NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… To continue pursuing a sport that one enjoys at the collegiate level, an individual has to show determination and persistence. Former All-Ohio linebacker and three-sport athlete Ryan Sissel has those qualities in spades. The 2023 West graduate, who got an opportunity to play as a preferred walk-on at Marshall before earning a greater role following a transfer to nearby Morehead State (Ky.) for …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… OXFORD – David Cutcliffe – the former Ole Miss coach who won 121 games over his head coaching career – is retiring from college football, the SEC announced Tuesday morning. Cutcliffe, who has been the SEC’s Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations since 2022, spent 20 full seasons as a head college head coach at Ole Miss and Duke. He will officially retire March 31. “I …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BETHLEHEM — Lehigh University has announced the elevation of Richard Nagy on Monday, who will serve as the Vandergrift Family Head Football Coach. Nagy spent the last three years as Lehigh’s defensive coordinator, where he led one of the top defensive units in the FCS. The 31st head coach in Lehigh football history, Nagy’s promotion is one of six from a Lehigh coaching and support staff that …
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 …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MONTESANO–Montesano High School has announced the hiring of Brian Hollatz as the next head coach of the Bulldogs football program, pending school-board approval. Hollatz, 51, was most recently the offensive coordinator for the Aberdeen Bobcats during their recent resurgence and was a longtime assistant coach for former head coach Terry Jensen from 2003-19, including 15 state-playoff …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 12—PULLMAN — Washington State’s first schedule in the rebuilt Pac-12 is here, and the Cougars’ lineup looks like none other in program history. WSU’s season-opener will be a road matchup against rival Washington on Sept. 5, which will be the third installment of a five-year nonconference extension of the Apple Cup. The Cougs will also visit Kansas State for the teams’ first meeting, and …
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 …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 11—*** I have covered a college football game at Detroit’s Ford Field. One of Ron Zook’s Illinois teams played Western Michigan there one year. It was a lot of fun. But I always figured I would be back someday to cover the Motor City Bowl (or whatever it was called). Eventually, Illinois would get an invite and I’d spend Christmastime in Detroit. No such luck. On Tuesday, Ford Field …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 10—VERMILLION, S.D. — When Matt Vitzthum graduated from his small-town Iowa high school 21 years ago, Marty Wadle saw a senior heading off to college and had one prevailing thought about his team captain. That’s a natural leader, Wadle thought. The University of South Dakota agreed, making Vitzthum the school’s head football coach on Feb. 6 after former head coach Travis Johansen took the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Feb. 10—ROCHESTER — Jeremiah Molina is the John Marshall football team’s resident Renaissance man. And a big one at that — 6-foot-5, 360 pounds. It seems there are two Jeremiah Molinas who show up. There is that rough-and-tumble football offensive lineman who likes nothing more than dominating the guy across from him. “Once he gets his hands on you, it’s over with,” is how JM coach Kyle …