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Published Saturday, August 12, 2023FAYETTEVILLE — The first great litmus test of training camp will take place today when the Arkansas Razorbacks hold a late-morning scrimmage at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.The closed workout, practice No. 8 of camp, will be the first live tackling work of the season for the University of Arkansas, which has benefited from unseasonably cooler temperatures up through ...

Arizona RepublicPAYSON — In Kenny Dillingham's first press conference, the new Arizona State football coach said his team was going to work harder than it ever has, but his players were going to have more fun. He has doubled down on that sentiment since then.That does appear to be the case.The Sun Devils wrapped up three days of practice at Camp Tontozona on Saturday in front of a crowd of 2,500. The ...

Arizona Daily StarWith a Powerade towel wrapped around his head like a designer scarf, Justin Flowe was serene following Arizona's practice on Tuesday until the linebacker was asked about the neck pad — or cowboy collar — he wears on the field.Then the intensity visibly built up in Flowe and "his other alter ego" arrived."I've been wearing it my whole life," Flowe said. "I feel like the neck pad brings ...

LOS ANGELES — He is a shadow of black sweatsuit slipping in and out of USC practice, all but ambiguous except for signature sunglasses perched under a gray bucket hat.Senior offensive analysts, like anyone on the USC football coaching staff who is not a full-time assistant, are not available to speak to the media. So the world might never hear from Kliff Kingsbury at any point in the Trojans’ fall ...

It would be interesting to know how much differently the 2012 Heisman Trophy race might have turned out had voters been given access to “Minority Report” technology that allowed them to peer into the future and see what the three finalists would go on to do with their lives.Johnny Manziel (474 first-place votes) was a runaway winner at the time, because he put up gaudy stats and he had an unforgettable ...

CHAMPAIGN — There are three players fighting for one job: starting quarterback at Illinois.In 22 days, Luke Altmyer, John Paddock or Donovan Leary will take the first snap against Toledo at Memorial Stadium. Third-year coach Bret Bielema said he plans to make the decision known — at least within the team — two weeks before the Sept. 2 opener.So the deadline is approaching. Two of them aren’t going ...

4-5 minutes 8/10/2023Following a two-year stint as the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, Pat Shurmur took the 2022 season off and focused on family.“The last 25 years of coaching, it really goes unsaid, but we’re not always around,” he said Thursday. “So it gave me a year to be around and I was really thankful for that.”When an opportunity arose this summer to get back into football and ...

2-3 minutes 8/10/2023Sean Dawkins, a former All-American wide receiver at Cal who played nine seasons in the NFL, has died. Dawkins, who gained national attention while starring at Homestead High of Cupertino, was 52.A Cal Athletics spokesman on Thursday confirmed Dawkins’ death. No details about Dawkins’ death were available.Dawkins was a speedy, 6-foot-4 receiver who was a major offensive force on ...

Aug. 10, 2023, 5:55 p.m. | Updated: 7:35 p.m.Wake appeared in 46 games and made 17 starts at BYU.BYU tight end and fullback Masen Wake is leaving the program, he announced on Thursday.After four seasons at BYU, Wake is retiring from football just weeks before the team’s season opener on Sept. 2.“I’ve created friendships and memories that will last a lifetime,” Wake wrote on social media. “I am humbled ...

By Matt Cohen |Now in the second week of preseason practices, Auburn’s quarterback competition has revealed the anticipated final three of Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne, sophomore Robby Ashford and redshirt freshman Holden Geriner.They’ve been throwing to a constantly rotating wide receiver room and Camden Brown, who as only a sophomore is suddenly one of the most experienced receivers on Auburn’s ...