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West Bloomfield — Michigan running back Donovan Edwards has taken up chess, playing multiple times a day. He enjoys the strategizing and challenge of thinking ahead, each move calculated to reach the end goal, while trying to throw your opponent off-balance.Chess has layered meaning for Edwards.Michigan running back Donovan Edwards finished last season with 991 rushing yards and seven touchdowns and ...

LARAMIE – Yes, they did the research.The first step for Ayir Asante and Devin Boddie Jr. was finding Laramie on a map.Already aware of Buffalo Bills superstar Josh Allen’s humble beginnings at Wyoming, the duo also googled the Cowboys to learn more about Craig Bohl’s program and the Mountain West.The transfer wide receivers – looking for a step up in competition in the case of Asante, a standout for ...

Milwaukee Journal SentinelPLATTEVILLE – Wisconsin held its third practice of preseason camp Friday at UW-Platteville.Overall, the uneven play of quarterbacks Tanner Mordecai and Braedyn Locke was the most noteworthy development.Both Mordecai and Locke, who are currently No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, had more errant throws than in the first two days of camp.Locke saw two of his passes toward the boundary ...

Milwaukee Journal SentinelPLATTEVILLE – Tanner Mordecai transferred to Wisconsin from SMU largely because he had been told by NFL scouts they wanted to see whether he could flourish against better competition than he faced in the American Athletic Conference.Mordecai, a sixth-year senior who started for two seasons at SMU, has been UW’s No. 1 quarterback since last spring and remains the projected ...

MORGANTOWN -- Neal Brown didn’t say much about the growth of quarterbacks Garrett Greene and Nicco Marchiol, who are battling for West Virginia’s starting job, immediately following the Mountaineers’ first practice of fall camp Wednesday, but WVU's coach was pleased with the approach both showed through offseason workouts.“It’s one day, so ask me next week and I’ll be able to give you a better answer,” ...

4-5 minutes 8/3/2023PULLMAN – Somewhere in the middle of a collection of giant offensive linemen dressed in red practice jerseys, Esa Pole raised his voice.The Washington State offensive lineman, a 6-foot-7 hulk of a man, wanted his teammates to stop thinking – to kill hesitation.“Go now, think later,” Pole told his fellow linemen. “Go now. Go full speed.”As Pole and his teammates baked under the Thursday ...

NEW YORK — UTSA senior tight end Oscar Cardenas has been named to the preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award for the second straight season, The Friends of John Mackey announced on Friday.Cardenas is one of 48 players, including one of two from the American Athletic Conference, selected for the list for the award given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end.A product of San Antonio ...

For all that UTEP returns on defense, particularly on the front seven, there are two massive holes to replace.End Jadrian Taylor was a first-team All-Conference USA end who led the league in sacks, while Kelton Moss was an anchor at tackle whose arrival in 2020 with fellow junior college transfer Keenan Steward could be circled as a turning point in the program's fortunes.UTEP isn't starting over on ...

Utah Utes safety Brandon McKinney and Utah Utes linebacker Hayden Furey try to get to Brigham Young Cougars QB Jaren Hall.Does BYU want the University of Utah in the Big 12?That’s a question inquiring minds want to know as editors and I kicked around the question during a meeting. Afterward one of them called for my opinion.My answer is pretty simple.It depends upon who you ask.Define BYU.If you ask ...

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham made it clear that, with Cam Rising still working his way back from ACL surgery, the Utes’ biggest focus right now is getting settled at quarterback.What’s the next-most-pressing issue, though?“Outside of quarterback, it would be quarterback,” he said, tongue in cheek, following Monday’s opening day of fall camp.Point taken.There are other issues to be addressed, ...