Category: College Football

The NCAA Division I Council proposed new rules that would cut the transfer portal duration in half, along with dramatically impacting membership requirements at the Football Bowl Subdivision level during a meeting in Indianapolis this week. The proposals will go to the Division I membership and various advisory committees for consideration before being voted on at a future meeting, potentially as soon as October. 

If passed, players will only have a 30-day window to submit their names to the transfer portal. Current rules allow for 45 days after conference championship games and an additional 15 days at the conclusion of spring practices (between May 1-15). If amended, it’s likely the first window would simply be reduced to 15 days, while the second window will remain unchanged. 

Additionally, the Division I Council is eyeing new guardrails to limit the number of institutions targeting moves from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the FBS. Most notably, the one-time fee to transition levels has exploded from $5,000 to $5 million as the NCAA tilts the scale from fan support to institutional support. 

Here is a list of other NCAA transitionary requirements, which would take effect Aug. 1, 2027, for both existing FBS members and schools transitioning to FBS: 

Schools must fund 90% of total allowable scholarships in at least 16 sports over a two-year period, including football. The number requires all FBS football programs to fund at least 77 football scholarships of 85 allowable. Institutions must offer at least 210 total scholarships and at least $6 million in scholarships across all sports. The NCAA would eliminate attendance requirements, which currently demand schools field at least 15,000 fans per game over a…..

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How competitive will BYU be in its first season in the Big 12 Conference? Can the Cougars be a contender sooner rather than later? | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News

The college football landscape changed significantly more than a decade ago, when over a four-year period, 12 schools either moved up to a Power Five conference or changed power conferences.

The past decade-plus of results for those 12 programs paints a foreboding image of what may lie ahead for the next wave of teams that will be switching leagues at the Power Five level.

That will include BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston moving up to the P5 level this Saturday when they officially join the Big 12 Conference.

Next year, bluebloods will be changing conferences — USC and UCLA are heading from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, while Texas and Oklahoma switch from the Big 12 to the SEC.

The question for BYU is, how quickly will it acclimate to a heightened level of competition?

Will the Cougars — who are moving from being an independent program to a long-awaited spot in a power conference — be more like in-state rival Utah, or like Rutgers?

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Fielding a consistently competitive program in the Big 12 that will compete for a conference championship — and New Year’s Six bowl or College Football Playoff appearances — could prove to be a lesson in patience for BYU fans, as well as those from UCF, Houston and Cincinnati.

Two other schools that were once in the Mountain West with BYU, Utah and TCU, have had the most success of the dozen schools who moved to or changed Power Five leagues since 2011.

Utah has won two Pac-12 championships (and played in the Rose Bowl twice) since joining the conference and has made an appearance in the league’s title game four of the past five years.

The Utes have had a winning record in conference play eight of their 12 seasons in the…

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The 2023 college football schedule is loaded with enormous games, and that is most apparent in the SEC — a conference that is home to the last four national champions. Strength of schedule is always a hot topic down the stretch in the current four-team College Football Playoff era, so we might as well savor this debate before the expanded 12-team CFP takes some of the fun away beginning in 2024.

Alabama will square off with LSU in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 4 in what will be a rematch of last year’s thriller that gave the Tigers the upper hand in the SEC West. Both teams look to return to recent College Football Playoff glory in an era that is being dominated by the Georgia dynasty. Speaking of the Bulldogs, their quest to three-peat seems relatively clear, but you never know when that inexplicable upset could pop up. 

Outside of the conference, Florida will head to Utah in Week 1 and Alabama will host Texas in Week 2 — both of which will be rematches of wild games that came down to the final seconds last season. 

Which teams have it easy? Which teams face a gauntlet? Let’s break down the strength of schedule for each SEC team.

2023 SEC Strength of Schedule Rankings

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Michigan football was hoping to lure an unlikely duo north to Ann Arbor after growing up in enemy territory.

Though it lost out on Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville four-star cornerback Bryce West, who committed to Ohio State on Saturday, hope still remains for Springfield (Ohio) four-star corner Aaron Scott, who took his official visit to Columbus this past weekend, as well.

Unlike West, Scott did not pledge to the home state Buckeyes, leaving the door open for the Wolverines. And one prominent Wolverine is letting him know where he’s wanted most.

Charles Woodson knows a little something about growing up in Ohio and then wearing a winged helmet. He shocked the world choosing the maize and blue before coming to Ann Arbor and winning the only Heisman Trophy given to a defensive player.

Generally, when recruits tweet, you don’t see many former players chiming in, let alone full-on legends. But when Scott tweeted his pictures from his visit to Columbus, Woodson had to have a say.

Epic.

No matter what one thinks of their visit, if you’re truly on the fence and you’re getting the greatest of all time chiming in to indicate what school is better, you’re probably going to listen.

Fans certainly will hope that Scott does.

Update: Scott acknowledged the shout out.

