Both the Miami Hurricanes and Virginia Tech Hokies will attempt to rebound from disappointing losses when they meet for a pivotal Thursday night showdown in Blacksburg, Virginia. Miami has dropped two straight games, including a gut-wrenching loss to rival Florida State and a dismal offensive performance against ACC Coastal Division foe North Carolina. Now, Mark Richt and the 'Canes hit the road at 4-2 in a must-win situation. Virginia Tech had a chance to take control of the Coastal ...

Mid-October is the primary time for recruiting to see major shakeups. That could be good news for some teams and bad news for others. There were several reported commitments involving 2017 targets since Friday. In turn, there were also some reported decommitments, including one out of the Big 12 and another out of the Big Ten. As official visits continue, don't be surprised if the recruiting world sees more of the same. West Virginia is the latest school to ...

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl will be a particularly special experience for 4-star wide receiver Tarik Black, as the 6'3 ½", 206-pounder from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut recently announced he will be making his commitment during the game on Jan. 7. His recruitment is down to eight schools: Alabama, Auburn, Maine, Michigan, Stanford, Southern Connecticut State, Tuskegee and UCLA. The nation's No. 13 receiver and the No. 98 player overall in the 2017 class figures to be a ...

Notre Dame defensive back Devin Butler was arrested in August on felony charges of battery and resisting law enforcement, and he was suspended from the team. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor resisting law enforcement Monday, per Christian Sheckler of the South Bend Tribune. As part of the arrangement, both felonies were dropped. Sheckler said Butler may avoid jail time because of the plea. According to Sheckler, Butler’s sentencing was delayed 12 months because he is set to enroll ...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter their bye week at 2-5, looking for answers to their heap of problems. But with one of the worst records in the entire Football Bowl Subdivision, solutions aren't so simple. Several issues are compounded with another mistake...and another...and so on. This piece will highlight a few of Notre Dame's biggest problems, but it's not a comprehensive list of what the Fighting Irish need to address during the week off. Like head coach Brian ...

We're halfway through the 2016 college football regular season, and the Heisman Trophy race has taken shape rather nicely and in surprising fashion. With four of the top six vote-getters from 2015 returning, reasonable observers thought that the race would unfold much as it did a year ago, with the likes of Stanford's Christian McCaffrey, LSU's Leonard Fournette, Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield competing for the stiff-arm trophy. However, as we get ready for ...

The six primary teams that figure to control their destinies in the race for the four College Football Playoff spots are all still unscathed after a thrilling week of action, but the undefeated records of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Clemson Tigers survived overtime tests. Those squads (Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Washington and Texas A&M) make up the top six spots in the most recent Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls. The Buckeyes came back from ...

Enough is enough: Lane Kiffin needs to be a head coach again. All he has done over the last three seasons is proof that he is one of the best coaches in the entire country; he's transformed Alabama's offense into a multidimensional, incredibly terrifying monster that is terrorizing the college football world. The offensive coordinator of the Crimson Tide has been kept behind closed doors for two-and-a-half seasons, coming out to speak publicly once per offseason—per head coach ...

A week after going on the road and humiliating a Top 10 foe, top-ranked Alabama will once again be atop college football's marquee Saturday. The Crimson Tide host sixth-ranked Texas A&M in what is arguably the biggest SEC game of 2016. Kevin Sumlin's Aggies have had a week off to reflect on their double-overtime win against Tennessee, a victory that solidified their status among the nation's best. One unfortunate thing: Alabama played Tennessee last week. It did not ...

After a second week of October that saw numerous upsets throughout the Top 10 of both major polls, it was a relatively uneventful Week 7, as the majority of the best teams in college football stayed put within the rankings. A pair of Top 10 matchups took place over the weekend, with Alabama crushing Tennessee 49-10 and Ohio State pulling out a thrilling 30-23 win at Wisconsin in overtime. Other than that, there was little movement ...