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South Bend Tribune11 hours agoSOUTH BEND — Leave it to Joe Alt, mechanical engineering major and All-America left tackle for Notre Dame football, to recite the formula for velocity off the top of his head.“It’s Dx over Dt,” the towering junior said this week after practice. “Change of position over time.”That’s the Physics 101 definition, mind you. In Professor Marcus Freeman’s world of hesitation-free ...

Staff WriterAug 2, 2023Time was on new North Texas coach Eric Morris’ side a few months ago during spring practice.A mediocre workout is easy to write off when there are months to go before the beginning of the season.The opening of fall practice on Wednesday is the latest sign that time is quickly becoming of the essence heading into the Mean Green’s season opener against Cal on Sept. 2.Morris wasn’t ...

8/2/2023Mack Brown’s all black tracksuit and hat contrasted the Carolina blue and white jerseys crowded around the Bill Konman Practice Facility on Wednesday morning.Music blared from the overhead speakers, but the sharp trill of Brown’s whistle signified one thing: Carolina training camp has begun.“It’s exciting to get started again,” the Tar Heels’ head coach said. “This is what we do.”All the energy ...

Reno Gazette JournalWith the Nevada football team starting fall camp Wednesday, the roster still has a solid local presence with 16 players from Northern Nevada on the official roster, and a few more to be added after school starts.There was one addition and one subtraction on the official roster since the spring: Marshaun Brown from Bishop Manogue joins the Wolf Pack after graduating last spring, ...

Reno Gazette JournalThe Nevada football knows what awaits in the season opener, going against a ranked team featuring the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.But the Wolf Pack is more concerned with itself before heading to play Southern Cal in the season opener on Sept. 2, with Heisman-winning quarterback Caleb Williams.The Trojans are ranked in the top 10 in most preseason polls, including the No. 5 spot ...

Omaha World-Herald 7 hrs agoFeature running back for Nebraska? Barring the emergence of a generational talent, the Huskers are planning to take a committee approach this season.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said Thursday the staff knows the top quality it’s seeking in a top-end rusher — dependability. As a runner, in pass protection, in health and everything else a back is asked to do.“I ...

Omaha World-Herald 5 hrs agoAn abrupt change at tight ends coach last week has led to a smooth transition early in training camp for Nebraska.The Huskers began on-field workouts Monday with a new on-field assistant in Josh Martin, who replaced Bob Wager after the former coach resigned last Friday following multiple citations including for a DUI last week.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said ...

4 hrs agoThe Nebraska football roster is loaded with true freshmen wide receivers — seven of them to be exact — and they're already reaping the benefits of NU's split practice system.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said Thursday that Nebraska's practice setup has allowed some younger players to get up to 100 reps in the first four practices. At other places, Satterfield said, freshmen could ...

8/3/2023 2:14:00 PMANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy senior striker Xavier McDonald has been named to the Watch List for the Wuerffel Trophy, college football's premier award for community service. The Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback from the University of Florida who parlayed his success on the football field into a lifetime of service.Semifinalists for ...

Special to the Post-Dispatch13 hrs agoCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Kirby Moore doesn’t stand still.Mizzou’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, running drills in the team’s second practice of preseason camp, is a man in constant motion. Dressed in all black from fitted cap to long-sleeved T-shirt and pants, Moore blends in with the end zone turf at the program’s new indoor practice facility.But there ...