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Aug. 7, 2023 Updated Mon., Aug. 7, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.Idaho will open the 2023 season as a top 10 team.The Vandals were ranked eighth in the STATS Perform preseason top 25 on Monday, earning 932 points from a panel that votes on the best Football Championship Subdivision teams in the country.Idaho finished last season ranked No. 18 by STATS, after finishing 7-5 and losing in the first round of the FCS ...

Updated 20 hours ago“It’s a critical week, it really is,” coach Brent Key said after practice, the sixth of the preseason. “The next, really, 12-13 days moving forward, if the kids look at it, it seems like a long time. That’s why we focus on constantly just being where your feet are and making the most out of every day.”As far as the first few practices of the preseason are concerned, Key noted that ...

ATLANTA -- The Georgia State football team has quite a few newcomers who are expected to play keys roles this season, but one of the new faces that inside linebackers coach Brian Landis will rely on is not really new at all.Veteran defender Jontrey Hunter has moved to inside linebacker this season after starting at outside linebacker the last two years. The Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference selection ...

Staff ReportSTATESBORO - A new era in Georgia Southern Athletics kicked off Monday morning as the Eagle football team utilized the Anthony P. Tippins Family Training Facility for the first time. The Athletics Department was given the Certificate of Occupancy on Friday, and while aesthetic work on the facility will continue through the month, it is functional for the needs of the 17 department programs ...

Updated 3 hours agoATHENS – Arian Smith still claims to be the fastest player on Georgia’s football team. However, there is only one way to verify it and that’s not about to happen.“We’d have to line up to see who really is the fastest, but I feel like we’ve got some other guys who could probably compete with me now,” said Smith, a junior wide receiver from Bradley, Florida. “Like, CJ Smith, Anthony ...

Gainesville SunFlorida football coach Billy Napier offered updates on the status of linebacker Shemar James and cornerback Devin Moore entering week two of fall camp.James suffered an apparent leg injury in the first week of Florida Gators fall camp, while Moore did not take part in Saturday's open practice at The Swamp due to an upper body injury."Shemar is probably a week to 10 days," Napier said. ...

Gainesville SunFlorida football practiced in full pads on Tuesday as fall camp continued in preparation for its season opener on Aug. 31 at No. 14 Utah.The Florida Gators mapped out a plan to practice 15 times over a three-week period, progressing to full pads and full contact in week two in the sweltering humidity."There's only one way to get in condition to play this game," Florida coach Billy Napier ...

MIAMI HERALD WRITERAUGUST 08, 2023 6:00 AMInside linebacker Donovan Manuel is making an impact at FIU – and not just with his bone-rattling tackles.Manuel, now in his sixth college season, is mentoring young FIU linebackers such as Percy Courtney Jr., a redshirt freshman who made 22 tackles for losses as a senior at Davie Western in 2021.“Percy used to be shy in the meeting room, scared to ask questions,” ...

Aug. 8, 2023STORRS — UConn football coach Jim Mora has known the conference as the Pac-8 when his father was an assistant coach at Stanford, as the Pac-10 when he played at Washington, and as the Pac-12 when he was the head coach at UCLA.So as much as he was concerned about UConn's place in conference realignment, Friday's moves were tough to take as the Pac-12 was left with four schools after Utah, ...

Aug. 7, 2023STORRS — Eric Watts is sure things are looking up for the UConn football program. Since arriving here in 2019, he's known what rock bottom has felt like for too long.The Huskies were a combined 3-21 with one win over an FBS school (UMass) in 2019 and 2021. Their 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When they were on the field, the defense put up historically-bad numbers. ...