1 month ago
Sep. 14—Gonzaga released its women's basketball nonconference schedule Monday for the 2026-27 season, and it shapes up as possibly the most challenging out-of-conference slate the Zags have had under coach Lisa Fortier.
Fortier begins her 13th season with a nonconference schedule that features six teams that finished in the top 100 of the NET last season with four teams earning NCAA Tournament berths.
Gonzaga's three most attractive nonconference dates are road games — at Stanford (Nov. 15), at Arizona State (Dec. 6) and a men's/women's multi-event doubleheader vs. Michigan State (Dec. 19), the Acrisure Challenge, in Palm Desert, California.
Eight of 15 nonconference games are at McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga was going to have a 16th nonconference game — the maximum allowed with 16 conference games — but a third opponent in the North Shore Classic in Hawaii — Gonzaga's holiday tournament this year — pulled out last minute.
Whether Gonzaga lands a one-off additional nonconference game remains to be seen.
#state #schedule
Fortier begins her 13th season with a nonconference schedule that features six teams that finished in the top 100 of the NET last season with four teams earning NCAA Tournament berths.
Gonzaga's three most attractive nonconference dates are road games — at Stanford (Nov. 15), at Arizona State (Dec. 6) and a men's/women's multi-event doubleheader vs. Michigan State (Dec. 19), the Acrisure Challenge, in Palm Desert, California.
Eight of 15 nonconference games are at McCarthey Athletic Center. Gonzaga was going to have a 16th nonconference game — the maximum allowed with 16 conference games — but a third opponent in the North Shore Classic in Hawaii — Gonzaga's holiday tournament this year — pulled out last minute.
Whether Gonzaga lands a one-off additional nonconference game remains to be seen.
#state #schedule
1 month ago
The 20th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes roll into Week 3 after claiming the Cy-Hawk Trophy with a 16-13 win over Iowa State from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
After falling behind 10-0 early, Iowa knotted the game back up by halftime thanks to a 1-yard Hank Brown touchdown run and a Caden Buhr field goal. Buhr would add two more field goal makes in the second half, including his game-winning, 42-yarder with just 15 seconds remaining.
As Iowa turns its attention to its final nonconference date, the Hawkeyes released their Week 3 depth chart vs. UNI:
No. 1: Hank Brown OR Jeremy Hecklinski
No. 3: Jimmy Sullivan
#brown #buhr #goal #hawk
After falling behind 10-0 early, Iowa knotted the game back up by halftime thanks to a 1-yard Hank Brown touchdown run and a Caden Buhr field goal. Buhr would add two more field goal makes in the second half, including his game-winning, 42-yarder with just 15 seconds remaining.
As Iowa turns its attention to its final nonconference date, the Hawkeyes released their Week 3 depth chart vs. UNI:
No. 1: Hank Brown OR Jeremy Hecklinski
No. 3: Jimmy Sullivan
#brown #buhr #goal #hawk
1 month ago
Memphis football and Ole Miss haven't played each other since 2019. And it doesn't sound like they will anytime soon.
"Not currently," Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said on Sept. 14, when asked if there had been any recent discussions about future games with Memphis. "Our schedule is pretty solid for the next few years out. Being regional and being close, it's certainly something that we may look at in the future. But we don't have any plans for that in the immediate future."
The teams have met 63 times, but the last one was a Memphis win at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in 2019. In the past, the Tigers would play at least one power conference team every season. But that has become extremely difficult because of changes across the sport, and they don't have a power conference opponent on the schedule for 2026 or 2027.
Chief among those changes is the SEC's move to nine conference games, which means one less spot to schedule a nonconference opponent.
"It just depends," Carter said. "The way scheduling goes now with nine conference games, you're trying to figure out what this new model is going to look like moving forward. Obviously we've had some games in the past, and could in the future. But not right now and not in the immediate future."
#schedule #like #don 't
"Not currently," Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said on Sept. 14, when asked if there had been any recent discussions about future games with Memphis. "Our schedule is pretty solid for the next few years out. Being regional and being close, it's certainly something that we may look at in the future. But we don't have any plans for that in the immediate future."
The teams have met 63 times, but the last one was a Memphis win at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in 2019. In the past, the Tigers would play at least one power conference team every season. But that has become extremely difficult because of changes across the sport, and they don't have a power conference opponent on the schedule for 2026 or 2027.
