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The UAB football team opened fall camp Monday in Birmingham and is now a full week into preseason practice while continuing to battle high temperatures, oppressive humidity and seasonal thunderstorms.The Blazers are 24 days away from opening the 2023 season against North Carolina A&T at Protective Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN+.Here are some observations from the first week of ...

Tulsa World Sports WriterSometimes a change in scenery is all that is needed to nurse a breakthrough.Braylin Presley holds the same notion. The Tulsa football Swiss Army Knife — used as a slot wide receiver, running back and kickoff return specialist — throughout his career finds himself entrenched in a new, yet not-so new environment.Roughly 33 minutes in driving distance separate Presley’s current ...

Contributing writerAug 7, 2023 Updated 19 hrs agoThe Tulane football team made history Monday, placing 23rd in the USA Today preseason coaches poll.This is the first time the Green Wave has been ranked before the year since the coaches began releasing a preseason tabulation in 1978. The honor comes two weeks after the Wave was picked on top of a conference for the first time ever, getting the media ...

Published 8:26 am Tuesday, August 8, 2023Daniel King and the Troy offense are hard at work in fall camp. (Photo by Josh Boutwell)Through the first week of fall camp, Troy offensive coordinator Joe Cradock has been impressed with what he’s seen from his offensive unit.In Craddock’s first year as the offensive coordinator at Troy, the offense averaged 26 points per game, 116 yards rushing per game, 243 ...

The BladeAUG 8, 2023 1:56 PMIf Toledo football coach Jason Candle had a colder calculus, he could have easily passed the buck and made changes to his offensive staff after last season.That includes moving on from line coach Mike Hallett.Never mind the Rockets won the Mid-American Conference title.Their traditionally prolific offense was as consistent as a summer gust, ranking outside the top 40 nationally ...

Lubbock Avalanche-JournalWhen the Texas Tech football team opens the season in less than a month, Mason Tharp will have waited longer to get back into the fray than most of his teammates. The tall tight end missed the Red Raiders' last three games of the 2022 season with a concussion that Tech coach Joey McGuire said was Tharp's third since he started college.The 6-foot-9, 270-pound junior from Klein ...

Tuesday, August 8, 2023San Marcos begins the 2023 season with start of two days of practiceSan Marcos officially kicks off the 2023 season, as the Rattlers begin fall two-day practices.“We are really excited for fall camp to start,” Walsh said. “Our participation in our summer programs are at an all time high. The kids have put in the work and have seen the game.”San Marcos returns six offensive starters ...

August 8, 2023 1:13 pm CTThe Big 12 has solidified its spot in major college football. While that much is fair to say some who cover the league are taking things a little too far.Bryan Clinton of Heartland Sports insinuates that by leaving the Big 12, Texas and Oklahoma saved the conference. That’s a bit of a stretch. Clinton’s thoughts on the two blue blood programs add perspective to why Heartland ...

August 8, 2023 1:09 pm CTAnother reputable source is buying the Texas Longhorns’ roster this offseason. He doesn’t seem too high on what the Oklahoma Sooners have on their 2023 roster.ESPN college football analyst Tom Luginbill shared his thoughts on the two rosters with Bobby Burton on his InsideTexas podcast “On Texas Football.” Luginbill said the following of the Longhorns and the Sooners for the ...

Knoxville News SentinelMiami transfer John Campbell had some good reasons for coming to Tennessee: Waffle House, Neyland Stadium and Joe Milton.And, notably, he ranks them in that order.“I came out here (to Knoxville on an official visit), and it’s a city,” Campbell said. “And then we ate some food. The food is good.“They got Waffle House. That’s the place I like. At the U (Miami), there wasn’t really ...