NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Once Ty Ashley felt at home on a college football visit to the University of Kentucky, it didn’t take him long to make a decision. Ashley went to Missouri, Cincinnati, Western Kentucky University to watch their spring drills last week. The standout linebacker at Owensboro High School went to Lexington last Thursday to visit UK. “I had Notre Dame and Indiana planned after that, but when I went …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… To continue pursuing a sport that one enjoys at the collegiate level, an individual has to show determination and persistence. Former All-Ohio linebacker and three-sport athlete Ryan Sissel has those qualities in spades. The 2023 West graduate, who got an opportunity to play as a preferred walk-on at Marshall before earning a greater role following a transfer to nearby Morehead State (Ky.) for …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… OXFORD – David Cutcliffe – the former Ole Miss coach who won 121 games over his head coaching career – is retiring from college football, the SEC announced Tuesday morning. Cutcliffe, who has been the SEC’s Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations since 2022, spent 20 full seasons as a head college head coach at Ole Miss and Duke. He will officially retire March 31. “I …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BETHLEHEM — Lehigh University has announced the elevation of Richard Nagy on Monday, who will serve as the Vandergrift Family Head Football Coach. Nagy spent the last three years as Lehigh’s defensive coordinator, where he led one of the top defensive units in the FCS. The 31st head coach in Lehigh football history, Nagy’s promotion is one of six from a Lehigh coaching and support staff that …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The market has spoken for Curt Cignetti. The University of Indiana has committed to pay its national championship-winning head football coach $105.6 million over the next eight seasons, according to a letter signed by athletic director Scott Dolson and released Monday. Cignetti’s existing employment agreement called for a “good-faith market review” if IU reached the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 19—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois’ new running backs coach, Tyrone Wheatley, had a brilliant career as a Michigan running back. From 1991-1994, he gained 4,187 rushing yards and left the school second on the career yardage list behind Jamie Morris. He still stands fifth at a school where running is a vital part of the DNA. He is fourth on the school’s career rushing touchdown list with 47. After …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MONTESANO–Montesano High School has announced the hiring of Brian Hollatz as the next head coach of the Bulldogs football program, pending school-board approval. Hollatz, 51, was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Aberdeen Bobcats during their recent resurgence and was a longtime assistant coach for former head coach Terry Jensen from 2003-19, including 15 state-playoff …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… North Dakota State University’s deal to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member next season includes a general commitment to maintain a level of football spending “reasonably comparable to” the league average. However, if NDSU struggles on the field, it will have to increase its football expenditures the following season to match or …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 11—*** I have covered a college football game at Detroit’s Ford Field. One of Ron Zook’s Illinois teams played Western Michigan there one year. It was a lot of fun. But I always figured I would be back someday to cover the Motor City Bowl (or whatever it was called). Eventually, Illinois would get an invite and I’d spend Christmastime in Detroit. No such luck. On Tuesday, Ford Field …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 10—VERMILLION, S.D. — When Matt Vitzthum graduated from his small-town Iowa high school 21 years ago, Marty Wadle saw a senior heading off to college and had one prevailing thought about his team captain. That’s a natural leader, Wadle thought. The University of South Dakota agreed, making Vitzthum the school’s head football coach on Feb. 6 after former head coach Travis Johansen took the …