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AUGUST 28, 2023 7:00 AMDURHAMDuke arose from a football abyss last season, emphatically ending a 13-game ACC losing streak to post a 9-4 overall record and the program’s first bowl win since 2018.The Blue Devils became a competitive program under first-year head coach Mike Elko, who in his first season as a head coach at any level saw his team’s four losses come by a combined 16 points.For an encore, ...

PUBLISHED August 28, 2023 at 1:50 p.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.More than a year removed from his 26th season coaching in the NFL, John Pagano decided to come to Storrs to meet up with his old friend, Jim Mora, and hang out with the UConn football team for about five weeks in the spring.“Johnny,” as Mora calls him, was let go from his position as outside linebackers coach for the Denver ...

Fort Collins ColoradoanColorado State's Dallin Holker smiles during a practice at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins on Saturday, April 8, 2023.New players carry an important role every season in the transfer portal era.The Colorado State football team is still being built through high school recruiting and development, but veterans will be brought in for key roles annually.Who are the transfers who will ...

AUGUST 28, 2023 7:00 AMThe Clemson football season is almost here.Coach Dabo Swinney and the Tigers, who rank No. 9 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25, kick off their season a week from Monday against Duke in a primetime Labor Day contest.Here’s your first look at the game.VEGAS ODDS: CLEMSON VS. DUKE POINT SPREADClemson opened as a 12-point betting favorite against Duke in most major sportsbooks, ...

Cincinnati EnquirerFast-paced with a dual-threat quarterback.That describes the offensive style of Scott Satterfield as he opens another football season as a head coach. It's his 11th year running a program and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats are his third team. His overall record is 76-48 with three Sun Belt titles, four bowl games at Appalachian State and bowl games in three of his four years ...

August 27, 2023143,091The Weather:The Bears find themselves in a rare road opener versus a Group of 5 program. This is the result of a late scheduling challenge in 2019 that allowed UNT to demand a return trip in order to fill Cal’s schedule gap.The heat and humidity will be a factor, primarily because DATCU stadium is situated such that the home team is under shade in the afternoon while the visitors ...

PUBLISHED August 28, 2023 at 8:15 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2023 at 8:24 a.m.BERKELEY — By the close of training camp, college football players are itching to take the field in an actual game. It can feel like forever since the last one.Few players in the country have had a longer wait than Cal defensive lineman Brett Johnson.“It’s been a long time,” he said this week.In fact, when the Bears open ...

BYU is generally known as one of the oldest teams in college football, but the release Monday of the depth chart for Saturday’s opener against Sam Houston brought plenty of young, new faces to the lineup.“First of all, there is tons of talent with those incoming freshmen and returned missionaries,” coach Kalani Sitake said in his first weekly press briefing of the 2023 season, BYU’s first in the Big ...

Published Aug. 28, 2023, 11:24 a.m.By Ainslie Lee |In celebration of game week, Hugh Freeze and the Auburn football program won’t make Tigers fans wait until Saturday to see who trots out onto the field against the UMass Minutemen.Ahead of Freeze’s Week 1 press conference Monday morning, the Auburn football program released its depth chart for Saturday’s season opener against UMass. Here’s how it looks.OffenseQuarterbacksFirst ...

Scottie Bordelon's Twitter accountPublished August 28, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. - Updated: August 28, 2023 at 2:16 p.m.FAYETTEVILLE — Between the offense and defense, there are multiple positions without a definite starter listed on Arkansas’ opening-week depth chart that was released Monday.At some positions, like tight end, the word ‘OR’ indicates depth and a handful of players who could see the field ...