Month: November 2025

Big Ten breakdown Illinois has real opportunity for strong November finish

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—Illinois is back in action this week along with almost all of the Big Ten (only Nebraska and Rutgers are sitting it out on a bye). Beat writer SCOTT RICHEY ranks the eight matchups and provides his favorites for Illinois MVP, Big Ten MVP and a postseason Illini projection: Who’s on the call: Rhett Lewis (play-by-play) and Yogi Roth (analyst). Who wins: USC, 30-17. Trojans quarterback …

Illini football warming up as stretch run nears

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—CHAMPAIGN — When the heavy white stuff unexpectedly hit the area Monday, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema wondered if his team’s next game might be a repeat of the Ice Bowl (ask your grandparents). No such worry. As a struggling Maryland team comes to town for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday at Gies Memorial Stadium, the forecast calls for temperatures in the low 70s and no snow. …

Bianchi: College football in Florida is so bad, freaking USF is carrying the torch!

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… There’s something especially depressing about looking at the college football landscape in the Sunshine State this season and realizing that USF — yes, that USF — is carrying the torch for our once-proud pigskin peninsula. Those words don’t even look right on the page. Yet here we are, staring at a world where the Bulls have the state’s strongest College Football Playoff hopes while the three …

Is Mike Norvell finally realizing he needs to rely on Ousmane Kromah?

Is Mike Norvell finally realizing he needs to rely on Ousmane Kromah?

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Mike Norvell is hardly guaranteed a 2026 season as Florida State head coach. And yet, if he’s going to be here, he’ll certainly want to have a player like freshman running back Ousmane Kromah on his roster next year. That’s why it seems like Norvell and the offensive coaching staff came to their senses a […]