NCAAF RUMORS AND NEWS

Bleacher Report "There is reportedly some belief that Auburn will fire head football coach Bryan Harsin if the Tigers lose to Missouri on Saturday. Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports said during Saturday's Big Noon Kickoff (h/t Barkley Truax of On3) that there is a "really good..." September 24

Clutch Points "Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian reportedly said Hudson Card will start for the Longhorns on Saturday, per Tiffany Blackmon. It was recently revealed that Quinn Ewers was going to travel with the team ahead of their game against Texas Tech. Quinn Ewers..." September 24

ESPN "Utah significantly altered the contract of defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, upping his salary and including a costly buyout nearly two years after Scalley had his pay cut in half and a coach-in-waiting agreement rescinded after he admitted to using a racial slur in a text..." September 24

The Athletic "The search for a new NCAA president is expected to “accelerate” during the next two-to-four months, with a goal of naming a replacement for Mark Emmert by early next year. And that person could come from outside college athletics. That’s according..." September 24

Bleacher Report "Former USC and NFL running back Reggie Bush said on the latest episode of I AM ATHLETE that the NCAA launched a "sloppy" investigation into him and his family en route to the Heisman Trust forcing him to give up his 2005 Heisman Trophy. Bush dominated the gridiron..." September 24

The Score "Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis is set to start Saturday night's game against Boston College, a source told ESPN's Pete Thamel. Travis was unable to finish last week's game against Louisville due to a leg injury. He was spotted using crutches on..." September 24

Clutch Points "Clemson football and quarterback DJ Uiagalelei have a big opportunity in front of them on Saturday against Wake Forest. That opportunity is going to look even bigger after Uiagalelei and the Tigers read Wake Forest’s injury report. The Demon Deacons are going to be playing with..." September 24

ESPN "Tennessee star wide receiver Cedric Tillman will not play against Florida on Saturday because of an ankle injury, sources told ESPN. Tillman injured his ankle last week against Akron midway through the second quarter. With Tennessee having a bye next..." September 24

SI "LSU wide receiver Kayshon Boutte will miss Saturday’s game vs. New Mexico in order to attend the birth of his first child. Coach Brian Kelly explained the reason why Boutte would be absent this weekend so there wasn’t concern about the wide receiver’s health or..." September 23

Bleacher Report "Every game, every win is valuable. Relative to team goals, though, conference play tends to take on a heightened level of importance. For a strong majority of Football Bowl Subdivision programs, a league title is the pinnacle. Only a select group will legitimately compete for a..." September 23

The Athletic "Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff sent a letter to the University of California Board of Regents on Thursday in an attempt to overturn the UCLA chancellor’s decision to leave the Big Ten in 2024, a source confirmed to The Athletic. Kliavkoff’s three-page..." September 23

Bleacher Report "Mike Leach is casting doubts on reports of Texas spending $280,000 on a recruiting trip highlighted by quarterback Arch Manning. “Have you ever been to or heard of rooms that can eat up that much of $280,000? I haven’t,” Leach said Thursday on his weekly radio show,..." September 23

ESPN "Brennan Armstrong is not one to sugarcoat a problem. It's one of the things his former coach, Bronco Mendenhall, loves about him. Mendenhall used to hover over the offense during Virginia practices, close enough to hear every word that escaped his quarterback's mouth, and..." September 23

The Big Lead "West Virginia traveled to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech Thursday night and proceded to stomp the Hokies, 33-10. Va. Tech didn't just take Ls on the field though, one fan became the story of the night after an incredibly bad decision. As ESPN cameras panned through the..." September 23

ESPN "Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich is finally speaking out about his reasoning for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 and the "ugly conversations" he says occurred with school administrators that led up to his firing. Rolovich, in his first public..." September 23

Sportsnaut "Five-star wide receiver Hykeem Williams committed to Florida State on Friday. An All-American Bowl selection, Williams is ranked as the No. 4 wide receiver and the No. 22 overall player in the Class of 2023 by the 247Sports composite. Williams, who plays at Stranahan High..." September 23

