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Defense was the prevailing force Saturday on the Rice practice field. Chalk up a victory for the unit, which dominated the offense in the Owls’ first scrimmage of camp.Lineman De’Braylon Carroll and end Coleman Coco were at the forefront.“Every time I looked up, they were playing on the offensive line of scrimmage,” said coach Mike Bloomgren, starting his sixth season as Rice head coach.It is not as ...

Lafayette Journal & CourierWEST LAFAYETTE — Quarterbacks beware.What Ryan Walters did with outside linebackers at Illinois had quarterbacks under duress and made the Illini one of the best defenses in college football.Purdue football defensive coordinator Kevin Kane was along for the ride and now has been handed the keys to doing the same with the Boilermakers, using Walters' influence to hopefully ...

While for some it might feel like it was just yesterday when the Pitt football team reported to its facility on the South Side to begin training camp for the 2023 season, two of the four weeks are already in the books. From tight position battles to changes in scheme, numerous notable storylines developed over the past few practices. Here are five takeaways from Pitt’s training camp, as we arrive at ...

By Nick Daschel | The Oregonian/OregonLiveOregon State, stunned a week ago when five schools decided to leave the Pac-12, has decided its best path is rebuilding the conference.In a statement to “OSU Community Members,” school president Jayathi Murthy wrote that “we continue to believe that preserving the Pac-12 is in the best interests of OSU student-athletes and the remaining universities, and so ...

Other coaches on Nebraska’s staff like to show Tony White pictures of shoes. The Huskers’ defensive coordinator isn’t particularly interested in or knowledgeable on the topic, but it’s a product of the rest of the staff’s youth and enthusiasm he likes so much.White has been impressed by linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek’s attention to detail and understanding of his position group not as a lone, isolated ...

Columbia Daily TribuneLeft guard Xavier Delgado was taken aback by one of Mizzou football’s newcomers along the offensive line at the beginning of training camp.Missouri cornerback Kris Abrams-Draine echoed his co-star in the secondary, Ennis Rakestraw Jr., in complimenting a player who could prove to be his successor.And Harrison Mevis paid a big compliment to his presumed backup.Here are three true ...

Mississippi Clarion-LedgerOXFORD — New Ole Miss football defensive coordinator Pete Golding is working with a secondary that, on its own, has added more transfer pieces this offseason (seven) than three different SEC programs have brought in total.Alabama, which Golding left to join Lane Kiffin's staff in Oxford, is one of those three. The Crimson Tide made five offseason transfer acquisitions and ...

Staff writer8 hrs agoAs a former college tight end, it’s no secret LSU offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock has a special place in his heart for players at that position.So does Brian Kelly, who was a linebacker in college.In more than three decades each as coaches, Kelly and Denbrock have developed a long list of star tight ends — a trend they wanted to continue when they reunited at LSU after working ...

Staff writerLSU landed a commitment Saturday from one of the top prospects in the 2025 class and continued to add to its wide receiver room in the process.Five-star Dakorien Moore, the No. 11 overall recruit and No. 3 wide receiver in the country according to the 247Sports composite rankings, joined a promising class early in the cycle.Moore plays at Duncanville High outside Dallas, the same school ...

Louisville Courier JournalLouisville safety M.J. Griffin will "probably" be out for the 2023 season with a lower leg injury, Cardinals head coach Jeff Brohm announced Saturday after the team’s fall scrimmage.Griffin played in all 13 games for U of L in 2022, replacing Kenderick Duncan as a starter in the final eight contests of the season. He totaled 45 tackles and two interceptions, capping off his ...