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Published Tuesday, August 1, 2023Following back-to-back seasons with winning records, Arkansas players are generating more preseason notoriety in recent years than they did previously.Here is a rundown of the Razorbacks on the preseason watch lists for national awards:KJ Jefferson, Quarterback• Maxwell AwardJefferson returns for his third season as a starter after passing for more than 2,600 yards ...

TEMPE — Jake Smith grew up going to Arizona State football games at Sun Devil Stadium.The ASU wide receiver’s favorite Sun Devil was former standout pass catcher N’Keal Harry.Despite being from Scottsdale, the Notre Dame Prep alumnus initially went to Texas to begin his college football career. In two seasons with the Longhorns in 2019 and 2020, Smith caught 49 passes for 568 yards and nine touchdowns.After ...

Aug 1, 2023 Updated 5 hrs agoAhead of Arizona’s month-long training camp that begins Wednesday, the Wildcats will hold a media day and roll out 16 players expected to have an impact in 2023.Here’s a look at the players participating in Arizona’s media day Tuesday, as the Wildcats look to improve on last year’s 5-7 campaign entering the third season under head coach Jedd Fisch:Jacob CowingPosition: ...

Jul 31, 2023 Updated 7 hrs agoArizona wide receiver Jacob Cowing and quarterback Jayden de Laura were named to the Maxwell Award watch list Monday morning. The media-voted award is given to the top college football player nationally.The winner of the Maxwell Award will be announced during the College Football Awards Show on Dec. 7.Cowing and de Laura, whom both transferred to the UA last season, boosted ...

Arizona Daily StarWhat if Arizona had a better rushing defense last season? How much better would the Wildcats have been compared to their 5-7 campaign in 2022?Is a better rushing defense really worth one game?With a high-powered offense and a stable special teams unit both back again this year, it shouldn’t take long into the 2023 season — a schedule that begins Sept. 2 at Arizona Stadium — to learn ...

Alabama football players will report to camp Wednesday before the first preseason practice starts on Thursday. The 2023 college football season is nearly upon us.Before the Crimson Tide players buckle their chinstraps and take the field, here’s the three biggest storylines entering preseason camp.The quarterback questionNick Saban hasn’t named his starting quarterback yet. That’s a big deal in Tuscaloosa, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE - His grin accompanied a simple message, because Virginia coach Tony Elliott knows the unique test that the Cavaliers’ schedule features this fall.“Get ready, Coach Rud,” Elliott said Friday as he scanned the Welsh Indoor Facility for Hoos defensive coordinator John Rudzinski.Rudzinski guided UVa to major improvements on defense a season ago in his first year with the program — notably ...

Fired coach Jeremy Pruitt’s Tennessee football staff cracked jokes about him and his assistants in text messages during their recruiting scheme.Recruits asked staffers to get them fake IDs to get into bars and fill out their university admission forms. A player's mom asked for tuxedo measurements.And a staffer said Pruitt didn’t want “shitty” recruits at Neyland Stadium for a Vols game.Knox News reviewed ...

Florida football players reported for fall camp on Sunday in preparation for its month-long schedule to prepare for its season opener Aug. 31 at Utah.In all, the Gators will practice 15 times over the next three weeks, with the first practice scheduled for Monday. That will include an open practice next Saturday, Aug. 5, at The Swamp. The final five practices will lead up to the season opener in UF's ...

Let's talk cake.Nick Saban did in Nashville. He shared that carrot cake is his favorite, and he told the story of his grandmother Anna Saban who "used to bake the best cakes in the world," Saban said. The future Alabama football coach would stand by the oven, continually asking when the cake would be done. Grandma Saban would stress if she took the cake out of the oven too soon, it would turn to mush.Saban ...