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Tom Allen strung together four words not usually associated with his Indiana football program. "A lot of expectations," he said. Hoosier hype is well-founded this year, though it's hard to imagine anyone dethroning preseason No. 4 Ohio State as king of the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have won four straight conference titles, played in the [...]
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Desmond Ridder returns for his senior season looking to add to his 6,905 career passing yards and 57 career touchdowns, but also to take on more of a leadership role. "Here's a guy who's coming out for his fourth year, having played more football here than anybody," Bearcats coach Luke [...]
Ga'Quincy McKinstry not only arrived at defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Alabama with a reputation as a lockdown cornerback, but also with a nickname: Kool-Aid. It's even how he's listed on the Crimson Tide roster. McKinstry is just one example of blue-chip high school standouts who arrived on campus — many last spring [...]
Last year, around this time, the conventional wisdom was that a financial crunch brought on by the pandemic would discourage schools from laying out a multimillion-dollar buyout to fire a football coach. Conventional wisdom was wrong. Arizona was on the hook for more than $7 million when it sacked Kevin Sumlin. South Carolina paid a [...]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Marcus Freeman believes the best thing he can do as Notre Dame's new defensive coordinator is to get out of the way of his players. "This is theirs. They built this. I'm the new guy," said the 35-year-old Freeman, who seven months ago was picked by coach Brian Kelly to replace [...]
COLUMBUS — None of the three freshmen competing to start at quarterback for No. 4 Ohio State has thrown a pass in a college football game. That's unfamiliar and unsettling for third-year Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who had the luxury of the record-shattering Justin Fields running the offense the past two seasons. Day revealed [...]
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 are exploring ways to counter the Oklahoma-Texas expansion and curtail the Southeastern Conference's growing power in college football. The commissioners of the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 have discussed how creating an alliance between leagues that span the country could provide both financial benefits and policy making [...]
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Joey Bosa's first five training camps in the NFL were pretty simple — refine his pass rushing techniques and get ready to ball. The Pro Bowl defensive standout for the Los Angeles Chargers has a lot more on his plate this year. Bosa is still going to be counted on to [...]
CINCINNATI — Joe Mixon's imagination is soaring right along with his confidence. The Cincinnati Bengals' top running back has rebounded from a foot injury that sidelined him for the final 10 games of the 2020 season. He looks healthy and strong early in training camp. And Mixon is so enthusiastic about the team's potential that [...]
TOLEDO (AP) — Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra's routine until last year's government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike. That's when she discovered something surprising — she did not miss the gym. At least not the driving back and forth, filling [...]