College Football

September 5, 2021 ST LOUIS, MO. – Redshirt Sophomore quarterback Ren Hefley has been named the Pioneer Football League’s offensive player of the week as announced by the league on Sunday. Hefley set an FCS record with 10 passing touchdowns in Presbyterian’s 84-43 victory over St. Andrews on Saturday afternoon at Bailey Memorial Stadium. Hefley led the Blue…

9/4/2021 CLINTON, S.C. – Redshirt sophomore quarterback Ren Hefley threw for 538 yards and an FCS single-game record 10 touchdowns as the Presbyterian College football team opened the Kevin Kelley era with an 84-43 victory over St. Andrews on Saturday afternoon at Bailey Memorial Stadium.  Final Score: Presbyterian 84, St. Andrews 43 Location: Bailey Memorial Stadium (Clinton, S.C.) Records: Presbyterian (1-0) | St. Andrews…

9/5/2021 STORRS, Conn. – Head UConn football coach Randy Edsall has announced that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2021 season.  “After 17 years of service at the University of Connecticut as its head football coach, I’ve decided to retire at the end of the season,” Edsall said.  “Back in 2017 I made a commitment to…

College football Week 1 scores No. 5 Georgia 10, No. 3 Clemson 3No. 1 Alabama 44, No. 14 Miami 13No. 4 Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31No. 22 Coastal Carolina 52, Citadel 14No. 24 Utah 40, Weber State 17No. 25 Arizona State 41, So. Utah 14Virginia Tech 17, No. 10 North Carolina 10Michigan State 38, Northwestern…

HAMPTON, Va. – Hitting the field for the first time since Nov. 23, 2019, the Hampton Pirates got 143 yards from Darran Butts and 136 from Elijah Burris as they defeated Virginia Union 42-28 on Saturday night. Hampton got on the board with a pair of first quarter touchdowns as Jett Duffey connected with Jadakis…

Sept. 5, 2021 IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior defensive back Riley Moss has been named the Walter Camp FBS national Defensive Player of the Week following No. 18 Iowa’s 34-6 win over No. 17 Indiana. The announcement was made Sunday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Moss (6-foot-1, 194-pounds) is the sixth Hawkeye…

Sunday, September 5, 2021 The Pioneer Football League named its players of the week for the games played Thursday, Sept. 2 & Saturday, Sept. 4. Selections are made from nominations received from the league’s members. Offensive Ren Hefley, Presbyterian Sophomore (RS), Quarterback Bryant, Arkansas Hefley began his Presbyterian career by setting the NCAA FCS record…

Gopher Athletics has announced that it plans tooperate at full capacity for live sporting events when teamsreturn to competition for the 2021-22 academic year. Thefirst ticketed-sports slated to welcome full capacity at itsvenues are soccer, volleyball and football. Minnesota also anticipates a return to traditional fanactivities surrounding its football games, which includestailgating, the team’s Ski-U-March…

WELCOME TO HUNTINGTON In late June, the University of Minnesota Board ofRegents approved renaming the University’s on-campusfootball stadium in Minneapolis from TCF Bank Stadium toHuntington Bank Stadium. Huntington completed its merger with TCF in June 2021,creating a powerhouse Midwest bank that ranks in the top25 nationally and top 10 regionally. Huntington will continueto have a…

TOP NINE TACKLERS BACK Senior linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin returns asthe team’s top tackler from a year ago, registering 54 stopsin seven games in 2020. He also made 1.5 tackles for loss,broke up three passes and one forced fumble. His top performance last season came at Nebraska when he recordeda career-high 18 tackles and forced a…

Senior Chris Autman-Bell was Minnesota’s No. 3receiver two years ago behind Tyler Johnson and RashodBateman, and the No. 2 target last year before Batemanopted out. But with those two now in the NFL, Autman-Bellis poised to be the team’s next top target. Autman-Bell has played in 33 career games and hasmade 78 catches for 1,250…

Redshirt senior quarterback Tanner Morgan is backfor his third full season as the Minnesota starter, and he’salready proven himself to be one of the best signal-callersto ever wear the Maroon and Gold. Morgan is 18-8 as a starter and has completed 405passes (seventh most in school history) on 653 attempts(eighth most in school history) for…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The UAB football team dominated all three phases of the game en route to a 31-0 shutout victory over Jacksonville State on Wednesday night in the Montgomery Kickoff at the Cramton Bowl. The Blazers outgained the Gamecocks 518-155, marking UAB’s first 500-yard game since Week 3 of last season and its first shutout…

MINNESOTA VS. #4/4 OHIO STATE Minnesota2020: 3-4, 3-4 B1GHC P.J. Fleck9th Year (5th at Minnesota)at Minnesota: 26-19vs. Ohio State: 0-1Overall Record: 56-41vs. Ohio State: 0-2 Ohio State2020: 7-1, 5-0 B1GHC Ryan Day4th Year (all at Ohio State)at Ohio State: 23-2vs. Minnesota: 0-0at Ohio State: 23-2vs. Minnesota: 0-0 Date/Time: Sept. 2, 2021 / 7 p.m. CTSite:…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior center Tyler Linderbaum has been named a preseason first-team All-American by the Associated Press.   Linderbaum (6-foot-3, 290-pounds) was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy a year ago and earned first-team All-America honors from The Athletic and Pro Football Focus. He was a second-team All-America honoree by the Associated Press, FWAA, Phil Steele,…

FRANKFORT, Ky. –  After defeating Jackson State in the 2019 Circle City Classic, the Thorobreds will make their return this season on Sept. 25 against SIAC opponent Benedict College in Indianapolis, Ind. The Circle City Classic will allow student-athletes to play at the home of the Indianapolis Colts and Super Bowl XLVI at the Lucas…