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ACC Spring Wrap: League champ Florida State and ACC deal with quarterback changes

Apr. 25, 2024 13:35 PM EDT

Florida State coach Mike Norvell, like most every other coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference and across the sport, has spent the spring handling change. He hopes it can lead to another league title and a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. The biggest new...

Here are 14 players to watch next season across the Big Ten Conference

Apr. 25, 2024 12:06 PM EDT

A look at football players in the Big Ten this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons this fall: INDIANA: Ohio transfer Kurtis Rourke appeared to have the lead in the QB competition over the returning Tayven Jackson. Rouke went 20 of 30 with 148 yards while working...

Michigan's QB battle among many in Big Ten that started in spring and will ramp up again in the fall

Apr. 25, 2024 11:31 AM EDT

Quarterback discussions always dominate spring football, never more than this year in the Big Ten with transfers coming and going and only a handful of starters returning. Just four of the 14 teams — and two of the four from the Pac-12 that join the conference in August — appear...

Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes

Apr. 24, 2024 21:07 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citing fundamental changes in the structure of college athletics during the 14 years since Bush forfeited the...

Penn State's leading receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith announces plans to transfer to Auburn

Apr. 24, 2024 18:50 PM EDT

Former Penn State wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith is planning to transfer to Auburn. Lambert-Smith announced his commitment to the Tigers on social media Wednesday. He started most of the past three years for the Nittany Lions and has 116 career catches for 1,598 yards. He led...

Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season

Apr. 23, 2024 13:27 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College football is ready to put the signs away. The NCAA’s playing rules oversight committee on Friday approved the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season. The move, in discussion for years, also follows a sign-stealing...

Missouri hires Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch for the same role with the Tigers

Apr. 23, 2024 12:17 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director on Tuesday, bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis. Veatch...

Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role

Apr. 22, 2024 11:28 AM EDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Longtime Iowa football broadcaster Ed Podolak announced Monday he will move out of the radio booth this season and limit his appearances to pregame shows and podcasts. Podolak played quarterback and running back for the Hawkeyes before he became a fixture at...

Lou Groza Award winner Graham Nicholson transferring to Alabama

Apr. 21, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

Lou Groza Award winner Graham Nicholson plans to transfer to Alabama. The former Miami of Ohio All-American, who won the award as the nation's top placekicker last season, announced his commitment Sunday on social media. Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer is looking for...

Tulsa athletic director Rick Dickson announces retirement

Apr. 19, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa athletic director Rick Dickson announced his retirement Friday. Dickson, a Tulsa native who previously served as athletic director at the school from 1990-94, returned to his alma mater in September 2020 on an interim basis to help the department through...