Category: Team Sports

Howard looks to repeat as state champions in Class 9A, while No. 1 Wall seeks perfect season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 11—HOWARD, S.D. — Two of the most accomplished programs in recent nine-man football lore in South Dakota will meet up Friday morning to decide the Class 9A state championship. No. 1 Wall (11-0) heads east with an undefeated record and a ledger of dominant victories this season and in their way is seventh-seeded Howard (9-2), the reigning state champions in this class that won a pair of …

Frostburg earns two MEC weekly football honors

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… FROSTBURG — Two Frostburg State players earned Mountain East Conference (MEC) weekly football honors Monday. Owen Doyle was named the MEC Offensive Player of the Week while Marquise Allsup was selected as the Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Doyle earned his second Player of the Week award of the season after rushing for 117 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s 29-24 win over West Virginia …

UConn football notes: Huskies turn page, look to back up rewarding experience vs. Duke in final home game

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STORRS – The UConn football team was waiting for a moment like it had on Saturday. Playing in front of their largest home crowd since 2013, the Huskies capitalized on the opportunity with a season-defining win over Duke, which is still in contention to win the ACC championship. “I ain’t gonna lie, that was the most fun I ever had playing football in my life,” said senior defensive back D’Mon …

Rainbow Warriors scoop up Mountain West football awards

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… For smacking around the conference leader and its heralded defense, the Hawaii football team is rewarded with made-to-order omelets at the next training table and three weekly honors from the Mountain West. Wideout Jackson Harris was named Offensive Player of the Week, kickoff returner Cam Barfield was selected as top special teams player, and quarterback Micah Alejado was picked as the best …

UCF Q&A: How healthy will Knights be at Texas Tech after ‘having to borrow people for practice’?

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… When UCF’s first player availability report is released on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s game at No. 8 Texas Tech, it could contain some interesting reading. The Knights came out of last week’s 30-27 loss to Houston as a battered and bruised team with multiple starters leaving the game with injuries. Running back Myles Montgomery suffered an apparent shoulder injury and was on the sidelines …

Bielema planning for the present, future

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 11—CHAMPAIGN — What did you do on your week off? Early Christmas shopping? Winterize the car (too late)? Catch up on your favorite Netflix show? For Illinois football coach Bret Bielema, the answer was none of the above. Instead, he went recruiting. And took program general manager Pat Embleton with him. How did it go? Check back in a year or two. But open week recruiting by the head …

Bobcats' Dowler wins defense award; Weber fires coach

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 11—FARMINGTON, Utah — Caden Dowler, whose two takeaways led to touchdowns Saturday for the Montana State Bobcats, was named the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the week Monday. Sacramento State running back Rodney Hammond and Northern Arizona kick returner Kolbe Katsis took home the awards for defense and special teams. On back-to-back possessions Dowler, a junior safety out of …

Conversations still loom for OSU QB Hauss Hejny return, other Cowboys during final weeks of season

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… As Oklahoma State’s season draws nearer to a close, the opportunities for a Hauss Hejny return wither. The redshirt freshman Hejny flashed talent in the season opener before exiting after the Cowboys’ third possession with a broken bone in his left foot, and his status has been in question throughout OSU’s tumultuous 1-8 season. The Cowboys now have only three games remaining, with a home …

Penn State Notebook: Nick Singleton regains spark with increased chances

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Just days after Nick Singleton had a career-low seven touches against Iowa, Penn State interim head coach Terry Smith mentioned that the Nittany Lions needed to get Singleton the football more. In the two games since then against the top two teams in the country, Singleton has regained the form he had in his first three seasons. He gained 143 all-purpose yards and scored all three of Penn …

Penn State’s Terry Smith hopes defense can carry momentum to Michigan State

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… After evaluating Penn State’s heartbreaking 27-24 loss to No. 2 Indiana, interim head coach Terry Smith was reluctant to criticize the defense’s performance. “I thought our defense started to take form and started to look like our old defense,” Smith said Monday. “Guys were being physical up front. I thought we got some pressure on the quarterback (Fernando Mendoza) and got a couple sacks. We …