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A day after Oregon accepted its invitation to play in the Big 10 starting in fall 2024 and leave the Pac-12, football coach Dan Lanning had his chance to weigh in on how the decision would affect the Ducks now.His answer? Not in the slightest.“Obviously, it’s not our focus right now,” he said. “We have an entire season to play, this is about 2023 season. It’s what we want to attack.”In the long-term, ...

On Nathaniel Peat's leg, he has a tattoo that reads: "More Life."He got that tattoo around his sophomore year when he was at Stanford. It means he's not looking in the past and not looking at what he did. It's a reminder there's always more life to everything."There's more life, it's a Jamaican saying," Peat said. "Just going on to new beginnings, just looking forward."It isn't hyperbole to say Peat ...

College/Prep Sports ReporterWith training camp underway and the Sept. 2 season opener against Toledo fast approaching, Illini beat writer Scott Richey breaks down the Illinois football roster, position by position, ahead of the 2023 season:OffenseLuke AltmyerBret Bielema hasn’t named a starting quarterback yet for the 2023 season, but Mississippi transfer Luke Altmyer is a leading candidate for Illinois.Connor ...

August 6, 2023 at 5:45 a.m.BOULDER — In less than nine months on the job, Deion Sanders already has CU back among college football’s top 25.The top 25 in merchandising, at any rate.According to Fanatics.com, the Buffs’ e-commerce partner, sales of CU merch as of last month made it the second-highest among, shall we say, “current” members of the Pac-12 and “top 20” among all NCAA schools.Moreover, CU ...

PUBLISHED August 5, 2023 at 5:12 p.m. | UPDATED: August 6, 2023 at 9:43 a.m.Rallying 70,000 fans to “roll on” the Golden Bears inside a packed California Memorial Stadium was a life-defining experience for former “Mic Man” Ken Montgomery.But as the Pac-12 teeters on the brink of collapse, the now-56-year-old alum has started grieving the Cal pride he’s enthusiastically embodied since he first arrived ...

Published Aug. 05, 2023, 6:25 p.m.By Matt Stahl |Some combination of Jalen Milroe, Tyler Buchner and Ty Simpson took the snap and dropped back early in Alabama football’s open Fan Day practice Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Going in pairs, they looked down the field and fired passes to receivers in the end zone.Each one was complete. Tough day for the invisible defenders trying to compete against ...

Aug 6, 2023PLATTEVILLE — Luke Fickell’s edict of keeping emotions in check at University of Wisconsin football training camp got its biggest test Saturday.Safety Kamo’i Latu walloped running back Chez Mellusi about 10 yards down field on a run up the middle. The hit was much harder than any other in the session that had players wearing just helmets and shoulder pads, and no full tackling. Latu’s helmet ...

Aug 6, 2023PLATTEVILLE — Jake Renfro can’t say precisely when he suffered a stress fracture in his leg on the first day of spring practice, but he’s back on the field as the University of Wisconsin continues through preseason camp.Renfro, a key transfer for the Badgers during the 2023 offseason, has worked at second-team center and has increased his workload through four preseason practices.“Today ...

By Greg Woodsgregw@spokesman.comPULLMAN – Kyle Williams is open about it: He’s a trash-talker.“I love to get in people’s heads,” Williams said .Washington State’s transfer wide receiver made that abundantly clear during Saturday’s fall camp practice, the Cougars’ fourth and final of the week. He exchanged a few words with defensive back Cam Lampkin, who figures to feature prominently in WSU’s secondary ...

By Mike VorelSeattle Times staff reporterWashington and Oregon will officially join the Big Ten Conference in 362 days.It might take that much time — or decades more — to dissect the far-reaching implications of Friday’s falling dominoes. At 3:10 p.m., the Big Ten welcomed the Huskies and Ducks … before Arizona, Arizona State and Utah jointly bolted for the Big 12 barely three hours later.With the ...