Category: Professional Football

UCF’s focus is the future with an emphasis on recruiting, player retention

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Scott Frost’s re-introduction to college football began a few minutes following a press conference to welcome him back to UCF. “A couple of players and their agents were waiting outside my office five minutes after I finished, telling me how much money I needed to pay them,” Frost recalled last Wednesday. “I didn’t even know who the kids were.” It was a wild time for Frost, who had a crash …

TUESDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: Like most breakups, it's best for Washington State to move past Jimmy Rogers

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—COMMENTARY He said all the right things. Heck, Jimmy Rogers was well on his way to doing all the right things, too, with a top 20 defense, a 5-1 record at Gesa Field and a season good enough to earn the Washington State football program its ninth bowl game berth in the last 10 full seasons and lay a foundation for a team that could compete for championships in the new Pac-12. He may …

TUESDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: Like most breakups, it's best for Washington State to move past Jimmy Rogers

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—COMMENTARY He said all the right things. Heck, Jimmy Rogers was well on his way to doing all the right things, too, with a top 20 defense, a 5-1 record at Gesa Field and a season good enough to earn the Washington State football program its ninth bowl game berth in the last 10 full seasons and lay a foundation for a team that could compete for championships in the new Pac-12. He may …

Paul Sullivan: Notre Dame is justified in taking a stand against the College Football Playoff farce

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHICAGO — The great farce that’s playing out in the College Football Playoff is likely to do lasting damage to Notre Dame’s relationship with the rest of the world. But not everyone liked “Rudy” to begin with, so the idea that everyone would agree Notre Dame was unfairly bounced from the playoff field when the CFP committee changed its mind at the last minute was far-fetched to begin with. …

Franklin, Fitzgerald find the right spots

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 5—Penn State needs a football coach. Still. LSU got its guy. So did Florida, Auburn and Virginia Tech, which grabbed fired Penn State coach James Franklin. With glee. In what will go down as one of the nuttiest coaching carousels ever, there still might be more movement. What if the NFL poaches a big name after this season? It could set off another round of crazy. This season has shown us …

Dom Amore: For a dogged Central Connecticut football team, this ending is hard to face

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… KINGSTON, R.I. — Isaiah DeLoatch had that look of a very large man who had lost himself, spent himself completely in the effort to win a football game, knowing it could be his last. “I couldn’t give you one more play right now,” he said, after getting hugs from his family outside Meade Stadium. “I gave everything out for this game. I wanted to be the first team in Central history to win a …

'We won't bat 1.000': Will WSU be able to retain key players this offseason? That's where the team's culture might come in

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 19—PULLMAN — Across the last few years, as NIL and the transfer portal have tightened their grip on the college football ecosystem, Washington State has operated in a liminal space in between. The Cougars are trying to succeed on two fronts at the same time. They’re trying to play catch-up on the NIL front, rallying donors and waking up alumni to the way those funds can directly impact …

Dom Amore: UConn football gets back in the bowl business, but this time it’s business as usual

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… EAST HARTFORD — The clock ran out, and the UConn football team walked off its home turf with win No. 6. Two things worth noting Saturday at Rentschler Field. The Huskies bounced back off their disappointing loss at Rice to put forth one of their best all-around efforts of the season, and win No. 6 is no longer the magic number it once was for UConn football. “I’m not going to lie, UConn just …