NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 10—PULLMAN — Washington State appears to be starting interviews to fill its head coaching vacancy. On Tuesday morning, Missouri offensive coordinator Kirby Moore looked to be arriving in Pullman, making him a possible candidate to become Washington State’s new head football coach. Moore, who landed at Mizzou in 2023 after a one-year stint as the offensive coordinator at Fresno State, …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 10—It’s not a normal day in December if college football teams are not throwing their hands in the air after being left out of the college football playoff. This year, the drama surrounded what the playoff committee should do about Miami, Alabama and Notre Dame. After conference championship weekend, it ended up being Miami and Bama getting the nod and the Fighting Irish being left out. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Friendship Christian sophomore defensive end Gideon Knox broke Nashville Christian’s monopoly on the Middle Region major football awards by being named co-Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, it was released late last week. Knox led the Commanders with 88 tackles (a statistic which normally goes to the middle linebacker in coordinator Duane Lowe’s defense) and nine sacks. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez has won the Bronko Nagurski Award given annually to the nation’s top college defensive player. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Rodriguez received the award at a banquet Monday night at the Charlotte Convention Center. Rodriguez, known for his dark mustache that is now copied by Texas Tech football fans, has 114 tackles this season, along …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—MORGANTOWN — The college football calendar has issues, especially towards the end of the season. This year, it was on full display. After Ole Miss’s last game of the season, beating Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, the Rebels punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff, with an 11-1 record, and their lone loss being against Georgia. Just two days later, the Rebels’ head …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—PULLMAN — As Washington State continues its coaching search, looking for someone to replace Jimmy Rogers, few names have bubbled to the surface. The Cougars themselves certainly aren’t releasing any candidates they’re interviewing. But one name has emerged as a possibility for WSU: Rick Neuheisel. Currently a college football analyst for CBS Sports, Neuheisel said on a KJR radio segment …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—PULLMAN — The criteria Washington State is using to narrow down its head coaching search is beginning to look a little clearer. On a KJR radio segment with Ian Furness on Tuesday afternoon, WSU president Elizabeth Cantwell said the Cougars’ next head coach will have “demonstrated success, let’s call it, in the contemporary college football game.” “We need a builder who has that fire in …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… When the Hurricanes last traveled to College Station, Texas, they had to deal with the electric Kyle Field environment under the lights in front of Texas A&M’s notorious “12th Man.” That game kicked off at 8 p.m. local time. Miami’s return to Texas A&M has higher stakes — it’s both teams’ first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff — but this time, breakfast will be served at the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… New Florida football coach Jon Sumrall didn’t waste any time making his two biggest staff hires, culminating with Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner. Sumrall made the moves while also coaching Tulane to the AAC title to earn a CFP bid and overseeing two recruiting classes. Sumrall’s multi-tasking and expediency is a change of pace to Billy Napier’s measured approach. The CFP …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the best in the Big Ten since 1924, predates the Heisman Trophy by 11 years. Red Grange of Illinois was the first recipient and Jay Berwanger of Chicago won it in 1935, the year he was named the inaugural Heisman winner. In the current voting format, each Big Ten head coach votes for his first and second choice — worth two points and one …