Player Notes

This should be the payoff time for Terrion Thompson.The Western Kentucky junior defensive lineman has earned that – first by winning his spot on the roster as a walk-on, then battling time on the field and ultimately in the spring receiving that scholarship.So maybe it is a payoff at last for the former Bowling Green High School standout, but Thompson knows the work must continue as he pushes for an ...

MORGANTOWN -- A trio of Mountaineers have been added to watch lists for awards given to the most outstanding player in their respective positions.West Virginia punter Oliver Straw was included on the 2023 Preseason Ray Guy Award Watch List released Wednesday, center Zach Frazier was added to the Outland Trophy Watch List on Tuesday and long snapper Austin Brinkman was a member of the Patrick Mannelly ...

PULLMAN – One evening over the weekend, Jake Dickert was relaxing outside his home when he spotted two of his neighbors, a couple who work as farmers. As they walked closer, they made small talk with Washington State’s head football coach.“Coach, it’s harvest time,” one neighbor said.They’re farmers, Dickert figured. He figured she was talking about the Palouse wheat fields.“No,” the neighbor replied. ...

The Pac-12’s ongoing struggle to land a media rights deal has pushed the conference to the brink of extinction based on the latest development thousands of miles away. The Big Ten is considering membership invitations for Washington, Oregon, Stanford and Cal, according to Yahoo.The website described the situation as preliminary, with four Big Ten presidents engaging in “exploratory” discussions about ...

The line in front of the Friends' Treat ice cream truck parked just shy of an end zone at the Vanderbilt football practice field Wednesday was one deep.Defensive end/linebacker Miles Capers was the one.Long after most of his teammates had disappeared inside, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior picked out his dessert and took in his surroundings.That Capers is at training camp, dressed in all black like ...

Shifting to a limited role working mostly noncontact drills this spring as he recovered from surgery to repair a torn labrum, UTSA running back Kevorian Barnes said he watched the other running backs with a sense of wariness.Even after rushing for 845 yards and six touchdowns to earn Conference USA's freshman of the year despite being the Roadrunners’ primary back for only about half the season, Barnes ...

Updated: Aug 1, 2023 / 08:17 PM MDTEL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Praise Amaewhule and Tyrice Knight were recognized to the 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List as announced by the Football Writers Association of America on Tuesday.Knight is coming off a 95-tackle season, while he’s amassed 197 over the last two years. The redshirt senior was named second team All-CUSA after recording 6.5 TFL, a sack, INT, ...

As the UTEP football team hits the second week of camp, coach Dana Dimel was tasked with naming some early standouts who've made quick impressions.Four names he came up with included two newcomers, a redshirt sophomore and one of the team's star veterans.Here's a quick look at the players he offered.UTEP junior defensive tackle KD Johnson competes in a drill Monday at Glory FieldMore:How did UTEP kicker ...

Former Fremont High and BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn spoke from an air-conditioned rental car at a parking lot in Springfield, Missouri, a few weeks ago about how excited he was to “play for the home team” in this week’s stop on the Korn Ferry Tour — the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank.“A lot of the guys love coming to Utah. It is something they circle on the calendar. It is ran so well every ...

Sing a requiem for the Pac-12.Or … wait, don’t.Celebrate a new stable chapter for the league.Or … wait, don’t.Hold those thoughts until our next meeting … and the next one … and the one after that. And in the meantime, think about selling subscriptions. Can Pac-12 schools sign Lionel Messi? It might help.Man, oh, man, these media rights deals can’t be rushed, even as, after the announced departures ...