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After a tough few years of Idaho Vandals football, Athletic Director Terry Gawlik wanted to go in a new direction. After a nationwide search, the Vandals had their man. On Dec. 18, 2021, the University of Idaho hired South Dakota State offensive line coach Jason Eck as the program’s 36th head coach, and the new leader of Vandal football.With next to nobody expecting anything from the Vandals, Eck scraped ...

Posted: Aug 5, 2023 / 05:19 PMUpdated: Aug 5, 2023 / 05:19 PMWith three weeks to go ahead of its Aug. 26 season opener at Vanderbilt, the strength of the University of Hawaii football team in 2023 appears to be established already.With All-Conference selection Cam Stone and Virdell Edwards II at cornerback, as well as freshman All-American Peter Manuma and Meki Pei at safety, the Rainbow Warriors boast ...

Aug 5, 2023The Georgia Tech football program received a verbal commitment from Marcus Downs, Downs announced on social media Saturday.From Greer, South Carolina, Downs is considered a three-star prospect according to the 247Sports Composite. He reportedly received scholarship offers from Tech, LSU, Miami, Michigan State, Tennessee and Virginia Tech, among others. Downs listed Tech, Georgia, Tennessee, ...

Aug 5, 2023Earlier this week, the annual ACC preseason media poll was released. The forecasted finish for Georgia Tech was not promising.The league’s media picked the Yellow Jackets to finish 12th in the 14-team, now division-less league. Boston College was picked to end up 13th with Virginia last.Such a prognostication could be used as bulletin-board fodder for some programs. Not for Tech coach Brent ...

Athens Banner-HeraldKJ Bolden’s Saturday night announcement of his college commitment left fan bases anxious to find out what school the nation’s top-ranked safety would pick.Many thought it would be Georgia football or Auburn, but neither secured the five star's pledge.Bolden committed to Florida State instead.Auburn and new coach Hugh Freeze made a strong run at Bolden when he was on campus last ...

Gainesville SunFlorida football held its fifth practice of fall camp, an open practice on Saturday afternoon before about 1,000 fans at The Swamp.The Florida Gators will practice 15 times over a three-week period in preparation for their season opener on Aug. 31 at Utah. Florida will look to sweep the two-game series with the Utes after beating Utah 29-26 to open the 2022 season.Florida coach Billy ...

Gainesville SunThe last time Florida football fans got a good look at the Gators’ offense, they came away feeling queasy at best.It was the spring game, which featured about as many bad snaps as completed passes. That led to a final score of 10-7 and a summer of indigestion whenever the topic of scoring points came up.Fans got their first good look since then on Saturday. It was a rare open practice ...

Aug. 5, 2023STORRS — Malik Dixon-Williams is excited for the birth of his daughter, who is due Dec. 20."Bowl season," Dixon-Williams said with a smile Saturday.Dixon-Williams — a 6-foot, 203-pound redshirt junior defensive back — has grown as a player since arriving from Orlando, Florida to play for the UConn football team. A year ago, he helped the Huskies earn their first bowl bid since 2015.He's ...

PUBLISHED August 5, 2023 at 2:43 p.m. | UPDATED: August 5, 2023 at 3:07 p.m.Eric Watts was not ready for college football when he made his first trip from Sumter, South Carolina to Storrs in early 2019. He was a 225 pound freshman, some 50 pounds lighter than he is today, looking to compete for a defensive end spot.But he arrived a semester early and practiced in the spring, eventually getting reps ...

PUBLISHED August 5, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. | UPDATED: August 5, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.FORT COLLINS — A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Friday for college sports could, bizarrely, become a winning one for CSU.The Rams didn’t need a ripple of realignment. They needed absolute chaos.Two teams leaving the Pac-12 promised nothing as far as the Power 5 pipe dream. Not with San Diego State and (probably) SMU ...