Category: College Sports

Exeter graduate Joey Schlaffer is no longer on Penn State football roster

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Former Exeter High School star Joey Schlaffer is no longer on the Penn State football roster. Blue-White Illustrated first reported the news about the 6-5, 250-pound Schlaffer, who was in his third year with the Nittany Lions. He has two years of eligibility left. He caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer against Villanova in September, the only catch of his college career. He …

WA college football recap — Week 10

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 4—MOSES LAKE — October football has concluded, and several Washington college football teams are looking to take the next step in the last leg of the season. Some stumbled in week 10 while some get rest up on a bye week. See below how your favorite teams fared over the weekend and their current record. WSU (4-5) at Oregon State The Cougars came up short in a defensive tug-of-war against …

Rich Rodriguez provides thoughts on proposed sports gambling for college athletes

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 4—Gambling has been something in the world since the B.C.E. times when the Mesopotamians started playing dice. Sports gambling came soon after, but it’s becoming more common around the United States over the past couple of years. 39 states allow sports gambling, plus Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, and it’s more prevalent with all the commercials for FanDuel and Draft Kings, and if you …

First College Football Playoff rankings leave Miami on the outside looking in

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… If the season ended Tuesday, the Hurricanes would miss the College Football Playoff. Fortunately for Miami, the season does not end Tuesday. But UM currently ranks 18th in the first College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday night. The Hurricanes, who are No. 18 in the AP poll this week, also trail No. 10 Notre Dame, which could be a key competitor for an at-large bid even …

DWU football's Connor Drake, Cody Winslow collect GPAC weekly honors

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 3—MITCHELL — A pair of Dakota Wesleyan University football standouts were recognized as Great Plains Athletic Conference players of the week, the conference office announced on Monday. Quarterback Connor Drake got the nod for GPAC offensive player of the week, while defensive lineman Cody Winslow was named GPAC defensive player of the week for their efforts in DWU’s 44-41 overtime road …

Rashad Rochelle, South grad Nic Yatsko cited by MVFC after ISU football win

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… As Indiana State shook up the college football world with its 24-12 win over FCS’s fifth-ranked team South Dakota State, Terre Haute South grad and Sycamore defensive back Nic Yatsko earned Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Week honors for his role in Saturday’s victory. Along with Yatsko, ISU wide receiver and kick returner Rashad Rochelle received the MVFC Offensive Player …

Dave Hyde: Miami buried by self-inflicted miscues in loss to SMU

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Inexplicable. Infuriating. Incomprehensible. The “U” is unacceptably back. Back like no one wanted. Back to its frustrating football of recent decades. Back again with step-on-the-rake mistakes and self-inflicted pain in Saturday’s 26-20 loss at Southern Methodist University that takes big-picture ideas like the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff off the table. Lose once like …

Tigers outlast Mount Marty in Dakota Railroad Rivalry overtime shootout

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 1—YANKTON — The Dakota Railroad Rivalry trophy is coming to Mitchell for the first time. For the third year in a row, it took overtime to separate Dakota Wesleyan University football and Mount Marty on the gridiron. But on the second play of the Tigers’ overtime possession, Steven Christion hauled in a game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass from Connor Drake, lifting DWU to a 44-41 victory …

Dom Amore: UConn football gets back in the bowl business, but this time it’s business as usual

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… EAST HARTFORD — The clock ran out, and the UConn football team walked off its home turf with win No. 6. Two things worth noting Saturday at Rentschler Field. The Huskies bounced back off their disappointing loss at Rice to put forth one of their best all-around efforts of the season, and win No. 6 is no longer the magic number it once was for UConn football. “I’m not going to lie, UConn just …

Football: Minneota manages miscues to beat D-B

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Oct. 31—MARSHALL — The makings of an upset were there for the Dawson-Boyd football team. Minneota, the three-time defending state champion and winner of 42 straight going into Friday’s Section 4A championship, had two first-half turnovers. That gave the Blackjacks prime field position on the Vikings’ side of the field. But, you don’t win that many games in a row without managing a little …