Category: College Football

Michigan State football has been listed as a finalist for a priority high-level defensive lineman from Illinois.

Ohimai Ozolua of Chicago has reportedly released his “final five” schools list, with Michigan State making the cut. The Spartans were joined by rival Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Tennessee on Ozolua’s list of finalists.

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Ozolua is listed as a three-star prospect with a recruiting rating of 89 in 247Sports’ rating system. He ranks as the No. 48 defensive lineman, No. 15 player from Illinois and No. 416 overall prospect in the 2027 class.

Michigan State is one of 15 schools to extend an offer to Ozolua, according to 247Sports. He also holds notable offers from Boston College, Illinois, Iowa, Miami (FL), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin.

According to 247Sports, Michigan State is the lone school to secure an official visit from Ozolua at this time. He will be visiting Michigan State in late May, which could potentially be the kind of event to put the Spartans over the top in his recruitment.

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Jim Harbaugh said it best during Michigan’s 2024 national championship run, using “noise” from detractors as fuel for the Wolverines. Amid cries of “cheating” during the NCAA’s investigation into the program, the blueblood assumed its seat at the table with an unbeaten season, culminating with the program’s first title in 26 years.

Do you think Harbaugh loses sleep over the 10-year show cause he was assessed by the NCAA as punishment for what happened under his watch? Not a wink after Michigan won on the field as the Big Ten’s finest, has hardware to show for it and narrowly missed inclusion in our most hated teams of all-time ranking here at CBS Sports. 

Somewhere in the Bayou, Lane Kiffin is digesting this hate piece, knowing there’s a good chance 2026 LSU will find a spot in next spring’s update if all goes well for the Tigers this season. Keep in mind, college football’s most loathed squads all had a few common themes — great players and a lot of wins.

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10. Alabama (2011)

Blame Nick…

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Anaheim (Calif.) Servite offensive lineman Drew Fielder just flipped his commitment from Oregon to USC and broke down his decision.

Almost as soon as the Trojans offered Fielder, there was the feeling this was more a matter of when, not if. The talented tackle has so many strong ties to USC and Fielder decided to make the move now.

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“I really loved Oregon, this wasn’t anything against them,” Fielder said. “USC is the only school I would have de-committed for. This is a dream opportunity for me and one I just couldn’t pass up.

“Ever since I was a kid, USC was the dream for me. I’ve talked about it before, my dad went there and my grandfather and great uncle won a National Championship as well. Not many players get to live out their dream but I do so I’m obviously very excited right now.”

USC offered in late February and Fielder visited the campus twice over the last month.

“My visits were incredible,” Fielder said. “It felt like they went above and beyond with me on that first trip. I had some great conversations with the coaching staff, was able to watch practice and then went over to the Coliseum so it was a great experience for sure.

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“We talked about everything and not just football. Of course football was a big part and we talked about the timing of the offer, how they wanted to lock in the ’26 class first. They had a chance to evaluate me more as a player and person and told me I was who they wanted and things moved quick from there.”

The original plan for Fielder was to visit Oregon for Spring ball in April and then make a final decision. After talking things over more with his family, he decided there was no need to delay the decision.

“I knew USC was the place for me, I had no doubts,” Fielder said. “I didn’t want to waste their time and drag it out…

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Trinidad Chambliss is set to play in the 2026 season after a Mississippi Supreme Court judge denied the NCAA’s appeal of his preliminary injunction on Friday. That means the Rebels’ quarterback has defeated the NCAA in his fight for another year of eligibility.

The legal battle started after Chambliss, coming off a breakout campaign with Ole Miss in 2025, petitioned the NCAA for a medical waiver that would give him another year of eligibility. Chambliss argued that — because respiratory issues forced him to miss the 2022 season at Ferris State — he should receive a medical redshirt.

The NCAA denied the petition, saying the evidence suggested Ferris State sat Chambliss for “development needs and our team’s competitive circumstances.”

After the rejection, Chambliss sued the NCAA in Lafayette County Chancery Court, and he was granted a preliminary injunction on Feb. 12. The NCAA then filed an appeal of the injunction, which was denied on Friday.

When the NCAA first submitted its appeal, Chambliss’ attorney, Tom Mars, said it was destined to fail. Mars claimed the precedent had already been set in the case of a former West Virginia running back who successfully argued that limiting benefits to players violates federal law.

“Everyone remembers when the NCAA famously appealed to the Supreme Court in the (Shawne) Alston case and got their teeth knocked out by Justice Kavanaugh,” Mars told ESPN. “I expect the NCAA to be spitting Chiclets in this appeal as well.”

Chambliss transferred to Ole Miss prior to the 2025 season, and he began the season backing up Austin Simmons. When Simmons went down with an injury in Week 2, Chambliss took the job and sparked a breakout campaign.

Chambliss completed 66.1% of his passes for an SEC-leading 3,937 yards,…

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So now we’re supposed to feel sorry for the players. The mean adults, everyone, are taking advantage of the poor, misunderstood kids.

