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Austin American-StatesmanTexas football coach Steve Sarkisian takes his 11th-ranked Longhorns into their season opener on Saturday against Rice. The Longhorns are heavy favorites.Takeaways from Texas coach Steve Sarkisian's first game-week Monday press conference:Is it too early to talk about Bama?The answer: Yes, it is. At least for Sarkisian.One of the first questions he fielded was whether anything ...

Aug. 28, 2023Always have hope, we are taught.Except in college football, where all that hope gets gobbled up by the same handful of powerhouse programs year after year. Who needs hope when you have an elite Blue-Chip Ratio?But before the Georgia Bulldogs cruise to a three-peat out of an all-SEC four-team College Football Playoff, let’s do our best to mine some optimism for the schools that need it ...

Published Aug. 28, 2023, 3:36 p.m.By Ryan Zuke |ANN ARBOR –Jim Harbaugh is clamoring for changes to college football once again.The Michigan head coach opened his first game week news conference of the 2023 season on Monday with a 6-minute statement advocating for revenue sharing with student-athletes.Monday isn’t the first time Harbaugh has publicly broached the topic. The 59-year-old also suggested ...

3 hours agoThirty years ago, Jeff Brohm threw for more than 2,000 yards, completed 20 touchdown passes and led Louisville’s 1993 team to a win over Michigan State in the Liberty Bowl. Friday, Brohm will be back on the Louisville sideline, but this time as the program’s coach.“Without question my nerves will be going,” Brohm said Monday. “You want to do well. You want to try win the football game, you ...

Athens Banner-HeraldMany of Georgia’s top athletic administrators got sizable pay raises in the last year.It followed UGA athletic director Josh Brooks getting a boost in compensation and the Georgia football program winning a second straight national title.Brooks’ base salary went from $780,000 to $925,000 and his total pay from $855,000 to $1.025 million.Senior deputy athletic director Darrice Griffin’s ...

Published Aug. 28, 2023, 11:30 a.m.By Nick Alvarez |Wake up, it’s game week. Alabama football starts the 2023 football season this Saturday against Middle Tennessee.To kick off the festivities, UA coach Nick Saban met with the media on Monday afternoon amid looming questions about the depth chart and starting quarterback. Here’s how Saban previewed Week 1.--The “biggest challenge” for the 2023 Tide ...

Tuscaloosa NewsAnytime there's a quarterback battle, especially in a program with national relevance such as Alabama football, it will always be the center of attention in the offseason.It's the nature of the game and the position. Quarterback almost always draws the most interest, whether it's high school, college or professional football. So as Jalen Milroe, Ty Simpson, Tyler Buchner and Dylan Lonergan ...

LARAMIE – They signed letters of intent to play at Wyoming when Josh Allen was still wearing the brown and gold.They redshirted together after arriving on campus. They isolated themselves in the dorms for months in an effort to play during the pandemic. They watched dozens of their peers quit or leave via the portal over the years.They cheered when classmate Chad Muma made it to the NFL. They cried ...

Milwaukee Journal SentinelMADISON – Luke Fickell wants to see Wisconsin tailback Braelon Allen used efficiently this season.Speaking during the Big Ten preseason meetings, Fickell revealed he wants to see the junior at 18 carries for 140 yards per game.“Meaning if that is the case, at the end of the year we’re going to have the best version of Braelon that we need,” Fickell told the Big Ten Network. ...

By Greg Woodsgregw@spokesman.comPULLMAN – For Washington State, game week has finally arrived.That means lots of things for the Cougars – they’ve been working toward their season-opener, Saturday at Colorado State, for untold amounts of time – but for the time being, it means they’re sorting out some personnel matters.Freshman defensive lineman Rocky Shields has left the program due to a personal matter, ...