NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… May 25—*** I am not convinced Ed Orgeron is a great college football coach. He struggled big time while in charge at Mississippi, going 10-25 in three losing seasons. A year as interim coach at Southern California, where he replaced fired Lane Kiffin, upped his profile with a 6-2 record. Three years later, at LSU, Orgeron again jumped into the hot seat, replacing fired Les Miles first as …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… It didn’t take long for Edgewater fans to get a glimpse of the past in the form of the present Thursday night during a spring football game against Seminole. Coming into the contest, transfer running back Jahmari Hammonds, a rising sophomore from CFCA, had heard all of the comparisons to former Edgewater star CJ Baxter, now a running back at Kentucky. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Hammonds is built …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BELLEFONTE, Ky. — The State of Shawnee Football Plan has officially been engaged. That’s what Shawnee State coach Mark Snyder calls what might be, for many coaches, a once-in-a-lifetime project and opportunity, in remarks at Bellefonte Country Club on Tuesday. The plan is the driving piece toward Shawnee State’s initial foray into football, which the Bears, who will join the Mountain East …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Three years ago, Jay Ross and his daughter, Kennedy, were watching girls play Flag Football during the NFL Pro Bowl Game. Kennedy couldn’t help but say what was on her mind. “There’s no reason we don’t do that at Madison,” she told her father. Jay Ross happened to be involved in flag football since 1997, so it didn’t take him long to respond. “I agree,” he told her. “Tell you what, get about …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Miami Hurricanes added a standout defender to its 2027 recruiting class on Friday afternoon. Four-star defensive line prospect Ezekiel Ayangbile committed to the Hurricanes over offers from LSU and Virginia Tech, among others. He announced his commitment on Rivals’ YouTube page. “It all came down to connection,” Ayangbile told Rivals, “and I think I truly had a bond with the coaches that …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… In a flash, George Gumbs Jr. blew past the right tackle, collided with Nebraska quarterback Heinrich Haarberg and jarred the football loose. It was Sept. 16, 2023, and Northern Illinois was playing a nonconference game in front of 85,000 fans at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Gumbs, a Chicago native, recorded a strip-sack that gave NIU possession at the Nebraska 5-yard line in the first …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Mar. 30—After splitting their allotment of 15 offseason practices around the university’s spring break the last few seasons, the Eastern Washington football team will eschew that interruption this year, when on Tuesday the Eagles will begin a consolidated set of spring sessions. The practices will conclude with the Red-White Game at 5 p.m. on May 1 at Roos Field in Cheney. To Aaron Best, who …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… After leading New Mexico to the program’s best (and most well-attended) season in years, head coach Jason Eck received a new five-year deal with a tidy $400,000 raise in December. A few Lobo assistants got similar treatment — albeit at a smaller scale. Three of UNM’s coaches received raises, per contracts available on the athletic department’s website, bringing the program’s on-field staff …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STATE COLLEGE – Someone asked Drew Allar on Wednesday about Danny O’Brien, the former Penn State quarterbacks coach who’s now on James Franklin’s staff at Virginia Tech. O’Brien was a mentor and a friend to Allar. Still is. “I talk to Danny like every day,” he said after an impressive workout at Penn State’s Pro Day. “He’s somebody I really look up to. He taught me a lot about football. He …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 19—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois’ new running backs coach, Tyrone Wheatley, had a brilliant career as a Michigan running back. From 1991-1994, he gained 4,187 rushing yards and left the school second on the career yardage list behind Jamie Morris. He still stands fifth at a school where running is a vital part of the DNA. He is fourth on the school’s career rushing touchdown list with 47. After …