This could be the most active coaching carousel college football has seen in many years. Before the end of September, five Power 4 programs were searching for new head coaches for 2026, and three more firings following Week 7 have bumped the number of open jobs to nine (counting some late-offseason dismissals. The 2024-25 hiring cycle was historically slow at …
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3 winners, 2 losers from Michigan Football’s win over Washington Maize n Brew ‘Tough conversations,’ next man up, ‘hit you in the mouth’: Three key postgame quotes from Michigan win over Washington On3 UW haunted by late turnovers by Demond Williams Jr. in loss to Michigan The Seattle Times Everything Sherrone Moore said after Michigan football beat Washington 247Sports 4 Takeaways From Michigan’s Win …
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MADISON, Wis. — Plenty of talented quarterbacks have come through the Big Ten since the turn of the century, ranging from C.J. Stroud at Ohio State to Kirk Cousins at Michigan State. However, no field general has done what Ohio State’s Julian Sayin accomplished Saturday at Wisconsin. The sophomore completed 36 of his 42 passes (85.7%) for a career-high 394 …
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Handing out 5 game balls for Michigan Football’s win vs Washington Maize n Brew Michigan football vs Washington picks, predictions for Big Ten showdown in Week 8 Detroit Free Press UW haunted by late turnovers by Demond Williams Jr. in loss to Michigan The Seattle Times Observations: Michigan RB has career day, and welcome back tight ends MLive.com Michigan football’s defense sparks second-half surge …
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IU football coach Curt Cignetti likes to say his team has to avoid the “noise and clutter” to stay focused from week to week. But with Indiana experiencing unprecedented success, the noise is becoming difficult to ignore. Major job openings seem to emerge by the week, and each time that happens, Cignetti’s name is mentioned as a desirable, even if …
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Eric KarabellOct 15, 2025, 05:27 PM ET Close Eric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments”. Fantasy Football Week 7 begins Thursday and fantasy managers must replace Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens in this week’s lineups. …
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As the college sports world digests Penn State’s decision to pay upwards of $45 million for football coach James Franklin to go away, people around the industry are once again discussing a trend they’ve never been able to stop. Will the overindulgent coaching contracts with their ridiculously large buyouts ever be curbed? It didn’t happen during the period of financial …
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The Wolverines traveled out west and dropped their second game of the season, falling to the USC Trojans, 31-13. At the end of the day, a lot went wrong for Michigan and there’s a lot to pick apart in this one. Here are this week’s winners and losers. If you want to win games on the road, you need to …
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Max Klare lined up against Ohio State football last season as a tight end for a struggling Purdue team. Four months later, he was in a similar, yet vastly different, situation. The Buckeyes opened their spring season in March, and Klare was back on the other side of the scarlet and gray defense. However, this time he …
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UPDATE: We are set for an 8:25 p.m. kickoff at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah’s specialists are on the field, while Arizona State is going through its full complement of warmups. SALT LAKE CITY — Everyone is going to have to wait a little while longer for a critical Big 12 showdown between the University of Utah and No. 21 Arizona State. …
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