NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… PHOENIX — Gophers star defensive end Anthony Smith made his big announcement in front of a national TV audience on Friday night. After winning defensive Most Valuable Player in Minnesota’s 20-17 win over New Mexico in the Rate Bowl, the redshirt junior told ESPN he will return to Minnesota for the 2026 season. On Wednesday, Smith told reporters in Arizona he wasn’t sure what his future would …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… PHOENIX — A part of Brian Urlacher must have appreciated the defensive rock fight the Rate Bowl turned into on Friday at Chase Field. But the outstanding ex-New Mexico and Chicago Bears linebacker, who was on the Lobos’ sideline, wanted a better outcome. The Gophers edged New Mexico 20-17 in overtime, with quarterback Drake Lindsey throwing a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Smith on the last …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Four Richland High School players led a crop of seven from the area on the Pennsylvania Football Writers’ Class 2A all-state team. Richland sophomore quarterback Jacob Regan, junior wide receivers Jamere Christian and Arnold Mugerwa and junior defensive athlete Grayson Mahla were selected from the 12-2 District 6 championship team. “I’m just really excited for our guys and for …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BOSTON — Last year, UConn celebrated the victory at the Fenway Bowl in the moment. During the jubilant postgame, senior Durante Jones repeated over and over, “Why not us?” “We’re just like everybody else,’” Jones said after the 27-14 victory over North Carolina. “We might not be in a conference, but we got the fans. We play the same type of football; good, smash-mouth football. We’re just like …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Hurricanes desperately needed a stop. The Aggies were driving toward the end zone, and now only 5 yards separated them from tying the game in the final seconds of the College Football Playoff first-round game against Miami last weekend. Enter Bryce Fitzgerald. The freshman safety intercepted Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed once earlier in the game. Fitzgerald watched Aggies tight end …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… PHOENIX — The Gophers will be shorthanded at receiver and cornerback for the Rate Bowl against New Mexico at Chase Field on Friday. Senior wideout Le’Meke Brockington, who led Minnesota with 46 receptions and 484 yards, has opted out in preparations for the NFL draft in April. He is the only clear Gopher to forgo a chance to play in the bowl game. A year ago, the Gophers had six players opt …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BOSTON — Bowl games, for so long the goal of every college football player and coach, for so long an impossible dream for UConn, are becoming an awkward, ambivalent rite of the holiday season, at least to the onlooker. After so many years of struggling to get here, UConn has been preparing for its second straight trip to the Fenway Bowl with, shall we say, a lot going on. “It’s been honestly …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… With the NCAA transfer portal window set to open in less than two weeks, new Kentucky football head coach Will Stein has been hard at work building his roster for the future — but he’s far from finalizing the Wildcats’ players for 2026. Stein, who’s still serving as Oregon’s offensive coordinator through the Ducks’ run in the College Football Playoff, wasted little time getting to work despite …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Deion Barnes, who had been on the Penn State football coaching staff since 2020, resigned earlier this week to become the defensive line coach at South Carolina. A Philadelphia native, Barnes is a former Penn State defensive end who played from 2012-14 and was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2012. He joined James Franklin’s staff as a graduate assistant in 2020 and was promoted to …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Several football players from District 2 were among the 55 selected from across Pennsylvania as winners of the Maxwell Football Club 2025 Mini Max High School Award. Athletes were nominated by their coaches throughout the season and were evaluated based on their football performance, their academic record, and their community service. “This is another exceptional class of student athletes who …