Chief among those changes is the SEC's move to nine conference games, which means one less spot to schedule a nonconference opponent.
"It just depends," Carter said. "The way scheduling goes now with nine conference games, you're trying to figure out what this new model is going to look like moving forward. Obviously we've had some games in the past, and could in the future. But not right now and not in the immediate future."
#schedule #like #don 't
1 month ago
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two days after completing the largest fourth-quarter comeback ever against the No. 1 team in the country, Texas is dealing with a new challenge: being the No. 1 team in college football.
The Longhorns erased a 20-point fourth quarter deficit Saturday, scoring 21 unanswered points to stun Ohio State 24-23. The win vaulted Texas to the top spot in the ******* ociated Press Top 25 Poll entering Week 3, while quarterback Arch Manning was named Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week and Trevor Goosby earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors.
Texas rises to No. 1, Ohio State and Oregon tumble
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisan met with the media Monday as the Longhorns turn their attention toward UTSA, their final nonconference opponent.
Here are three takeaways from Sarkisian's Monday press conference.
#texas #conference
The Longhorns erased a 20-point fourth quarter deficit Saturday, scoring 21 unanswered points to stun Ohio State 24-23. The win vaulted Texas to the top spot in the ******* ociated Press Top 25 Poll entering Week 3, while quarterback Arch Manning was named Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week and Trevor Goosby earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors.
Texas rises to No. 1, Ohio State and Oregon tumble
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisan met with the media Monday as the Longhorns turn their attention toward UTSA, their final nonconference opponent.
Here are three takeaways from Sarkisian's Monday press conference.
#texas #conference
1 month ago
No. 14 Tennessee (2-0) will return to Neyland Stadium in Week 3. The Vols will host Kennesaw State (1-1) on Saturday.
Kickoff between the Vols and Owls is slated for 7:45 p.m. EDT. SEC Network will televise the nonconference matchup with Dave Neal (play-by-play), Cole Cubelic (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline reporter) on the call.
Saturday will mark the first meeting all time between Tennessee and Kennesaw State.
Jerry Mack is in his second season as Kennesaw State's head coach. He guided the Owls to a 10-4 (7-1 CUSA) record and won the 2025 Conference USA championship.
Mack served as Tennessee's running backs coach from 2021-23. He left the Vols for the NFL after the 2023 season, serving as Jacksonville's running backs coach in 2024.
#vols #state #mack #play
Kickoff between the Vols and Owls is slated for 7:45 p.m. EDT. SEC Network will televise the nonconference matchup with Dave Neal (play-by-play), Cole Cubelic (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline reporter) on the call.
Saturday will mark the first meeting all time between Tennessee and Kennesaw State.
Jerry Mack is in his second season as Kennesaw State's head coach. He guided the Owls to a 10-4 (7-1 CUSA) record and won the 2025 Conference USA championship.
Mack served as Tennessee's running backs coach from 2021-23. He left the Vols for the NFL after the 2023 season, serving as Jacksonville's running backs coach in 2024.
#vols #state #mack #play
2 months ago
Quarterback Jayden Maiava and the USC Trojans host the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 12.
The Trojans will have a chance to improve to 3-0 while Louisiana is looking to secure back-to-back wins to start the season.
It will be the final nonconference game for the Trojans before starting their Big Ten Conference schedule, with a game on the road against Rutgers next week.
Maiava is back for his fourth season of college football, his third with the Trojans. He's already completed 48-of-54 pass attempts for 635 yards and five touchdowns. He's only been sacked once this season and has yet to throw an interception.
Lunch Winfield saw the most time at quarterback for Louisiana in the blowout win over the Lamar Cardinals last week. Winfield completed 16 of 22 passes for 189 yards and two interceptions. He also contributed to the rushing attack with 84 yards and a touchdown. Darrell Smith also rushed for 84 yards and produced two touchdowns.
#louisiana #yards #game #week
The Trojans will have a chance to improve to 3-0 while Louisiana is looking to secure back-to-back wins to start the season.
It will be the final nonconference game for the Trojans before starting their Big Ten Conference schedule, with a game on the road against Rutgers next week.
Maiava is back for his fourth season of college football, his third with the Trojans. He's already completed 48-of-54 pass attempts for 635 yards and five touchdowns. He's only been sacked once this season and has yet to throw an interception.
