Category: Football (American)

Athlete of the Week: Griffin Richards, Tri-Village

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—Working on routes, hands and other aspects of being a pass catcher during the offseason is paying off on the field for Tri-Village junior Griffin Richards. Getting to do it alongside his father, Niles, is making it even more special. Richards is a junior wide receiver and defensive back for Tri-Village football. In their Nov. 7 home playoff game against Portsmouth West, a 54-22 win, he …

Athlete of the Week: Griffin Richards, Tri-Village

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—Working on routes, hands and other aspects of being a pass catcher during the offseason is paying off on the field for Tri-Village junior Griffin Richards. Getting to do it alongside his father, Niles, is making it even more special. Richards is a junior wide receiver and defensive back for Tri-Village football. In their Nov. 7 home playoff game against Portsmouth West, a 54-22 win, he …

COUGAR NOTES: WSU searches for an AD as Pac-12 finds third media rights partner

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—The Washington State world was shaken to its core on Wednesday when WSU President Elizabeth Cantwell announced that the school and Anne McCoy, its 24-year employee and athletic director of 18 months, were parting ways. A day later, the Pac-12 finalized a media deal with USA Network on Thursday — its third broadcast partner for football and basketball. And in other Cougar news, the WSU …

Back on the road go Bulldogs, Lions

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—The Whitefish Bulldogs and Eureka Lions proved themselves to be road warriors with impressive wins last week in the Montana high school football playoffs. Their reward: More road games, though Whitefish is thankful for a shorter trip this week: The Bulldogs play at Frenchtown in the Class A semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday. Eureka, which traveled farther than Whitefish last week — the Lions …

Three keys to an Ole Miss win over Florida

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… No. 7 Ole Miss hosts Florida Saturday at 6 p.m. Here are three keys to a Rebels win over the Gators at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. No distractions In case you hadn’t heard, Florida needs a football coach. Ole Miss has a coach who is mentioned for nearly every major job annually. Lane Kiffin and the Rebels have more than enough to focus on in front of them – at 9-1, Ole Miss is on the verge of …

COUGAR NOTES: WSU searches for an AD as Pac-12 finds third media rights partner

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 14—The Washington State world was shaken to its core on Wednesday when WSU President Elizabeth Cantwell announced that the school and Anne McCoy, its 24-year employee and athletic director of 18 months, were parting ways. A day later, the Pac-12 finalized a media deal with USA Network on Thursday — its third broadcast partner for football and basketball. And in other Cougar news, the WSU …

Mike Bianchi: LSU’s Brian Kelly buyout buffoonery is gifting Florida a clear path to Lane Kiffin

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ORLANDO, Fla. — Good news, Gator fans — the Lane Kiffin sweepstakes just got a lot easier. Why? Because LSU — seemingly Florida’s main competition for college football’s hottest coaching candidate (unless an NFL team suddenly enters the picture) — just launched itself into a swamp of its own making. While Florida is presumably lining up boosters and debating whether $150 million is too much to …

BIG 12 NOTEBOOK: Utah and BYU face sneaky matchups, Texas Tech rises in CFP rankings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Big 12 slate cools down slightly this weekend after a heavy-hitting matchup last week that had all eyes on Lubbock, but there are still some sneaky matchups. With ESPN’s College GameDay in town, Texas Tech pulled away from BYU, 29-7, in a top-10 showdown that featured the conference’s top two teams. This week doesn’t feature quite that level of firepower, with no ranked conference matchups …

FOOTBALL: Claremore looks to upset Coweta, earn first home quarterfinal since 1994

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… For Claremore’s senior class, Friday night isn’t just another road playoff game. This time, it is a chance to rewrite 118 years of Zebras football history on the field of a top-10 opponent. When No. 7 Coweta [9-1] hosts Claremore [7-3] in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs, the Zebras will be playing for far more than an upset. A win would give Claremore its eighth victory of the season …

Wright: If Eck keeps winning, game on

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 13—He’ll be here all week, folks. And the week after that and the week after that. But, beyond? Historically, when University of New Mexico football coaches succeed at a high level, they leave — though rarely after just one season. But didn’t that just happen, like 11 months ago? Yeah, it did. When first-year coach Jason Eck isn’t entertaining the troops with riffs on cavemen hunting elk …