Player Notes

A glance at Grant's 2022 rushing total — 915 yards, the most any Husker has recorded since 2018 — gives the appearance of a player who put together a consistently strong campaign. But Grant's season was an up-and-down one that reflected Nebraska's overall struggles in the run game down the stretch.Grant began the season on fire, crossing the 100-yard mark in four of Nebraska's first five games. But ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — One curious omission from the preseason All-Southeastern Conference team was the wide receiver who led Missouri in targets, catches and yards in 2022 and earned postseason All-SEC honors as one of the league’s breakout playmakers. Dominic Lovett might have sacrificed individual honors for team success when he swapped Tiger stripes for Georgia black and red, but his former team isn’t ...

Bulldog tight end Geor’quarius Spivey (right) pauses during spring practice. Spivey, who returns to Starkville after two seasons at TCU, projects to be a starter in MSU’s new offensive scheme. (Photo courtesy of Mississippi State Athletics)STARKVILLE — The countdown to this year’s college football season has begun in earnest with just 36 days until Mississippi State football kicks off its season on ...

OXFORD — Ole Miss football's renovations of the Manning Center practice facility, which began in January 2022 and cost $45.7 million, are ready to view.The program's official X account, formerly known as Twitter, released a drone video Friday afternoon that offered a first look at the sparkling facility.That video can be viewed below:Among the highlights of the facility are a plush new locker room, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — New NBC Sports color commentator Todd Blackledge introduced Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday, and he marveled at the rate of turnover within the coaching profession.Blackledge noted Ferentz is going into his 25th season leading the Hawkeyes, and “you don’t really hear that anymore.”No, you don’t.The Gophers’ P.J. Fleck is now the second-longest tenured ...

INDIANAPOLIS — File this one under, "Time flies in the college football world."Only six years ago, P.J. Fleck was the new kid on the block, participating in his first Big Ten football media days as Gophers coach. On Thursday, he was back at the conference's midsummer gathering, this time as one of the veterans, at least in the West Division.Coaching changes at Nebraska, Purdue, Wisconsin — and most ...

INDIANAPOLIS — As Michigan State football’s season progressed last fall, Mel Tucker watched one defensive lineman after another disappear from his rotation.First with season-ending injuries, then from suspensions for the final four games. Along with the normal bumps and bruises that limited players on a week-to-week basis.Circumstances dictated an offseason of roster moves to aid the Spartans in the ...

1. Spartans strike the right tone – humbled, hungry and living in realityINDIANAPOLIS – There was no obvious hyperbole or bravado, but also no backing down from Mel Tucker and the three Michigan State players he brought with him to Wednesday’s Big Ten Media Day.The missteps of last season provided plenty of humility and hunger and also a sense that MSU’s program under Tucker might have moved into a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Two years ago, Michigan State football arrived for its season-opening game with far greater questions than expectations.A vacuum at starting quarterback. A sputtering run game. A ton of transfers with little experience playing together. Just two wins in Mel Tucker’s pandemic-impacted first year.No one outside the Spartans’ locker room saw what came next: an 11-2 record, a New Year’s ...

Michigan will host their annual BBQ at the Big House event on Sunday. This long-running recruiting cookout has been a popular stop for top recruits since its inception, and has typically led to commitments either by the end of the day or laid the foundation for commitments to Michigan down the road.It has pioneered the way for many other cookout events at other schools.This year's BBQ has no shortage ...