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...
Three Pitt players aiming to secure larger roles
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 8, 2025
As Pitt hits a week of fall camp practices, the Panthers are just getting settled into wearing full pads, having done so for the first time Tuesday. Pitt’s camp atmosphere is rife with competition, bu...
Defensive line a spot of depth for Panthers
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 5, 2025
Anchored by returning contributors and bolstered by transfer portal reinforcements, as well as younger players ready to assume larger roles, Pitt’s defensive line has the look of a deep position as fa...
Florida’s Lagway back to practice after calf injury
NCAA, Sports
August 4, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway practiced Saturday for the first time since camp opened, a sign of progress for the highly touted and oft-injured sophomore. Lagway is dealing wi...
NCAA, Sports
August 4, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — If there’s anything Jedd Fisch has learned heading into his second season as Washington coach, it’s that the Huskies will often have their hands full in the Big Ten. Washington received...
Panthers have QB continuity with Holstein
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
August 1, 2025
Continuity at quarterback has been an elusive luxury of late for Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi. In 2024, when Alabama transfer Eli Holstein earned the starter’s gig heading into Week 1, he became the third ...
Coaches now working on retention in NIL era
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
July 31, 2025
Whether it was an ACC, SEC, Big Ten or Big 12 coach taking the podium at media days, one theme remained consistent: In an era where revenue sharing and NIL opportunities can swiftly steer athletes tow...
NCAA, Sports
July 31, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders may be losing a tailback but gaining a future dentist. Charlie Offerdahl stood in front of his teammates and coaches on the first day of fall camp Tuesday an...
Woods taking leadership role for young wide receivers
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MATTHEW PURUCKER TribLive 
July 31, 2025
Although the Pittsburgh Steelers might not depend on Robert Woods to be on the field for most plays this fall, he is one of the team’s veteran leaders, particularly for the team’s relatively young gro...
Storylines to watch as Pitt begins preseason
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 30, 2025
Confidence can sometimes be misleading or misplaced. In the case of Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi, his confidence in the 2023 team was of the latter variety, as it finished 3-9. Fast forward two ye...
Football looms with no clear guidance
NCAA, Sports
By By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer 
July 29, 2025
The stream of lawsuits across the country from college athletes trying to grab another season of eligibility appears ready to fizzle out for a bit. With fall football practice cranking up this week, p...
Sanders says he had bladder cancer, plans to coach
NCAA, Sports
July 29, 2025
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders disclosed Monday that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer but after surgery his oncologist has considered him cured, so he pla...
Trump signs order to clarify employment status amid NIL chaos
NCAA, Sports
July 26, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play ...
Penn State blocking out the noise of big-game losses
NCAA, Sports
BIG TEN NOTEBOOK
July 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — New year, new slate, no outside noise. That’s the mantra in Happy Valley, despite James Franklin being saddled with a 4-20 mark as coach at Penn State against teams ranked in the AP T...