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Only Yvan Kemajou Until Penn State Football

Yvan Kemajou enters his sophomore season as one of the most experienced pieces of Penn State’s retooled EDGE room. The 6’3″, 254-pound Maryland native was a four-star recruit out of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, ranked the No. 188 overall prospect and No. 21 defensive lineman nationally, with a senior season that included 40 […]

Jumbo Package: Injury update, depth chart questions halfway through camp

Happy Monday, everyone. In case you missed it, we learned about the severity of AK Dear’s ankle injury over the weekend.  Alabama running back AK Dear is expected to miss about six weeks because of an ankle injury sustained in a preseason scrimmage, according to multiple reports. Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer said Thursday that Dear was injured […]

Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love caught in confusion over Cardinals injury report

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love was at the center of some unexpected confusion after an injury update involving another NFL player circulated on social media. The post actually concerned Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love, but the shared last name led some fans to mistakenly think the report was about Green Bay’s starting quarterback. [...]

LSU announces Celebration of Life for Skip Bertman

The LSU community is still reeling from the loss of Skip Bertman on Friday. The legendary coach that put LSU Baseball on the map and built the foundation of The Powerhouse, passed away peacefully at the age of 88. On Tuesday, August 25th, both the private and public community will have their opportunity to celebrate […]

TCR Daily Brief: Monday, Aug. 17, 2026

Good morning, Illini fans. We’re officially in the final stretch before Illinois football returns, and the national conversation around the Big Ten is starting to take shape. Here are the things that matter this morning. 🏈 The Big Story: Where does Illinois fit in the Big Ten? The national preseason predictions are starting to roll […]

Hoosiers Daily News: Curt Cignetti sounds off on Notre Dame

We really aren’t gonna escape this weird Indiana-Notre Dame… thing anytime soon, huh? The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish are in the news again, this time because Curt Cignetti was asked about it during an appearance on Big Ten Network this past weekend. “Yeah, I’d like to play Notre Dame,” Cignetti said. “They oughta come to […]

Corn Flakes: Volleyball Red-White Game and Fall Football Camp

It is officially ‘back to school’ week at the college where I work. The faculty came back to campus last week and the students start classes today. One faculty member observed, “we get older, but they stay the same age.” It was an interesting observation in that the freshman class every year is right out […]

Pre-Fall SEC Roster Check: Florida

There are three primary areas of roster construction. Retaining last season's players, acquiring players through the portal, and recruiting players from prep and junior college ranks. Let’s dive into the Florida Gators.

“Check the Stats”: Deion Sanders Sends Stern Message on Leaving Players Behind for Georgia Tech Game

Colorado has two weeks of fall camp in the books, and Deion Sanders is closely watching who separates from the crowd. The Buffs open their 2026 season at Georgia Tech on Thursday, Sept. 3, and Sanders wants to know who he can trust before loading the bus. He made that stance clear during a recent […] The post “Check the Stats”: Deion Sanders Sends Stern Message on Leaving Players Behind for Georgia Tech Game appeared first on EssentiallySports .

Indiana football 2026 position preview: Quarterbacks

With the 2026 Indiana football season rapidly approaching, we’re going through the Hoosiers’ roster with position by position previews. Indiana, coming off of its first national title in program history, lost a fair amount of production to the NFL Draft and exhausted eligibility this past offseason. The Hoosiers’ staff hit the portal to fill in […]

2026 Mizzou Football Preview: Meet Your Offensive Line

Previous Previews: QUARTERBACKS, RUNNING BACKS, TIGHT ENDS, WIDE RECEIVERS. Mizzou’s offensive line has been a stable unit fueling an awesome run game this decade. It’s a unit that’s produced five draft picks since 2021, and filled eight spots on the All-SEC team since 2020. Entering 2026, there will be questions for a unit that’s shown […]

Predicting the 2026 preseason AP Poll

As we inch closer to the start of the 2026 college football season, we’ll pass one more major checkpoint in the offseason later today with the release of the preseason AP Poll. To preview what’s to come, we’ll be taking a stab at what the initial AP Poll could look like. As a reminder, this […]

‘The Cardinal Countdown: 20 Days Until Kickoff’

ANTONIO HARRIS #20 Height: 6’0”  Weight: 180lb Position: DB Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Louisville, KY Summary: I realize there may be some of you reading this who don’t know who Nate Harris is, and maybe even some of you reading this who have never heard of Doug Beaumont, and frankly, that makes me sad….and evidently […]

2026 SMU Mustangs Football Season Preview

Several years ago, the SMU Mustangs were the scrappy underdogs, foregoing nine years of ACC media rights revenue just for a chance to compete in the conference. Now, the Mustangs are an established power in the league. In its ACC debut in 2024, SMU seamlessly handled the competition. It finished 8-0 in league play, qualified […]