The deafening roar of Kroger Field that fueled a 17-13 halftime lead eventually gave way to a much heavier, quieter reality. When the final whistle blew on a 45-17 loss to Alabama, the scoreboard reflected a fractured dream of an upset, leaving players and fans alike processing the sting of what could have been yet again.
For Will Stein, the immediate aftermath wasn't about pointing fingers; it was about raw accountability and a profound gratitude for a fanbase that delivered a championship-level atmosphere.
The fans showed up in full force, selling out Kroger Field for Will Stein's SEC debut, creating an environment that Stein described as "unbelievable," "loud," and "energetic." Recognizing the massive emotional investment of the crowd, he didn't mince words. "I apologize to our fans for the way that we finished," he admitted, fully aware of the collective heartbreak echoing through the stands and the locker room. "I know our guys are hurting."
That hurt can't carry on too long; the SEC is an unforgiving league, and the 2nd-half performance against Alabama can't bleed over to next week.
The first half offered a vivid glimpse into the program's potential that Will Stein spoke on before the season started. The defense hunted the ball, securing three takeaways, while the offense capitalized to carry a lead into the locker room. But the second half brought stalled drives and exhausted defenders. Pinned back by short fields, the defense was asked to hold back the Tide a few too many times. "When you're defending a short field virtually the entire half, and we weren't converting on third downs, that was tough on our defense," Stein noted, acknowledging the brutal physical toll.

#field #defense #room

It was a tough day for Kentucky Wildcats sports. The Kentucky football team lost in a blowout to Alabama, and the volleyball team dropped their second game of the season in a tough match with No. 8 SMU 3-1 (25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 25-27).
Attack errors were a problem for the Wildcats, as they were in their other loss this season. They had 28 of them plus 9 service errors in the match. Overall, they had a paltry .161 hit percentage, not good enough against a good team like SMU.
Morgan Gaerte led the way for the Cats with 17 kills. Brooklyn DeLeye added 14. Kassie O'Brien had 46 **** ists. Defensively, they had some nice plays. Lizzie Carr had 8 blocks, and Gaerte had 7.
The loss drops Kentucky to 6-2 on the season. It doesn't get easier for them either. They face Houston next, then Louisville before starting what will be a tough conference schedule. They'll have to bounce back quickly.
This article originally appeared on UK Wildcats Wire: Kentucky volleyball falls in close match with SMU

#wildcats #tough #gaerte

Through 30 minutes, Kentucky was right with Alabama. In fact, the Cats went to the locker room leading 17-13 with tangible hope that they could pull off the upset.
However, Alabama came out and put the clamps down in the second half.
Backed by four second-half touchdowns, the Crimson Tide completely flipped the momentum of the game and held the Cats to under 100 yards of offense in the second 30 minutes. It was just part of a 45-17 win that handed the Cats their first loss of the season and Will Stein his first loss as a head coach.
Let's take a look at four things that stand out from Saturday's game at Kroger Field.
They may not be the Crimson Tide of 2009-2020, but this is still a really good Crimson Tide team. Really good teams overcome two early turnovers, which is what Alabama did on Saturday. In addition, really good teams just keep coming at you. That's also what Alabama did on Saturday.

#tide

TROY — It wasn't the best showing for Alabama State football in the first half against Troy, but luckily, the Mighty Marching Hornets had a chance to inject some life into the Alabama State faithful.
In a rare FCS and FBS battle of the bands, the Mighty Marching Hornets went toe-to-toe with Troy's Sound of the South during the halftime of Alabama State and Troy's game on Saturday, Sept. 12.
It was battle of different styles, an HBCU band against a more traditional college band, but who claimed the halftime show? See what the Montgomery Advertiser observed during halftime.
Winner: Sound of the South
This might've been the closest category when it came to the two performances, but what the Sound of the South did to win this category was its ability to switch up the beat, the sound level and how quickly it could make an impact when needed.

