Barstool’s Portnoy banned from ’Shoe
NCAA, Sports
August 28, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dave Portnoy will not be inside Ohio Stadium with the Fox Sports “Big Noon Kickoff” crew before Saturday’s game between top-ranked Texas and third-ranked Ohio State. Who made tha...
Transfers, freshman top Penn State’s WR depth chart
NCAA, Sports
August 27, 2025
Pennlive via TribLive Penn State and James Franklin sought answers — both from the transfer portal and in high school recruiting — to remedy another brutal performance at wide receiver in 2024. Thanks...
Irish title hopes will hinge on success of star RB
NCAA, Sports
August 27, 2025
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love made highlight reels last season by hurdling anyone or anything attempting to get in his way. Those eye-popping plays helped the Fighting...
‘Weathered’ Dukes embrace challenge of Pitt at Acrisure
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
August 26, 2025
A number of Mon Valley graduates will take the field for Duquesne when they play Pitt Saturday. Duquesne defensive lineman A.J. Ackerman remembers the first time we spoke about the topic. What’s the l...
Manning and Texas are betting favorites
NCAA, Sports
August 23, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Manning name goes a long way — even for college football bettors. Top-ranked Texas is favored to win the national championship, which would be its first since Vince Young dashed i...
Vulcans ranked No. 15 in preseason poll
NCAA, News, Sports
August 21, 2025
Two PSAC foes are about Cal (Pa.) in the national rankings. For MVI Sports California University of Pennsylvania will open the 2025 season with national recognition, earning the No. 15 spot in the Ame...
Cal selected third in West behind SRU, IUP
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, News, ...
August 21, 2025
For MVI Sports Fresh off a run to the 2024 NCAA Super Region One Championship, the California University of Pennsylvania football team will open the new season projected third in the Pennsylvania Stat...
Expectations high for Pitt receivers this fall
NCAA, News, Pittsburgh, ...
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 21, 2025
In seven years as a coordinator, Kade Bell has never overseen an offense that has failed to throw at least 25 touchdown passes, a benchmark he takes much pride in reaching annually. Last year was no e...
New generation learns Rich Rod’s demanding style
NCAA, News, Sports
By By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer 
August 21, 2025
Rich Rodriguez won four Big East championships in seven seasons during his first stint at West Virginia, coming one haunting loss short of reaching college football’s national championship game. Fans ...
Steel Valley’s Brookins looking for starting spot for Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 16, 2025
At 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, Pitt tight end Malachi Thomas has the kind of frame that sets him up well one-on-one against opposing defensive backs. But so far through the Panthers’ fall camp, Thomas ha...
Transfer Gonzales in line to back up Holstein
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 15, 2025
Unless it’s garbage time and Pitt is leading by a considerable margin, Pat Narduzzi doesn’t want to think of a scenario in which he would have to replace Eli Holstein at quarterback. That situation ar...
NCAA announces Michigan ruling will come today
NCAA, Sports
August 15, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA has informed Michigan that the organization will announce the results of its sign-stealing investigation on Friday, a person familiar with the situation told The Assoc...
An early guess at who will make College Football Playoff
NCAA, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
August 15, 2025
It is a well-versed group of athletic directors, former coaches and players along with a sports writer, who will be armed with statistics, analytics, charts and graphs and enough highlights to start t...
Penn State happy to have Vega Ioane on the line
NCAA, Sports
August 14, 2025
PennLive.com via TribLive Penn State’s 2022 recruiting class was among the best in the country. Abdul Carter developed into a top-five NFL draft pick. Drew Allar, Nick Singleton, Kaytron Allen and Dan...
Georgia defense looking to return to standard
NCAA, Sports
August 14, 2025
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Glenn Schumann says comparisons are not fair to Georgia teams of the past or present. Even so, the defensive coordinator isn’t ducking the fact that the 2024 defense didn’t meet the...
NCAA, Sports
By By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer 
August 14, 2025
No. 4 Clemson won so much over more than a decade that it felt like a step back when the Tigers didn’t reach 10 wins two years ago in the first of backto- back four-loss seasons. Still, the Tigers are...
Pick 6: Plenty of transfers set to make impact
NCAA, Sports
By By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer 
August 13, 2025
After an injury kept him from competing in the College Football Playoff last year, Carson Beck wants to get back to that stage with a different school. Beck made one of the biggest transfer portal mov...
Early marquee matchups will sort out logjam in polls
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
August 13, 2025
The Associated Press Top 25 poll is out. Let the sorting out process begin. Only two first-place votes and five points separate No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State. Each of the top five teams, and six of...
Pick Six: College coaches on the hot seat in 2025
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
August 12, 2025
With rising expectations in competitive conferences, money flowing directly to players and unforgiving fan bases, the pressure has never been higher across college football. Six coaches who could very...
Buckeyes’ QB competition too close to call
NCAA, Sports
August 12, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After the first quarter of Ohio State’s preseason practices, the competition between Julian Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz for the starting quarterback spot remains too close to call...