Player Notes

“Really, the body of work we’ve put in since we got started late in December makes me feel good about things,” he said. “We’re going to play harder than anyone in the country. We’re going to take great pride in doing that. We’ve got a bunch of unselfish dudes who play for each other and just want to win.”Navy opens the season Aug. 26 against Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. It marks the third time the ...

INDIANAPOLIS – I don’t know how different Big Ten football is going to feel beginning in 2024, minus divisions, with USC and UCLA in the fold, with an expanded College Football Playoff at the end of the runway. Or how beneficial this new structure will be for Michigan State moving forward.This season, though, without question, is the end of an era — for the Big Ten, for a team like MSU, battling in ...

Mario Cristobal is one month away from his second season as University of Miami football coach, but so much surrounding him feels different.And because of that, the 12-game regular season that begins at home Sept. 1 against Miami of Ohio is trending toward a more positive outcome than in 2022, when the Hurricanes finished 5-7 — their worst season since 2007.Some elite additions (freshmen and transfers), ...

One moment stood out to Kobe Savage last season, and it happened when he wasn't even on the field.The closing minutes of Kansas State's Big 12 championship victory over TCU were at once a source of immense pride but also frustration for Savage, Kansas State's preseason all-conference safety."I remember the Big 12 championship when I was right after surgery and I was sitting on the sideline," Savage ...

Big Ten football kicks off Aug. 31 in Minneapolis with Minnesota hosting Nebraska. Illinois beat writer Scott Richey takes a look at the landscape in the league with the season nearly here:IllinoisBiggest storyline: Illinois just put together its best season in 15 years last fall, showing real improvement from the first season of the Bret Bielema era. Avoiding a backslide — all too common in the history ...

Built in the 1950s, Klum Gym served as the home court for the University of Hawaii’s indoor sports teams until the 1990s. In 2023, it was transformed into a temporary weight room for the UH football team.Modern Rainbow Warriors were skeptical at first. But over time, the team felt as though it bonded and was bettered by the antique outdoor setup, where like many other instances, not much came easy ...

This is the seventh in a nine-part position-by-position series analyzing the Georgia Tech roster continuing with a look at Yellow Jackets along the defensive line. Players report for preseason practice July 31, and the first practice is Aug. 1.Much of the narrative swirling around the Georgia Tech defensive line this preseason will pertain to the loss to Keion White. White, the No. 46 overall pick ...

Georgia Tech received a commitment Saturday from Lane Wadle, a tight end from Indiana previously committed to Northern Illinois.A 6-foot-5, 242-pound rising senior at Greenfield-Central High in Greenfield, Indiana, Wadle is considered a three-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite. He reportedly holds scholarship offers from Tech, Northern Illinois, Air Force and Maryland, among others.Wadle had ...

My CSU buddy has this dream. In it, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff rings the Rams up and invites them to fill one of the slots abandoned by — irony of all ironies — the CU Buffs.Lordy, what a party. Cam and company happily accept, finally giving Power 5 status to a campus that’s poured dump trucks full of cash into Power 5 facilities. And the wacky part of this dream? There’s a twist ending, ...

At every stop, Sy’veon Wilkerson has found success on the football field.He was all-conference as a sophomore, junior and senior in high school, rushing for more than 2,000 yards and 26 touchdowns in his last two seasons.He was first-team All-MEAC with 848 yards and eight touchdowns at Delaware State in the fall of 2021. And, last year, he transferred to Jackson State and was first-team All-SWAC after ...