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Topeka Capital-JournalLAWRENCE — If Kansas football is able to take a step forward defensively this season, what the Jayhawks have among their safeties figures to play a key role.There are veterans back, like senior Kenny Logan Jr., redshirt junior Marvin Grant and junior O.J. Burroughs. There are players who figure to at least foster more competition, like redshirt sophomore Jalen Dye, junior Akili ...

8/8/2023ATHENS – Efficiency is the name of the game when it comes to Kirby Smart’s Georgia football practices. There is no standing around at any point, unless it is one of the designated hydration periods, which are few and far between and timed.Smart brought the routine of “two-spotting” to UGA from Alabama. That simply means that any drill in which every participant can’t be accommodated, it is ...

A few weeks before the Pac-12′s collapse, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham questioned the rivalry between BYU and Utah.The schools’ football teams didn’t play in 2022 and weren’t scheduled to play in 2023. The cadence of the in-state game had been altered and Whittingham saw the health of the matchup waning.“Not quite the same feel that it’s had,” Whittingham said, comparing it to the days when BYU ...

Boise State junior Ahmed Hassanein is the first Division I football player ever to come to Egypt. He will contribute at the Broncos’ edge position.Since he moved back to the United States from Egypt at the age of 16, Boise State defensive lineman Ahmed Hassanein has gotten used to a lot of aspects of American culture.But there are still some things he hasn’t fully grasped.“I don’t get sarcasm at all,” ...

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban brought disgraced baseball player Pete Rose to Tuscaloosa during preseason camp, according to a social media post from Fiterman Sports, which represents Rose. The post shows UA’s jet in a hangar.The Crimson Tide later shared photos of Rose speaking to the team and Saban.“Thank you, Pete Rose for stopping by and talking with the team,” Alabama’s social media post ...

Kayden LaFramboise fall campUniversity of Wyoming wide receiver Kayden LaFramboise runs through drills during fall camp earlier this month at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.Former Thunder Basin High standout Kayden LaFramboise runs the ball during a game Oct. 28, 2022, at Riske Field in Cheyenne.LaFramboise, who graduated from Thunder Basin High this spring, walked on to the University of Wyoming’s ...

The first play on Remington Moss’ sophomore highlights is a testament to his physical gifts, but more importantly his preparation.Hugh Brown, football coach for St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, recalled an October 2022 game against Catholic High School in Virginia Beach. Catholic lined up out of the shotgun in a spread look with two players split out to both ...

PULLMAN – At some point after he arrived on campus this year, DT Sheffield lined up to race Chau Smith-Wade. That pitted two of Washington State’s fastest players against each other: Sheffield a speedy transfer wide receiver, Smith-Wade an athletic cornerback, bragging rights on the line.Smith-Wade had never covered Sheffield, and as Tuesday’s fall camp practice came to an end, he still hasn’t. So ...

Washington’s fifth preseason practice was a mixed bag for Dylan Morris and Austin Mack.With standout starter Michael Penix Jr. throwing in individual drills but sitting out scrimmage drills for the second consecutive day — something coach Kalen DeBoer repeated is not cause for concern — Morris and Mack again took the first- and second-team reps, respectively.Morris got off to a sizzling start, finding ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE—Tony Muskett insists the drastic change of surrounding won’t alter the way he plays.Virginia’s new quarterback, an FCS transfer from Monmouth, will take the field in front of the largest crowd he’s ever played in front of when the Hoos open their campaign against Tennessee on Sept. 2 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.The venue holds a capacity of 69,000-plus, or three-and-half times more ...