprise after football practice on Tuesday, although kind of an unusual one.Lewis only learned he would be the starting quarterback for the Nevada football team after a question from an RGJ reporter ― a full day after coach Ken Wilson made the announcement to the media.But Lewis took it in stride when questioned and is ready for the challenge, starting Saturday at No. 6-ranked ...

Defensive coordinator Blake Baker gave his unit four days.The unit, which has become one of the better defenses in the SEC, had to decide on its identity before Baker's first season in Columbia. Four days to come up with how the rest of the college football world will know the MU defense."Y'all come up with some names, turn them into your coaches and we'll present them to the defense," Baker said. ...

Mizzou football released its full unofficial depth chart Wednesday, a day ahead of its season-opening game against South Dakota in Columbia.The surprises were minimal.Quarterbacks Brady Cook and Sam Horn are listed with an “or” next to their names, supporting the multiple times Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz has said they would split reps. On Tuesday during his weekly in-season radio show Tiger ...

Being a starting quarterback for a Big Ten football team is more than just taking the snaps, reading the defense, deciding to run or pass and dodging 300-pound behemoths trying to separate the ball from the QB.The role — and honor — involves leading the team, being a spokesman and doing the extra work involved in the sport's most prominent position. While coach P.J. Fleck might be the face of the Gophers ...

ANN ARBOR -- Michigan will be without its head coach for the entirety of the nonconference and most people don’t think it will make any difference whatsoever. That’s not an indictment of Jim Harbaugh but on the Wolverines’ cotton-soft schedule.For the second year in a row, Michigan won’t face a power-conference program outside of Big Ten play. The Wolverines open on Saturday against East Carolina before ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When Chris Partridge left the Michigan football program in January 2020, it was on the precipice of a downward slide.The Wolverines had just finished the season 9-4 after being picked to win the Big Ten and were unknowingly about to enter a dark period in time. Not only was a global pandemic about to begin, but Michigan fielded a team that even struggled to keep up with some of the ...

LAWRENCE — Jalon Daniels’ health has been a question mark this fall, given the junior quarterback has had to deal with a back issue.Although there was a lot to talk during fall camp regarding Kansas football’s upcoming season, Daniels’ status was a constant topic of discussion. As game week arrived ahead of the season opener Friday in Lawrence against Missouri State, that didn’t change. But Jayhawks ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Walk into Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Grimsley High School, and its character — white paint on concrete with nine sections of metal bleachers on each side of the field — quickly sticks out.It doesn’t look like a “cookie-cutter” high school stadium.Rather, it’s unique with bowl-shaped stands that slightly curve around the playing surface.Keep looking around the 73-year-old stadium, ...

IOWA CITY — Those waiting for a certain answer on Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara’s availability Saturday against Utah State will have to wait at least a little longer.“I can’t put a percentage on where he’s at right now,” head coach Kirk Ferentz told reporters Tuesday. “He's been cleared medically. That's the good news. The thing we have to judge as we go along is how effective can he be?”Asked whether ...

Plenty of coaches use a backup quarterback for a change of pace in certain situations. So Dalen Morris’ role on the University of Hawaii football team is nothing unique.But what he does away from the field is far from typical for any college student athlete. When Morris is not in a football uniform, there’s a good chance he’s in another one — that of a United States naval officer.Morris was recently ...