Category: Sports and Recreation

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. …

WSU interim AD Jon Haarlow says current football coaches will coach bowl game, no firm timeline on coaching search

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State isn’t offering a public timeline on the hire of a new football coach, but the people leading the charge are operating with “a sense of urgency.” That’s the word from WSU interim athletic director Jon Haarlow, who said on Sunday afternoon that he and school brass are working quickly to find a replacement for coach Jimmy Rogers, who decamped for the same job at …

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 …

Vandals sign highest-rated class in Big Sky during early signing period

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 4—Idaho Vandals coach Thomas Ford Jr. was in a position for the first time in his head coaching career to sign a completely new high school class during the early signing period and he made it count with the highest-rated class in program history, the school claims. Ford and the Vandals staff signed a group of 20 football players, including 19 high school athletes and one transfer from a …

Stillwater High celebrates four athletes on early signing day

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Stillwater High students packed the east stands of the Fieldhouse Gym to watch four of their classmates sign up for their college athletics futures. On Wednesday afternoon, Stillwater High held its College Commitment Celebration, where football player Nehemiah Kolone, swimmer Elias Mendez and wrestlers Eric Casula and Luke Hamiti signed their National Letters of Intent on early signing day. …

MSHSAA State Football Championship games kick off Thursday in St. Joseph

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The top fourteen high school football teams in Missouri are set to clash in St. Joseph over the next three days for the right to be called state champions. After multiple weeks of district and state playoff games, the 2025 MSHSAA State Football Championships will be decided at Missouri Western’s Spratt Stadium beginning Thursday. This year’s championships …

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 …

Lane Kiffin no longer a candidate for Florida; Tulane’s Sumrall top target

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is no longer a candidate at Florida to replace Billy Napier, a source confirmed. Kiffin’s decision forces athletic director Scott Stricklin to shift his focus to a backup plan after decision-makers and donors spent the past month laser-focused on Kiffin. The Gators have turned their attention to Tulane’s Jon Sumrall, who has the Green Wave in …