The Athletic "There’s a touchdown. That means a timeout is coming. Here comes a replay review. Add on another couple of minutes. The offense just made a first down. So the clock stops. And uh oh, here comes that official in the red hat onto the field, the dreaded indication another TV timeout is..." September 23

ProSportsDaily "“On any given Sunday, (or in this case Saturday) any team can beat any other team.” It’s a cliché as old as time and one that continues to echo through the football world on a weekly basis. We’ve seen some incredible upsets already through four weeks of..." September 22

Larry Brown Sports "Herm Edwards has been fired as the head coach at Arizona State, and it sounds like there are some within the Sun Devils program that may have helped accelerate the move. Edwards entered the 2022 season on the hot seat. The former NFL head coach was unable to lead the type of..." September 22

Bleacher Report "A 21-year-old University of Utah student was arrested Wednesday for allegedly making a threat to blow up a nuclear reactor on campus if the Utes' football team lost Saturday's game to San Diego State. KSL's Pat Reavy reported a police booking affidavit stated the..." September 22

The Athletic "Say this for Rick Neuheisel’s “Northwest Championship”: It might have been a simple motivational ploy with no trophy and no formal honor conferred upon the winner, but it does have a Wikipedia page. If you’re unfamiliar with this relatively deep Pacific..." September 22

The Spun "On Thursday, it was announced that LSU has been given one year of probation for recruiting violations committed by former assistant coach James Cregg.  LSU announced a self-imposed $5,000 fine for its football team. It is also limiting itself to 55 official visits during the..." September 22

The Athletic "It all starts with belief. Jalon Daniels believes he can turn around Kansas football. He lost every game of his freshman season. He lost the starting quarterback job last fall. He still believed. Lance Leipold believed in Daniels enough that he and his staff..." September 22

The Big Lead "Mario Cristobal is trying to revive Miami into the "college football powerhouse it was during the 80s and early 90s. It's going to be difficult to do that without much of a gameday atmosphere. Even his starting quarterback thinks the home crowds leave something to be..." September 22

The Athletic "Before he ran out of the tunnel at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for the first time and heard the roar of almost 90,000 people who’d come to see him get torn apart by Gators at The Swamp, Will Levis checked his phone. Kentucky’s star quarterback had a text..." September 22

Bleacher Report "Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday quarterback Quinn Ewers will travel with the Longhorns for Saturday's road game against rival Texas Tech. Sarkisian confirmed Ewers is on track to suit up as he nears a return from a shoulder injury but..." September 22

CBS Sports "Auburn quarterback Zach Calzada hasn't stepped on the field through three games this season, and it doesn't appear that will change between now and the end of the season. Auburn Live reported Thursday that Calzada, a redshirt sophomore from Sugar Hill, Georgia,..." September 22

The Athletic "Punting aficionados, Saturday is your kind of night on the banks of the Old Raritan. Rutgers ranks 119th in the nation in passing offense; Iowa sits 128th. Both teams rank in the top 10 in total defense. But two of the nation’s top punters — perhaps the best..." September 22

ESPN "In September 2021, Sam Pittman smiled as he sat at the table for his postgame interview after Arkansas beat Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas, ending a nine-year losing streak to the Aggies, their longtime SEC (and SWC) rivals. Pittman took in the significance of..." September 22

CBS Sports "North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye made waves this week when he took a shot at in-state rival NC State. Maye has since apologized, and now UNC head coach Mack Brown has spoken out about his comments. During his press conference on Tuesday, Maye was..." September 22

ESPN "FIVE YEARS AGO, about halfway through the 2017 season and stuck in the middle of what would turn out to be a nine-game losing streak, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers interim coach Jamey Chadwell called a team meeting. Standing in front of a group of players he knew didn't like him,..." September 22

Bleacher Report "programs making changes. As a result, there are 29 head coaches making their debuts during the 2022 season. Fourteen of the new faces are coaching in the Power Five, too. After three weeks, let's check in on how each is doing. No, we're not hitting the panic button on anyone..." September 22

The Athletic "Avert your eyes, John Calipari. The basketball schools, as it turns out, are apparently football schools now, too. Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke, the four winningest programs in men’s college basketball history, are all 3-0 in football — which has..." September 21