Lunch Winfield saw the most time at quarterback for Louisiana in the blowout win over the Lamar Cardinals last week. Winfield completed 16 of 22 passes for 189 yards and two interceptions. He also contributed to the rushing attack with 84 yards and a touchdown. Darrell Smith also rushed for 84 yards and produced two touchdowns.
#louisiana #yards #game #week
2 months ago
It's halftime in Austin with Ohio State and Texas engaging in one of the most anticipated nonconference games of the college football season. The Buckeyes used some Longhorn mistakes and some excellent play on both sides of the ball to take a 20-3 lead into the locker room, which is banking the national narrative in this one.
We like to look back on the first half and take three observations and takeaways from what we saw through the first 30 minutes of action, and in this case, there's plenty to talk about. Here are three observations from what we saw from the Buckeyes and Longhorns in the first half of what should be one whale of a second half to finish this thing out.
Ohio State forces a fumble against Texas on the first play of the game😤
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The defense hasn't been very stingy in stopping the run through the middle, but it has been very opportunistic in forcing two turnovers. Both of them led to two scores and have really been the difference in the game so far. You have to think that the turnovers aren't going to continue, so Ohio State will have to continue to make plays while getting equal possessions.
Jeremiah Smith: Freakshow
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#state #half
We like to look back on the first half and take three observations and takeaways from what we saw through the first 30 minutes of action, and in this case, there's plenty to talk about. Here are three observations from what we saw from the Buckeyes and Longhorns in the first half of what should be one whale of a second half to finish this thing out.
Ohio State forces a fumble against Texas on the first play of the game😤
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The defense hasn't been very stingy in stopping the run through the middle, but it has been very opportunistic in forcing two turnovers. Both of them led to two scores and have really been the difference in the game so far. You have to think that the turnovers aren't going to continue, so Ohio State will have to continue to make plays while getting equal possessions.
Jeremiah Smith: Freakshow
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#state #half
2 months ago
Sep. 12—The Washington State offense couldn't get out of its own way and the Cougar defense was ultimately powerless to slow Kansas State's march as the Wildcats rolled to a 34-7 nonconference football victory Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.
After going 0-for-11 on third down during the Apple Cup, the Cougars' opening script was encouraging.
Quarterback Caden Pinnick rocketed the rock to junior wide receiver Branden Ganashamoorthy and sophomore running back Maxwell Woods for a pair of first downs on WSU's opening drive, but it would be for naught as Cougar kicker Jack Stevens missed his third field goal of the season — matching the total number of misses from last year.
K-State completely snuffed out the Cougs after that, forcing a turnover on downs, nine punts and a forced fumble over the remainder of the game.
The lone bright spot for Wazzu on Saturday were the heroics of WSU safety Jaylen Thomas, who registered the first two interceptions of his college career.
#Third #downs #kansas #wildcats
After going 0-for-11 on third down during the Apple Cup, the Cougars' opening script was encouraging.
Quarterback Caden Pinnick rocketed the rock to junior wide receiver Branden Ganashamoorthy and sophomore running back Maxwell Woods for a pair of first downs on WSU's opening drive, but it would be for naught as Cougar kicker Jack Stevens missed his third field goal of the season — matching the total number of misses from last year.
K-State completely snuffed out the Cougs after that, forcing a turnover on downs, nine punts and a forced fumble over the remainder of the game.
The lone bright spot for Wazzu on Saturday were the heroics of WSU safety Jaylen Thomas, who registered the first two interceptions of his college career.
#Third #downs #kansas #wildcats
2 months ago
ATLANTA — A flash flood warning has been issued for the area around Bobby Dodd Stadium, where No. 18 Tennessee will play Georgia Tech on Sept. 12.
The warning is in effect until 1:30 p.m. ET, but rain is the forecast throughout the afternoon and early evening. The game starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Heavy rains have fallen throughout the morning, and the forecast calls for them to continue until close to kickoff or perhaps early into the game.
The chance of rain will decrease to 10% at kickoff with a projected temperature of 80 degrees. Skies are supposed to clear out by halftime.
That should make for more favorable conditions for fans, including those traveling from Tennessee for the road game. The nonconference game is sold out at Bobby Dodd Stadium, which has a capacity of 51,913.
#forecast
The warning is in effect until 1:30 p.m. ET, but rain is the forecast throughout the afternoon and early evening. The game starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Heavy rains have fallen throughout the morning, and the forecast calls for them to continue until close to kickoff or perhaps early into the game.
