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Mississippi Clarion-LedgerOXFORD — New Ole Miss football defensive coordinator Pete Golding is working with a secondary that, on its own, has added more transfer pieces this offseason (seven) than three different SEC programs have brought in total.Alabama, which Golding left to join Lane Kiffin's staff in Oxford, is one of those three. The Crimson Tide made five offseason transfer acquisitions and ...

Staff writer8 hrs agoAs a former college tight end, it’s no secret LSU offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock has a special place in his heart for players at that position.So does Brian Kelly, who was a linebacker in college.In more than three decades each as coaches, Kelly and Denbrock have developed a long list of star tight ends — a trend they wanted to continue when they reunited at LSU after working ...

Staff writerLSU landed a commitment Saturday from one of the top prospects in the 2025 class and continued to add to its wide receiver room in the process.Five-star Dakorien Moore, the No. 11 overall recruit and No. 3 wide receiver in the country according to the 247Sports composite rankings, joined a promising class early in the cycle.Moore plays at Duncanville High outside Dallas, the same school ...

Louisville Courier JournalLouisville safety M.J. Griffin will "probably" be out for the 2023 season with a lower leg injury, Cardinals head coach Jeff Brohm announced Saturday after the team’s fall scrimmage.Griffin played in all 13 games for U of L in 2022, replacing Kenderick Duncan as a starter in the final eight contests of the season. He totaled 45 tackles and two interceptions, capping off his ...

Mike HlasAug. 12, 2023 12:48 pm, Updated: Aug. 12, 2023 1:42 PMIOWA CITY — Gennings Dunker walked onto the Iowa football practice field for Friday’s Media Day interviews holding a sandwich, a bag of pretzel chips and a sport drink.That’s not standard procedure, and it was something his offensive line mates found quite funny.Dunker’s explanation: “I’m hungry.”It was part of the offensive lineman’s story ...

John SteppeAug. 11, 2023 7:01 PMIOWA CITY — Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz is “very wary of coaches that talk about how little they sleep.”“There's a lot of people in the state that probably work a lot harder than guys coaching a children's game,” Ferentz said Friday as he took questions from reporters at Iowa’s football media day.But Ferentz did note Friday he has a “fleeting sense of contentedness ...

Des Moines RegisterIowa football coach Kirk Ferentz spoke to reporters Friday during the Hawkeyes' media day in Iowa City. The following is a transcript from his press conference:KIRK FERENTZ: Good afternoon to everybody. Appreciate everybody being here. I guess this is our official Media Day. We kind of had one up in Indianapolis or over in Indianapolis a couple weeks ago.So just start out with a ...

Des Moines RegisterIOWA CITY — At Big Ten Media Days in late July, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz talked about football. But he also talked about other things.News stirred leading up to the event at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Iowa defensive lineman Noah Shannon was originally supposed to attend Big Ten Media Days but ultimately backed out due to his involvement in the NCAA’s and state of Iowa’s investigation ...

The Herald-TimesBLOOMINGTON — Indiana football running back Jaylin Lucas made the preseason watch list for the Walter Camp Award on Friday that's given to the national player of the year.There were only 45 players to make the list that includes 38 offensive players (20 quarterbacks, 11 running backs, five receivers/tight ends and two offensive lineman) and seven defenders. It includes last year's winner ...

8 hrs agoCHAMPAIGN — The head coach (Bret Bielema) played at Iowa.The defensive coordinator (Aaron Henry) went to Wisconsin. The offensive coordinator (Barry Lunney Jr.) attended Arkansas.Only one member of the current coaching staff played at Illinois: George McDonald, who handles the wide receivers. In three weeks, McDonald welcomes the top Illini receiver in program history back to Memorial Stadium. ...