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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 …

Can't Wait For Saturday Kiffin makes a wise move bringing Coach O back to LSU

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 …

‘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’ …

Spring roundup | Edgewater’s new players shine as Eagles roll past Seminole

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 …

College football: 'State of Shawnee Football Plan' a go, says Snyder

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 …

Blue Streaks to play in girls flag football tournament

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 …

Hurricanes land blue-chip defensive lineman Ezekiel Ayangbile

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 …

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 …

Refreshed EWU football team sets out for spring camp: 'They are hungry'

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 …