We’re going to try something new here at Fighting Irish Wire where we’ll recap the day that was in Notre Dame athletics and bigtime college sports stories each morning with this new feature. It’ll give you a fast food version of what the biggest stories regarding those things listed above each morning with links to […]
Florida’s coaching staff has remained busy evaluating talent over the last couple of weeks, and co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach Sean Spencer is no exception. Coach Chaos was in Alabama on Tuesday to visit a pair of Carver High (Montgomery, Alabama) recruits, according to 247Sports. He stopped by Madhouse Fit to see five-star defensive lineman James […]
As has been the case since Nick Saban returned the Alabama football program back to its’ original glory, most of the nation’s top high school recruits are choosing to spend the next step of their careers in Tuscaloosa. The 2023 recruiting cycle has been no different. Currently, Alabama has landed three commits from the ESPN […]
The Florida Gators last got a chance to host four-star Lakeland (Florida) wide receiver Tyler Williams for the Orange and Blue game. The blue-chip recruit seemed to be fairly interested in the Gators following that trip and now he’s included UF in his latest top 10. Williams penned a letter to his mother, Shanteria, in […]
HOOVER, Ala. — With the transfer portal creating free agency of sorts in college football, discussions of whether tampering has been involved have been prevalent. Recently, Louisville coach Scott Satterfield told 247Sports he believes tampering occurred with receiver Tyler Harrell who announced this spring he would be transferring to Alabama. But there’s not much Satterfield […]
The Georgia Bulldogs set a record this year by having 15 players selected in a single NFL Draft. LSU was the next most for 2022 with 10 picks. Then there was the team with nine. Not Alabama. Not Clemson. Not Ohio State. Not anyone from the SEC or Big Ten or any “Power 5” conference. […]
Daniel Holmes, one of the top sophomores in the nation, received an offer from Rutgers football on Tuesday night. A four-star defensive end from Gonzaga (Washington, DC), Holmes is a class of 2024 prospect. He is ranked the No. 188 player in the nation according to Rivals and the No. 14 defensive end in the […]
Brent Venables is just getting started in his pursuit of evolving the Oklahoma Sooners from, in his words, “good to great.” As a defensive coordinator, Venables was arguably the most successful coordinator of the last decade, helping Clemson win two national championships and building a defense that accumulated the most tackles for loss and sacks […]
The 2022 college football season is still a few months away, but now that spring practice is over, attention is turning toward the upcoming fall schedule. For many in the sports media, this means releasing “too-early” ranking projections, while others reset the algorithms on their computer models in preparation for the incoming campaign. The outlook […]
Tampering has quickly become one of the biggest issues in college football this offseason. During an appearance on the ACC Network’s Packer and Durham show Tuesday morning, Florida State football coach Mike Norvell says attempts at tampering with his players have occurred. “We had conversations, there were a couple guys on our team that had […]