Kalen DeBoer and Alabama scored another win in recruitment. The head coach kept Alabama moving fast on the recruiting trail, and the Crimson Tide beat out Georgia and Miami for four-star linebacker Tysir Young, the No. 7 linebacker in the 2028 class. Several sources claimed that Tysir Young, who’s from Delaware, originally planned to wait […]
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Urban Meyer has been away from college coaching for years, but every so often he says something that makes the old what-if feel real. This time, his point was simple: the expanded playoff would have made coaching less exhausting and maybe kept him around longer. “I love the playoffs,” Urban Meyer said on The Triple […]
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Ohio State and Tennessee are back in the same recruiting lane, this time for 2028 offensive tackle Kavon Blackmon. The Buckeyes cannot afford to let an Ohio kid with elite upside slip to a rival that has already shown it can win these fights. To understand why the Buckeyes can’t let this one slide whatsoever, […]
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On Oct. 6, 1979, the Des Moines Register and Harry Baumert (along with others) were present to document the fourth game of head coach Donnie Duncan’s first season in Ames. The container of original film was located on eBay several decades after the event and recently became the subject of a side quest to digitize […]
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES One out, one more to go. Left-handed pitcher Logan Schmidt has decided not to sign with the Cleveland Guardians, who drafted him in the second round of the Major League Baseball [...]
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After ceding the spotlight for three consecutive weeks, the Big Ten takes center stage Tuesday as the last conference to hold its football preseason media extravaganza. The three-day event in Chicago begins...
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As the 2026 season approaches, Georgia is again in national championship conversations. That has become a common theme under Kirby Smart. However, the Bulldogs do not reach the top by paying top money to players in the portal. Instead, Smart relies on a tried-and-tested recruiting philosophy. “There are some teams that have more talented rosters […]
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Ahead of the season, Wisconsin is predicted to rebound in a big way. CBS Sports and FanDuel has an encouraging prediction.
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES The LSU track and field program signed sprinter JaMeesia Ford, men’s and women’s coach Dennis Shaver announced on Sunday. Ford has been one of the dominant sprinters in the Southeastern Conference and [...]
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Watch below as the legendary voice of IU football Don Fischer conducts quick getting to know you interviews with transfer cornerback A.J. Harris, long snapper Drew Clausen, and defensive lineman Joe Hjelle. Videos via IU Athletics. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. Meet @Aj_harris04, a DB from Phenix City, AL. 🎥 pic.twitter.com/bGVZ1JpZ37 — Indiana [...]
Only the ultimate orchestrator of college football melodrama, Paul Finebaum, can have a dramatic start to his career. After being the voice of the SEC for more than a decade, Finebaum shared a chapter from his life. This one dates back to when he joined the SEC in 2013 and thought his career was over […]
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Jack and Jake are joined by Kelly Quinlan of Jackets Online to walk through some of the biggest lessons the Tech fanbase has learned during Brent Key’s tenure, and how Brent himself has evolved Georgia Tech Football and how that may play itself out in the 2026 season and beyond. Plus, our thoughts on the […]
At an NIL event, Mizzou star running back Ahmad Hardy spoke to reporters for the first time since he was shot in May.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes were dominant on the defensive side of the ball last year. But Ryan Day’s offense faced some issues against elite teams. On paper, the offense accumulated almost 6,000 yards. Yet it faced intense criticism for taking its foot off the gas and failing to physically impose on dominant defenses like Miami […]
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Last year, as OSU athletes prepared for fall camp, one of its DLs was counting on it to be his breakthrough season. However, on the very first day of the camp, he suffered a glaring knee injury. Although it was not diagnosed as a season-ending injury, it still came at the worst possible time. OSU […]
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Alabama added a new commitment to its top-ranked 2028 recruiting class on Sunday, landing a 4-star edge defender.
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Which programs have the nastiest schedules going into the 2026 college football season? These 26 teams will have to work harder than everyone else to make a playoff push.
TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES Look for sophomore running back Harlem Berry to challenge junior Caden Durham for the starting job this season. Berry (5-foot-10, 187 pounds) started the last six games of the 2025 season [...]
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The history of college football is crowded with legends, but a handful of players tilted the sport on its axis and forced everyone else to catch up. This list of the 25 greatest college football players of all time leans…
With just about 48 hours until Monday’s 5 pm ET deadline, Derek Curiel signs his professional contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His signing bonus is $6.2 million, well below slot value of $8,336,500. Curiel delivered two fantastic season in Baton Rouge, helping LSU capture their 8th National Championship as a freshman in 2025. In his […]
Earlier this week, we asked fans if Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel should step down now or at the end of the year. The results give a slight edge to Manuel staying through the end of the year. 56% of fans are in favor of Manuel staying on as athletic director the rest of the […]
Nick Saban had high praise for Mississippi State hiring Zach Arnett, expecting an improved MSU defense in 2026.
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As preseason camp begins this week, Land-Grant Holy Land is diving into its final theme every week of the off-season. This week is all about taking stock of where the Buckeyes are compared to where they were. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”Then vs. Now” articles here. […]
Fans fume as new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants to change a huge law in English football.
Recently, The Athletic ranked all starting quarterbacks in the FBS and grouped them into tiers. They also included a feature where you can sort the quarterbacks by conference, showing who they believe to be the best and worst quarterbacks in each conference. The only tier 1 Quarterbacks the conference had were Julian Sayin from Ohio […]