#halftime #hornets

Well that was atrocious and my eyeballs hurt just from having to witness that half of a football game.
Alabama's offense opened the game with Keelon Russell taking a bad intentional grounding penalty, Daniel Hill getting dropped for a loss, then Russell getting picked off by a defensive lineman for a quick pick 6. The Tide defense did turn around and get their own pick six with Luke Metz jumping a slant route, but that was about the last good thing to happen for Alabama.
The Tide defense generally stood their ground, but one drive got extended twice one "Defensive holding" penalties, then extended again when the Tide got a stop on 4th down, but the referees decided that, somehow, replay concluded that an incomplete pass was actually a fumble, and that fumble somehow occurred over the first down line despite the player not being at the line and ball being in his back arm.
Alabama's offense did put together two decent drives, but both stalled in the redzone on the backs of multiple penalties taking away touchdowns. Just eye-gouging football to have to watch.
Then, with a chance to go down the field and take a lead before halftime, Russell overthrew Rico Scott by about 15 yards and got picked off, giving Kentucky a short field. The Tide defense stood on their heads again, but Bray Hubbard got called for clapping when he celebrated his team not jumping offsides on a 4th down hard count. Technically the right penalty…. But man. The crucial-situation yellow flags coming out this entire half was awful. Anyway, it pushed Kentucky far enough up they could close the half with a field goal.

#russell #defense #field

James Madison rolled to a bit of history on Saturday with a dominant win over Wagner: The Dukes' 87-3 victory over the Seahawks tied a record for the most points ever scored by an FBS team in a game.
The previous 87-point record was set exactly two years ago, as South Alabama dropped a 87-10 victory over Northwestern State on Sept. 12, 2024. JMU's win, though, came with an even larger margin of victory, beating Wagner by a whopping 84 points.
The Dukes, who are in their first season under former Florida head coach Billy Napier, dropped absolutely insane numbers in the beatdown: 12 touchdowns in total, off 588 total offensive yards (near-evenly split between passing and rushing). Three of JMU's touchdowns came off punt returns, starting with a blocked punt on Wagner's first drive of the game and later followed by two returns from Michael Scott.
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In all, the Dukes scored touchdowns off all but two of their drives — one of which ended with a fumble (in the second quarter), and another that ended with a field goal (in the third quarter).

#victory

Even though it's only Week 2, Florida State's (1-1, 0-1) bye week could not have come at a better time.
The Seminoles looked lethargic against New Mexico State in Week 0 before being clearly the worst team against SMU on Labor Day, with the Seminoles unable to capitalize on winning the turnover margin, essentially by a 4-0 margin.
"Just another close game," head coach Mike Norvell told the local Tallahassee media after the Noles' first defeat on Monday. "A lot of one plays, and you think back through it, some of the explosive plays that we had, that we gave up defensively, some missed opportunities there offensively."
Norvell's job status looms over the program, but the Seminoles have red flags all over the roster right now. Unfortunately for them, there will be no rest for the weary. After the bye week, FSU travels to Tuscaloosa to take on a 12th-ranked Alabama team looking for revenge after the Seminoles' stunning Week 1 upset last year in Tallahassee.
It might get worse before it gets better, as evidenced by these three concerning stats from the opening two weeks of Florida State's season.

#week #Florida #Margin #Mexico

Paul Finebaum and SEC Nation made their way to Lexington as Alabama is set to play Kentucky at Kroger Field today at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The Wildcats are in Year 1 under Will Stein, who kicked off his head coaching debut with a 45-13 win over Youngstown State last week. Saturay, he's facing his first conference opponent.
Ahead of today's contest, Finebaum made a bold statement about the Stein comparing him to one of the greatest head coaches of all time.
"Seventy-five years ago, Bear Bryant coached at the University of Kentucky," Finebaum said on the set of SEC Nation. "I feel a vibe right now that the next Bear Bryant has showed up at Kentucky. They really feel like they've got their guy. Will 'Bear' Stein has arrived."
"What a statement," Tim Tebow said. "That's a left hook."