The chance of rain will decrease to 10% at kickoff with a projected temperature of 80 degrees. Skies are supposed to clear out by halftime.
That should make for more favorable conditions for fans, including those traveling from Tennessee for the road game. The nonconference game is sold out at Bobby Dodd Stadium, which has a capacity of 51,913.
#forecast
2 months ago
The final week of nonconference play for most Wilmington-area high school football teams has arrived.
Week 4 of the 2026 NCHSAA season includes five home matchups for area teams, with Hoggard, Ashley and New Hanover all playing in the Port City Friday night. Find complete schedules here.
North Brunswick is the only area team that remains perfect through three weeks of action. The Scorpions hit the road in Week 4 for a matchup with the unbeaten St. Pauls Bulldogs.
The StarNews is bringing you live updates and scores from each Wilmington-area matchup in Week 4 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season. Follow along below all night for the latest.
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Week 4 of the 2026 NCHSAA season includes five home matchups for area teams, with Hoggard, Ashley and New Hanover all playing in the Port City Friday night. Find complete schedules here.
North Brunswick is the only area team that remains perfect through three weeks of action. The Scorpions hit the road in Week 4 for a matchup with the unbeaten St. Pauls Bulldogs.
The StarNews is bringing you live updates and scores from each Wilmington-area matchup in Week 4 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season. Follow along below all night for the latest.
WATCH FLAG FOOTBALL Watch North Brunswick's Neveah Ngo describe game sealing pick-six
#Football #wilmington #watch #season
2 months ago
The Gophers originally opened as high as 2.5-point betting favorites for this week's game against Mississippi State. According to The Action Network, the consensus odds have continued to flip back and forth throughout the week, with the Bulldogs being favored by as much as 1.5. As of Friday morning, Minnesota is currently a one-point favorite. Could we be looking at a potential classic on Saturday afternoon?
Realistically, the consistent change in betting odds is pretty standard for a nonconference matchup in Week 2. Mississippi State and Minnesota were both viewed as potential wildcard teams with young quarterbacks heading into the season, and blowout wins in Week 1 didn't tell us much. **** ody really knows who should be favored in Saturday's game. But approaching college football with common sense and reason is boring.
Sep 3, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive lineman Anthony Smith (0) and defensive lineman TJ Bush Jr. (3) celebrate during the second half against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Huntington Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
With the current total set at over/under 54.5 points, there's a scenario where Minnesota and Mississippi State easily clear that number, and we see a back-and-forth shootout. Both teams made improvements to their defenses in the offseason after rather disappointing 2025 campaigns.
The Gophers made transfer portal splashes with Cal pass rusher TJ Bush Jr. and Michigan State cornerback Aydan West, while the Bulldogs brought in Zach Arnett as their new defensive coordinator. After Mississippi State opened with a 62-13 win over UL Monroe and the Gophers comfortably beat Eastern Illinois 59-7, their new-look defenses will be tested in Week 2.
#state
Realistically, the consistent change in betting odds is pretty standard for a nonconference matchup in Week 2. Mississippi State and Minnesota were both viewed as potential wildcard teams with young quarterbacks heading into the season, and blowout wins in Week 1 didn't tell us much. **** ody really knows who should be favored in Saturday's game. But approaching college football with common sense and reason is boring.
Sep 3, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive lineman Anthony Smith (0) and defensive lineman TJ Bush Jr. (3) celebrate during the second half against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Huntington Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
With the current total set at over/under 54.5 points, there's a scenario where Minnesota and Mississippi State easily clear that number, and we see a back-and-forth shootout. Both teams made improvements to their defenses in the offseason after rather disappointing 2025 campaigns.
The Gophers made transfer portal splashes with Cal pass rusher TJ Bush Jr. and Michigan State cornerback Aydan West, while the Bulldogs brought in Zach Arnett as their new defensive coordinator. After Mississippi State opened with a 62-13 win over UL Monroe and the Gophers comfortably beat Eastern Illinois 59-7, their new-look defenses will be tested in Week 2.
#state
2 months ago
To find a nonconference matchup with the same weight as No. 1 Ohio State against No. 4 Texas, you'll have to go all the way back to the last time these two teams met.
OK, so that was just over a calendar year ago: Ohio State 14, Texas 7. The most vivid impact of that result on the Power Four came when the three-loss Longhorns were bypassed for an at-large College Football Playoff berth.
