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By JEFF FARAUDOBERKELEY — Cal football begins its seventh season under coach Justin Wilcox with modest outside expectations but growing pressure to win.The Bears were projected to finish ninth in the Pac-12 Conference in the annual preseason media poll, and few people beyond Memorial Stadium envision much more than that.But after three straight losing seasons — and 13 consecutive years without a winning ...

BYU punter Ryan Rehkow punts the ball during the game against Liberty at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2022.AUGUSTA, Georgia — The Augusta Sports Council announced on Wednesday that BYU punter Ryan Rehkow has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Ray Guy Award, which honors the nation’s top collegiate punter.Rehkow, a 6-foot-5, 235-pound junior from Veradale, ...

The University at Buffalo football team opens its season Sept. 2 at Wisconsin, and its top players are already being recognized on preseason watch lists, including safety Marcus Fuqua, who was tied for the national lead in interceptions (seven) in 2022, and linebacker Shaun Dolac, a West Seneca East graduate who led the nation with 97 solo tackles.The Buffalo News will keep track of UB's watch list ...

If not for a strict diet of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and protein shakes, Cade Beresford might have been a very different football player.That PB&Js-for-days diet — as dad Harry Beresford coined it — transformed Beresford from a tall and skinny high school quarterback to a behemoth offensive lineman by his senior year who was sought after by programs like USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, ...

Baylor football is officially back.The Bears begin fall camp on Thursday with less than a month until the 2023 season kicks off against Texas State on Sept. 2 at McLane Stadium.“I’m excited about the team, it’s been way positive,” Baylor head coach Dave Aranda said. “Guys have been crushing it in school, and the locker room is good. I’m excited for our opportunity.”Here are four things to look out ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State football on Wednesday held its first on-field practice of training camp.At the Scheumann Family Indoor Practice Facility, players got their first chance to compete, without pads, against one another since the Spring Game and see where they initially fall in the roster hierarchy.While there are several position battles to watch this camp, newly anointed starting quarterback ...

If fans wanted a quick answer to who will be starting at quarterback for Auburn come the opener against UMass in a month, then this isn’t the right place.After months of talking about an upcoming quarterback battle mixing new faces with old ones, Auburn finally had the group together on the same field Thursday. And for the first time, that meant coaches got to take a look at Payton Thorne.Thursday ...

At this point — after one fall camp practice and a month before the season begins — what do we know about Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter?Well, it starts now with his absence from Auburn’s first practice of fall camp Thursday. Not only was he not in uniform, he didn’t appear to be around the facility at all. He is still listed on Auburn’s roster as of Thursday.The saga began with a leaked sex tape ...

Catena Media provides exclusive sports betting content to AL.com, including picks, analysis, tools and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly.Following consecutive losing seasons, hope has returned for Auburn Tigers football thanks to the hiring of veteran head coach Hugh Freeze.Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the same is true for Auburn, but there are still ...

WEST POINT, N.Y -- Army West Point defensive lineman and team captain Austin Hill has been named to the 2023 Wuerffel Trophy watch list.The Wuerffel Trophy is College Football's Premier Award for Community Service, and one of the most meaningful awards in collegiate sports.The Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida who ...