Georgia RB Nick Chubb undergoes thumb surgery
Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo will have even fewer excuses for not getting the ball to Todd Gurley for the next week or so. Freshman running back Nick Chubb underwent thumb surgery on Monday...
View ArticleTroy head coach Larry Blakeney will retire at the end of the season
This will be Larry Blakeney’s 24th and final season as Troy’s head coach, the school announced on Sunday. Blakeney informed his team and staff following practice on Sunday night. The school will hold a...
View ArticleWeek 9, Statistically Speaking
0 — Lost fumbles for UNLV in eight games this season, the only FBS team that can make that claim. At the opposite end of the spectrum is Eastern Michigan, which has lost 14 in 2014. 0 — Games UCF has...
View ArticleGeorgia Southern drubs Troy 42-10, pushes winning streak to six
One week after popping Georgia State to the tune of 69 points, 10 touchdowns in 11 possessions and 613 rushing yards, Georgia Southern kept the beat going with a 42-10 blowout of Troy on Thursday...
View ArticleUL-Lafayette reportedly losing assistant Tim Rebowe to Nicholls State job
Coaching change season is nigh upon us, with Will Muschamp‘s dismissal at Florida on Sunday as the first A-list opening in 2014. And now we’ve had our second “first” of the season, with Nicholls State...
View ArticleKentucky OC Neal Brown will reportedly be the next head coach at Troy
Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown will be the next head coach at Troy, according to a report from FootballScoop.com. Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press confirmed the report. An announcement...
View ArticleTroy confirms Kentucky OC Neal Brown hired as next head coach
Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown will be the next head coach of the Troy Trojans. The school made the announcement official today via Twitter with a message letting fans know when he is...
View ArticleAfter UAB killed football, Vols will open 2015 with some MACtion
UAB officially sent its football program to the gallows last week, leaving Tennessee as one of four teams, aside from its Conference USA foes, with a hole to fill in its 2015 slate. Tuesday, that hole...
View ArticleBooted by UNC, Vic Koenning lands as DC at Troy
Monday, North Carolina officially announced that Vic Koenning won’t return in 2015, news that was reported nearly a week ago. Two days later, the assistant coach officially landed a new job. In a...
View ArticleUAB transfers land at Southern Miss, Troy
The exodus of UAB football players continues unabated, with Southern Miss and Troy the latest landing spots for the erstwhile Blazers. Friday evening, Troy announced that cornerback Lamarcus Farmer has...
View ArticleOffense, OCs big winners in latest spinning of coaching carousel
The 2014-15 spinning of the coaching carousel has nearly come to an end, with Central Michigan, thanks to Dan Enos‘ abrupt departure to become Arkansas’ offensive coordinator, the lone remaining FBS...
View ArticleIllinois, Utah make biggest P5 recruiting strides from 2014 to 2015
Illinois head coach Tim Beckman was on the coaching hot seat for most of the 2014 season when, after his Illini won its last two games and qualified for a bowl, his boss gave him a reprieve. Utah’s...
View ArticleFBS head coaching carousel comes to a full and complete stop
It all got started before mid-September and lasted until the beginning of February. This past season’s edition of the coaching carousel went on a tad longer than perhaps anyone could have imagined, but...
View ArticleFour new bowls apply for 2015-16 certifications, potentially bringing total...
It’s kind of funny, really. The reason given for so long that a College Football Playoff could not exist – eventual bracket creep that would inevitably ruin bowl season – has already consumed the bowl...
View ArticleReport: Record 42 bowls approved for 2015-16 season
Do you and 10 friends have college eligibility remaining? Do you have access to football equipment? If so, you could be in line for a bowl trip this winter. ESPN’s Brett McMurphy – the Bob Woodward of...
View Article52 college football centers named to Rimington Trophy watch list
If your college football team has a center, there is a decent chance he has been named to the Rimington Trophy watch list, released Tuesday morning. Of the 128 teams in FBS and roughly 41 percent of...
View ArticleTroy adds former Auburn defensive back via transfer
It was not so long ago we learned Auburn would be losing defensive back Kamryn Melton to a transfer. Now we know where he is heading. Melton announced on his Twitter account Monday he is moving from...
View ArticleBig Ten locks down early afternoon kickoff times
As can be the case on a Friday in the middle of June, some days are pretty slow on the college football news front. Fortunately, the Big Ten served up some schedule notes today to keep us busy updating...
View ArticleTroy offensive lineman Corey McCullers killed in car accident
Some sad news to share on this Father’s Day out of Alabama. Troy redshirt freshman offensive lineman Corey McCullers was killed in a car accident Saturday afternoon, the university confirmed. “This is...
View ArticleLafayette college football player killed in car accident
It is not often we dig into the news coming out of the Patriot League, but today we do so with some somber news from Lafayette. Brian Keller, a senior tight end fo the Lafayette Leopards, has succumbed...
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