NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Roman Hemby, a Harford County native who spent four years with Maryland football, embodied the program that Terps coach Michael Locksley wanted to build: one focused on keeping local talent in state and developing from within. Locksley’s said throughout the past year that he’s been forced to change that approach as the sport shifts around him and as losses pile up. Hemby has also adapted. The …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 18—CHAMPAIGN — Only 60 more minutes. Against an SEC school. Just the way Luke Altmyer wants it. Well, almost. Ideally, the Illinois quarterback and his teammates would be getting ready to host a first-round game this weekend in the College Football Playoff. But that didn’t happen. Losses against the top two teams in the country — Indiana and Ohio State — and the fighting Ws — Washington …
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) …
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) …
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 …