1+ week, 1+ day ago (598+ words) Nov 21, 2025 " 3 hours ago The days of outlets crowning a mythical national champion for high school football are numbered, as teams like Saguaro (AZ), IMG Academy (FL), St. Thomas Aquinas (TX), De la Salle (CA), St. John Bosco (CA), and Mater Dei (CA) are just a handful of programs over the last several decades that could stake claim as the top high school team in the country. That's at least the goal of a pair of companies that are partnering to create the "first ever high school football national championship game." The two companies that have joined forces to breathe life into the game are Overtime, founded by Dan Porter, and Omaha Productions, the media company created by Peyton Manning and sports executive Jamie Horowitz. The game is set to take place December 10th in Baltimore, and will feature Corner Canyon HS…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (703+ words) Nov 17, 2025 " 3 hours ago Boo Carter appeared in nine of Tennessee's first 10 games. Now, however, Carter's time on Rocky Top is over. After a meeting with Tennessee coach Josh Heupel Friday that also was joined by Vols defensive coordinator Tim Banks and secondary coach Willie Martinez, Carter was told he would not be permitted on the sideline with his teammates for Saturday's eventual 42-9 win against New Mexico State. By Sunday afternoon, Carter's career was over in orange and white. "I told them (Vols coaches) throughout the week that my hip flexor was still messed up," Carter told FootballScoop. "Friday, they told me to just go home and that was that. "I had a meeting before we had film, before we leave for the hotel. Me and Heupel had a meeting then met with Coach Banks and Coach 'Nez and Coach Heup…...

6+ day, 18+ min ago (172+ words) Nov 24, 2025 " 5 hours ago Nearly two months since the firing of sixth-year head coach Sam Pittman, Arkansas has conducted one of the most expansive coaching searches in recent history, several sources tell FootballScoop. It finally appears to be nearing its conclusion. Arkansas, with Parker Executive Search helming the process and Hunter Yurachek, the school's athletics director deeply involved but also forced into the role of chairperson of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, isn't short on taking significant swings. The Hogs conclude their 2025 season hosting Missouri Saturday." Ideally, Arkansas would like to be able to introduce their next head coach one week from today." The remainder of the update deals with multiple sitting head coaches and an SEC coordinator. As such, the following is for Premium Members. Premium Membership is $5 / month if paid annually, $7 / month otherwise." Go Premium with FootballScoop - Premium…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago (488+ words) Nov 29, 2025 " 8:39 pm A "UCLA coaching search that is the longest ongoing in-season quest has identified its top target and moved toward trying to finalize the hire, numerous sources tell FootballScoop. After firing DeShaun Foster three games and 10 losses into his 15-game tenure, UCLA has focused its search efforts across the past several days on James Madison coach Bob Chesney. The Bruins also recently had multiple conversations with San Diego State head coach Sean Lewis, sources told FootballScoop. But numerous industry sources -- agents, coaches, administrators -- have told FootballScoop this week that Chesney is the target of the Bruins's nearly 10-week search. Sources shared that UCLA has provided terms to Chesney and his reps; multiple sources said that the Bruins are discussing a formal offer in the "$6 to $7 million a year" range. But sources also tell FootballScoop that Dukes officials are very…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (356+ words) Nov 10, 2025 " 3:33 pm The school website still features a banner ad denoting the game scheduled for Saturday. The football schedule pull-down menu? It also reflects the scheduled game. One problem? Kentucky State at Delta State is not happening. Delta State, 7-3 on the season but a loser of its last two games by a total of 15 points, is seeking to finish strong and remain pertinent to the NCAA Division II Playoffs conversation. "What I really want to do is get back out and play another game," said 13th-year Delta State head coach Todd Cooley, whose program has won 34 games in its last four seasons. "You got Kentucky State, who signed a contract to play us July 14th. They're supposed to be coming to Cleveland (Mississippi) this weekend to play us, and they're not. They're playing Shorter. "They're telling us they've got an agreement…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (372+ words) Nov 17, 2025 " 3:48 pm As soon as Brian Kelly was fired atop the LSU program, the whisper within the profession was Nick Saban was the dream; Lane Kiffin might be the home run." Well, that is how this search has started, but there's more layers to find the replacement for Kelly in LSU's search, which has just started its fourth week." Conversations were had with Saban, several sources told FootballScoop, but it sounds like the seven-time national champion coach -- who won a title at LSU in 2003 -- has decided he doesn't want to step back into things." So, Lane Kiffin. The pursuit is real, the dollars are large. Will it come together?" Friends, that is expected to play out in the next few days we are told." Sources tell FootballScoop that LSU's offer to Kiffin would top Kirby Smart's deal, currently the highest-paid…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (420+ words) Nov 28, 2025 " 3 hours ago And while it will not be in Gainesville, Florida, for the Florida Gators, Kiffin has positioned Ole Miss to play at least one more game -- if not two or more -- that could be the most important in the history of the Ole Miss football program. Kiffin's sixth Ole Miss squad won its fifth 'Egg Bowl' Friday afternoon when it dismantled rival Mississippi State, 38-19, at Davis Wade Field in Starkville. He was asked postgame if he had made a coaching decision during his on-field interview. "No, I haven't. I've got a lot of praying to do to figure that out tomorrow, but right now I'm just going to go enjoy these players. I told them last night, 'You're going to go win your 11th game and all I want to do is experience joy watching you.' That's what I'm…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (159+ words) Nov 9, 2025 " 1:04 pm USC should have been penalized for pulling off a gambit that resulted in a conversion of a fake punt, but not on that particular play, according to a memo the Big Ten circulated on Sunday. Here is the Big Ten's memo: After the game, USC head coach Lincoln Riley defended the action, saying that USC listed Huard as 80 on the roster -- and has done so for a while now. USC head coach Lincoln Riley jokes about Sam Huard's number change: "It's been on [the roster] for three weeks!" The question we asked on the FootballScoop podcast was why don't more teams do this? Now, in light of the publicity that play and applicable rule have gotten, a new question arises. If you think you can pull this trick off on your first punt of the game, is a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) After No. 19 USC's 38-17 win over Northwestern on Friday night, Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley addressed swirling speculation he could look to leave Los Angeles after the sea ... Lincoln Riley addresses speculation he could leave USC Nov 8, 2025 " 7 hours ago After No. 19 USC's 38-17 win over Northwestern on Friday night, Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley addressed swirling speculation he could look to leave Los Angeles after the season. It wasn't a lengthy statement by any means, but it was direct. "You guys know what I sacrificed to be here," Riley said. "I'm where I need to be." Riley was seemingly entrenched as the head coach at Oklahoma when he took the USC job in November 2021, completely and permanently severing relationships he'd built over seven years as a Sooner and his reputation in the state he'd called home since 2015. He later claimed that "a…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (280+ words) Nov 28, 2025 " an hour ago Florida is pulling out of the Lane Kiffin Sweepstakes and turning its focus to Jon Sumrall, according to a report from On3 on Friday. Therefore, it's expected the Kiffin Konundrum will reach a resolution tomorrow, and Florida expects Kiffin to choose between Ole Miss and LSU. Before kickoff, Kiffin was evasive when asked his plans by ESPN's Marty Smith. "Today's about this game, 11 wins potentially for the first time in school history. That's the first time 11 wins in the entire state by any program in the regular season," Kiffin said. "A lot on the line and our guys are focused and ready to play. This noise thing you're referring to, this isn't anything new it's been going on for weeks." "I'm looking at kickoff in an hour-and-a-half and after that, let's go watch Knox (his son) go…...