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Aug. 26, 2023With less than a week to go before the Utah football team opens its season at Rice-Eccles Stadium against Florida, Utes fans now have a clearer idea of what the team will look like when it takes the field.The team has released its first two-deep depth chart of the season.Star quarterback Cam Rising was positioned as QB1 — perhaps not a surprise, as the program generally does not omit players ...

6-7 minutes 8/27/2023The Massachusetts football team came into the 2023 season looking to prove it wasn’t the UMass of old.The Minutemen made quite a statement in their season opener on Saturday against New Mexico State.After finishing last in the country in scoring a season ago, the UMass offense — led by transfer quarterback Taisun Phommachanh — came up with big drives when the squad needed them ...

There is always hype surrounding Texas’s football team and while for the last decade it has typically been unwarranted, there is a different vibe heading into the 2023 season.Texas has one of the deepest rosters in the country, they are viewed as the favorite to win the Big 12, and the rest of the Big 12 appears to be trending in the wrong direction. However, on Saturday four fan bases saw their lives ...

It can be difficult for a team to escape the shadow of one of the program’s most successful players. That challenge can be even greater when his presence still exists in the practice facility, albeit on the other side of the wall, with his new team.Last fall marked the first time since 2016 that Pitt couldn’t rely upon Kenny Pickett to save the day. While there were many highs included in the Panthers’ ...

Pat Narduzzi still boasts a Pitt roster with plenty of depth and experience at key positions, along with a promising freshman class and new talent from the transfer portal.Expect the Panthers to retain their traditional strengths of a tough defensive front with a playmaking secondary on defense, and a powerful offensive line with athletic running backs on offense. The biggest question will be whether ...

Published Aug. 26, 2023, 5:40 p.m.By James CrepeaRight guard is the one position on the offensive line where Oregon does not have to replace a starter. Yet the Ducks added competition anyway, bringing in Junior Angilau from Texas to contend with Steven Jones for the job.Through fall camp, the 6-foot-5, 340 pound Jones appears to have maintained the spot he’s held for much of the past two seasons when ...

Published Aug. 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.By Nathan Baird,COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football carries a monster point spread into Saturday’s season opener at Indiana.According to BetMGM, the Buckeyes are 29.5-point favorites over IU as of Saturday morning. It sets up to be the largest spread for an opener since OSU was favored by 40 over Oregon State in 2018.Per the Odds Shark database, this is the second-highest ...

3-4 minutes 8/27/2023FRESNO BEEFresno State coach Jeff Tedford said on Saturday that quarterback Mikey Keene will start the Sept. 2 opener at Purdue.Despite some unexpected turns during the quarterback competition, Keene’s anointment as the season-opening starter seemed somewhat expected given his previous experience.“All the quarterbacks have had a great camp,” Tedford said. “Mikey is going to start, ...

4-5 minutes 8/26/2023Orlando Sentinel CorrespondentTALLAHASSEE — Coming off a 10-win season, Florida State was able to retain an overwhelming majority of its offensive and defensive talent. And coach Mike Norvell only had to fill an opening for a defensive backs coach.Norvell chose Patrick Surtain, who had won three state championships at Plantation American Heritage and spent a year on the Miami Dolphins’ ...

7-9 minutes 8/27/2023Entering his third season as a starting quarterback in college football, Shedeur Sanders is also learning his third different offensive system.The talented junior hasn’t been fazed by the challenge, however.“I mean, passing is passing. You throw the ball, it’s throwing the ball,” Sanders said. “It’s just a different scheme, it’s a different way to call it – as long as everything ...