By Matt Wenzel | mwenzel2@mlive.com After posting a record of 36-5 over the previous three years combined and coming off an appearance in the College Football Playoff, Michigan State finished 3-9 last season. The Spartans will look to regroup this fall and reclaim their spot as a Big Ten power, but it won’t be easy […]
Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two Vanderbilt football players were shot in what police are calling an “ill-conceived plan” to recover a teammate’s stolen cellphone. Tae Daley, 18, suffered a noncritical gunshot wound to his leg, and Frank Coppet, 18, received noncritical birdshot wounds to his arms, Nashville police […]
Two years ago, Jimmy Clausen was preparing for his second season with the Chicago Bears. He was just a half-decade removed from a big-time college football career at Notre Dame, an early-round entry to the NFL as the 48th overall selection of the 2010 draft and an opportunity to be the Carolina Panthers‘ franchise quarterback. […]
The Gophers football team hit the beach Friday, taking over Lake Nokomis in south Minneapolis, but this wasn’t some sunbathing exercise. “It was one of the best workouts I think I’ve ever had up here,” sophomore defensive end Winston DeLattiboudere said. With training camp five weeks away, this is a relatively quiet time on the […]
Image via USA Football Her father, Mike, coaches the Howard University football team and her brother Brandon has a Super Bowl ring, but neither man inspired Kristen London to start playing football. Instead, it was her mother who signed up the then-eight-year-old for Pop Warner. “If you ask my mother why,” says London, now 30 […]
Two Vanderbilt football players were shot in what police are calling an “ill-conceived plan” to recover a teammate’s stolen cellphone. Tae Daley, 18, suffered a noncritical gunshot wound to his leg, and Frank Coppet, 18, received noncritical birdshot wounds to his arms, Nashville police said Tuesday in a statement. Detectives were working to identify and […]
The AP Poll is pretty good, but its voters have a hard job. Ranking college football teams before they’ve played is always going to look iffy in hindsight. Some people complain every year that we should get rid of preseason rankings, but they’re wrong, because then we’d have less to yell about in August. Let’s […]
12:03 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment College football will celebrate its 150th birthday in 2019, and a group of the sport’s most prominent leaders have formed a committee to commemorate it. Longtime college athletics administrator and former Big 12 Conference commissioner Kevin Weiberg will spearhead the organization, beginning August 1, […]
University of Maine third baseman Alyssa Derrick wants to be known for more than throwing a football. Alyssa Derrick was getting so many notifications after her viral video made its rounds on social media that her phone died midway through her double shift at the Chinese restaurant where she waitresses. Taken on Maine Day (an […]
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was the team’s highest-graded starter last season, according to Pro Football Focus.(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News) The Lions are coming off a playoff appearance last season. Making it again this season isn’t going to be easy. That’s based on the Lions’ current roster, which according to Pro Football Focus ranks 28th […]