Or is it the other way around?

We’re so deep into this nonsensical college sports power struggle, it’s getting harder by the day to decipher who’s winning and who’s whining.

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The latest dust-up of the unsustainable that will lead to the unrecognizable (daily propaganda from coaches, not me): Will Wade left NC State for LSU after all of one season as coach in Raleigh.

And the college sports ecosystem lost its collective mind.

It’s just another example of coaches living under the “do as I say, not as I do” umbrella of unreasonable protection and deflection. Rules for thee, not for me.

And you know what? They’re right.

Because decades of coaches leaving after one season are distinctly different than the still wet paint of players and their annual free movement. No matter what a talking bobblehead screams on television, or your buddy posts on social media.

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The day all players begin paying buyouts to contracts — or in their current financial setup, NIL deals — is the day this thing is equal.

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Before we go further, let’s not ignore the Hurricane in the room: Darian Mensah had to buy out his NIL deal at Duke this offseason to move, and Miami not only paid it, but gave Mensah a mega one-year mercenary deal before he leaves for the NFL.

Wade paid $4 million to leave NC State, which means LSU transferred those funds to NC State to bring a convicted NCAA cheater — at LSU! — back to Baton Rouge. And that, if you can believe it, isn’t the focus of this…

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The push for college sports reform at the White House is moving fast. President Donald Trump has formed five committees on college sports — covering legislation, rules, NCAA reform, media and player issues — with meetings expected to begin next week, people familiar with the decision tell CBS Sports. The President’s Oversight Committee will collect the groups’ recommendations and make final calls.

The news comes on the heels of President Trump’s unprecedented “Saving College Sports” roundtable earlier this month in Washington D.C., where dozens of college sports leaders, media executives, pro sports executives and politicians met for two hours at the White House.

The meeting, which stretched far beyond its scheduled one-hour window, spotlighted the growing urgency among stakeholders to address systemic issues facing college athletics, from NIL regulations to the financial sustainability of programs across all sports.

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At the roundtable, participants painted a picture of a college sports system in crisis. Coaches and athletic administrators highlighted the difficulties of balancing competitive success with student-athlete development, academics and personal growth. 

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban warned that the current system makes it increasingly…

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Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jamie Newman has found a new football home. Newman will serve as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Hugh M. Cummings High School in Burlington, North Carolina. Newman will coach under new Cummings head coach Darius Pinnix, who is a former East Carolina running back.

Newman spent the 2017-2019 seasons with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Newman’s return to football won’t be far from Wake Forest’ campus. After the 2019 season Newman transferred to Georgia in the winter of 2020 with the expectation that he’d emerge as Georgia’s starter. His transfer immediately got disrupted due to COVID-19 with Georgia cancelling spring practice.

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The Bulldogs returned to football activities in the fall and prepared to face a 2020 schedule that only featured SEC opponents. Georgia’s starting quarterback job was up in the air after the departure of Jake Fromm to the 2020 NFL draft.

American quarterback Jamie Newman of Wake Forest/Georgia (7) throws in drills during National team practice

However, a few weeks before Georgia’s 2020 season opener, Newman opted out of the season in what his former high school coach described as a “family decision” for Newman. The former Wake Forest quarterback attended the Senior Bowl and focused on preparing for the 2021 NFL draft. Newman never got key experience in a pro system and went undrafted. Newman had a brief NFL stint in 2021 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He went on to play for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL for the 2022 season.

Despite Newman opting out, Georgia fans should not hold a grudge against Newman. The Bulldogs started the 2020 season with D’Wan Mathis at quarterback, which did not workout. Georgia moved on to Stetson Bennett as the starter for most of the remainder of the season and the rest is history. Georgia won the…

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Born in January 2005 and raised about eight miles west of Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill., Carnell Tate was encouraged by his grandmother to try sports at a young age. He fell in love with football, and by eighth grade, he knew he wanted to play at a high level.

Tate dominated as a freshman in 2019 at Marist High School, scoring in five of his first seven games. But before he could build on that, the Illinois High School Association canceled the entire 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That didn’t stop Tate from receiving offers from Michigan State, Notre Dame and Michigan despite not playing that year. With his college prospects rising, Tate moved to Florida to attend IMG Academy and focus on football. The move paid off, as he drew more attention there than he likely would have in Chicago.

By August 2021, nearly every major program in the country had shown interest, giving him his pick of schools. After three visits to Ohio State, he committed in June 2022. He then dominated the All-American Bowl, rose to Rivals.com’s No. 1 wide receiver in the 2023 class and earned a five-star rating from 247Sports.

247Sports recruiting profile

High school: Marist (Chicago, Illinois) / IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)Class: 2023Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (No. 22 overall, No. 3 WR, No. 6 FL)

Tate became a two-year starter for the Buckeyes beginning in 2024, helping the program win a national championship before falling short against Miami in the 2025 Cotton Bowl.

Carnell Tate NFL Draft profile

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