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On Thursday morning, head coach Tom Herman and the FAU Owls reported for the first practice of fall training camp.Head+coach+Tom+Herman%2C+pictured+on+the+left%2C+speaking+at+FAUs+National+Signing+Day+celebration+on+Feb.+1%2C+2023.Head coach Tom Herman, pictured on the left, speaking at FAU’s National Signing Day celebration on Feb. 1, 2023.Football is back in Boca Raton as the FAU Owls took the field ...

BOCA RATON — Florida Atlantic football opened training camp Thursday morning, and one large question still looms.Who will be the Owls’ starting quarterback?New coach Tom Herman gave an update after practice, saying the competition is still open. Ideally, he’d like the decision to be made 10 days before the season begins Sept. 2 against Monmouth.“If it unfolds sooner than that great,” Herman said, “but ...

3-3 minutes 8/3/2023UConn running back Victor Rosa, who climbed the depth chart and finished with a team-leading 11 touchdowns last season while also returning kickoffs and punts, made the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, the team announced Thursday.The award, in its 14th year, recognizes the most versatile player in college football. Oregon State’s Jack Colletto, who played linebacker, fullback ...

4-5 minutes 8/3/2023Colorado offensive coordinator Sean Lewis has a basic goal for the Buffaloes this season.“I want to get the ball into as many playmakers’ hands as often as possible,” he said Thursday after the second day of CU’s preseason camp. “However we’re going to do that, whether we throw it, we hand it, we pitch it, we shovel it, we hide it under someone’s legs and they hand it to someone ...

Coastal Carolina University Athletics9-11 minutes 8/3/2023ATLANTA – Coastal Carolina redshirt junior running back CJ Beasley has been named to The Wuerffel Trophy watch list for the 2023 season, it was announced today by The Wuerffel Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to inspire greater service and unity in our communities.College Football's Premier Award for Community Service, and one ...

9-11 minutes 8/4/2023After months of Florida State momentum, the Clemson football team remained preseason kings of the ACC when the conference released its media poll Tuesday.But the Tigers, who kick off three weeks of fall camp Friday, want more than just offseason hardware. Or their eighth ACC championship over the past nine seasons.Clemson was a home loss from rival South Carolina away from making ...

In their second run-through at Nippert Stadium before heading to Camp Higher Ground, more players that came from Power Five conferences to the University of Cincinnati stood out Thursday, Aug. 3. Coach Scott Satterfield's roster includes 16 players from SEC, ACC, Pac-12 and Big Ten schools who will now enter the Big 12 fray with their new Bearcat teammates.From the catbird seatTwo front-runners among ...

10-13 minutes 8/4/2023Friday marks 258 days since the Charlotte 49ers played their final snaps in Conference USA. In the eight months that have passed, Charlotte has completely reshaped itself with first-year head coach Biff Poggi, a new staff and 52 roster additions, including a new starting quarterback.Much has been made about Charlotte’s last-place ranking in the American Athletic Conference’s preseason ...

Central Michigan University Athletics2-3 minutes 8/3/2023MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.—The Central Michigan Football program completed its third fall 2023 training camp practice with another two-hour session Thursday afternoon under partly sunny skies at the grass field adjacent to Kramer/Deromedi Field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.Wearing helmets and shoulder pads, the entire football team went through an intense ...

Maurice Linguist quickly describes the difference between his first day of preseason practices in 2023 with the University at Buffalo football team and his first day of preseason practices in 2021.The third-year head coach has two years of spring practices under his belt. He didn’t have that in August 2021. He also now has a keen sense of familiarity with his team, combined with its experience.“You’ve ...