Player Notes

By Matt Stahl |Alabama football’s quarterback battle isn’t settled yet. That’s been covered ad nauseam in Tuscaloosa.Before Nick Saban sends up a puff of white smoke, takes the cake out of the oven or whichever illustration you’d prefer for choosing between Jalen Milroe, Ty Simpson and Tyler Buchner, there’s other things to talk about. Namely, the other quarterbacks that the Crimson Tide will face ...

3-3 minutes 8/27/2023Vanderbilt football got a scare Saturday against Hawaii in its season-opening game at FirstBank Stadium. The defense struggled to prevent chunk plays, but the Commodores were able to escape Week 0 with a 35-28 victory under third-year coach Clark Lea.Vanderbilt won its season opener for the second straight season.The Commodores played a sloppy game after inclement weather delayed ...

3-3 minutes 8/27/2023Vanderbilt football survived a scare Saturday against Hawaii.The Commodores (1-0) played sloppy football and were outgained by the Rainbow Warriors (0-1) by nearly 100 yards at FirstBank Stadium, repeatedly getting burned deep in the secondary and struggling to get any pressure on the quarterback.But Vanderbilt made the big plays when it needed to and came away with its second ...

El Paso TimesJACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Season openers for evenly matched teams come down to who makes the fewest mistake.For the second consecutive season, that wasn't the Miners, who once again are in an early hole after a coulda-won-it 17-14 loss to Jacksonville State on Saturday.The Miners won the stats decisively, but had three turnovers while forcing zero, dropped two touchdown passes that were tough ...

Aug. 26, 2023With less than a week to go before the Utah football team opens its season at Rice-Eccles Stadium against Florida, Utes fans now have a clearer idea of what the team will look like when it takes the field.The team has released its first two-deep depth chart of the season.Star quarterback Cam Rising was positioned as QB1 — perhaps not a surprise, as the program generally does not omit players ...

6-7 minutes 8/27/2023The Massachusetts football team came into the 2023 season looking to prove it wasn’t the UMass of old.The Minutemen made quite a statement in their season opener on Saturday against New Mexico State.After finishing last in the country in scoring a season ago, the UMass offense — led by transfer quarterback Taisun Phommachanh — came up with big drives when the squad needed them ...

There is always hype surrounding Texas’s football team and while for the last decade it has typically been unwarranted, there is a different vibe heading into the 2023 season.Texas has one of the deepest rosters in the country, they are viewed as the favorite to win the Big 12, and the rest of the Big 12 appears to be trending in the wrong direction. However, on Saturday four fan bases saw their lives ...

It can be difficult for a team to escape the shadow of one of the program’s most successful players. That challenge can be even greater when his presence still exists in the practice facility, albeit on the other side of the wall, with his new team.Last fall marked the first time since 2016 that Pitt couldn’t rely upon Kenny Pickett to save the day. While there were many highs included in the Panthers’ ...

Pat Narduzzi still boasts a Pitt roster with plenty of depth and experience at key positions, along with a promising freshman class and new talent from the transfer portal.Expect the Panthers to retain their traditional strengths of a tough defensive front with a playmaking secondary on defense, and a powerful offensive line with athletic running backs on offense. The biggest question will be whether ...

Published Aug. 26, 2023, 5:40 p.m.By James CrepeaRight guard is the one position on the offensive line where Oregon does not have to replace a starter. Yet the Ducks added competition anyway, bringing in Junior Angilau from Texas to contend with Steven Jones for the job.Through fall camp, the 6-foot-5, 340 pound Jones appears to have maintained the spot he’s held for much of the past two seasons when ...