Former Wake Forest Demon Deacons assistant coach Tommy Elrod was fired from his post as one of the team's radio broadcasters on Tuesday after a school-led investigation revealed that he attempted to provide information regarding the team's game plan to opponents.   "Based on emails, text messages and phone records, Tommy Elrod, a radio announcer for Wake Forest football games, provided or attempted to provide confidential and proprietary game preparations on multiple occasions, starting in 2014," the school ...

Offensive tackle recruit Navaughn Donaldson is staying close to home, as he committed to play for the Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes Tuesday.  Donaldson made the announcement on Twitter: According to Scout, Donaldson is a 4-star prospect. He ranks as the No. 168 overall player, No. 20 offensive tackle and No. 3 offensive tackle from the state of Florida in the class of 2017. Donaldson initially committed to Miami in July 2015, but he continued to take recruiting visits before deciding to ...

Alex Perry, a heralded 4-star cornerback from Bishop Gorman High School, bolstered Arizona State's secondary Tuesday when he announced his intention to suit up for the Sun Devils in the fall of 2017.  Perry broke the news on Twitter:  Perry will join his brother, Armand, who's a redshirt sophomore safety at ASU. One of the premier defensive backs in the country, Perry graded out as the top-ranked cornerback in Nevada and 15th-ranked cornerback overall among all 2017 recruits, according to Scout. Perry is ...

Quarterback Anu Solomon announced in an Instagram post Tuesday that he is transferring from Arizona: Solomon started in 25 games over his first two seasons with the Wildcats, but an injury-plagued 2016 saw him appear in just five games.   According to Dave Miller of Campus Insiders, Solomon "is expected to graduate early" and will be eligible to take the field in 2017. After appearing in Arizona's season opener against BYU, Solomon sustained a knee injury that held him out for almost ...

As if you needed another reason to watch bowl games—the fact that they're the last batch of real college football you'll get for another nine months is reason enough—there's always the angle of treating them like previews of what's to come next for the NFL. The best players from the college level, if they're eligible to do so, will be playing pro ball next fall, and their performances in bowl games could serve as springboards to ...

It's the happiest time of year in college football. The three-plus weeks when bowl games are an almost-daily occurrence as they help get us through the rest of 2016 and the start of 2017. This year there are 42 games on tap, starting with six contests on Saturday and concluding with the national championship set for Jan. 9 in Tampa, Florida. In between are all sorts of intriguing matchups of varying levels of quality, but one thing ...

BYU may be playing in a bowl for the 12th straight season, but it's also 0-3 both straight up and against the spread over its last three bowl appearances. The Cougars shoot to stop that skid when they renew acquaintances with longtime rival Wyoming in the Poinsettia Bowl on Wednesday, December 21 at 9 p.m. ET in San Diego.       Poinsettia Bowl point spread: The Cougars opened as 7.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It was the blur that took getting used to.  When Reuben Foster arrived at the University of Alabama, his teammates already had a good idea about how hard he could hit and his potential. Some even knew about his tragic background and toughness, while everyone would quickly learn about his outgoing personality.   The blur, though, was different. It's what they often saw just before the player being chased was annihilated. That’s not an exaggeration, ...

Isaiah Buggs, a 4-star defensive end from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, according to Scout, committed to Alabama on Tuesday, per James Smith of the Times-Picayune.  Buggs chose the Crimson Tide over LSU, though he took the time to thank the Tigers for their interest: LSU, thank you for giving me the opportunity to play in my home state. This decision was hard to make, but I will pursue my degree and compete for a national championship with the Alabama ...

If the 2016 Heisman Trophy race taught us anything, it's that contenders take a variety of paths to award consideration. Among the five finalists who attended last Saturday's ceremony in New York City, only one—Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers—was considered a composite 5-star prospect coming out of high school. Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook attended junior college prior to arriving in Norman, while Lamar Jackson carried 3-star status in composite recruit rankings. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield didn't even ...