More than just a rematch to decide who tops the US LBM Coaches Poll, this one is guaranteed to have an impact on the Heisman Trophy, the playoff and which teams and conferences compete for the national championship.
OPINION: Biggest difference between Texas, Ohio State? One has more trophies
OPINION: Until Arch Manning beats a team like Ohio State, the questions won't stop
#playoff #longhorns
OK, so that was just over a calendar year ago: Ohio State 14, Texas 7. The most vivid impact of that result on the Power Four came when the three-loss Longhorns were bypassed for an at-large College Football Playoff berth.
More than just a rematch to decide who tops the US LBM Coaches Poll, this one is guaranteed to have an impact on the Heisman Trophy, the playoff and which teams and conferences compete for the national championship.
OPINION: Biggest difference between Texas, Ohio State? One has more trophies
OPINION: Until Arch Manning beats a team like Ohio State, the questions won't stop
#playoff #longhorns
2 months ago
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon had gone an entire season without conceding a goal in the run of play. Rutgers needed four minutes and eleven seconds of the second half.
Amanda Thornton scored from the middle of the box off her right foot at 49:11, and that was the match. Rutgers beat Oregon 1-0 on Thursday at Papé Field in front of 673 to open Big Ten play with a win, and it did it while being outshot 20-16, out-cornered 8-1 and outshot on target 10-3. Olivia Bodmer made eleven saves and did not concede. Thornton's goal was the only shot Rutgers put on target in the second half.
Rutgers arrived at 1-1-3 with a week's rest and its first win of the season in the books, a 4-2 win over Princeton at Yurcak Field on Sept. 6 in which the Scarlet Knights surrendered the lead twice and won anyway. Lilia Calvert scored twice in four minutes after the 80th, the first two goals of her college career, on the only two shots she took. Ashley Baran and Sophia Stiles had the others. Three of the four goals came after the 70th minute, the stretch of the game this team could not survive eight days earlier against Providence. For the conference slate, Rutgers was picked 15th of 18 in the Big Ten preseason poll after missing the NCAA tournament last season for the first time since 2011.
Oregon was picked 18th, and arrived at 5-0-1.
The Ducks went unbeaten through nonconference play for only the second time since 1981, opened with their best six-game start since the 2016 team also went 5-0-1, and scored 17 goals, the program's most through six matches in 45 years. They had conceded one, a third-minute penalty at Santa Clara on Aug. 20, and nothing since. Their 0.17 goals-against average led the Big Ten and ranked seventh nationally. Five shutouts in the first six matches is something one other Oregon team has done, in 2011. Dating to last season they were unbeaten in eight (6-0-2). They had outshot opponents 108-49, and they had never conceded a second-half goal.
#first #play
Amanda Thornton scored from the middle of the box off her right foot at 49:11, and that was the match. Rutgers beat Oregon 1-0 on Thursday at Papé Field in front of 673 to open Big Ten play with a win, and it did it while being outshot 20-16, out-cornered 8-1 and outshot on target 10-3. Olivia Bodmer made eleven saves and did not concede. Thornton's goal was the only shot Rutgers put on target in the second half.
Rutgers arrived at 1-1-3 with a week's rest and its first win of the season in the books, a 4-2 win over Princeton at Yurcak Field on Sept. 6 in which the Scarlet Knights surrendered the lead twice and won anyway. Lilia Calvert scored twice in four minutes after the 80th, the first two goals of her college career, on the only two shots she took. Ashley Baran and Sophia Stiles had the others. Three of the four goals came after the 70th minute, the stretch of the game this team could not survive eight days earlier against Providence. For the conference slate, Rutgers was picked 15th of 18 in the Big Ten preseason poll after missing the NCAA tournament last season for the first time since 2011.
Oregon was picked 18th, and arrived at 5-0-1.
The Ducks went unbeaten through nonconference play for only the second time since 1981, opened with their best six-game start since the 2016 team also went 5-0-1, and scored 17 goals, the program's most through six matches in 45 years. They had conceded one, a third-minute penalty at Santa Clara on Aug. 20, and nothing since. Their 0.17 goals-against average led the Big Ten and ranked seventh nationally. Five shutouts in the first six matches is something one other Oregon team has done, in 2011. Dating to last season they were unbeaten in eight (6-0-2). They had outshot opponents 108-49, and they had never conceded a second-half goal.
