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Oklahoma Sooners unveil statue of former quarterback Baker Mayfield during spring game
An announced record crowd of 75,360 — over 20,000 more than the previous spring-game attendance mark, according to Oklahoma — stretched into the third deck at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday to witness the start of a new era following the departure of coach Lincoln Riley to USC in December and the arrival […]
Continue readingCollege football rankings: Updated Way-Too-Early Top 25
For most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the next couple of weeks. But the transfer portal, into which more than 3,600 FBS players have entered this year already, never stops churning. Coaches around the country will look to address weaknesses (and, sadly, recruiting […]
Continue readingWeek after surprising trade from Chicago Bears, optimistic Khalil Mack ‘just can’t wait’ to get started with Los Angeles Chargers
Mack met with reporters Wednesday after his trade to the Los Angeles Chargers became official with the start of the new league year. The Chargers sent a second-round pick this year and a 2023 sixth-round selection to the Bears for Mack, one of the league’s top pass-rushers and a three-time All-Pro defender. “It was weird […]
Continue readingCollege football roundtable: Who will break out in 2022?
Kenny Pickett threw more touchdowns in 2021 (42) than he had in four previous years combined (39). Aidan Hutchinson tallied 4.5 sacks in his first three years, then exploded for 14 sacks as a senior for Michigan. Those three players are among college football’s breakout stars in the 2021 season. All of them now find […]
Continue readingWhy the UCF-Florida Gasparilla Bowl is one of the most anticipated games of the postseason
(By everyone, we mean the tens of thousands of Florida and UCF alums across the state.) It is the last Friday before the holiday break begins, with five minutes to go until dismissal. The teacher asks her fifth-graders, “What are you looking forward to most about winter break?” Hands shoot into the air. One boy […]
Continue readingCollege football bowl preview: Players and storylines to watch for every game
College football bowl season is here! Here are the key players and storylines you need to know for every team in every game, starting this week and running all the way through the College Football Playoff. Bahamas Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas Noon, ESPN and the ESPN App Middle Tennessee […]
Continue readingHow G.J. Kinne’s football journey led him to a perfect opportunity with Gus Malzahn, UCF
It is hard to believe Kinne is even here, let alone coaching alongside the man who first showed him what a next-level, new-age, transformational spread offense could look like. If Kinne had made different decisions about two separate transfers — one in high school and another in college — his life might look different than […]
Continue readingCollege football’s most compelling spring storylines
Shoulder pads popping. Whistles chirping. Coaches shouting. After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, college football’s spring practices are back as teams slowly begin to resume more normalcy amid the worldwide pandemic. What hasn’t changed since a year ago are the teams at the top of the sport’s upper echelon — Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, […]
Continue readingCollege football bowl season: Breaking down all 28 games
The 2020 college football bowl season figures to be like none other, with COVID-19 issues causing some squads to opt out and bowl games having to be canceled because of a lack of participating teams. Still, there are 28 bowl games left to keep us entertained between now and the Jan. 11 College Football Playoff […]
Continue readingUCF quarterback McKenzie Milton running scout team, eyes return
In his first extensive comments since his surgeon cleared him to resume practice, Milton told ESPN he feels “normal” now that he is back on the practice field and has experienced no problems with his surgically repaired knee. “This is the most fun I’ve had in two years, being out there with the guys, going […]
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