Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month. When Nick Saban announced his retirement last month, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in head coaching changes at Arizona, Washington and San Jose State as well as Alabama. It’s just been a handful after that.” While other power-conference programs that changed coaches were losing multiple signees, reigning national champion Michigan managed to keep its recruiting class intact even after Harbaugh’s departure. “They want guys who are box checkers for them in terms of football IQ and developmental upside.” Even with the movement by some recruits after coaching changes, February’s signing period didn’t provide nearly the same kind of drama that it did before prospects were allowed to finalize their college plans in December.

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Gus Malzahn chose coordinator job at Florida State because head coaching has ‘changed dramatically’
1 week, 5 days ago

Gus Malzahn chose coordinator job at Florida State because head coaching has ‘changed dramatically’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Near Gus Malzahn’s new office hangs a picture of Kelvin Benjamin hauling in a touchdown pass from Jameis Winston, the play that helped Florida State beat Malzahn and his Auburn Tigers in the 2013 national championship game. “I’ve got to walk by the …

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin calls college football's crammed calendar 'a dumb system'
1 week, 6 days ago

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin calls college football's crammed calendar 'a dumb system'

Hindustan Times  

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin on Tuesday called college football's current setup “a dumb system,” and he wasn't referring to the playoff selection process for a change. HT Image Kiffin, who has been outspoken about his team and others from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference getting left out of the College Football Playoff, ripped the college calendar that forces …

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin calls college football’s crammed calendar ‘a dumb system’
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1 week, 6 days ago

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin calls college football’s crammed calendar ‘a dumb system’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin on Tuesday called college football’s current setup “a dumb system,” and he wasn’t referring to the playoff selection process for a change. “It really is a dumb system.” Kiffin’s comments came after first-year Duke coach Manny Diaz confirmed that …

SEC and Big Ten powers lead the way on signing day as prospects finalize their college selections
2 weeks, 5 days ago

SEC and Big Ten powers lead the way on signing day as prospects finalize their college selections

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LSU coach Brian Kelly called it “unlike any recruiting period that I’ve ever been involved in” and opened his news conference Wednesday by saying it “feels more like Tax Day than it does signing day.” “It’s not just about finding the right fit academically,” said Kelly, …

College football moved the early signing period even earlier. How does this impact coaches, recruits?
4 weeks ago

College football moved the early signing period even earlier. How does this impact coaches, recruits?

New York Times  

A week from now, your favorite program will sign and announce the majority of its high school recruiting class. It’s an effort to clean up a crowded December calendar that features not only the early signing period but the opening of the transfer portal, the ongoing coaching carousel and postseason prep — both for bowl games and the College Football …

Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it’s losing games in 2024
1 month ago

Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it’s losing games in 2024

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Coach Mike Norvell spent years slowly rebuilding at Florida State and then suddenly turned the Seminoles into a championship contender last season. Pierre Louis made the move after watching the Gators upset LSU on Saturday — nearly a week after Norvell fired three …

UMass fires football coach Don Brown after he goes 6-28 in 3 seasons
1 month ago

UMass fires football coach Don Brown after he goes 6-28 in 3 seasons

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Massachusetts coach Don Brown has been fired and offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery will serve as interim coach starting this week when the Minutemen play at Georgia, athletic director Ryan Bamford announced Monday. “I am extremely grateful to Coach Brown for returning to UMass three years …

Alabama gave a big contract to its GM. Why college football teams are operating more like pros
4 months ago

Alabama gave a big contract to its GM. Why college football teams are operating more like pros

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama has given one of Kalen DeBoer’s key behind-the-scenes staffers, general manager Courtney Morgan, a three-year contract worth nearly $2.5 million — a notable investment by one of the top football programs in the country at a time when colleges teams are increasingly …

Roster sizes, the future of walk-ons and other topics on minds of SEC’s football coaches
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Roster sizes, the future of walk-ons and other topics on minds of SEC’s football coaches

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The coaches convened Tuesday for the league’s spring meetings with potential roster issues among the questions on their minds following a settlement agreement involving the NCAA and the five biggest conferences. Elko argued that an 85-player limit, which would essentially eliminate walk-ons, would be “something that’s …

Former Alabama football players thank retired coach Nick Saban for helping them reach NFL combine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Alabama football players thank retired coach Nick Saban for helping them reach NFL combine

