NCAAF RUMORS AND NEWS

The Athletic "The chirping birds and white noise of the spring wind were a tell. Eli Drinkwitz was out for a walk during a phone call, enjoying the locale he has called home for well over a year but has not gotten nearly enough time to truly settle into. Who can blame him? He was hired as..." May 14

The Athletic "David Clowney knows all about freaky athletes. The former NFL receiver once clocked at 4.28 40 at Virginia Tech and vertical jumped 40.5 inches at the NFL Scouting Combine and also played next to a bunch of All-Pros. Yet he says he has never seen an athlete quite like Jequez Ezzard,..." May 14

Larry Brown Sports "For years, many people associated with the Pac-12 have been deeply frustrated about the league’s lack of success nationally. The fact that former commissioner Larry Scott seemed either incapable or indifferent about changing that trend was one of the biggest factors working against him..." May 14

The Athletic "Shortly before USC took on No. 20 UCLA in its 2001 regular season finale, Antuan Simmons and the rest of the Trojans’ seniors gathered together. Simmons and his classmates had been recruited by John Robinson at the back end of his second tenure as USC head coach and..." May 14

ESPN "A massage therapist has been barred from Ohio State's campus and from having any interaction with Ohio State athletics members after an independent investigation found she had engaged in inappropriate and exploitative behavior targeting members of the Buckeyes football team. The..." May 13

Deseret News "The Pac-12 has its new commissioner to replace the departing Larry Scott. The Associated Press’ Ralph D. Russo was the first of multiple media outlets to report Thursday that sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff of MGM Resorts will be the league’s next..." May 13

The Athletic "The third-most recent Northwestern athletic director is currently the president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers. The second-most recent Wildcats AD is now the commissioner of the ACC. The most recent guy? Well, at least he got to hire a men’s soccer coach during his..." May 13

Inside NU "Northwestern athletic director Mike Polisky announced Wednesday evening via press release that he has resigned from his new position and will leave Northwestern altogether after serving as Deputy Director of Athletics for External Affairs for a decade. Shannon Ryan of the..." May 13

The Athletic "Legendary former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer has delivered countless one-liners, but perhaps none more insightful than the one he wrote in a 2003 Sports Illustrated piece, versions of which he’s repeated several times through the years. “I didn’t create the monster...." May 13

ESPN "In 1992, Washington State's Drew Bledsoe threw for 3,246 passing yards -- third most in the country -- and led the Cougars to a surprising 9-3 record and top-15 finish. His big arm and big-for-the-era numbers earned him the top spot in the 1993 NFL draft. It didn't earn him the national..." May 13

The Athletic "Boise State’s booster meetings weren’t going well, and it wasn’t hard to see why. In 2001, Dan Hawkins’ first season as head coach, the Broncos had hit some stumbling blocks early. They started 0-2 and fell to 2-3 after a 45-14 shellacking by Rice. The..." May 13

The Athletic "As an Ohio State assistant for 15 years, Luke Fickell was part of two Buckeyes teams that posted undefeated records and reached the national championship game, plus two others that played for the title with one loss. But at Cincinnati last season, an undefeated record only..." May 12

The Athletic "When rumors swirled about his job status amid reports of a meeting with athletic director Whit Babcock immediately after the season, it seemed like the Justin Fuente era at Virginia Tech was on the brink, only for the Hokies to announce he’d be back for..." May 12

CBS Sports "Just a fair warning: you're going to hear a lot about Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler in the coming months. As the 2021 college football season draws closer, the more you're going to hear about Rattler potentially winning the Heisman while carrying the..." May 12

The Athletic "Even Terry Saban couldn’t believe Nick Saban went for that fourth down. “That’s the dumbest call I’ve seen you make since you’ve been a head coach,” Nick Saban recalled his wife telling him after the 2001 SEC Championship game. Saban told the story..." May 12

The Athletic "The Jackrabbits’ march to the National Championship began by surviving the meat grinder known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The depth in the conference is well documented and South Dakota State faced the best that the conference had to offer. They used mistakes made in an..." May 12

The Athletic "There’s no doubt that the Bearkats have had one of the most impressive runs to the FCS Championship game in recent history. Yes, they never had to leave home, but they had to welcome in and defeat the elite in the FCS. The Southland Conference champions, in their final season before..." May 12

Total Pro Sports "Colt Brennan, the former University of Hawaii star quarterback, died at the age of 37 on Tuesday. Brennan’s father, Terry, confirmed to the Hawaii Star-Advertiser that he actually passed away in California on Monday. He was being treated at a rehabilitation facility when he was..." May 11

TMZ "Colt Brennan -- a former NFL quarterback who was a superstar in college -- has died. He was only 37 years old. TMZ Sports has confirmed Brennan was in Southern California at the time of his death -- though the cause has not been revealed. We're working on it. Hawaii..." May 11

ESPN "Notre Dame receiver Jordan Johnson announced Tuesday he is transferring to UCF. An ESPN 300 recruit in the class of 2020 and the No. 5-ranked receiver nationally, Johnson played in only two games last season and did not have a catch. " May 11