NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… FRISCO, Texas – It was inevitable that Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark was going to be asked about the Texas Tech/Brennan Sorsby situation in its aftermath at Big 12 Football Media Days, and it didn’t take long to happen. The first question Yormark fielded Tuesday was about whether he ever supported Texas Tech at any point throughout the process, which ended with Sorsby splitting ways with …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Jun. 26—CHAMPAIGN — The debate continues in college football with no clear-cut indication which way it will go. At issue: How many teams should make the playoffs? The answer depends on who you ask. On Thursday during the annual Josh Whitman roundtable, I put the question to the decade-long Illinois athletic director. Knowing his bread is buttered in the Big Ten, Whitman went with the number …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Brian White, who gave Dusty May his first head-coaching job and worked alongside Lane Kiffin for two seasons, is Virginia Tech’s next athletic director, the school announced Monday evening. White has led the department at Florida Atlantic for eight-plus years and has overseen a 625% increase in donations since 2021, according to the university’s website. In 2024, he negotiated a stadium …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… SOUTHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is taking on the spiraling, out-of-control state of college athletics. The Protect College Sports Act now being discussed is a wide-ranging bill that could have profound effect, and there is much here that could impact UConn. Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban was a star witness in hearings before the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Virginia Tech athletics’ fundraising momentum continued Thursday with the announcement of the largest gift in university history, $75 million from a Hokie family earmarked for multiple causes. “A majority of the commitment, made anonymously by a four-generation Hokie family, was to athletics, while a sizeable portion was directed to the Honors College,” the university said in a release. The …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GAINESVILLE — Florida made Buster Faulkner the highest-paid coordinator in school history and one of the nation’s few offensive coordinators earning $2 million annually to lure him to Gainesville. Faulkner signed a three-year, $6.5 million after he left Georgia Tech to join head coach Jon Sumrall’s staff. Former Kentucky defensive coordinator Brad White’s compensation is not far behind, …
‘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’ …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… I sat in Miami athletic director Sam Jankovich’s office more than three decades ago when he opened a drawer, pulled out a list of five football coaches and said, “I’m always updating these candidates in case we need a new coach.” That’s not Miami’s idea of an athletic director today. I sat in Hurricanes athletic director Paul Dee’s office two decades ago when he discussed his vision for the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Individuals who act justly, are faithful, walk humbly and work hard are people who deserve terrific opportunities in life. Wheelersburg’s Ryan Meeker certainly is a terrific talent who has acted justly, walked humbly and is a faithful individual who has tried his best to represent his community in a manner that he believes would make them proud. Meeker has improved his game from a promising …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… There was a time when a player like Boone High senior running back Aaron Hardy Jr. would be swimming in major college scholarship offers. Or a record-setting quarterback like Tohopekaliga’s Sabby Meassick would have a long list of schools from which to choose. Granted, these two players have size issues, but there would have been programs in the past that would have taken a chance on those …