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — Some Alabama players saw the signs of Nick Saban’s impending departure from college football long before his January retirement announcement. Still, the Crimson Tide players attending this week’s NFL annual scouting combine shared one sentiment: Without Saban’s mentorship, they might not be here — …

The rise, fall and rise again of Jim Harbaugh shows how quickly college coaches go from hot to not
10 months, 4 weeks ago

The rise, fall and rise again of Jim Harbaugh shows how quickly college coaches go from hot to not

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! When Jim Harbaugh took a pay cut from Michigan after the 2020 season, getting another chance to be an NFL head coach seemed like a long shot for him. “Jim Harbaugh didn’t forget how to coach a couple years ago and then say, ‘Oh, I remember …

Alabama five-star QB signee Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal
11 months ago

Alabama five-star QB signee Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama five-star freshman quarterback Julian Sayin has entered the transfer portal, the program’s latest player to look elsewhere after Kalen DeBoer replaced the retired Nick Saban as coach. He’s the 26th player and second signee to leave Alabama since Saban announced he was …

Returning players, key transfers, O’Brien hiring kick-start offseason for Ohio State’s Ryan Day
11 months ago

Returning players, key transfers, O’Brien hiring kick-start offseason for Ohio State’s Ryan Day

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLUMBUS, Ohio — The weeks after the end of the 2023 season looked potentially disastrous for Ohio State coach Ryan Day. With so many players NFL eligible and others following unhappy starting quarterback Kyle McCord into the transfer portal, Ohio State looked to be in for …

Alabama right tackle JC Latham announces plans to enter the NFL draft
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama right tackle JC Latham announces plans to enter the NFL draft

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama offensive tackle JC Latham plans to enter the NFL draft. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference pick this season as a junior and earned second-team Associated Press All-America honors. “My teammates and I have built bonds that will last a lifetime and …

SEC Signing Day: Georgia grabs top class after five-star flip, followed by Alabama
1 year ago

SEC Signing Day: Georgia grabs top class after five-star flip, followed by Alabama

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Hugh Freeze’s first full-year recruiting efforts at Auburn are paying off with a class ranked seventh, followed by LSU, Tennessee and Florida and Texas A&M. 1 athlete Jaylen Mbakwe while five-star wide receiver commitment Ryan Williams hasn’t yet signed. LSU’s Brian Kelly kept six of Louisiana’s …

Signing day: Georgia has top class after 5-star flip; Ohio State sigh of relief on No. 1 player
1 year ago

Signing day: Georgia has top class after 5-star flip; Ohio State sigh of relief on No. 1 player

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 recruit in the country had Ohio State’s Ryan Day literally sighing with relief, and then made the coach wait hours before officially becoming a Buckeye. College football’s early signing period, jammed into what has become an overloaded December calendar with postseason games and players transferring, …

USC football recruiting reset: 7 thoughts on the Trojans entering early signing period
1 year ago

USC football recruiting reset: 7 thoughts on the Trojans entering early signing period

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — Lincoln Riley is less than 24 hours from putting the finishing touches on his second full recruiting class at USC. There are still some promising pieces, but USC needs to land more elite linemen if it wants to make noise nationally, which is something we’ve been saying for five years and two different coaching staffs. There’s no …

Northwestern rewards coach David Braun for turnaround by removing ‘interim’ label
1 year, 1 month ago

Northwestern rewards coach David Braun for turnaround by removing ‘interim’ label

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CHICAGO — Northwestern rewarded coach David Braun for a remarkable turnaround following Pat Fitzgerald’s firing in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal by removing the “interim” label from his job title on Wednesday. “I am truly honored for the opportunity to continue leading Northwestern’s …

Rocked by hazing scandal, Northwestern hopes Braun can help steady program
1 year, 4 months ago

Rocked by hazing scandal, Northwestern hopes Braun can help steady program

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Braun finds himself leading a Big Ten team as the interim coach after Fitzgerald got fired last month with the program embroiled in a hazing and abuse scandal. but what I can say is the opportunity to get back with this group, with this staff, with …

Busy college football recruiting period called ‘total chaos’
1 year, 10 months ago

Busy college football recruiting period called ‘total chaos’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “It’s become the primary signing period for football,” American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco said. “I think with the playoff system coming up, it’s going to be really interesting to see what happens: Are you going to be playing games while you’re trying to sign guys …

