Category: General Sports

Bianchi: College football in Florida is so bad, freaking USF is carrying the torch!

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… There’s something especially depressing about looking at the college football landscape in the Sunshine State this season and realizing that USF — yes, that USF — is carrying the torch for our once-proud pigskin peninsula. Those words don’t even look right on the page. Yet here we are, staring at a world where the Bulls have the state’s strongest College Football Playoff hopes while the three …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Preps Central: State football quarterfinals and interviews with Centennial coach Aaron Ocampo, Eunice QB Elijah Melancon

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 13—In this edition of Preps Central, host James Yodice, Journal prep sports editor, breaks down high school football playoff storylines across classes 6A — 2A, then sits down with two guests. Aaron Ocampo, Centennial’s head football coach, chats about the Hawks’ quarterfinal test and late-season form. Then, Elijah Melancon, Eunice’s star quarterback, talks about eclipsing 10,000 career …

Eagles to face Northern Colorado Saturday after nail-biting loss to Montana

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 13—CHENEY — Eastern Washington University’s football squad made a good showing last weekend, narrowly losing to No. 2 Montana, according to a statement from EWU Athletics. The Grizzlies jumped out to a 22-0 lead early in the second quarter, led by Keali’i Ah Ya,t who completed 14 of his first 15 passes. EWU cut that lead by eight points, leaving the score 22-14 at halftime. The Eagles …

Penn State’s Terry Smith draws strength from his daughter [opinion]

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Terry Smith has been reliable, direct and effective since he joined the Penn State football staff as James Franklin’s first assistant coach in 2014. That hasn’t changed since he became the interim head coach last month when director of athletics Pat Kraft fired Franklin. “He’s a straight-up guy,” linebacker Amare Campbell said. “He calls everybody out. It doesn’t matter who you are, what your …