AP Top 25 Podcast: Sarkisian’s road from rehab to Texas
3 years, 10 months ago

AP Top 25 Podcast: Sarkisian’s road from rehab to Texas

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Steve Sarkisian was out of college football five years ago, having lost a dream job because of his struggles with alcoholism. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Coach Sark joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about his road back from being fired by Southern California to a stint in the NFL to becoming the latest coach tasked with getting the Longhorns back to being among college football’s elite. College football writer Richard Johnson of the Split Zone Duo podcast also joins the show to break down what makes Sarkisian’s offense so effective and to talk about how the best college teams are trying to emulate NFL teams in how they game plan. ___ Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/ ___ More AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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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’

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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 …

Professor Pete? Former Trojans, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll returning to USC to teach a class
4 months ago

Professor Pete? Former Trojans, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll returning to USC to teach a class

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Carroll told KJR-FM on Tuesday that he plans to teach a class at USC in the spring, and the university confirmed Wednesday the championship-winning football coach’s return in some role. “We are working on the details and hope to share more specifics later.” The 72-year-old Carroll …

Michigan’s Sherrone Moore looks forward to release of text messages in sign-stealing investigation
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Michigan’s Sherrone Moore looks forward to release of text messages in sign-stealing investigation

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is taking over college football’s winningest program and all the scrutiny that comes with it. “I’ll just say this: I look forward to them being released,” Moore said, facing more than 30 journalists and more than 10 cameras, …

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

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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 — …

Arch Manning outlines his reasons for remaining a Texas Longhorn, even possibly as a backup
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Arch Manning outlines his reasons for remaining a Texas Longhorn, even possibly as a backup

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Obviously, there’s always rumors, especially nowadays, but I haven’t looked into transferring at all,” Manning said Saturday. “I’m just focused on developing and helping this team any way I can and hopefully one day playing for the University of Texas, like I’ve always wanted to.” Manning …

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

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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 …

Florida State has a chance to return to elite status. The program’s history offers examples how
1 year, 4 months ago

Florida State has a chance to return to elite status. The program’s history offers examples how

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “You watch these teams,” Verse said, “and you’re like, ‘These guys play different.’ … We’re like, ‘All right, we’ve got to live up to this standard.’” Consider it an example of how Mike Norvell’s program is reaching into the past to teach lessons for what could …

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

Dykes, Smart stump for changes to recruiting calendar

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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 …

CFP matchups: Runnin’ Duggan; UGA’s TEs; Quentin vs. Kelee
1 year, 11 months ago

CFP matchups: Runnin’ Duggan; UGA’s TEs; Quentin vs. Kelee

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Hybrid players cause problems for the defense because they have to realize and try to figure out what position he’s playing,” former Florida coach and ESPN analyst Dan Mullen said on The AP Top 25 College Football Podcast. QUENTIN vs. KELEE Georgia’s Kelee Ringo was one …

TCU brings ‘fight for credibility’ to CFP against Michigan
1 year, 11 months ago

TCU brings ‘fight for credibility’ to CFP against Michigan

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A day before facing off in the College Football Playoff, TCU’s Sonny Dykes and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh talked fondly about the fathers they followed into coaching and a time when they might have shared more than a stage for one final pregame press …

Max’s wild ride: TCU QB Duggan goes from lost job to playoff
1 year, 11 months ago

Max’s wild ride: TCU QB Duggan goes from lost job to playoff

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Every time something’s gone bad … I’ve never seen him panic, I’ve never seen him complain,” All-America guard Steve Avila said. “Because there’s a season to be played.” A season that could have turned out much differently for TCU without Duggan, the fourth-year senior who has …

TCU’s Sonny Dykes at home, coaching 1st CFP team from Texas
1 year, 11 months ago

TCU’s Sonny Dykes at home, coaching 1st CFP team from Texas

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Fired from his previous head coaching job and with three young kids at home, the son of longtime college coach Spike Dykes even considered a career change after more than two decades in football. “Being a Texas guy, the state of Texas means a lot to …

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

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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 …

Column: College coaching color barrier firmly entrenched
2 years ago

Column: College coaching color barrier firmly entrenched

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Another Alabama school, UAB, went completely outside the box while managing to stay firmly within the white-dominated system by hiring a head coach with zero college experience. “One of the glaring gaps in our league is the lack of anything but a white individual leading …

New Auburn AD Cohen hits ground running in coaching search
2 years, 1 month ago

New Auburn AD Cohen hits ground running in coaching search

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 priority for Auburn’s new athletic director: Finding a new football coach to replace Bryan Harsin, ousted hours before Cohen’s own hiring was announced. This isn’t about me.” Auburn has lost five straight games and recruiting struggles under Harsin could make for an uphill battle in …

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24
2 years, 2 months ago

CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 major college football conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, met for six hours at an airport hotel to work on a plan to triple the number of playoff teams from four to 12 for the 2024 season. It’s …

Takeaways: After rush to give Tucker megadeal, MSU slips
2 years, 2 months ago

Takeaways: After rush to give Tucker megadeal, MSU slips

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Michigan State blew up the market for college football coaches last season by giving Mel Tucker a massive 10-year contract as the Spartans charged out to a 9-1 start in his second campaign. Tucker’s overall record as a head coach was 16-13 at that point, covering …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

Duke hires Texas A&M coordinator Mike Elko as football coach
3 years ago

Duke hires Texas A&M coordinator Mike Elko as football coach

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Duke is turning to Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko to turn around its football program after a two-year slide and a winless Atlantic Coast Conference record. In a statement, athletic director Nina King said Elko possesses “an innovative football mind and a natural ability to …

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

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

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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 …

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

Florida fires coach Dan Mullen, completing stunning fall

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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 …

Patterson’s abrupt ending at TCU unimaginable not long ago
3 years, 1 month ago

Patterson’s abrupt ending at TCU unimaginable not long ago

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Not even TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati envisioned such an abrupt ending to Gary Patterson’s more than two decades as head coach of the Horned Frogs. “Frankly, it’s a place that it was almost kind of unimaginable not too long ago,” Donati said Tuesday, two days …

AP Top 25 Podcast: Beware 2020 surprises heading into 2021
3 years, 6 months ago

AP Top 25 Podcast: Beware 2020 surprises heading into 2021

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Indiana’s breakout was one of the stories of the 2020 football season. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, ESPN’s Chris Fallica, the Bear from “College GameDay,” joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to examine the team win totals set by oddmakers for the 2021 season. The Hoosiers, who went 6-2 last year, are among Fallica’s five unders for …

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