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Rutgers has begun filling the vacant roles on its defensive coaching staff, with former Drake Head Coach Joe Woodley joining as a defensive assistant, per Pete Thamel. It is currently unclear what role he will fill on the defensive staff. Woodley is the first addition made by new Rutgers defensive coordinator Travis Johansen, who worked […]
I appreciate everyone in the Big East doing everything possible to just make at least short-term storylines happen for the What To Watch every week. Sometimes I sit down to put this together and say “oh, man, how am I going to invent highlights for the week,” and then it turns out that I don’t […]
The Wisconsin Badgers fell to 16-7 after a tight overtime loss to the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday in a game that felt very similar to their last few. Wisconsin struggled early with a slow start, started to regain momentum, and then found its footing in the second half for a comeback. Only this time, the […]
Kentucky Wildcats senior guard Otega Oweh has been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after guiding his team to wins over the Oklahoma Sooners and No. 25 Tennessee Volunteers. Oweh shared the weekly award with Alabama Crimson Tide standout Labaron Philon Jr. In those victories, Oweh averaged 22.5 points (60.7% shooting), 3.5 rebounds, and […]
Brady Russell is now enshrined in the hallowed halls of football history, as the Forever Buff and Colorado native earned himself a Super Bowl championship with the Seattle Seahawks last night in San Francisco. Russell, a two-star recruit at tight end from Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, came to Colorado in 2017 as […]
Rutgers football’s Associate Director of Player Development, Tyrell Smith, has joined James Franklin’s coaching staff at Virginia Tech to be their new Director of Player Development. Smith has a strong connection to both schools, as he grew up and played high school football in North Brunswick before joining the Hokies as a part of the […]
In order to win the Premier League you need to be good, but you also need to be lucky. Watch the season in review DVD of any Premier League champion and you’ll see a few games where the title charge was kept alive thanks to some lucky bounces. The Roman philosopher Seneca is attributed with […]
Raphinha has offered an update on his fitness and says he still does not know if he will be fit to play in Thursday’s Copa del Rey semi-final for Barcelona against Atletico. The Brazilian was initially ruled out for a week with an overload, meaning he missed the two wins over Albacete in the Copa […]
The Wisconsin Badgers nearly pulled off an impressive double-digit comeback on the road against the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, but fell short by one point in an overtime thriller that had a ton of officiating controversy to end the game. The loss came after Wisconsin had won seven of its last eight games, putting itself […]
Let’s get the bad news out of the way: We here at Black & Gold Banneret have been informed that as of the end of this month, we will be shutting down. After more than a decade, on February 28th, we must furl the banner. The site will stay up, but we will no longer […]
Endrick’s agent, Thiago Freitas, spoke on the Win Win channel about the Brazilian forward’s adaptation, his loan to Lyon, and his long-term future at Real Madrid. “Endrick had absolutely no problem adapting at all. He scored in his first Champions League match, in his first La Liga match, and in his first Copa del Rey […]
North Dakota State Adds Its Footprint to the Mountain West A Stronger Mountain West Conference North Dakota State University has been accepted as a football-only member of the Mountain West Conference, effective July 1, 2026. This addition to the Mountain West is about more than adding another team to the conference. It is about the […]
Happy Monday everybody. Hope your week is getting off to a good start. The Super Bowl is behind us, so now we’re sans football until college football Week 0 in late August. Speaking of the Super Bowl… 1) It wasn’t a great result for most former Miami Hurricanes in the big game. The Seattle Seahawks […]
Former welterweight champion Errol Spence just recently caught up with Fight Hype for a bit to talk about Jermell Charlo calling him out for a fight, while also weighing in with his thoughts on an upcoming super weightweight title fight between Sebastian Fundora and Keith Thurman. Check out some of what he had to say […]
The San Francisco 49ers finished 2025 with a 12-5 record and earned an appearance in the NFC Divisional Round. Then the NFC Championship Game dreams crashed and burned within 13 seconds in Seattle. Even though the record and the playoff victory suggest the 49ers are close, the Seahawks and Rams showed there’s a bit of […]
In his first season as a collegiate starter, one could hardly ask for more from Julian Sayin. Ohio State’s first-year-starting quarterback completed an incredible 77% of his 391 attempts for 3,610 yards and 32 touchdowns with just eight interceptions, leading his team into the Big Ten championship game undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the […]
It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. The class of 2026 is signed, sealed, and delivered, but our coverage of the class is just getting started. New offers for the class of 2027 and beyond are being handed out, as some teams are wasting no time in doing work for next year’s class, […]
There is a decent chance that if you are reading this article, you are still in disbelief over what happened Saturday night. UNC climbed out of a pretty large hole to beat Duke off a buzzer beater from Seth Trimble, and the reaction across the internet was bonkers. It would take forever to highlight all […]
One of the reasons the SEC is still considered a good league is because there are no really bad teams. The worst teams are bad in a relative way in comparison to the others mostly because of their record. So it’s easy to forget that heading into this game KenPom.com had projected this game as […]
Midweek action is here. All kickoff times are in EST. Let’s get into it! Monday Also in action: Tuesday Also in action: Wednesday Also in action: Thursday No notable USA players in action. Johnny Cardoso and/or Diego Kochen could conceivably suit up when Atlético Madrid hosts Barcelona in the first leg of a Copa del […]
The Open Thread/Daily Merengue is a place where you can discuss anything and everything related to football. Feel free to discuss the topics presented here, or start your very own discussions! The Open thread will be posted every day by one of the mods you’d totally do a videogame night with: Valyrian Steel, Felipejack, Kung_Fu_Zizou […]
With Mario Barrios set to defend his WBC welterweight title against Ryan Garcia on Feb. 21, both fights sit down for an in-person conversation with Chris Mannix and DAZN to discuss their impending battle. You can check out some excerpts from both fighters below with the full video interview in the link at the top. […]
Look at the wide receivers that have come through Ohio State and are now having success in the NFL. It’s not a coincidence. If you come to Ohio State, you will be coached and developed into a strong wide receiver prospect. Then, you will be ready to shine in the NFL. Consider Ohio State Wide […]
AJ Levine had never defeated Princeton. None of his Penn teammates had ever defeated Princeton. None of his Penn teammates had a teammate who ever defeated Princeton during their time at Penn. Dalen Davis had never lost to Penn. None of his teammates during his career at Princeton had ever lost to Penn. With the […]
Happy Monday, everyone. You may have heard that Super Bowl LX happened yesterday, marking the official start of the football offseason. The Seattle Seahawks are NFL champions for the 2025 season thanks in large part to the best defense in the league, and they got contributions from a couple of former Alabama standouts. Jarran Reed […]