#first #play
2 months ago
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Remember the name Lilia Calvert, she's made her arrival, and she's not going anywhere.
Rutgers beat Princeton 4-2 on Sunday at Yurcak Field, and the freshman who gave away the penalty that let the Tigers back into the match in the first half scored twice in four minutes to end it in the second. Both were the first goals of her college career. Both came on the only two shots she took all night. In between, she was pulled off the field twice.
Rutgers arrived at 0-1-3, four matches into a season that has produced a shot profile better than its record and nothing in the win column to show for either. The Scarlet Knights had led Providence by two with half an hour left eight days earlier and gave the lead back inside 69 seconds. Before that came two scoreless road draws and an opening loss at Tennessee. This was the second home match Rutgers has actually played this fall, with the Boston College opener still unscheduled after the weather took it.
Princeton came in at 2-3-0 and with considerably more to lose. The Tigers were picked first in the Ivy League preseason poll after winning a second straight Ivy **** le in 2025, opened the season 3-0 over Loyola (Md.), and were playing their second match in four days following a trip to Columbus to face No. 8 Ohio State. Sean Driscoll, in his 12th season, had platooned Cecilia Cerone and Sydney Romano in goal through the nonconference schedule and gotten two shutouts out of the arrangement. Cerone played all 90 on Sunday and conceded four.
GK: Olivia Bodmer
#four #match #first #came
Rutgers beat Princeton 4-2 on Sunday at Yurcak Field, and the freshman who gave away the penalty that let the Tigers back into the match in the first half scored twice in four minutes to end it in the second. Both were the first goals of her college career. Both came on the only two shots she took all night. In between, she was pulled off the field twice.
Rutgers arrived at 0-1-3, four matches into a season that has produced a shot profile better than its record and nothing in the win column to show for either. The Scarlet Knights had led Providence by two with half an hour left eight days earlier and gave the lead back inside 69 seconds. Before that came two scoreless road draws and an opening loss at Tennessee. This was the second home match Rutgers has actually played this fall, with the Boston College opener still unscheduled after the weather took it.
Princeton came in at 2-3-0 and with considerably more to lose. The Tigers were picked first in the Ivy League preseason poll after winning a second straight Ivy **** le in 2025, opened the season 3-0 over Loyola (Md.), and were playing their second match in four days following a trip to Columbus to face No. 8 Ohio State. Sean Driscoll, in his 12th season, had platooned Cecilia Cerone and Sydney Romano in goal through the nonconference schedule and gotten two shutouts out of the arrangement. Cerone played all 90 on Sunday and conceded four.
GK: Olivia Bodmer
#four #match #first #came
2 months ago
No. 10 Tennessee (5-0-1) defeated Northwestern (2-3-2), 1-0, on Sunday at Regal Soccer Stadium. Sunday marked the final regular-season nonconference match for the Lady Vols.
Junior midfielder Ines Derrien scored a penalty kick goal for the Lady Vols in the 11th minute. She transferred to Tennessee after playing two seasons at USC.
Junior goalkeeper Cayden Norris recorded a clean sheet for the Lady Vols. Tennessee has recorded four shutouts during the 2026 regular season.
Tennessee will kick off Southeastern Conference soccer play on Friday at LSU. The SEC opener is slated for 8 p.m. EDT (SEC Network+). The Lady Vols' first SEC home game is scheduled for Sept. 24 against Mississippi State (ESPNU).
More: Tennessee soccer sets attendance record in win against Milwaukee
#sunday #kick
Junior midfielder Ines Derrien scored a penalty kick goal for the Lady Vols in the 11th minute. She transferred to Tennessee after playing two seasons at USC.
Junior goalkeeper Cayden Norris recorded a clean sheet for the Lady Vols. Tennessee has recorded four shutouts during the 2026 regular season.
Tennessee will kick off Southeastern Conference soccer play on Friday at LSU. The SEC opener is slated for 8 p.m. EDT (SEC Network+). The Lady Vols' first SEC home game is scheduled for Sept. 24 against Mississippi State (ESPNU).
More: Tennessee soccer sets attendance record in win against Milwaukee
#sunday #kick
2 months ago
The first full Saturday of the college football season is here, and we are heading to two of the day's biggest nonconference matchups for our best bets.
First, No. 2 Oregon opens its season at home against Boise State before we turn to Atlanta, where Auburn and Baylor will meet for the second straight year.
