Category: Amateur Sports

‘Think globally, act locally’: Jason Candle shares vision for guiding UConn football into the future

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STORRS — The smell of wet paint was apparent as one walked through the halls of the UConn football headquarters this week. “Notice anything?” new coach Jason Candle said. “White. Brightens things up.” His first season as coach is three months away, and while it is clear Candle, who came from a long, successful tenure at Toledo to replace Jim Mora, will apply his own shades to the Huskies’ …

Can't Wait For Saturday Third bowl in a row for Illinois? So says the prognosticators at Athlon Sports

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… May 24—*** I was looking for some reading material Saturday to help fill the holiday weekend. Like everyone else in Champaign-Urbana, I zipped over to Barnes & Noble. There in the magazine section I found it: Athlon Sports’ 2026 college football preview. I told you earlier in this space that Illinois is picked to finish ninth in the loaded Big Ten. When I cracked open the 220 pages — including …

UCF football lands 2027 commitment from 3-star Nease safety

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… UCF football continues to build on its 2027 recruiting class with the commitment of three-star Nease High School safety Kash Kolbow. The 6-foot, 180-pound Kolbow spent two varsity seasons with the Golden Panthers, accounting for 95 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss, with 5 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 34 passes defended in 22 games as a sophomore and junior, …

Penn Hills beginning search for new football coach

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… May 22—The Penn Hills School District is beginning the search for a new football coach in the wake of Charles Morris’ resignation. In a letter from Dr. Bernard Taylor Jr., principal at Penn Hills High School, sent Thursday, the district stressed that it is doing its best to provide the players in the football program with proper offseason conditioning and workout opportunities while continuing …

Spring Roundup: Battle of former Florida Gators teammates ends in tie

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Lake Mary football coach Scott Perry and Jones coach Elijah Williams were teammates at the University of Florida in the mid 90s. Wednesday night they were foes for the first time, as Class 4A state-runner-up Jones hosted the Class 7A state champions in Orlando. The two teams made for an entertaining evening, and in between all of the mistakes of a typical spring football game, the Rams and …

New Mexico listed by sportsbooks as favorite to win first Mountain West title

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… No, hell hasn’t frozen over. But a look at some early Mountain West futures — and where the Lobos ended up — might give you the impression it has. For the first time in program history, New Mexico is the consensus favorite to win the new-look league, according to odds provided by three national sportsbooks. Caesar’s Sportsbook lists UNM as a 2-1 favorite (+200) to win the Mountain West after …

Girls flag football is off and running: Bethel youth seize state's newest high school sport

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… May 20—If there’s one thing that Haywood County loves, it’s football. And there could soon be even more of it. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association recently voted to sanction girls’ flag football as an official high school sport. Currently, neither Pisgah nor Tuscola has a flag football team. But girls’ flag football has taken root in Haywood County through the Bethel Youth …

College football: 'State of Shawnee Football Plan' a go, says Snyder

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BELLEFONTE, Ky. — The State of Shawnee Football Plan has officially been engaged. That’s what Shawnee State coach Mark Snyder calls what might be, for many coaches, a once-in-a-lifetime project and opportunity, in remarks at Bellefonte Country Club on Tuesday. The plan is the driving piece toward Shawnee State’s initial foray into football, which the Bears, who will join the Mountain East …

Stephen Tsai: For UH, sustaining success will be a greater challenge

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… It was quite the year for University of Hawaii athletics. In December, the UH football team’s breakthrough season was punctuated with a comeback victory in the 2025 Hawaii Bowl. In the craziness of March Madness, the men’s basketball ’Bows won the Big West Tournament to secure their first berth in the Big Dance since 2016. And a week ago, the UH men’s volleyball team captured the program’s …

Can't Wait For Saturday Push for CFP24 gaining powerful allies

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… May 19—*** On my daily surf of college football sites, two I look at often: and The Athletic. They both do a great job covering the game and offering perspectives that might not occur to most of us. If you go both now, you will find headlines that seem to point to concerns about the the possibility of a 24-team College Football Playoff, One reads: “A 24-team College Football Playoff will will …