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What Vanderbilt football expects to make Will Sheppard even better after emergence as a top SEC receiver ·
Nashville TennesseanWhere Vanderbilt football wide receivers coach Alex Bailey stood, Commodores wide receiver Will Sheppard wasn't far from his side.Sheppard took an inquisitive approach to Thursday's practice session at Vanderbilt football's indoor facility. The 6-foot-3, 198-pound senior had a breakout 2022 season that placed him among the best wideouts in the SEC.How he builds on that success could ...
UTEP punter Josh Sloan named to Ray Guy Award preseason watch list ·
Posted: Aug 2, 2023 / 07:00 PMUpdated: Aug 2, 2023 / 11:05 PMEL PASO, Texas – UTEP starting punter Joshua Sloan was named to the 2023 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List as announced by the Augusta Sports Council on Wednesday.The Ray Guy Award honors the nation’s top collegiate punter in the FBS. Sloan is one of 50 candidates to be recognized. The 2023 watch list was compiled based on the 2022 Ray Guy ...
Utah college football watch list tracker: BYU, Utah, Utah State each represented on latest watch lists ·
On Thursday, three Utah ties were added to the list of preseason award watch lists with the release of the Wuerffel Trophy and Paul Hornung Award watch lists.The highest profile of these athletes is Utah senior tight end Brant Kuithe, who was named to the watch list for the Hornung Award, given annually to the nation’s most versatile player. Kuithe is coming off a season-ending ACL injury early in ...
With a new coach, returning leaders and transfer additions, Utah’s wide receivers look to take next step ·
With a new position coach, two retuning leaders and transfer portal additions, Utah’s wide receiver group is looking to take the next step after making strides in 2022.Over the past two seasons with quarterback Cameron Rising at the helm, Utah has finished in the top five in total receiving yards in the Pac-12. In 2021, the Utes had 3,000 receiving yards and in 2022, Utah had 3,489. It was a jump from ...
Big questions for UNLV football on eve of training camp ·
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023UNLV football is under new management, again, as the program is set to kick off training camp on Friday under new coach Barry Odom.Coming off a 5-7 campaign that saw the Scarlet and Gray fall just short of qualifying for a bowl game, expectations within the program are high despite the coaching change. They've got a potential star at quarterback, an exciting new offense, and a ...
Swanson: Questions abound as UCLA football team opens fall camp ·
PUBLISHED August 2, 2023 at 4:21 p.m. | UPDATED: August 2, 2023 at 4:47 p.m.LOS ANGELES — You might have sweated to prepare for this test, but until you do all the required reading and absorb all the lessons on the schedule, you’ll just be guessing. There are that many question marks for the UCLA football team as it begins fall camp this week on campus.But what the heck? Give it a shot, anyway.1. Who ...
UCLA QB Dante Moore continues to improve in Chip Kelly’s offense ·
PUBLISHED August 2, 2023 at 6:10 p.m. | UPDATED: August 2, 2023 at 7:29 p.m.LOS ANGELES — The spotlight is back on UCLA’s quarterback battle, which remains the biggest unanswered question as the Bruins began their camp Wednesday.True freshman Dante Moore remains a top contender for the starting role along two returners, redshirt junior Ethan Garbers and redshirt freshman Justyn Martin, and Kent State ...
Dante Moore works to become UCLA’s top quarterback as preseason camp kicks off ·
STAFF WRITERAUG. 2, 2023 4:48 PM PTThe first quarterback on the practice field Wednesday morning also happened to be one heavily bidding to take the season’s opening snap.Wearing black shorts, a blue undershirt and a black harness over his chest that tracked biorhythms, Dante Moore moved his arms rhythmically while standing alone on one corner of the field about 15 minutes before the start of UCLA’s ...
UCF defines what it’ll take to succeed in 1st Big 12 season: ‘Bring your A game’ ·
PUBLISHED August 3, 2023 at 7:06 p.m. | UPDATED: August 3, 2023 at 7:58 p.m.Gus Malzahn knows what it takes to win at the Power Five level.He did so in the Southeastern Conference while head coach at Auburn before he arrived to UCF more than two years ago.Now as the Knights enter their inaugural season in the Big 12, Malzahn is hoping to lean on his past experience in the SEC and have success in the ...
Saban: UAB transfer Jaylen Key is ‘instinctive,’ adds versatility to Tide secondary ·
Published Aug. 03, 2023, 6:27 p.m.By Nick Alvarez |Amid an offseason spent discussing the future of Alabama’s quarterback room or its set of pass rushers, it’s almost easy to forget that among the 10 starters the Tide has to replace, a few important spots are open in the secondary.Through the 2023 recruiting cycle and spring transfer window, Alabama brought in seven new defensive backs. Five of those ...
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Sure enough, acrimony and frustration surfaced when it was learned that Alabama came ...
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Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football ...
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