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Texas among ESPN's top teams to make the College Football Playoff in 2023 ·
August 3, 2023 5:51 pm CTTexas has lofty expectations to live up to in 2023.Many feel naming the Longhorns as the favorite for the Big 12 title this season is warranted. The talented and experienced roster under the same primary coaching staff for three seasons is worthy enough of that prediction.Some national media networks believe Texas could even sneak into the College Football Playoff this season, ...
Camp tales: Our staff's observations from Texas' first day of football practice ·
Thomas JonesAustin American-StatesmanWe were given media window today from Texas' first practice of fall camp. We'll get another one on Thursday.Our staff observations:Welcome back, Isaiah NeyorThe talented Wyoming receiver, who transferred more than a year ago, returned to drills on the first day of practice Wednesday since blowing out his knee and requiring ACL surgery last August. He sported a brace ...
Several Vols freshmen having to catch up to classmates ·
Tennessee Athletics photo / Tennessee freshman running back Khalifa Keith listens to running backs coach Jerry Mack during Wednesday's first preseason practice in Knoxville. Keith enrolled in June, so it was his first collegiate practice.Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel was pleased with Wednesday morning's first practice of the preseason, citing "a ton of energy" from his Volunteers.That assessment ...
2 more Syracuse players named to preseason award watch lists ·
Syracuse, N.Y. — Preseason watch lists for major college football awards continue to roll out, and Syracuse football players continue to appear on them.Garrett Shrader was named to his second preseason award watch list, this one for the Wuerffel Trophy. He was put on watch for the Maxwell Award earlier this week.There are 110 players on the list for the trophy, which honors the college football player ...
Shane Beamer identifies key lineup decisions South Carolina is facing for new season ·
8/3/2023South Carolina football camp is officially back.The Gamecocks opened the festivities with Thursday’s on-campus media day, including a podium session with head coach Shane Beamer.Here are news and notes Beamer’s address on Thursday and ahead of South Carolina’s first official practice of the preseason on Friday morning:▪ Beamer identified a few positions as ones where he’s curious to see who ...
5 Questions: Aztecs safety Cedarious Barfield focuses on self-improvement, on and off the field ·
BY KIRK KENNEYAUG. 2, 2023 5:42 PM PTCedarious Barfield came to San Diego State as a cornerback out of El Paso, Texas, but has settled in at safety and is now one of the most seasoned players in the secondary.Barfield is SDSU’s top returning tackler (49), whose accomplishments while starting seven of 13 games last season included an interception, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble ...
Sam Houston holds first fall camp in CUSA ·
Aug 2, 2023HUNTSVILLE — Football season is officially back for the Sam Houston Bearkats as its fall camp opened on Wednesday morning for the 2023 season.The Bearkats hit the field in preparation for their first Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) season after joining Conference USA on July 1, 2023.With just a month left until the regular season, the Bearkats have 31 days to get ready to open the season ...
Two transfers shine for Purdue football in Day 1 of fall camp ·
Lafayette Journal & CourierWEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football began fall camp on Wednesday, and for the first time, the Boilermakers had the team on the field that will make up the 2023 roster.The Boilermakers opens their season against Fresno State on Sept. 2 inside a reconstructed Ross-Ade Stadium.For some transfers and true freshmen who were not on the roster last spring, it was an introduction into ...
Purdue football quarterback breakdown: Who is behind Hudson Card? ·
Lafayette Journal & CourierWEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football has one player who has thrown a pass in a Boilermaker jersey.But don't expect leading returning passer Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen, a receiver who completed a 26-yard pass in the Citrus Bowl loss to LSU last January, to inherit any snaps behind center.Purdue has six quarterbacks on its roster. Only two have taken in-game snaps at the college level ...
Joe Starkey: What can Pitt, WVU do but wait and hope as college football landscape begins to quake again? ·
Pittsburgh Post-Gazettejstarkey@post-gazette.comAUG 3, 2023 2:58 PMI’m not sure exactly how we’re going to get there. Or when. But I’d bet big money we will.College football will have two superconferences.It already does, pretty much, in the Big Ten and SEC. It’s simply a matter of how large those two entities want to get — and how much power they want to wield.All kinds of dramatic headlines will ...
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Sure enough, acrimony and frustration surfaced when it was learned that Alabama came ...
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