#stein #bear

LEXINGTON, Ky. — An Alabama football freshman defensive back is a game-time decision for the Crimson Tide's SEC opener against Kentucky.
Jireh Edwards, who has been questionable in the days leading up to Saturday's bout between Alabama and Kentucky with an arm injury, is a game-time decision. Edwards did not appear in Week 1 against East Carolina.
No other changes appeared on Alabama's final SEC availability report before kickoff.
Here is who is on Alabama's final SEC availability report in Week 2 of the 2026 season:
Out

#edwards

There is a particular kind of quiet that follows a quarterback who hasn't needed to be loud. Marcus Washington Jr. throws touchdowns the way some kids collect grades—steadily, without much fuss, until one day the transcript is too good to ignore. The three-star, 2029 First Team MaxPreps All-American out of Cajon (Calif.), has spent this season quietly ******* embling one of the most productive stat lines in the country, and this weekend he trades the Southern California sun for the SEC's version of theater when he makes his way back to Lexington for Kentucky football's showdown with Alabama at Kroger Field.
Call it a homecoming, even if his mailing address says otherwise. Washington camped in the Bluegrass this past summer, and the visit left a mark. He is coming back not as a tourist, but as a young man doing due diligence on a decision that will shape the next four years of his life—and doing it the way the good ones always have, on his own clock, gathering information instead of chasing headlines.
THE NUMBERS DON'T WHISPER.
Whatever Washington is doing quietly, the box score is not. Last week alone he was 14 of 25 for 219 yards and a touchdown through the air, then shredded the edges for 138 yards and four more scores on the ground—the kind of two-way workload that makes opposing coordinators lose sleep and college recruiters lose their composure. Through three games this fall, he has piled up 1,176 total yards and 13 touchdowns, a pace that reads less like a high school box score and more like a mid-major Saturday.
Numbers like that don't need adjectives. They need context, and the context is this: Washington isn't just a runner who can throw or a thrower who can run. He is a West Coast problem that programs from four time zones away are now trying to solve, and Kentucky is convinced it has the answer.

#kentucky

Week 2 is upon us, and it's also bringing an uptick in high-profile matchups on Saturday.
The game of the week, by a wide margin, will be played in Austin, Texas, as the Texas Longhorns host the Ohio State Buckeyes for a rematch of last year's Week 1 loss in a game that will pit two top-five teams against each other. That's not the only SEC-Big Ten rematch of note, as the Michigan Wolverines host the Oklahoma Sooners after last week's controversial Hail Mary win over Western Michigan.
We also get a couple of intriguing conference showdowns in the SEC and Big 12 as Alabama travels to Kentucky for Will Stein's SEC coaching debut, while Arizona and BYU square off in Provo in a battle between possible conference **** le contenders.
Here at College Sports Wire, we'll keep you updated on all the action, news and highlights from Week 2 Saturday.
Come back at 12 p.m. ET for live updates and **** ysis.

#week #conference

Eli Drinkwitz turned his postgame news conference in Lawrence toward a 90-second video on Friday night, a few hours after Missouri had settled the 122nd Border War 38-21 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
The clip, ******* led "Heroes and Villains" and narrated by former Kansas nose tackle Gilbert Brown, went up on the Jayhawks' social accounts on Thursday and reached back to the Civil War fighting along the state line, splicing in images of John Brown and William Quantrill under a narration line about right and wrong, Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas ran it again on the videoboard shortly before kickoff. Drinkwitz was asked about it once the Tigers had moved to 2-0, and he did not stop at one sentence.
Oct 11, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz reacts during the second half of the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
"Disappointed in the rivalry, the turn that it took today. I thought that was uncalled for, and you know, this is about two teams playing football, and especially on 9/11 when we need more unity now than ever before. To be putting some stuff on your screen, celebrating. I mean, everybody's got complicated pasts, you know, and to make that an icon was bizarre to me. And so I'm just glad, you know, that this whole right versus wrong bullcrap that was started just got settled on a football field because it's a football game. It's an American football game that people love to come watch and cheer for their teams. It's not even deeper than that, and I get there's a past to it. But why are we stirring that bullcrap up? You know, it's 9/11. This country needs unity now more than ever, and I was embarrassed for them to be honest, and that's why I tried to embarrass them at the end."

