Boise State boasts the right combination of high-impact pass-rushers, run-pursuing ball-hawks and lock-down coverage men that the Broncos can claim college football’s best defense. And college football’s best defense has a pretty solid outlook for a perfect regular season, assuming it can carry Boise State to wins over Washington and BYU in Weeks 1 and […]
You are probably still catching your breath if you tuned into Saturday’s FCS Kickoff between four-time defending national champion North Dakota State, and the Bob Stitt-coached Montana Grizzlies. If you missed it, pity. Everything to come in the 2015 college football season has a high bar to meet thanks to this year’s installment of the […]
It may still be summer, but Friday night made it feel an awful lot like autumn. High school football kicked off around the nation, and plenty of top college football recruits were in action. Sam Bruce throwing up #TheU after his 2nd TD pic.twitter.com/Hoh59RRCqw — StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) August 29, 2015 They’re playing for their high […]
Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich wouldn’t name Vernon Adams the Ducks’ starting quarterback if the Eastern Washington transfer didn’t impress in just two weeks of practice. Likewise, Helfrich wouldn’t hand the reins of Oregon’s explosive offense to a one-year stand-in if the coach didn’t see national championship potential for the coming season. Vernon Adams’ competition […]
Remember when you were a kid and on Christmas Eve, your parents allowed you to open one gift early? ESPN’s Week 0 showcase of two, high-level teams from the Football Championship Subdivision is kinda like that. Saturday marks the second year the Worldwide Leader has kicked off a new season five days earlier than usual, […]
Chosen Rosen, indeed. Looks like UCLA head coach Jim Mora’s motivational tactics resonated with 5-star freshman quarterback Josh Rosen. The “next Peyton Manning” begins his ascent as the Bruins’ Week 1 starter against Virginia. Mora announced the decision Wednesday. Josh Rosen beat out veteran Jerry Neuheisel, who will be at the ready should the freshman […]
Art Briles and Chris Petersen exchanged versions of events leading to defensive end Sam Ukwuachu’s transfer from Boise State to Baylor. On the same day Ukwuachu was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation for the rape of a former Baylor women’s soccer player, a retelling of Art Briles and Chris […]
USC transfer quarterback Ricky Town is not waiting long to scout potential destinations, per syndicated radio host Bo Mattingly. Recruiting Update: Multiple sources say USC QB transfer Ricky Town is on Arkansas campus for a visit and will be at practice tonight. — Bo Mattingly (@SportsTalkwBo) August 19, 2015 Should Town become a Razorback in […]
The regular season-concluding Liberty-Coastal Carolina is getting national broadcast treatment from ESPN. Coastal Carolina announced Wednesday via its official website that the finale, originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, is moving to Thursday, Nov. 19, to be showcased on ESPNNews. From the official statement: “We are thrilled to showcase one of the most important FCS […]
The Northwestern union efforts launched in the spring of 2014 reached an impasse Monday when the National Labor Relations Board’s dismissed NU’s petition. The key statement from the NLRB’s decision explains its interpretation of the player-university relationship: Even if scholarship players were regarded as analogous to players for professional sports teams who are considered employees […]
Six months. That’s the duration between former Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams announcing his intention to transfer to Oregon, and his clearing the final hurdle to actually do so. After an arduous process that precluded him from using Eastern Washington facilities in the spring, or working out with Oregon players in the summer, Vernon Adams […]
The first college football game of the 2015 season is a mere 17 days away, or two weeks from this Saturday. If you haven’t yet circled Aug. 29 on your calendar, the official Montana football hype video should change that. This year’s Week 0 Football Championship Subdivision showcase has four-time defending national champion North Dakota […]
The very first line of Matt Hinton’s Grantland column on the state of college football — specifically, the state of the SEC West, which has made itself synonymous with college football — nicely crystallizes the place in which the division now finds itself: One of the most satisfying aspects of the first year of the […]
When Clint Trickett opines on the challenge facing Everett Golson both as Florida State quarterback and as a graduate transfer, it comes from a place of experience. Trickett took the opposite route of Golson, departing Florida State when it became evident Jameis Winston was going to be the Seminoles starter. But like Golson, he landed […]
Preseason All-American wide receiver Tyler Boyd is one of two Pitt Panthers suspended for the team’s season opener, along with defensive tackle Rori Blair, first-year head coach Pat Narduzzi announced Monday. Per ESPN.com’s Andrea Adelson, Narduzzi said in a statement: “In addition to their game suspensions, Tyler and Rori have been, and will continue to […]
