NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Don Bailey led the Forest Hills High School football program to 375 wins in 45 years, the seventh-highest total in Pennsylvania history. But his former players and area coaches remembered Bailey as more than a Hall of Fame football coach. Bailey, who died Sunday at age 74 after several years of health issues, was an educator, administrator, community leader – and a family man …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 7—VERMILLION, S.D. — The University of South Dakota has opted for stability in its football program, promoting Matt Vitzthum to head coach following the departure of Travis Johansen. USD Athletic Director Jon Schemmel announced Friday afternoon that Vitzthum will become the 32nd head coach in Coyote football history, as USD chose to stay in-house to fill the vacancy. Johansen departed …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 7—*** During his press conference before the Illinois-Northwestern basketball game Wednesday at the State Farm Center, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema told a funny story about an encounter with a fan. I didn’t include it in the Thursday story, but am making up for that oversight now. Bielema was recently in Houston with members of his coaching staff. While checking into the hotel, …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 6—VERMILLION, S.D. — Travis Johansen’s tenure as the University of South Dakota’s head football coach will come to an end after just one season at the helm. The rising defensive mind is set to depart Vermillion to become the defensive coordinator at Rutgers University, sources told On3Sports on Friday. With the departure of Johansen, USD Athletic Director Jon Schemmel announced Matt …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… SOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame has announced its plan to host the 95th edition of the Blue-Gold Game this spring. Set for Saturday, April 25, at 2 p.m., the Fighting Irish will open Notre Dame Stadium for an intersquad scrimmage. The game will also be broadcast on Peacock. Tickets start at $10. Notre Dame is coming off a 10-2 season, the third-consecutive double-digit winning …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 5—MORGANTOWN — Just like that, the official National Signing Day is in the past, concluding on Feb. 4. West Virginia football fans and outsiders throughout the country might not even realized it was going on because the early signing period in December is when most players sign. That was certainly the case for WVU. The Mountaineers signed 49 players in that first week in December, which …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… UTPB head football coach Chris Softley speaks about this year’s recruiting class at a press conference Wednesday at the D. Kirk Edwards Human Performance Center. Michael Bauer|Odessa American In his first recruiting class since taking over as head coach at UTPB, Chris Softley announced the addition of 45 new football players that have signed on to play for the Falcons during National Signing …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 5—Two of the most impactful football coaches in the history of the WPIAL, Tom Loughran and Terry Smith, will be celebrated in May as part of the Class of 2026 into the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame. They will join five other coaching greats to be enshrined during a ceremony May 24 at the Cumberland Valley High School Performing Arts Center. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 5—*** Illinois coach Bret Bielema has needed to pay attention to the College Football Playoff standings the past two seasons. On Wednesday, he was asked about the just-announced sites for the next two years of the CFP. “I do think we’re in a time in college football where it’s unprecedented how every year, you have no idea what’s going to happen,” Bielema said before the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STATE COLLEGE — The way Penn State football coach Matt Campbell and his assistants talked about quarterback Rocco Becht on Wednesday, it sounded like he was infallible. Except for one character flaw. “If you’re on the golf course with him, he’ll find a way to win,” offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser said with a smile. “He’s a cheater in golf. He is. I’ve made that very public. Rocco is a guy …