Category: Football (American)

None of this should seem at all radical

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 27—Bobby Kennedy, the freshly-minted head football coach of the Montana Grizzlies, had some highlight moments during a Thursday press conference ahead of the start of spring drills. One is that, yes, the Griz will run something other than the much-debated 3-3-5 defense this fall. “There will be significant changes,” Kennedy said. “Switching now, what that allows us to do is kind of …

6 from area to participate in PSFCA small-school all-star game

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Four players and two coaches from the area were selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association small-school all-star game. Penn Cambria quarterback Brady Jones and offensive lineman Dayne Summerville, Richland defensive tackle Brodie Hollis and outside linebacker Joe McAneny and coaches Ryan Donaldson (Meyersdale) and Lou McElwee (United Valley) will …

Gophers add productive Mississippi tailback Greg Hargrow to 2027 class

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Gophers football program on Thursday added to its 2027 recruiting class for the first time since June as Mississippi running back Greg Hargrow became the third overall pledge to the U’s class for next season. “100% Committed,” Hargrow wrote on X. Hargrow, who is listed at 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds, rushed for 1,294 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2025 for Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, Miss. …

Wheatley has experienced highs, lows of football

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 …

Gophers to hire Kansas State assistant Steve Stanard

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Gophers football program is expected to hire Kansas State’s linebacker coach Steve Stanard as the U’s next rush ends coach, a source confirmed to Pioneer Press on Wednesday. Stanard replaces Bobby April III, who was hired after the Gophers’ overtime win in the Rate Bowl but soon left to join the Buffalo Bills’ new coaching staff. April was stepping in for CJ Robbins, who was promoted to …

Past connections credit new USD coach Matt Vitzthum's leadership and loyalty

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 …

John Marshall's Jeremiah Molina a big guy with equally large plans for football, life

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 …

Bobby Hauck Retires: What's Next for Montana Football and the Big Sky?

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 10—Bobby Hauck has officially retired as head coach of Montana football, and on this episode of Big Sky Now, the Daily Inter Lake panel breaks down what it means for the Griz, the Big Sky Conference, and the future of FCS football. Host Luke Schmit is joined by Daily Inter Lake’s sports editor Fritz Neighbor and reporter Jon Allen to unpack the timing and nuance behind Hauck’s decision — …

'Greatest Ranger of all time': Former Forest Hills coach, educator Don Bailey dies at 74

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 …

Jake Oswalt | Playing for coach Don Bailey paid off in many ways

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… For many generations, most of the boys who grew up in the Forest Hills School District wanted to play football for the Rangers. That was due, in large part, to coach Don Bailey elevating the program to be among the best in the region and state over his storied 45-year career patrolling the sidelines. Who could forget the 1990s when Forest Hills won 101 games over 10 seasons and posted a .820 …