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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thomas McCormick, like many who have come through California’s Carlsbad High School, can recite the drill with little hesitation. It started with stairs. One trip up, one trip down as a warm-up. Up, down — timed. Up, down — timed. Up, down — not timed. Up, down — not timed. And those stairs were unforgiving. “Four or …

Three Nebraska players were selected to the Associated Press’ All-Time All-America team released Thursday. Johnny Rodgers and Ndamukong Suh were picked on the first team, and Dave Rimington was a second-team selection. The Huskers had two of the 25 players selected for the first team. Rodgers and four others on the first team won the Heisman Trophy. Twenty-one of the …

Though college football is undergoing constant change with the transfer portal, NIL and conference realignment, the collection of talent in the sport has never been better. Player development and retention has given us a top tier of stars that are, in some cases, already good enough to be playing on Sundays but instead are using their talents to power wins …

During my 20 years overseeing the Associated Press Top 25, I can’t count how many times I had to tell people that no, I don’t vote in the college football poll. It was a common and totally understandable misconception. And, frankly, I would often joyfully make the correction. “Don’t blame me. I don’t vote.” Now you can blame me. For …

Nebraska was one of the most active Big Ten teams in the transfer portal this offseason, bringing in 14 new scholarship players to bolster the roster ahead of a pivotal 2025 campaign. While not every addition is expected to play a starring role this fall, several high-profile newcomers appear poised to contribute in major ways. From plug-and-play starters to versatile …

LINCOLN—Emmett Johnson isn’t shying away from the expectations for him this fall. The junior running back for Nebraska is expected to not only be the starter, but also be a workhorse out of the backfield. For Johnson, that begins with the intangible part of the game. He says that’s the biggest difference between this camp and previous one’s in Lincoln. …

On a typical sunny morning in late April, the UCLA Bruins began their last week of spring practice. Almost every other football program in the country had already wrapped up spring ball. But the Bruins, a team trying to replace 42 seniors after a 5-7 season, were still at it. Quarterbacks who had never thrown a pass in college took …