#kansas #game #memorial #brown

Texas A&M's six remaining home games during the 2026 season will serve as critical recruiting opportunities for coach Mike Elko and his staff, especially in the 2028 recruiting cycle, as five-star quarterback Donald Tabron III and four-star Edge Chance Archangel serve as the lone commits in the class and will make their way back to campus this fall.
Plenty of intriguing names in the cycle will visit this weekend when the Aggies host Arizona State on Saturday afternoon, while five-star wide receiver Braylon Clark recently placed Texas A&M in his top 12 program list and will visit College Station on October 3 when the Aggies host Arkansas.
Under Mike Elko, Texas A&M has developed NFL talent at nearly every position, especially after a record-tying 10 players were selected in the 2026 NFL Draft back in late April. Elko's background as one of the best defensive coordinators in the country, currently serving as the Aggies' defensive playcaller, has continued to make its way to the eyes and ears of up-and-coming defenders, including 2028 four-star Edge David Dotson.
During his recent interview with Rivals insider Sam Spiegelman, Dotson named Texas A&M among several programs that "have his attention" heading into the fall months.
"Texas, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia, LSU, and Alabama all have my attention," Dotson continued. "They've each shown me why they want me and how I could fit into their program. The relationships with the coaches, player development, culture, academics, and overall fit are all important to me."

#star #aggies #elko

What channel is Kentucky vs. Alabama on? Live stream, time, TV schedule to watch Wildcats vs. Tide football originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Kentucky will try to do the unthinkable when it hosts Alabama this Saturday.
The Wildcats last beat the Tide in 1997, just their second ever win over the rivals. Since, Alabama won eight straight matchups, the latest coming in 2023. But like each game, it's a new season and a new chance to stun the college football world.
Both squads are 1-0 on the year as Kentucky beat Youngstown State and Alabama defeated East Carolina on opening weekend.
Can the Wildcats defend home field? Or will the Tide make an early-season statement on the road?

#alabama #sporting #Football #season

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The reigning national champs will stay at home for Week 2 of the college football season — get ready for Indiana vs. Howard.
The Hoosiers are fresh off of a blowout win against North Texas, who they defeated 52-16 in Bloomington for a thrilling home opener. TCU transfer Josh Hoover excelled in his program debut, going 13-of-16 for 231 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. The redshirt senior looked in good form to replace star Fernando Mendoza.
Howard, meanwhile, will face one of their toughest opponents of the season Saturday as they prepare for Curt Cignetti's squad. The Bison won their season opener against Alabama A&M with a score of 31-24, but then fell to No. 23 Richmond last weekend at home.
Will the Bison be able to withstand the mighty Hoosiers?

#howard #home #sporting

High school football Week 4 is done and dusted in the Pensacola area.
Seven teams started district play, with three teams getting their first district win. Pine Forest went back-and-forth with Williamson, MaxPreps No. 1 4A team in Alabama, while Pace and Pensacola Catholic bounced back with wins after tough losses in Week 3.
Booker T. Washington and Northview moved to 4-0, while 3-0 Jay was off this week.
Escambia was supposed to host Choctaw in its District 1-4A opener on Friday, but that game was pushed back to Oct. 1 due to unplayable field conditions.
Below is who won and who lost in Week 4 and what to expect in Week 5.

#pensacola #high #forest

After an impressive showing last Saturday against East Carolina, the Alabama Crimson Tide now begin SEC play this weekend in Lexington against the Kentucky Wildcats.
Similar to last week, Roll Tide Wire recently turned to the EA Sports College Football 27 video game to simulate the Alabama-Kentucky matchup, as well as find out which team wins in the simulation. So far this fall, the simulation is 1-0 when correctly predicting the results on Alabama's schedule.
Here is how the College Football 27 video game predicts the Alabama-Kentucky game to play out this Saturday.
Final Score: Alabama 34, Kentucky 25
Notable Alabama Stats:

#kentucky #play

We are only two days removed from Kentucky Football hosting the Alabama Crimson Tide as Will Stein tries to make some major noise in only his second game as head coach. The BBN is rocking, and many are believing an upset could happen at Kroger Field on Saturday. That will take a healthy roster, and fortunately for the Cats, it looks like they will have that.
When the first injury report dropped Wednesday, Kentucky got great news, as four major pieces of this team did not appear on the report: Jovante Barnes, Teryhon Nichols, Hasaan Sykes, and Malachi Wood. That means we should see them take the field for the Cats on Saturday.
Several reserves still appear on the report that weren't expected to play much, including backup offensive lineman Jay Clark, who has already been ruled out.
For the Crimson Tide, if you missed it yesterday, they will be without wideout Noah Rogers. Starting offensive lineman Michael Carroll also remains doubtful. This would be a major blow for the Tide's o-line in their first road game.
Not much movement tonight. Now, we wait until Friday to see if we get any surprise names.