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First Pick: Oregon vs. Boise State - Over 51.5
Rundown: With projected No. 1 pick Dante Moore leading the way, Oregon should once again have one of the most explosive offenses in the country.
The Ducks scored at least 41 points in each of their first three nonconference games last season, helping the over cash twice during that stretch.
#first #season
First, No. 2 Oregon opens its season at home against Boise State before we turn to Atlanta, where Auburn and Baylor will meet for the second straight year.
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First Pick: Oregon vs. Boise State - Over 51.5
Rundown: With projected No. 1 pick Dante Moore leading the way, Oregon should once again have one of the most explosive offenses in the country.
The Ducks scored at least 41 points in each of their first three nonconference games last season, helping the over cash twice during that stretch.
#first #season
2 months ago
Week 1 is finally here. After all the bluster and hubbub of offseason noise, the No. 2 Oregon football team can finally put that preseason ranking to the test against regional power Boise State today, Sept. 5 at Autzen Stadium.
The Ducks will look to extend their 38-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents versus a Broncos squad hungry for an upset.
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The Ducks will look to extend their 38-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents versus a Broncos squad hungry for an upset.
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2 months ago
The UConn men's basketball program has an eventful 11-game history with Duke spanning six decades. The matchups have often featured some of the sport's most iconic players facing off in the NCAA Tournament.
Over the last few months, only one game from this decorated past has really mattered around Storrs, as Braylon Mullins drilled a miraculous 35-foot heave in the final seconds to erase a 19-point first-half deficit and lift UConn to an unforgettable win over Duke in the 2026 Elite Eight.
UConn released its 2026-27 nonconference schedule in an announcement Thursday afternoon, listing the Huskies' all-time record against each opponent and the result of the most recent meeting between the two schools. The Huskies opted to twist the knife in Duke's wound, quoting Ian Eagle's memorable play-by-play call from TNT's broadcast of the Elite Eight victory in the "Last Meeting" section of Thursday's announcement.
The quote reads as follows: "Get it in to Boozer, back for Sarr, ahead, Boozer, that ball deflected! And stolen by Mullins! Karaban, two seconds, Mullins, tosses it up…OOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
UConn's playful ribbing attracted national attention, with ESPN, among other outlets, taking note of the schedule announcement. Duke is among several high-profile opponents on UConn's schedule, as Dan Hurley has opted to challenge his team with matchups against Michigan, Ohio State, Kansas, Virginia, Arizona and Illinois.
#announcement
Over the last few months, only one game from this decorated past has really mattered around Storrs, as Braylon Mullins drilled a miraculous 35-foot heave in the final seconds to erase a 19-point first-half deficit and lift UConn to an unforgettable win over Duke in the 2026 Elite Eight.
UConn released its 2026-27 nonconference schedule in an announcement Thursday afternoon, listing the Huskies' all-time record against each opponent and the result of the most recent meeting between the two schools. The Huskies opted to twist the knife in Duke's wound, quoting Ian Eagle's memorable play-by-play call from TNT's broadcast of the Elite Eight victory in the "Last Meeting" section of Thursday's announcement.
The quote reads as follows: "Get it in to Boozer, back for Sarr, ahead, Boozer, that ball deflected! And stolen by Mullins! Karaban, two seconds, Mullins, tosses it up…OOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
UConn's playful ribbing attracted national attention, with ESPN, among other outlets, taking note of the schedule announcement. Duke is among several high-profile opponents on UConn's schedule, as Dan Hurley has opted to challenge his team with matchups against Michigan, Ohio State, Kansas, Virginia, Arizona and Illinois.
#announcement
2 months ago
Sep. 2—Fans will have the opportunity to see Gonzaga no fewer than five times at McCarthey Athletic Center this season during the team's nonconference schedule.
Gonzaga's fifth known home nonconference game will take place on either Nov. 10 or 11 against Incarnate Word, according to Rocco Miller of Bracketeer.com. A tipoff time and television details for the Incarnate Word matchup, as well as Gonzaga's four other home nonleague games, will be announced at a later date.
The Zags are squeezing the Incarnate Word game into the schedule between the Nov. 7 home opener against New Mexico State and a Nov. 14 matchup against LSU and first-year coach at Numerica Veterans Arena.