Signing day ends recruiting sagas for QB Rashada, CB McClain
1 year, 10 months ago

Signing day ends recruiting sagas for QB Rashada, CB McClain

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think ultimately NIL is a strength for the Gators.” Rashada becomes the highest-profile high school recruit in new Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham’s first signing class. Last year, Sanders made recruiting history when he swayed five-star cornerback Travis Hunter to renege on a verbal commitment …

Alabama, Nick Saban sign No. 1 recruiting class for 10th time in last 13 years
1 year, 10 months ago

Alabama, Nick Saban sign No. 1 recruiting class for 10th time in last 13 years

New York Times  

With all but one of the nation’s top-100 players signed to a letter of intent, it’s safe to hand Alabama the recruiting crown for the 2023 cycle. The Crimson Tide signed a record nine five-star prospects, topping the previous high of eight in a class set by Texas A&M last cycle. 1 class Alabama fans need to know this and …

Dykes, Smart stump for changes to recruiting calendar
1 year, 11 months ago

Dykes, Smart stump for changes to recruiting calendar

Associated Press  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The College Football Playoff championship on Monday night is the biggest game of TCU coach Sonny Dykes’ career. Dykes and Georgia coach Kirby Smart called for changes to the condensed and crowded college football calendar during their final news conference before the top-ranked Bulldogs and third-ranked Horned Frogs play for the national title. “There has not …

Navy promotes defensive coordinator Newberry to head coach
2 years ago

Navy promotes defensive coordinator Newberry to head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Navy promoted defensive coordinator Brian Newberry to head coach on Monday, replacing Ken Niumatalolo, the winningest coach in school history who was fired a week ago. The Naval Academy is a special place and we have great young men in our program.” Navy athletic director …

Pioneering college football coach Mike Leach dies at 61
2 years ago

Pioneering college football coach Mike Leach dies at 61

LA Times  

Mike Leach, the gruff, pioneering and unfiltered college football coach who helped revolutionize the passing game with the Air Raid offense, died Monday night following complications from a heart condition, Mississippi State said Tuesday. Riley made the most of the opportunity to soak up essential traits of Leach’s Air Raid offense, fast-tracking his ascent as a young college football coaching …

AP source: USF hiring to Tennessee OC Golesh as head coach
2 years ago

AP source: USF hiring to Tennessee OC Golesh as head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! South Florida is hiring Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh to be its head football coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Saturday night. Golesh came to Tennessee with head coach Josh Heupel in 2021 after the two were at Central Florida …

SEC resources, right hires can help programs rebound quickly
2 years, 1 month ago

SEC resources, right hires can help programs rebound quickly

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “And so those resources go to work right away in helping you develop your football program.” That’s saying something considering Kelly spent 12 years at his last job at college football’s most storied program. If LSU athletic director Scott Woodward had told Kelly last December winning …

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play
2 years, 3 months ago

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Anthony Richardson dazzled a packed Swamp in Florida’s season opener, delivering more feel-good moments than anyone honestly could have expected. Just ask him, he’ll throw it a hundred yards.” Richardson threw for 168 yards, ran for 106 more and three scores, and, most …

Stacked: SEC QB talent goes well beyond Young, Bennett
2 years, 3 months ago

Stacked: SEC QB talent goes well beyond Young, Bennett

Associated Press  

The Southeastern Conference has a national championship quarterback, a Heisman Trophy winner and a collection of promising passers both new and old. “Just the upside’s pretty crazy everywhere,” said Greg McElroy, a former Alabama quarterback who works as an ESPN college football analyst and co-hosts a Birmingham, Alabama, radio show. “I think Spencer was the victim of his own success …

Washington QB competition getting started with spring ball
2 years, 8 months ago

Washington QB competition getting started with spring ball

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The program incumbents are two-year starter Dylan Morris and highly touted freshman Sam Huard, whose one start last season came in the Apple Cup against rival Washington State. “Coach DeBoer already being with me at Indiana in 2019, I just felt like we had a good …

Recruiting wars: A&M’s Fisher says rumors are ‘garbage’
2 years, 10 months ago

Recruiting wars: A&M’s Fisher says rumors are ‘garbage’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! After Texas A&M added yet another blue-chip prospect to the highest-rated recruiting class in college football Wednesday, coach Jimbo Fisher went off about rumors that booster-funded endorsement deals were fueling the Aggies’ success. “It pisses me off.” College football’s traditional signing period opened with most of …

