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 …
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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 …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Detroit’s longtime college football bowl game has been canceled after 29 seasons. The GameAbove Sports Bowl ends a run that began in 1997 at the Pontiac Silverdome and Ford Field.
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 10—ROCHESTER — Jeremiah Molina is the John Marshall football team’s resident Renaissance man. And a big one at that — 6-foot-5, 360 pounds. It seems there are two Jeremiah Molinas who show up. There is that rough-and-tumble football offensive lineman who likes nothing more than dominating the guy across from him. “Once he gets his hands on you, it’s over with,” is how JM coach Kyle …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 9—SIOUX FALLS — NDSU is finally going. They will transition to FBS effective immediately and join the Mountain West Conference in time for the coming season, but won’t be eligible for the Mountain West championship game or College Football Playoff until 2028 (though they are appealing for immediate eligibility). Good for them. The Bison are an incredible program and they’ve accomplished …
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 …
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, …