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8/8/2023For the first time since 2009 Texas is favored to win the Big 12 and actually have a legitimate chance to contend for all the marbles.One of the main reasons they are favored and expected to have this much success is not only the continuity in the coaching staff, but all of their returning players. The Longhorns will field one of the most experienced teams in the country in 2023, with their ...

8/9/2023Training camp is all about competition as coaches try to push starters from the previous year to the next level.At TCU, one of the more interesting storylines that’s emerged at camp is Josh Foster pushing Millard Bradford for the starting nickel safety spot.According to defensive coordinator Joe Gillespie, the nickel safety spot is the most important position in the 3-3-5. It may come as a ...

SENIOR STAFF WRITER20 hours agoSyracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader has earned a spot on the Davey O’Brien award preseason watchlist. The honor is given to the best quarterback at the end of the season. The last and only SU passer to win the award was Don McPherson in 1987.Shrader is entering his third season with the Orange and has amassed a 11-12 record, including an appearance in the 2022 Pinstripe ...

8/9/2023Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football running back LeQuint Allen Jr. has been named to the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list.Allen is one of 76 players to make this list. This is the third-straight year the Orange has had a player named to the preseason watch list for the award, as Sean Tucker was listed in both 2021 and 2022.Eight other ACC running backs made the cut, including former SU ...

Mississippi Clarion-LedgerSt. Martin experienced Ole Miss commitment Jeffery Rush's athleticism firsthand last season. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound Rush barreled for a 40-yard run on fourth-and-2 from the 50 to move Pascagoula football into the red zone against the Yellow Jackets.The four-star defensive lineman had eight carries for 85 yards and two touchdowns last season for the Panthers. Rush is reminiscent ...

8/9/2023The SMU Mustangs enter the 2023 season with high expectations in a new-look American Athletic Conference. A big reason for the optimism is a roster filled with returning talent and fortified by highly touted transfers.With that in mind, this series will evaluate the roster at each position. Up next: the tight ends.Tight endsNotable additions: Micah Hilts (Texas State transfer), Tripp Riordan ...

COLUMBIA — The hype is worth it.Ask anybody on staff about Nyck Harbor and the first word they’ll use in reply is “fast.” An athletic specimen with Olympic-sprinter speed, Harbor is working through the paces of South Carolina’s preseason, learning the intricacies of playing wide receiver at the SEC level.He’s getting pointers from one of the other freshman receivers beside him, one that didn’t have ...

8/9/2023Just when San Diego State got all its players on campus and cleared for summer basketball practice, it lost one.Incoming freshman Magoon Gwath had surgery to repair a fracture in his right ankle and is out two to three months, likely meaning the promising 6-foot-11¾ forward from Dallas will redshirt.Gwath played on the ankle for the first few weeks of summer workouts and showed flashes of his ...

The Oregonian/OregonLiveFormer Oregon State receiver John Dunmore has found a new home, as he’s transferring to Towson.Dunmore, a fifth-year junior, put his name into the transfer portal in June. Towson is an FCS school that went 6-5 last season.Dunmore, a former 4-star high school recruit, began his college career at Penn State in 2019. After playing one game in two seasons, Dunmore transferred to ...

The Oregonian/OregonLiveJacob Schuster, a defensive lineman from Minnesota, has transferred to Oregon State and is currently participating in practice.The 6-foot-1, 320-pound Schuster played high school football at Tumwater (Wash.) and played two years at Minnesota. Schuster decided to enter the transfer portal in late July.Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith said it’s uncertain whether Schuster will ...