Signing day becomes transfer season as portal remains packed
2 years, 10 months ago

Signing day becomes transfer season as portal remains packed

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The transfer portal remains remains packed as college football’s second signing period arrives. Still, according to Rivals.com, about 48% of the more than 1,250 scholarship players from Division I’s Bowl Subdivision who have entered the portal since August had not announced new schools as of last …

Georgia, Alabama boosted by prized transfer portal pickups
2 years, 11 months ago

Georgia, Alabama boosted by prized transfer portal pickups

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The top-ranked Crimson Tide filled two big needs with deep threat wide receiver Jameson Williams from Ohio State and savvy middle linebacker Henry To’oTo’o from rival Tennessee. “You know, it is similar to free agency but without the rules, to be honest with you,” said Alabama …

Top recruit spurns Florida St to play for Prime, Jackson St
3 years ago

Top recruit spurns Florida St to play for Prime, Jackson St

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 high school football recruit in the country pulled a signing day shocker Wednesday, deciding to attend Jackson State and play for coach Deion Sanders after being verbally committed to Florida State for months. Sanders is a former Florida State star and Pro Football Hall of …

Oklahoma hires Clemson’s Brent Venables to replace Riley
3 years ago

Oklahoma hires Clemson’s Brent Venables to replace Riley

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oklahoma hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as its head coach to replace Lincoln Riley on Sunday night, bringing back a former Sooners assistant with a long track record of success. “He knows the formula to win national championships and has the toughness, the attitude and …

Pry: ‘Honored, humbled’ to be Virginia Tech football coach
3 years ago

Pry: ‘Honored, humbled’ to be Virginia Tech football coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BLACKSBURG, Va. — Brent Pry’s voice cracked with emotion as he detailed the career journey he’s been on, one that has brought him back to Blacksburg as Virginia Tech’s head football coach. “It’s very surreal for me.” After spending a dozen years on the staff of …

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma
3 years ago

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! USC hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley on Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff appearances in …

Florida fires coach Dan Mullen, completing stunning fall
3 years, 1 month ago

Florida fires coach Dan Mullen, completing stunning fall

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Stricklin said he made the decision Sunday morning and offered Mullen the chance to coach the team’s final game, but he declined for fear of being a distraction. “I have some thoughts, but I’m going to keep those to myself.” Mullen finished 34-15 over four seasons …

College football coaching carousel spinning faster than ever
3 years, 1 month ago

College football coaching carousel spinning faster than ever

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “And at the same time, I owe it to the university and our fan base and community to make the very best decisions for this football program, long-term, as well.” The coaching carousel is spinning faster than ever in college football, propelled by the early signing …

Transfer time: New rule brings college football free agency
3 years, 3 months ago

Transfer time: New rule brings college football free agency

Associated Press  

Ideally, Florida State coach Mike Norvell will never need to build his team this way again. Facing another year of relying on inexperienced players to quickly blossom, Norvell decided Florida State didn’t just need an influx of talent. If Norvell is going to attract the type of players that helped Florida State win three national titles, the last in 2013 …

As expectations for Alabama quarterbacks soar, Bryce Young’s time has arrived: Crimson Tide position group analysis
3 years, 4 months ago

As expectations for Alabama quarterbacks soar, Bryce Young’s time has arrived: Crimson Tide position group analysis

New York Times  

For a guy who’s never started a game for Alabama, sophomore quarterback Bryce Young certainly has dominated the news cycle. Alabama position group analysis: Offensive line | Receivers | Running Backs The heir apparent Whereas the Alabama quarterback was once saddled with the dreaded “game manager” label — a tag placed on Jones last season before he became a Heisman …

Alabama spring practice takeaways: What we learned about Bryce Young, the pass rush and more
3 years, 8 months ago

Alabama spring practice takeaways: What we learned about Bryce Young, the pass rush and more

New York Times  

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — We eventually learned that the 2020 Alabama football team didn’t need spring practice. One takeaway from watching the ESPN broadcast of Saturday’s game is how often Kirk Herbstreit dropped the name of freshman quarterback Jalen Milroe, who was held out of the scrimmage because of an undisclosed medical reason. During the broadcast, Herbstreit and Joey Galloway said …

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