NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 17—Three years later, Scott Ramsey finally got his team. Well, not actually HIS teams, but the ones that best suit the event in Nashville, Tenn., he runs, the Music City Bowl: Illinois and Tennessee. “We’re excited to have them,” Ramsey said. “First time ever (for Illinois, fourth for the Vols. “Obviously very impressed with Josh (Whitman) and the leadership team there and Coach (Bret) …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ORLANDO, Fla. — Michigan’s interim coach Biff Poggi stood up at a bowl news conference in Orlando Monday and said his players feel “betrayed.” He’s right. They should. But let’s be clear about who betrayed them — because it wasn’t just disgraced former coach Sherrone Moore, and it sure as hell wasn’t just last week. The betrayal at Michigan has been institutional, systemic and years in the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 16—First impression from Kirby Moore’s introduction as the new Washington State Cougars head football coach: He reminded me a great deal of Mike Macdonald when he was hired as the new coach for the Seattle Seahawks. If he coaches with the same passion and purpose and youthful savvy as Macdonald, Moore will be an exceptional hire. Moore’s likeness to Macdonald seems more than just having …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Steve Englehart once quarterbacked the Terre Haute North Patriots and Indiana State Sycamores. He served as ISU’s offensive coordinator, and later became the NCAA’s youngest head coach at Rose-Hulman. Now, the Terre Haute native is the American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Englehart earned the honor this week after …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 16—Loren Tate asked the perfect question Monday: If you dropped Mike White into modern-day college football, what would he become? Short answer, a star. Or perhaps the Illinois version of Nick Saban or Ryan Day. The leader of the last Illinois team to win its way to the Rose Bowl with a Big Ten title, Coach White made football a big deal again in Champaign-Urbana. He passed away Sunday at …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Michigan’s interim coach Biff Poggi stood up at bowl news conference in Orlando Monday and said his players feel “betrayed.” He’s right. They should. But let’s be clear about who betrayed them — because it wasn’t just disgraced former coach Sherrone Moore, and it sure as hell wasn’t just last week. The betrayal at Michigan has been institutional, systemic and years in the making. What those …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Rick Santos resigned as head coach of the University of New Hampshire football team on Saturday to take the same position at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn will announce Santos as their new head coach during a press conference on Tuesday. “I am incredibly excited and humbled by the opportunity to lead the football program at the University of Pennsylvania,” Santos said. “Penn represents …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 13—*** The winningest program in college football history would need a long run of mediocre to see that designation go away. It probably isn’t going to happen to Michigan. But firing its young coach two years in is a bad look. As is the mess left by Jim Harbaugh, who won a title then fled to the NFL ahead of the NCAA police. Michigan will play Texas in the Citrus Bowl wit an interim …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHICAGO — College bowl season is among us, and this year’s mix of the CFP games and a few dozen other meaningless bowls is chock full of storylines. Unfortunately many of those storylines involve big-name coaches who won’t be coaching, from Lane Kiffin to Marcus Freeman to Sherrone Moore. The Kiffin-to-LSU saga will be front and center during the Ole Miss playoff games and LSU’s appearance in …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 12—GRAND FORKS — The week started with the UND football program’s offense taking a hit at the skill positions. All-Missouri Valley Football Conference running back Sawyer Seidl and all-conference wide receiver B.J. Fleming both announced an intent to enter the NCAA transfer portal. On Friday, though, the Fighting Hawks’ offense received some good news: the key blockers are coming back for …