Category: College

University of Texas-San Antonio quarterback Frank Harris (above), one of the oldest players in college football, is one of the players featured on Friday on ESPN.com. (Photo courtesy of NEWSBREAK.COM)
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ESPN features oldest players in college football

Prior to the 2023 season starting, I ran into University of Texas-San Antonio quarterback Frank Harris in the hamburger-hot dog line. Yeah, you read that right. Harris was fixing his hamburger at the American Athletic Conference’s media days at Arlington

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Jalen Milroe (above) started the first two games at quarterback for Alabama, but Tyler Buchner will start against South Florida on Saturday, the Tuscaloosa News has reported, along with several other media outlets. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)
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Alabama benches Milroe for ND transfer Buchner

Well, two games wasn’t long. Alabama on Friday benched starting quarterback Jalen Milroe for Tyler Buchner, who came to the Crimson Tide through the transfer portal from Notre Dame in the offseason. Several media outlets reported the story on Friday;

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Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke (9) threw five touchdown passes in a 48-33 win over Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of MIAMIHERALD.COM)
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Van Dyke throws 5 TDs, upsets A&M

Two big-name Texas college football programs had road challenges on Saturday. The one that played in South Beach couldn’t escape. Texas A&M is talent-laden, and has a new offensive coordinator in Bobby Petrino, but it was the defense that seemed

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Georgia coach Kirby Smart addresses the media at SEC Media Days in Nashville on July 18. No. 1 Georgia hosts Ball State today. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)
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TFB’s week two college picks

Believe it or not, with all of the attention the game in Tuscaloosa Saturday night is getting, there actually are other college football games scheduled. And for your convenience, here’s the list, along with the game times and the networks

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Alabama coach Nick Saban (above) and the No. 3-ranked Crimson Tide will take on No. 11 Texas at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday on ABC, and once again, Tuscaloosa is the center of the football world. ESPN's College GameDay will be there Saturday morning to kick off the day of college football. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)
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Prices skyrocketing for ‘Bama-Texas

If you’re going to Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday for the Alabama-Texas matchup that’s the latest Game of The Century – or if you’re already there – you’d better be ready to pay. Like, through the nose. A story by David

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Alabama will face Texas in a mega-matchup Saturday in Tuscaloosa, a 6 p.m. kickoff on ABC. ESPN's Alex Scarborough has an excellent piece on the rise of Jalen Milroe (above) to the starting quarterback job at 'Bama. (Photo courtesy of ROLLBAMAROLL.com)
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Can Milroe help Tide take down Longhorns?

For the bulk of the time that Nick Saban has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama (since 2007), the Crimson Tide have always had a quarterback plan in place. From Greg McElroy to A.J. McCarron to

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