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Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is recovering after emergency surgery to treat persistent blood clots in his legs he announced in a video posted Saturday. The procedure was to correct blood-flow issues that have plagued Sanders dating back to his days coaching at Jackson State. 

In the Instagram video, Sanders told his sons he expects to be released on Sunday, just two days after Friday’s procedure. 

“I had a big blood clot in my thigh that they got out, and I had some below my knee that they got out,” Sanders said from his hospital bed. “Then I’ve got one in the right leg that they’re going to get soon.”

News of the impending surgery first surfaced from Adam “Pacman” Jones, who updated Sanders’ condition during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” 

“Now this is what happened. I went to the doctors the other day to check myself out and I have two clots in my leg. One in my right leg, one in my left leg in my thigh,” Sanders said prior to the surgery. “Now I have a procedure tomorrow to try and get those clots so I can have proper blood flow through the leg so I can fix the toes.”

Sanders additionally said it is unlikely he’ll have to amputate his left foot due to the same blood clot issues, which was the topic in a recent episode of “The Pregame Show,” a YouTube channel documenting the Buffaloes football program. In the episode, it was revealed Sanders could lose his left foot if he were to undergo another surgery. University of Colorado vascular surgeons Dr. Donald Jacobs and Dr. Max Wohlauer told Sanders that in that clip if the current pain in a dislocated toe isn’t dealt with soon it could lead to a more serious condition that will result in the amputation.

“There’s no talk of amputation or any of that whatsoever,”…

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It’s no secret a big reason the Oklahoma Sooners didn’t achieve what they wanted to last year was because of the defense. The Sooners finished 106th in run defense, 119th in pass defense, and 122nd in total defense.

A big reason why those numbers were so horrific was because of how poor the defensive line was last season. They couldn’t generate a pass rush, and they struggled to get off blocks and make stops in the run game.

It’s clear the staff recognized the issues from last year and attacked the transfer portal, hoping to improve their defensive front. The big priority over the last few recruiting classes has been to add blue-chip defensive linemen.

The Sooners added six players from the transfer portal in Jacob Lacey, Trace Ford, Davon Sears, Rondell Bothroyd, Da’Jon Terry, and Phillip Paea. Throw in Dasan McCullough who played edge for Indiana in 2022 and the Sooners made a concerted effort to add players that can affect the running game and get to the quarterback.

Each of those additions should contribute this year, and a few might even start. The transfer portal is not the only place where they added talent, as they added five-star P.J. Adebawore.

He might not be a starter immediately, but he has the potential to start by the season’s end. The team also returns starters Isaiah Coe, Ethan Downs, and Reggie Grimes.

A guy that played quite a bit last season as a true freshman and is poised for a breakout season is R Mason Thomas. He’s added weight and appears to have kept his speed and twitch.

The starting defensive line could be Thomas, Coe, Terry, and Bothroyd when they deploy four-man fronts. When they go with a three-man front, it could be Thomas or Downs, Terry and Bothroyd until Adebawore becomes more comfortable.

There’s no doubt the Sooners needed to upgrade the defensive line. Now we’ll see…

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During the 2023 NFL Draft, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian saw three of his running backs selected, including two in the first round. Perhaps that’s part of the reason four-star running back Jerrick Gibson announced his commitment to Sarkisian and the Longhorns on Saturday.

Gibson is ranked the No. 39 overall player in the 2024 class by the 247Sports Composite, No. 87 in the Top247 and is the No. 2 running back in both rankings. The 5-foot-10, 200 pounder from Florida’s IMG Academy had offers from powerhouses like Georgia, Alabama, Miami, Florida and many others, but Texas was where he felt the deepest connection.

“[Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice] means a lot to me because we have a very strong relationship,” Gibson told 247Sports. “The way he coaches and the way he puts energy into the guys and pours into them to make them better is a lot. His work speaks for itself too. You’ve got Bijan going there being a first-round pick. I think his second running back [Roschon Johnson] fell into the third round. Then he coached [Jahmyr] Gibbs at Georgia Tech. He’s a young coach as well and he’s got a good history behind him of running backs.”

Gibson is the sixth member of Texas’ 2024 class and the highest-ranked amongst the group. He’s the second running back to join the class, as fellow four-star Christian Clark from Phoenix committed to the Horns earlier this week.

As for Gibson, 247Sports’ Andrew Ivins compares him to former Georgia running back Sony Michel. Here’s his scouting report:

The real deal. A youth football star that found success at various stops…

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Anthony ‘Scoota’ Carrie is set to make an announcement on his college career this evening. Carrie took to Twitter to announce that he will be committing at 6pm. The decision is set to come down between Michigan State and North Carolina.

Carrie is a 4-star prospect out of Tampa, Florida, attending Carrollwood Day. He currently ranks as the No. 22 running back and the No. 273 overall recruit in the 2024 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.

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