Player Notes

Alabama’s defense was, like the rest of the Crimson Tide football team, uneven in its 2022 performance.It held opponents under 21 points eight different times, completing two shutouts over non-conference foes. But road lapses at Tennessee and at LSU helped sink the season. Alabama was 13th in total defense nationally, 10th in preventing third-down conversions (30.5%) and tied for 105th in turnovers ...

NORMAL, IL. — Darrion Dupree was everywhere on the field.Dupree — one of the University of Wisconsin football program's four-star commits for the 2024 class — lined up in the backfield, in the slot and split far off wide in Chicago Mount Carmel's 36-33 win over East St. Louis on Saturday evening at Hancock Stadium.Just how would Dupree define himself as a running back?"Every-down back," Dupree quickly ...

PULLMAN – At every turn, when it sounds like Washington State might survive the Pac-12 exit and land in a major conference after all, the Cougars’ hope seems to fade.In response to a report that the Big 12 might be interested in WSU and Oregon State, two of the four remaining schools in the Pac-12, three national reporters refuted that idea: Action Network’s Brett McMurphy, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Had they understood what they do now, there’s a thought among returning Virginia players that they could’ve avoided some of the on-field disappointment experienced last season and, perhaps, logged a better record.The Cavaliers were 3-7 during coach Tony Elliott’s debut campaign in charge, and of those seven setbacks, three were by three points or fewer — by two at Syracuse, by two ...

Nashville TennesseanThe projections were the same as always: Bottom of the SEC. Plenty in the conference and elsewhere have been expecting the same old Vanderbilt football in 2023.I wasn’t one of those people. I’d seen these Commodores practice. I believed they’d be better than assumed.After their opening game, however, I’m no longer so sure.The most positive thing you can say about Vanderbilt's thoroughly ...

Not long after Jeff Traylor was hired at UTSA in December 2019, he sat down for a meeting with athletic director Lisa Campos and the board tasked with constructing the Roadrunner Athletics Center of Excellence. The $40.4 million project created a new hub for UTSA athletics, providing the football program with fresh locker rooms, offices, meeting spaces and practice fields.“I remember telling them, ...

El Paso TimesOne of the big reasons for optimism about this version of the UTEP football team is that it is so veteran, loaded with so many senior returnees.There are some areas, however where the Miners don’t want to look like last year’s 5-7 team and in a disappointing 17-14 loss to Jacksonville State on Saturday, they put all of that back on film.Mistake after mistakeThis is a talented UTEP football ...

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a nine-part series profiling USU's football team position by position.A lack of experience at the FBS level was not an ideal situation for Utah State's running backs room heading into fall camp, but it doesn't necessarily mean the Aggies lack depth at that position.It was quite apparent the Aggies have some weapons at tailback when junior college transfers Davon ...

Gus Malzahn, who led Auburn to an SEC championship and a national championship final appearance, is now prepping for the UCF Knights. He joined the team as their head coach in 2021.As they gear up for the new campaign, it is interesting to see who will be the starting QB of UCF football.The Knights agreed to join the Big 12 back in 2021. But they were contractually bound to the AAC till 2024. However, ...