Player Notes

The change in Virginia’s training camp schedule has enabled players to seek out their coaches more frequently than they did last August.And on Friday after the Cavaliers’ third preseason practice, offensive coordinator Des Kitchings said it’s benefiting the offense.“There’s a lot of guys hanging around in McCue [Center] wanting to get extra film, nuggets and tips,” Kitchings said. “There’s more of, ...

Aug. 4, 2023Entering 2022 as UTSA’s starting right tackle for a third straight season, Makai Hart envisioned riding through a final year with the Roadrunners and then shifting to the next stage of his life, exiting the program alongside fellow multiyear starters Ahofitu Maka and Kevin Davis.For Maka and Davis, the season went to script. They both started every game of UTSA’s 11-3 run, capping their ...

Utah’s offensive line is set up to be a strong point this season.Three of Utah’s starting offensive linemen from last season are back — junior left guard Keaton Bills, sophomore right guard Michael Mokofisi and junior right tackle Sataoa Laumea. Paul Maile, who started all 14 games at center, transferred to BYU and left tackle Braeden Daniels was drafted by the Washington Commanders.Bills, Mokofisi ...

What goes around comes around and sometimes comes back to stay. After 13 years apart, BYU and Utah are returning to the same conference, and they have no one to blame but themselves, except for maybe Oklahoma, Texas, USC, UCLA, Colorado, Washington and Oregon.When the Big 12 threw the Utes a lifeline Friday and saved them from their own demise, it reunited a family feud between a couple that can’t ...

On the day the “Conference of Champions” crumbled, Lincoln Riley strode in front of the press backdrop on USC’s Howard Jones Field and delivered an opening statement before any members of the media could open their mouths.First, the Trojans’ football coach endorsed the rousing success of Tuesday’s Dave Nichol health check – a USC-sponsored health clinic for football coaches held in honor of late USC ...

Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 | 3:16 p.m.Rebel Park was a blur of activity Friday as the UNLV football team opened training camp, and not just because all the action was crammed onto one field.New head coach Barry Odom put his team through a two-hour morning session, split into 20 separate periods, and speed was of the essence. The Go-Go offense was on display as the players raced to the line of scrimmage at ...

August 4, 2023 - 5:02 PMUpdated August 4, 2023 - 7:44 PMIt was a crazy Friday for UNLV.On the same day the Pac-12 continued to disintegrate, the Rebels’ football team opened its initial fall camp under first-year coach Barry Odom.What the upheaval in the Pac-12 could mean for the UNLV athletic program — with Oregon and Washington jumping to the Big Ten and Arizona, Arizona State and Utah joining the ...

Staff WriterPublished 8/4/2023 6:00:25 PMAMHERST — As the Massachusetts football team looks to take the next step this fall, the UMass defense is far ahead of where it was at this point last year according to defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski.That shouldn’t come as a surprise. With a defensive minded head coach in Don Brown, as well as having a good chunk of the unit returning from last year, the ...

Lubbock Avalanche-JournalOf all the returning talent at the Texas Tech football team's disposal in 2023, the first player Joey McGuire mentioned after the first practice of the season Friday was a newcomer.Bralyn Lux, a transfer from Fresno State, made an immediate impact, McGuire said. It was just one session, but it was enough for the coach to gloat about the cornerback."He's special, I'm gonna tell ...

For all of the hours of interviews director Ryan Duffy captured of a seemingly older and wiser Johnny Manziel, it was a quote from his first press conference as a member of the Texas A&M football team that captured the heart of the documentary “Untold: Johnny Football.”“I don’t really see myself as that ‘Johnny Football’ craze that’s kind of swept Aggieland and swept around the nation a little bit,” ...