DALLAS (FWAA) — The Football Writers Association of America announced its 2017 Outland Trophy Watch List on Thursday, with 81 standout interior linemen from all 10 Division I FBS conferences represented. Two of the three 2016 Outland Trophy finalists are on the 2017 watch list – Washington State’s senior offensive guard Cody O’Connell and Texas junior offensive tackle […]
Kansas State‘s Scott Frantz is now one of two FBS players on 2017 rosters to be openly gay. The 6-foot-5, 293-pound offensive tackle came out to his teammates following a team-building exercise last year where players were encouraged to reveal secrets about themselves, and he spoke with ESPN about the experience . “I came out […]
Ohio State football don’t mess. Eight national titles, 35 Big Ten titles, nearly 900 wins, over 80 All-Americans and seven Heisman Trophies, among a slew of other accolades, set the Buckeyes apart from virtually every other college football program. As the offseason continues tormenting our souls, I’m filling my Thursday slot bastardizing my postgame Five Things […]
The year is 17776, and Americans are still obsessed with football. That’s the simplest explanation of a multimedia fiction project written by Jon Bois that is currently being published in daily installments by the sports site SB Nation, where Bois is the creative director. The site began posting chapters of the story—which combines text, YouTube […]
HOOVER, Ala. — It wasn’t too long ago — three years to be exact — when Alabama coach Nick Saban was criticizing the proposed “10-second rule” at SEC Media Days as a potential health hazard to players who needed to get off the field. Wednesday morning during his 2017 appearance at the annual preseason event, […]
Editor’s note: In June 1917, the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives invited Michigan back into the league, increasing membership to 10 and eventually spawning the iconic “Big Ten” nickname. One hundred years later, Land of 10 will spend the summer looking at the history of America’s legendary conference and its teams. Nebraska became an official member […]
(AP Photo/Al Behrman) With all due respect to Andy Williams, the next couple of months are the most wonderful time of the year. That’s because we’re getting into fantasy football draft season, when owners try to give themselves the best kind of present come Week 16, a.k.a. Christmastime: a league championship. But how to avoid filling […]
TV networks including ESPN are bracing for a drop in advertising revenue for football games in the coming season, which could drag down sales growth for sports broadcasts overall, advertising and television executives say. A decline in ratings for National Football League games last season has hurt sales this year, along with a saturated market […]
HOOVER, Ala. — Georgia’s got the two star running backs and an experienced defense. Florida has the intriguing transfer quarterback and has won 19 games over the past two seasons under coach Jim McElwain. Together, the two programs arguably represent the best programs the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division has to offer. […]
