Category: Professional Football

Last man standing: SEC’s Greg Sankey resists rush toward 24-team CFP expansion

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… SANDESTIN — As pressure mounts from nearly every corner of college athletics, Greg Sankey is in no hurry to move. The deliberate, measured SEC commissioner spent last week’s conference Spring Meetings on Florida’s Panhandle in a familiar position: standing firm while others pushed for change. Amid College Football Playoff expansion, conference realignment, governance issues that have reached …

Florida coach Jon Sumrall brings candor, charisma to SEC spring meetings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… SANDESTIN, Fla. — The Jon Sumrall tour arrived at the Florida Panhandle, where Florida’s football coach continued to share opinions and anecdotes in his energetic, entertaining style. Sumrall’s authenticity has endeared him to college football fans. His willingness to deliver unvarnished opinions, often sprinkled with sarcasm or humor, has been refreshing for Gator Nation after four seasons of …

Gators’ Jon Sumrall brings candor, charisma to SEC Spring Meetings

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… SANDESTIN — The Jon Sumrall tour arrived at the Florida Panhandle, where Florida’s football coach continued to share opinions and anecdotes in his energetic, entertaining style. Sumrall’s authenticity has endeared him to college football fans. His willingness to deliver unvarnished opinions, often sprinkled with sarcasm or humor, has been refreshing for Gator Nation after four seasons of Billy …

‘Think globally, act locally’: Jason Candle shares vision for guiding UConn football into the future

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STORRS — The smell of wet paint was apparent as one walked through the halls of the UConn football headquarters this week. “Notice anything?” new coach Jason Candle said. “White. Brightens things up.” His first season as coach is three months away, and while it is clear Candle, who came from a long, successful tenure at Toledo to replace Jim Mora, will apply his own shades to the Huskies’ …

Could George Gumbs Jr. — a Chicago native and former NIU walk-on — hear his name called at the NFL draft?

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 …

WSU spring football preview: Three trends to watch on offense

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Mar. 23—PULLMAN — Spring football is arriving at Washington State. A few months after taking the helm of the program, coach Kirby Moore is set to lead his first WSU practices, starting with Thursday’s opener. The Cougars will practice at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Over the next few days, we’ll publish a series of stories to preview spring ball, starting …

Gophers football: P.J. Fleck addresses Koi Perich’s transfer to Oregon

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Gophers football program boasts a retention rate ranked in the top 10 in the nation, but Minnesota lost one its most recognizable and talented players to the NCAA transfer portal in January. Minnesota slotted seventh among all 138 FBS programs in returning production (68%) from 2025 to ’26, according to ESPN on Monday. But rising junior safety, kick/punt returner and part-time receiver Koi …

Gophers to hire Kansas State assistant Steve Stanard

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Gophers football program is expected to hire Kansas State’s linebacker coach Steve Stanard as the U’s next rush ends coach, a source confirmed to Pioneer Press on Wednesday. Stanard replaces Bobby April III, who was hired after the Gophers’ overtime win in the Rate Bowl but soon left to join the Buffalo Bills’ new coaching staff. April was stepping in for CJ Robbins, who was promoted to …

‘You can whine or you can adapt’: Jon Sumrall rebuilds Florida football in new era

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GAINESVILLE — When Florida head coach Jon Sumrall surveys the college football landscape, he sees a sport barely recognizable to the one he played more than 20 years ago at Kentucky. The transfer portal, seven-figure NIL deals and legal loopholes abound, but Sumrall isn’t bitter about it. The 43-year-old former linebacker pushes to keep pace. A recent case hit close to home. Sumrall’s former …

Chris Perkins: Senior Bowl hints at change in attitude toward NIL, transfer portal

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MOBILE, Ala. — The word from Senior Bowl players is clear: the transfer portal remains a positive thing for college football, and NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) money seems less problematic than a couple of years ago, or possibly even last year. The latter hints at a changing attitude. There’s not nearly as many players claiming NIL is bad for college football as two years ago. My thought? As …