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Miami added a big-time transfer on Saturday afternoon as former Louisiana Tech defensive tackle David Blay joined the fold. He chose Miami over offers from some other marquee programs, including Penn State and Oklahoma. He was widely considered to be one of the top defensive lineman in the transfer portal this offseason. Blay began his collegiate career by spending 2 seasons at West Chester. He was impressive enough at that level to transfer to Louisiana Tech after the 2022 season and then made an immediate impact with the Bulldogs. However, his breakout campaign didn’t happen until 2024 when he recorded…

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LUBBOCK – Texas Tech junior Darrion Williams has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the second time in his career after scoring a season-high 23 points in the win over Lamar and providing nine assists against Oral Roberts to highlight his performances in a pair of wins last week. A junior from Sacramento, California, Williams scored 20-plus points for the fourth time this season after matching a career-best with four 3-pointers against Lamar where he also had seven rebounds, five assists, two blocked shots and was 5-of-6 at the free-throw line in the 101-57 on Saturday…

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The 2024 season this fall marks a monumental one in collegiate sports. The landscape of the NCAA has changed, with a multitude of programs shifting conferences. One of the biggest switches that occurred is Texas joining the SEC. With the legendary football program joining arguably the best conference in the sport, it is going to create an even more intense football environment involving the Longhorns. Texas has a passionate fan base, but even more important is that it invokes plenty of emotion coming back its own way. We’re talking, of course, about ‘horns down.’ The hand gesture is at the…

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Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. (9) runs the ball during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tennessee Volunteers at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesMore The Oklahoma Sooners are once again undergoing a remodel at the quarterback position. Last year, it was the exits of Jeff Lebby and Dillon Gabriel leading to the promotion of Seth Littrell and Jackson Arnold. That didn’t go as planned.  Littrell was fired after seven games, and Arnold is now…

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Texas Longhorns Super Fan Matthew McConaughey Getting Taylor Swift Comparisons Matthew McConaughey has been a mainstay on the Texas Longhorns sideline for some time now. And now, he is being compared to another major celebrity The Texas Longhorns always have a star-studded sideline, but some feel as though the Texas sideline at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium has become too much of a show. On Saturday in Texas’ win over Clemson, movie star and Longhorn super-fan Matthew McConaughey took part in pregame festivities, including running out onto the field with the team. McConaughey is often seen next to the team…

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As No. 2 Georgia prepares to take on No. 7 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, which is a College Football Playoff quarterfinal, head coach Kirby Smartdescribed what is “tough” for college football teams at this time of year. The Bulldogs (11-2) haven’t taken the field since beating Texas in the SECChampionship Game on Dec. 7. That will change on New Year’s Day when Smart and Co. meet Marcus Freeman’s Irish (12-1) for a chance at moving on in the College Football Playoff. Blazing Trails With Toyota Land Cruiser and Chef Eduardo Garcia When speaking to the media about the…

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STILLWATER — It’s probably happened somewhere, at some point. But it’s hard to imagine any major college football team — but especially one with the stability and consistency of Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State Cowboys — making a full change of its offensive and defensive assistant coaching staff with the head coach remaining in place. Special teams is the only part of the positional coaching staff that held steady. Gundy hired Sean Snyder, the former Kansas State punter and longtime assistant, last summer to coach punters and kickers, joining analyst Joseph Foteh, who had been the man behind the construction…

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By Stefan Krajisnik, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has signed running back CJ Donaldson Jr. out of the transfer portal. The Miami native has spent the last three seasons playing at West Virginia. In his career, Donaldson has collected 2,058 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns on 421 carries. He’s had at least 700 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in each of the last two seasons. Latest Ohio State Buckeyes news My favorite photos from the Buckeyes’ 2024 football season: David Petkiewicz ‘It’s going to be bad’: ‘SEC Shorts’ trolls Tennessee football fans after Vols’ blowout loss to Ohio…

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The Indianapolis Colts looked like they were about to run away with the game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, but a major gaffe by Jonathan Taylor kept that from happening. With the Colts clinging to a 13-7 lead early in the third quarter, Taylor broke through for what appeared to be a 41-yard touchdown run, but the Colts didn’t get any points because the officiating crew overturned the touchdown. After a lengthy review, the officials ruled that Taylor had let go of the football before crossing the goal line into the end zone. Since the fumble rolled out…

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