#major

ESPN's "College GameDay" was back last weekend for Lane Kiffin's LSU debut, and in Week 2, it will air live from one of the most anticipated regular-season games of the 2026 season. GameDay will be at Ohio State vs. Texas in Austin, Texas.
GameDay starts at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN and runs until noon on Saturday, Sept. 12. The crew consisting of Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban and Pat McAfee will have their game picks and all the Week 2 ****** ysis.
In recent years, GameDay has been criticized for prioritizing SEC games over traveling across the country to showcase other college game-day atmospheres. This week, however, GameDay did not mess around, selecting the marquee matchup of the week between the Longhorns and Buckeyes. Other options included Kentucky hosting Alabama and Oklahoma at Michigan, but even those aren't top-4 battles like Texas-Ohio State.
Actor Glenn Powell, who completed his undergraduate degree at Texas, will be the celebrity guest picker.
The show also already announced that it will attend the LSU at Ole Miss game in Week 3.

#gameday #ohio

The Oklahoma Sooners come to Ann Arbor for the first time in history. Oklahoma is 2-0 all-time versus Michigan, but will they remain undefeated after the game on Saturday?
Here's a look at Oklahoma ahead of the showdown against Michigan.
Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables won two national championships as defensive coordinator of Clemson and is considered one of the best defensive minds in the nation. Venables is 33-20 at Oklahoma but has struggled in bowl games, going 0-4. In Oklahoma's lone playoff appearance under Venables, they lost 34-24 to Alabama in the CFP First Round last season.
Oklahoma beat UTEP 51-0 last week, holding their opponent to 2-of-13 on third-down with just 198 yards of total offense. Oklahoma's offense had 401 total yards and quarterback John Mateer threw for three passing touchdowns.
Passing offense: 69

#offense #defensive

Williamson takes on Pine Forest tonight as the 2026 high school football schedule ramps up across the country.
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Don't miss a moment of the game with on-demand replays, too.
Ahead of the kickoff, here's what to know about the Williamson vs. Pine Forest clash.

#game #high #school

Mike Norvell's tenure as Florida State football's head coach has been nothing short of a roller coaster.
The Seminoles have gone 39-35 in seven seasons under Norvell and are currently in a multi-season stretch in which the program is 8-18. That run includes a 2-10 season in 2024 and a 5-7 season in 2025. A far cry from the heights of 2023 when FSU went 13-0 in the regular season and won the ACC ****** le before being snubbed from the College Football Playoff.
It's altered the trajectory of Norvell's career, who was once considered to replace Nick Saban at Alabama following his retirement and was widley considered one of the sports best young coaches. The now 44-year-old sits on arguably the hottest seat in the country and is fresh off a 27-24 loss to No. 19 SMU, where he and his team were routinely greeted with boo's from fans at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Sitting at 1-1, FSU faces a stretch of games that will see the program visit the Crimson Tide before games against Virginia, Louisville and Miami in October.
The road doesn't get easier for Norvell, so if the Seminoles elect to part ways with the embattled head coach, here's what it'll cost.

#coach #stretch #program #games

The SEC dared LSU to play what it considers ineligible players before the Tigers' season opener.
Now, the conference is making clear just how seriously it views the dispute.
In an amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the SEC argues it has the authority to remove LSU from the conference it helped found in 1933.
What we're hearing: LSU leans into villain role; Nebraska's risky Matt Rhule bet
The filing cites the SEC Constitution, which grants the conference's chief executive officers "plenary power and authority with respect to all affairs of the Conference of any type or nature whatsoever," including the authority to take actions outlined in Article 3 at their "sole discretion."

