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IOWA CITY — More than half a decade ago, Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and his wife, Mary, got into a limousine.The couple was in Monaco for the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2018. Iowa’s “Touchdowns for Kids” campaign, which included the iconic Kinnick Wave, was nominated for an honor.Mary remembers being accompanied in a limo by Steve Redgrave and Emerson Fittipaldi. Redgrave, a British rower, ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Tom Allen named Tayven Jackson the starting quarterback over Brendan Sorsby on Monday.The Hoosiers (1-1, 0-1 Big Ten) play Louisville (2-0, 1-0 ACC) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday.Allen extended the quarterback competition into the season to give the coaching staff a chance to evaluate the two playing what he described as “full-bore live football.”The ...

6 hours agoFollowing a historic performance in Georgia Tech’s 48-13 win over South Carolina State on Saturday, junior Kyle Kennard has been named the ACC defensive lineman of the week, the league office announced Monday.Kennard had an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the win over SC State becoming only the second Georgia Tech player since 2000 to pull off the rare trifecta in ...

STAFFNEW ORLEANS - Georgia Southern fifth-year quarterback Davis Brin was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance Saturday against UAB. It marks the first honor for the transfer from Tulsa who has thrown for 562 yards and four touchdowns in two games.Offensive Player of the Week - Davis Brin, Georgia SouthernBrin led the Eagles to a big non-conference win at home ...

BuffZonePUBLISHED September 11, 2023 at 3:57 p.m. | UPDATED: September 11, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.BuffZone.com beat writer Pat Rooney breaks down three under-the-radar reactions from Colorado’s 36-14 victory against Nebraska.1. Clean and disciplinedFor me, one of the most impressive aspects of CU’s 2-0 start has been the clean brand of football on display, a few silly (and ultimately harmless) personal fouls ...

It got so bad that Auburn didn’t even bother to attempt a pass in the third quarter.Why would it? It had been such a mess at the quarterback position in the first half that in a quarterback rotation between Payton Thorne and Robby Ashford, head coach Hugh Freeze and offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery took the ball out of Thorne’s hands entirely and only let Ashford keep the ball on the ground.At ...

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas running back Raheim “Rocket” Sanders will not play in the Razorbacks’ game against BYU on Saturday.Sanders will miss his second consecutive game with a swollen left knee.“We’ve got to get some swelling off of him,” Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said. “Once we do that, we’ll see how fast and whether we can have him back for LSU. I just don’t know.”Sanders had a big performance at ...

Air Force senior inside linebacker Alec Mock and junior kicker Matthew Dapore were honored as Mountain West Players of the Week for their efforts vs. Sam Houston.Mock recorded a season-high 11 tackles to earn the defensive player of the week honor. His 11 stops are the most by a Falcon this season and marks the third time in his career he has recorded 10-plus tackles. Four of his tackles forced third ...

AUG. 31, 2023 5 AMThe coach who likes to parse questions no longer is giving anyone a hard time.The coach who often interrupts is patiently waiting for everyone to finish.The coach who usually engages only on football topics is open to discussing anything.His dog’s torn knee ligament. His player’s pet alligator. His own attention deficit disorder.It was only about two weeks ago that a reporter who ...

August 31, 2023 1:30 pmThe No. 11 Texas Longhorns and Rice Owls face off on Saturday afternoon to kick off the season. We expect big things from Texas in the game mostly because of what we expect this season.The game presents different opportunities for both the offense and the defense. Offensively, we need to see consistency. For that, we need the offense to show it can execute plays over and over ...