ESPN "With roughly three months until the early signing period, we have seen 254 ESPN 300 prospects announce commitments and some interesting storylines emerge as we move closer to December. That includes one of the most highly-sought-after quarterbacks, Arch Manning, who..." September 21

The Athletic "Sean Lewis snuck away to the Kent State weight room early Monday afternoon. As the Golden Flashes coach left his office, he told his director of football operations why he needed the workout. “It’s just so I can understand reality, that gravity still works. That..." September 21

Sportsnaut "Ella Bresee left an indelible mark on Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. Ella, 15, died last week from brain cancer. Her older brother, Bryan, is a standout Clemson defensive tackle, and Swinney led a contingent of players and coaches to her funeral in Maryland on Tuesday. Swinney..." September 21

247 Sports "Few in-state rivalries get more heated than that of ACC foes North Carolina and NC State. UNC quarterback Drake Maye added fuel to that fire Tuesday during a press conference when asked about playing for his home-state team. The Charlotte native and former 4-star recruit took a shot..." September 21

Clutch Points "Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide have signed yet another top recruit from the class of 2023. This time, it comes in the addition of wide receiver Jalen Hale. Hale is the 42nd-ranked player in the nation, as well as the eighth-ranked wide..." September 21

CBS Sports "During his time at Florida, Tim Tebow got his name in the record books, won two national championships and earned the 2007 Heisman Trophy. Said trophy, however, is not actually in his home. The former NFL player, now college football analyst, has been auctioning it off..." September 21

ESPN "Despite his league winning 12 of the last 16 national championships, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said one of the most important components of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff would be helping the sport not to be so regionalized. "My view is how do you bring more..." September 21

ESPN "ac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff does not anticipate any more teams exiting for the Big Ten or the Big 12, as his league continues to negotiate its next media rights deal. Speaking on "Canzano & Wilner: The Podcast," Kliavkoff said the Pac-12 remains unified despite..." September 20

Bleacher Report "Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell and Kansas head coach Lance Leipold have reportedly emerged as the "three leading candidates on top of Nebraska's wish list" amid its head coaching search. Bruce Feldman of The..." September 20

ESPN "The story of USC's offense so far this season might best be told by starting with the man who has played only five total snaps. Aadyn Sleep-Dalton wears number 42, hails from Australia, and even if you've watched every USC game this season, you might have missed..." September 20

Clutch Points "The end is near for one of the most heated college football rivalries in the nation. With the Oklahoma Sooners leaving the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025, the Bedlam Series, which features the Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, is also coming to an end. Oklahoma State football head..." September 20

The Spun "There's a chance that Herm Edwards got let go while he was walking off the field on Saturday night.  Edwards officially lost his job on Sunday after Arizona State released a statement saying that it had parted ways with him after five seasons.  Before that..." September 20

Bleacher Report "Amazon Prime Video officially joined the football world with last week's debut broadcast of Thursday Night Football, and the streaming service is reportedly looking to expand to the college ranks, which could lead to notable ramifications. According to Dennis..." September 20

Clutch Points "The Auburn Tigers are on schedule to start their SEC schedule this coming Saturday against the Missouri Tigers at home, but it appears that they will take the field minus quarterback TJ Finley. According to Nubyjas Wilborn of AL.com, Auburn football is going to miss the services of Finley..." September 20

CBS Sports "Herm Edwards was fired Sunday just three games into his fifth season at Arizona State. The missteps that got Edwards to that point remain almost too laughable to note. When he was hired, Edwards was perceived an experienced honorable alternative to inexperienced..." September 20

ESPN "In the wake of "F--- the Mormons" chants coming from the Oregon student section last Saturday during the Ducks' 41-20 win over BYU at Autzen Stadium, BYU issued a statement Monday thanking Oregon for its "sincere apology" and adding that "this isolated behavior does..." September 20

The Athletic "Months before Ray Anderson fired Todd Graham in 2017, the Arizona State vice president of athletics told trusted colleagues that he already had the next Sun Devils football coach in mind. Herm Edwards was a popular studio analyst at ESPN, a former NFL head coach..." September 20