#conference #district #alabama #constitution

When Iowa landed Tony Diaz from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, there was immediate hype and intrigue about what he could bring to this Iowa offense. There was the fact that he lead FCS freshman in receiving. There was the fact that he had a late Alabama offer in the portal. Mainly though, it was about just trying to inject some life in the Iowa passing game that has been missing for some time.
In his debut, Diaz was targeted 15 times and ended with seven catches for 84 yards and a touchdown – the most of any WR in their debut during the Ferentz era (for some context, DJK had zero catches in his 2007 debut and Mo Brown's 102-yard game in the 2002 Akron opener wasn't a debut — he had three catches across 2000-01 before it. RVZ is a close second with 5 catches for 65 yards and a freshman record 2 TDs in his debut back in 2024).
Also in those targets were two third down pass interference calls to keep drives alive. Oh, and don't forget about the other two likely touchdowns he would have scored on passes that were just off target.
This is now my 13th year of charting Iowa's passing game and through my data the most targets for an individual wide receiver during that time (Sam LaPorta, TE, was targeted 17 times vs Illinois in 2022). Iowa's Offensive Coordinator, Tim Lester, used ****** e and traffic to help free up Diaz giving him an opportunity to make a 1-on-1 catch or an opportunity to catch the ball in ****** e and use his quickness to create yards after the catch (55 of his 84 yards were YAC).
This is a look at the route trees for Diaz on his seven receptions and two defensive penalties. Diaz recorded 46 snaps on the day with 31 of those being lined up out wide and 15 lined up in the slot.

#debut #iowa #passing

The Tennessee ***** ans will make their 2026 NFL season debut by hosting the New York Jets at Nissan Stadium in Week 1 this Sunday. There's so much to learn about these new-look ***** ans. Head coach Robert Saleh and the team's new coordinators Brian Daboll and Gus Bradley will officially make their debuts.
The most important aspect of the ***** ans' 2026 campaign is the development of sophomore quarterback Cam Ward. Coach Daboll is being tasked with overseeing his ascension. The ***** ans' new-look passing game will finally be unveiled versus the Jets.
This is a deep receiving core in Tennessee. Carnell Tate was drafted at fourth overall to grow alongside Ward. Wan'Dale Robinson was signed in free agency for his ability to be a high-volume, reliable weapon. Calvin Ridley is also back, and Elic Ayomanor had an excellent training camp. The ***** ans are four-deep at receiver.
Who do you think will lead the ***** ans in receiving in Week 1? It's an interesting question. Fans would love to see Tate explode after he failed to record a single preseason catch. Robinson should be Ward's most reliable weapon, possibly leading the ***** ans in targets. Ridley is a big-play threat who once played in Daboll's offense at Alabama.
Running backs and tight ends should also be heavily involved in the ***** ans' passing attack. Tony Pollard, Tyjae Spears, Gunnar Helm, and Daniel Bellinger will play notable roles in Daboll's offense. Ward will be tasked with spreading the ball around to a plethora of players.

#ward #tennessee #robinson

The Oklahoma Sooners have won 50 conference championships; however, the Sooners haven't won a conference **** le since 2020. That includes not winning the SEC, or even playing for an SEC **** le in the two years they've been in the league.
Oklahoma hopes to change that this season. It started with a strong 51-0 opening-game statement against the University of Texas at El Paso Miners. The Sooners still have the Michigan Wolverines and New Mexico Lobos before entering conference play. They start that journey by facing the back-to-back conference champion on the road, the Georgia Bulldogs. They then take on the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, who have dominated Oklahoma in three of the last four seasons.
After Oklahoma's strong showing against the Miners, its SEC championship odds have moved up. According to ESPN's Football Power Index, the Sooners have a 5% chance to win the conference **** le.
Oklahoma's 5% SEC championship probability may not seem high, but it ranks No. 6 in the SEC, and the most important part of the season is still ahead. Oklahoma comes in behind Texas, Georgia, LSU, Alabama, and Texas A&M.
Michigan will provide the first major test of whether the Sooners are as improved as they looked in the opener, while Georgia and Texas will offer Oklahoma two early opportunities to make a statement within the SEC.

