BYU hires Ty Detmer as offensive coordinator BYU is bringing in the program’s only Heisman Trophy winner to run its offense. The school announced Thursday that new head coach Kalani Sitake has officially hired Ty Detmer as offensive coordinator. Detmer, the 1990 Heisman winner and BYU’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns, spent the past six seasons as the head coach at St. … [Read more...]

Western Michigan wins first bowl game in program history The seventh time was the charm for Western Michigan. The Broncos were 0-6 in the program’s previous bowl appearances, but with a 45-31 victory over Middle Tennessee in Thursday’s Bahamas Bowl, the program finally notched its first-ever bowl win. Led by freshman running back Jamauri Bogan, the Broncos racked up yards in big chunks and … [Read more...]

Report: Navy gives coach Ken Niumatalolo a new contract Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo received a new contract, according to the Capital Gazette. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk confirmed to the paper that the school did give Niumatalolo an increase in salary, but declined to provide specifics about the new deal. "We reworked things a bit for Kenny as a show of appreciation for a job well … [Read more...]

Boise State blows out NIU in Poinsetta Bowl Jeremy McNichols finds plenty of room to operate in San Diego. (USATSI) You knew it would happen eventually, as it always does, and on Wednesday afternoon it did. We had our first blowout of the bowl season. Actually, I don't know if blowout really does it justice. It was more of an obliteration, or an annihilation. Maybe even a decimation, or … [Read more...]

Nick Saban says he's staying at Alabama until he retires Almost every year, some new rumor pops up that involves Alabama coach Nick Saban being courted by some other team or franchise, and each year he shoots the rumor down. This year, he apparently wanted to get a jump on the speculation. In an interview with ESPN.com, Saban bluntly said he has no intention of leaving Alabama before he … [Read more...]

Barry Odom: Maty Mauk back with the Missouri football team Missouri quarterback Maty Mauk is officially back with the Tigers. Mauk has been reinstated by new Missouri coach Barry Odom. Mauk was suspended twice during the 2015 season. He was reinstated from his first suspension in late October and suspended again for the remainder of the season a week later. "We had long talks together and … [Read more...]

Boise State holds NIU to 33 total yards in Poinsettia Bowl win Boise State gave the college football world a glimpse of what might have been during Wednesday’s 55-7 slaughter of Northern Illinois in the Poinsettia Bowl. It was the fifth-most lopided game in bowl history. The Broncos came into the season highly ranked and expected to go undefeated en route to — at the very least — a New … [Read more...]

The GoDaddy Bowl is a matchup of interim coaches GoDaddy BowlBowling Green (9-3) vs. Georgia Southern (8-4)Mobile, AlabamaDec. 23, 2015 Both teams in the GoDaddy Bowl were so good that their coaches moved on to bigger jobs before the season was over. Bowling Green's Dino Babers took the Syracuse job after his team won the MAC Championship Game over Northern Illinois. In Babers' two years at … [Read more...]

Two last-minute 3-pointers help Virginia thwart Cal's upset bid It took an impressive comeback from an 11-point second-half deficit for fifth-ranked Virginia to force overtime against California. Somehow, someway, the Cavaliers topped that in the extra session. Three-pointers by Malcolm Brogdon and London Perrantes in the final minute of overtime erased a five-point Bears lead on Tuesday … [Read more...]

Kansas handles first road game at San Diego State like a champ Kansas coach Bill Self got exactly what he needed Tuesday out of the Jayhawks' first true road game of the season at San Diego State.  The nation's No. 2 team was tested. No, it wasn't the kind of test most expected back in October when college basketball fans could only look at the schedule and dream. It certainly wasn't the … [Read more...]