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Unfinished business:' Arizona star QB Noah Fifita, WR Tetairoa McMillan announce return to Wildcats ·
The lights went dark at McKale Center after the first media timeout of Arizona basketball’s battle against UCLA on Saturday, and a spotlight shined down at center court.A video began playing on the McKale Center video board. “Loyalty, legacy, family, home” were said over a clip of a UA football helmet and then an aerial shot of Arizona Stadium.They’re back.Arizona star quarterback Noah Fifita and star ...
Deion Sanders reveals cost for portal players, talks Miss Terry, why Nick Saban really retired ·
Published Jan. 19, 2024, 5:14 p.m.By Mark HeimDeion Sanders admitted he hasn’t seen anything like what is happening in college football when it comes to the transfer portal.The Colorado coach joined Robert Griffin III on “RGIII and The Ones” and shared just how crazy things have gotten.“They need to jump into the portal with what they cost and just make it easier,” Sanders said, adding players should ...
Updated: Jan. 20, 2024, 4:53 p.m.| ·
By Nick AlvarezWashington athletic director Troy Dannen had “pause” after Kalen DeBoer didn’t sign an “unprecedented” extension the Huskies issued last season. In the end, DeBoer would receive two contract offers from UW, turning down both before becoming the 28th head coach in Alabama football history.The Seattle Times reported the financial details of the rejected proposals on Friday night, confirming ...
Former Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor explains Iowa transfer: ‘They hit me up’ ·
By Matt StahlFormer Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor announced he’s heading to Iowa out of the transfer portal on Saturday. That same day, he made a public appearance at the Hawkeye basketball game in Iowa City.While there, he was interviewed by WQAD, a local TV station. He explained his decision to transfer to Iowa, where he had been committed as a member of the class of 2023 before a last-minute ...
Remember the Rose Bowl: Tracing Alabama’s storied football history in Pasadena ·
Published Dec. 10, 2023, 6:00 a.m.By Creg Stephenson |When Alabama suits up for the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl vs. Michigan, it will mark the first time the Crimson Tide has played in Pasadena since 2010 and the first time it has played in the actual Rose Bowl game in California in nearly 80 years.Alabama has a somewhat brief history in the Rose Bowl, but an illustrious one nonetheless. One could argue that ...
Wisconsin football loses assistant coach to Notre Dame ·
Dec 10, 2023The University of Wisconsin football team lost one of its assistant coaches at a crucial recruiting juncture. Wisconsin Associate head coach and receivers coach Mike Brown was hired as the receivers coach at Notre Dame. The move was reported last week by 247Sports and made official Sunday by Notre Dame.4-star transfer quarterback visiting Wisconsin football, per reportBrown, 34, is highly ...
USC Football: Trojans WR Target Commits to Deion Sanders and Colorado ·
The Trojans lose a WR target to Colorado and Coach Prime.USC has lost one of their potential recruits to their former conference rival, the Colorado Buffaloes.Four-star athlete recruit Drelon Miller is joining Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes.Miller, who decommited from Texas A&M in mid-October, took an official visit to USC in mid-June.After the 2024 recruit decommited, the Trojans went after the athlete ...
UCLA football deals with dichotomy between shrinking squad, Pac-12 honors ·
Dec. 6, 2023 1:09 p.m.This post was updated Dec. 6 at 9:44 p.m.The last month has been full of losses for UCLA football.On the field, the Bruins lost three of their last four games to end the regular season. The skid culminated with the largest defeat of them all – a 33-7 drubbing at the Rose Bowl against California in the final Pac-12 regular-season game ever.And in the week and a half following the ...
Hurricanes center and UCF alum Matt Lee declares for NFL draft after one year at Miami ·
12/9/2023Matt Lee spent only one year in Coral Gables, but it was a successful one.The veteran center, who transferred from UCF before the 2023 season to the Miami Hurricanes, announced Saturday that he is entering the NFL draft.“Thank you University of Miami and UCF for an awesome five years,” Lee wrote on social media. “I am declaring for the 2024 NFL draft.”Lee arrived at UM after four seasons with ...
Texas Tech lands Arizona State transfer tight end Jalin Conyers ·
12/10/2023Texas Tech earned its fifth transfer portal addition of the offseason on Sunday bringing in Arizona State tight end Jalin Conyers.Conyers spent his redshirt freshman season with Oklahoma back in 2020 then transferred to Tempe where he gathered 74 receptions, 846 receiving yards and six touchdowns in three seasons.A large tight end that has shown an uncanny knack to find soft spots, Conyers ...
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