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 …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 12—The Newton football team has a proud history. The Cardinals won state championships in 1952 and 1980 and finished second in 1977, 1988 and 1990. Chad Guthrie owns around 10 individual records as maybe the best running back in the history of the school. Dan Malone and Ryan Maki also set multiple records in the 1990s, Brian Rose has plenty of passing records from 2011 and Matt Easley set …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 11—*** In a month, the Illinois football team will find out its bowl destination. Fans wanting to get a jump on travel plans might be smart to wait to book a flight unless the airline has generous policies about making changes. At the moment, it seems that Illinois bowl options are varied. Just depends on who you listen to. ‘s Mark Schlabach projects Illinois into the Dec. 27 Pinstripe …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 11—CHAMPAIGN — What did you do on your week off? Early Christmas shopping? Winterize the car (too late)? Catch up on your favorite Netflix show? For Illinois football coach Bret Bielema, the answer was none of the above. Instead, he went recruiting. And took program general manager Pat Embleton with him. How did it go? Check back in a year or two. But open week recruiting by the head …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… It was a historic football weekend in River Falls. On Friday, the Wildcats high school team beat Oshkosh North 52-38 to secure the program’s first 11-win season and sectional title. River Falls will meet Notre Dame Academy in the Division-2 state semifinals Friday at 7 p.m. at D.C. Everest High School. Wildcats quarterback Tino Massa threw for 323 yards and four scores in the win over Oshkosh …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STATE COLLEGE – Penn State stood toe-to-toe with the No. 2 team in the country Saturday, overcame a 13-point deficit and lost on an acrobatic touchdown catch in the final minute. The Nittany Lions’ gut-wrenching 27-24 loss, their sixth straight, left them wondering how and if they can stop their skid. “It’s tough,” quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer said. “I just feel for the guys, the seniors who …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 8—Welcome to a bye week, the only type of weekend this football season where you can be fairly certain how it will go for Washington State. For teams, these Saturdays often provide a chance to do a lot while doing little. Rest and recuperation are paramount, of course. Young players get a few more snaps during practice. Perhaps an opportunity to install some new plays or test someone at a …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 7—MISSOULA — If there is one Big Sky football team outside of Montana that knows Michael Wortham well, it is the Eastern Washington Eagles. Once a star quarterback in the California junior college ranks, Wortham grew into an All-America returner during his two seasons in Cheney. He holds Eastern’s single-season record for kickoff return yards (1,093 in 2024) and amassed 582 rushing yards …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 6—For the first time in nearly a decade, New Mexico is going bowling. But there are still questions about this program — albeit different ones from what Lobo fans are normally accustomed to, at least at this time of year. Here’s my attempt to answer some of them, with answers including (but not limited to) UNM’s recruiting efforts, Mountain West Championship scenarios and more in this UNM …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The leading candidates to become Penn State’s next head football coach have changed frequently since James Franklin was fired Oct. 12. First, there were Matt Rhule (Nebraska) and Curt Cignetti (Indiana), who have since signed contract extensions with their respective schools. Then the hot names became Lane Kiffin and, perhaps the most preposterous of all, Urban Meyer. Even now, less than four …