#texas #title

The FSU Seminoles fell to the SMU Mustangs 27-24 on Monday in Doak Campbell Stadium, and their fans are fed up with the team and Mike Norvell. It was a winnable game for Florida State, but they once again found ways to lose.
Since their 13-1 season in 2023, when they won the ACC and nearly made the College Football Playoff, FSU has gone 8-18 overall and 3-17 in conference play under Norvell. That has caused numerous fans to call for his job, but that is not an easy move.
While their performance over the past two-plus seasons has been well below FSU's standards, it will be expensive to move on from Norvell. According to Craig Myers of USA TODAY Sports, his buyout is $46.7 million if he is fired before Dec. 1, 2026.
If FSU does decide to fire Norvell, his buyout would be the third-biggest in college football history, behind only the $76.8 million the Texas A&M Aggies paid Jimbo Fisher and the $54 million the LSU Tigers paid Brian Kelly. The Seminoles paid Willie Taggart $18 million when they fired him during the 2029 season.
FSU signed Mike Norvell to an eight-year contract worth around $84 million ahead of the 2024 season and guaranteed him that his buyout would be 85% of his remaining salary if he was fired. The deal seemed like a smart move at the time. Not only were they coming off their 13-1 performance in 2023, but the Alabama Crimson Tide were considering hiring him to replace Nick Saban.

#paid #mike

Florida State football news: Mike Norvell's honest ******* sment after SMU loss appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Following two straight disappointing seasons, Florida State football had an opportunity to gain significant momentum by earning an ACC victory over a ranked opponent. One can even say that the program needed this one. The Seminoles were unable to break through, however, and remain mired in uncertainty heading into next Saturday's road matchup versus Alabama. Mike Norvell did not focus only on the negative, but he made sure to acknowledge his team's shortcomings.
"{Norvell} starts by thanking the facilities in getting the power back on," Alison Posey of WCTV Sports reported after Florida State's 27-24 loss to the Mustangs. "He said he thought they ran the ball really well, and they have to make plays in the passing game when the opportunities present themselves."
That is an accurate ******* sment. Ousmane Kromah logged 22 carries for 116 yards and one touchdown, while quarterback Ashton Daniels rushed 16 times for 71 yards and a score. Unfortunately, the Seminoles painfully lacked balance on offense. Daniels, who transferred from Auburn, completed 12-of-23 passes for 125 yards and one TD. He looked especially out of sorts when trying to play hero ball in the final drive of the game.
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#seminoles #daniels #sports #Football

Notre Dame and Ohio State remain atop the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-138 but there are dramatic changes almost across the board in our first update of the 2026 season, including notable moves from LSU, North Carolina, Clemson and Colorado.
LSU leaps 10 spots to No. 8 after a 51-10 obliteration of Clemson, forcing small drops for No. 9 Oklahoma, No. 10 Alabama, No. 11 Southern California and No. 13 Texas Tech.
Clemson is one of the big fallers in this week's re-rank, going from No. 25 in our preseason 1-138 to No. 57, one spot behind Bill Belichick and North Carolina. The Tar Heels beat TCU 15-10 in a Week 0 matchup held in Ireland.
That's a 38-spot leap for UNC after a dreadful four-win debut and tumultuous offseason that seemed to point to a quick and painful end to Belichick's tenure. Also on the move: Colorado newfound physicality earned a 14-13 win against Georgia Tech and a 45-spot move to No. 59.
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#spot #rank

Summer Lynn, an influencer from Alabama, went viral for sharing her cosmetic procedure journey on social media
She has undergone multiple surgeries, including a nose job, chin liposuction and a Brazilian ******* lift, among others
She says she shares her experiences to normalize cosmetic procedures and connect with others who feel similarly
An influencer in her 20s is giving up all the secrets behind her viral cosmetic procedures.
PEOPLE spoke exclusively with New Hope, Ala., resident Summer Lynn, who went viral in July for sharing an Instagram Reel of all her transformations with an overlay that read, "customizing my avatar because we only live 80 years."

#procedures