Harbaugh in January hired former Alabama and Penn State assistant John Gattis to be the team’s new offensive coordinator. In a departure from the way Harbaugh has handled that role with past assistants, he said he “handed the keys” to the offense to Gattis when the newcomer arrived on campus. “The tempo is a huge […]
Continue readingWhile there are no changes at the very top as QB Bryce Underwood and offensive tackle David Sanders remain ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. We saw movement inside the top 10 and several prospects make their first appearance inside the coveted rankings. DT Elijah Griffin and WR Dakorien Moore are now in the top […]
Continue readingThe first college football Power Rankings are here and who else but the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme. Michigan and Ohio State are battling it out for second with the Wolverines narrowly edging the Buckeyes for the No. 2 spot. The rest of the top 10 is filled with fellow blue bloods […]
Continue readingShoulder 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 readingFormer Michigan quarterback Dylan McCaffrey is transferring to Northern Colorado, where he will have the chance to play for his father, Ed McCaffrey. Dylan McCaffrey had been an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2017 class but was never able to win the starting job at Michigan. He attempted only 15 passes in 2018 and suffered […]
Continue readingThe wild moments came fast and furious in Week 11 before we even got to Saturday. There was a game-winning, fake-spike touchdown for Western Michigan on Wednesday. There was late-game pettiness and controversy from Iowa and Cincinnati on Friday. Then came Saturday, when we saw QB heroics from Florida’s Kyle Trask and UNC’s Sam Howell. […]
Continue readingThe first half of the college football season was defined by a lack of challengers at the top. Clemson and Alabama have more than looked the part. Georgia is close, Notre Dame is hovering around the conversation, and BYU should get a look. But the Big 12 has all but eliminated itself from the conversation, […]
Continue readingWhen Michigan plays Minnesota on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), it will mark the first time Jim Harbaugh opens a season as head coach of the Wolverines with a starting quarterback he recruited out of high school. Let that sink in. Harbaugh has had holdovers from the previous staff and transfers brought in in an […]
Continue readingIt’s easy to appreciate the magic of the 2019 college football season, especially now. It seems a lot longer than four months ago that LSU’s Joe Burrow was torching Clemson to put an exclamation point on perhaps the greatest single season by a quarterback. As June edges closer, and there start to be signs of […]
Continue readingEvery college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
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