College football

Transfer portal tampering frustrates SEC coaches, but few - if any - ideas on how to stop it

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 01, 2023 03:43 PM EDT

FILE - Alabama head coach Nick Saban paces as his team warms up before Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Saban says current track in college football will lead to less competitive balance

By Ralph D. Russo May. 30, 2023 04:18 PM EDT

In this undated photo provided by Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech football player Clint Castleberry poses for a photo. Castleberry never got a chance to realize his full potential on the gridiron. After one dazzling season at Georgia Tech, he died in action during World War II, a reminder on this 2023 Memorial Day weekend of the ultimate price that so many have paid. (Georgia Tech via AP)

Column: Remembering Castleberry, others who paid ultimate price of war

By Paul Newberry May. 26, 2023 01:37 PM EDT

FILE - Team Aina quarterback McKenzie Milton (10), of Florida State, looks for a receiver during the second half of the Hula Bowl NCAA college football game against Team Kai, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, who came back from a gruesome leg injury in 2018 to play another season of college football for Florida State two years later, has been hired by Tennessee to be an offensive analyst. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Former UCF star QB McKenzie Milton joins Tennessee as offensive analyst

May. 25, 2023 05:41 PM EDT

FILE - Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner (12) throws against Marshall during the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Auburn, USC, Alabama, Miami among the spring transfer window winners in college football

By Ralph D. Russo May. 25, 2023 05:11 PM EDT

FILE - Colorado head coach Deion Sanders in the first half of the team's spring practice NCAA college football game Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. Scouting and recruiting players in the NCAA transfer portal has become a vital part of building a college football program. Sanders’ team has added 20 transfers since the portal window opened April 15. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

In transfer recruiting, NFL-style personnel departments try to get out in front of the portal

By Ralph D. Russo May. 25, 2023 04:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs talks to reporters in Auburn, Ala. Longtime Auburn administrator Jay Jacobs is retiring after nearly four decades in college athletics. Jacobs is stepping down at the end of June after spending the last five years as Florida's associate AD for external affairs. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)

Former Auburn AD Jacobs retiring after nearly 4 decades in college athletics

By Mark Long May. 18, 2023 02:08 PM EDT

FILE -Crews prepare the field at Bank of America Stadium for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. The Atlantic Coast Conference has wrapped up its spring meetings. Many discussions were held in private, including talks over how the league plans to close the financial gap with the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference. (Diedra Laird//The Charlotte Observer via AP, File)

ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC

By Mark Long May. 17, 2023 05:04 PM EDT

EA Sports College Football game to pay players for likeness if they opt in

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2023 04:46 PM EDT
College football players will benefit financially from the use of their likenesses when EA Sports brings back its college football game for the first time since 2013...

FILE - The extra point kick by LSU place kicker Damian Ramos (34), fourth left, is blocked by Florida State defensive back Shyheim Brown (38), on ground below Ramos, leading Florida State to a 24-23 victory in an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2022, in New Orleans. The two teams will face each other again on Sept. 3, 2023, in Orlando, Florida, in a game that will be aired on ABC. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

ESPN announces 'Pat McAfee Show' will join afternoon lineup

By Joe Reedy May. 16, 2023 10:56 AM EDT

FILE - Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman holds the trophy after Kansas State defeated TCU in the Big 12 Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State and Chris Klieman are close to finalizing a new contract that would give the Wildcats' football coach a substantial pay raise while keeping him tied to the program for the next eight seasons, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

K-State signs football coach Chris Klieman to a new 8-year, $44 million contract

By Dave Skretta May. 15, 2023 12:54 PM EDT

FILE - Huntingdon and Maryville College mixed it up at the line of scrimmage in the Hawks' 42-28 win over Maryville College, in an NCAA college Division III football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Maryville Tenn. The NCAA Football Rules Committee is considering a proposal to delay Division III's implementation of the new game clock rule for first downs for at least a year.
The biggest rule change approved last month for 2023 will have the game clock continue to run when a first down is gained except in the last two minutes of either half. Previously, the clock stopped when a first down was gained and restarted on the referee's signal.(Scott Keller/The Daily Times via AP, File)

Division III football likely to delay new clock rules for 1st downs

By Eric Olson May. 11, 2023 12:50 PM EDT

AP source: K-State close to $44 million new deal for Klieman

By Dave Skretta May. 08, 2023 01:22 PM EDT

Today in Sports - NY Knicks win their first NBA championship

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
May 8 1907 — Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds. ...