It will be only the second meeting between Gonzaga and Incarnate Word, which lost 103-68 at the Kennel during the 2017-18 season. Rui Hachimura and Zach Norvell Jr. scored a combined 35 points off Gonzaga's bench, with Josh Perkins adding 16 more points for the home team.
Incarnate Word is losing its top six scorers, including three players who averaged double digits, from last year's team that finished 12-19 overall and ninth in the Southland Conference with a record of 7-15.
#nonconference
Gonzaga's fifth known home nonconference game will take place on either Nov. 10 or 11 against Incarnate Word, according to Rocco Miller of Bracketeer.com. A tipoff time and television details for the Incarnate Word matchup, as well as Gonzaga's four other home nonleague games, will be announced at a later date.
The Zags are squeezing the Incarnate Word game into the schedule between the Nov. 7 home opener against New Mexico State and a Nov. 14 matchup against LSU and first-year coach at Numerica Veterans Arena.
It will be only the second meeting between Gonzaga and Incarnate Word, which lost 103-68 at the Kennel during the 2017-18 season. Rui Hachimura and Zach Norvell Jr. scored a combined 35 points off Gonzaga's bench, with Josh Perkins adding 16 more points for the home team.
Incarnate Word is losing its top six scorers, including three players who averaged double digits, from last year's team that finished 12-19 overall and ninth in the Southland Conference with a record of 7-15.
#nonconference
2 months ago
It's been a rough start to the year for Texas volleyball, which lost to Arizona State in its season opener, was swept Sunday by No. 1 Nebraska in Las Vegas and lost starting outside hitter Abby Vander Wal to a season-ending knee injury.
The Longhorns, who fell from No. 2 to No. 9 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches ***** ociation poll, hope to find their groove in Wednesday's home opener against No. 15 USC (1-1). Texas (2-2) leads the all-time series against the Trojans, 6-5, including a 3-2 mark at Gregory Gym. The Longhorns have won the last four meetings, including a 3-0 sweep of the Trojans the last time the teams met in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at home. Texas is 4-1 against USC under head coach Jerritt Elliott.
Elliott also has a history with the Trojans, serving as USC's interim head coach from 1999-2000. He led USC to the national semifinals in 2000 and was named Pac-10 coach of the year in both seasons, sharing the honor in 2000. He was also named the 1999 AVCA Pacific Region coach of the year.
Read below for live scores and updates Wednesday as the Texas Longhorns face the USC Trojans in a nonconference volleyball match.
ANALYSIS: Abby Vander Wal was injured against TCU. How does Texas volleyball adjust?
#lost
The Longhorns, who fell from No. 2 to No. 9 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches ***** ociation poll, hope to find their groove in Wednesday's home opener against No. 15 USC (1-1). Texas (2-2) leads the all-time series against the Trojans, 6-5, including a 3-2 mark at Gregory Gym. The Longhorns have won the last four meetings, including a 3-0 sweep of the Trojans the last time the teams met in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at home. Texas is 4-1 against USC under head coach Jerritt Elliott.
Elliott also has a history with the Trojans, serving as USC's interim head coach from 1999-2000. He led USC to the national semifinals in 2000 and was named Pac-10 coach of the year in both seasons, sharing the honor in 2000. He was also named the 1999 AVCA Pacific Region coach of the year.
Read below for live scores and updates Wednesday as the Texas Longhorns face the USC Trojans in a nonconference volleyball match.
ANALYSIS: Abby Vander Wal was injured against TCU. How does Texas volleyball adjust?
#lost
2 months ago
College football season may have just begun. But college basketball season is only two months away! On Monday, USC men's basketball announced its nonconference schedule for the 2026-2027 season.
Following three exhibition games, the Trojans will open up the season on November 2 at Galen Center against Milwaukee. They will then travel up to Northern California to face Wichita State in Lake Tahoe, before visiting Cal in an old Pac-12 showdown.
After that, USC will return home for matchups with Arkansas Pine Bluff, Tarleton State, and Louisiana. Eric Musselman's team will then spend Thanksgiving in Palm Springs, California at the Acrisure Series, where they will take on South Carolina and Utah State.
USC's final road games of nonconference play will be at San Diego on December 8 and against Texas Tech in Fort Worth, Texas on December 13. The Trojans will wrap up their nonconference slate with home matchups against Jacksonville and Western Michigan on December 19 and 22, respectively.
After that, USC will get into the heart of Big Ten play. The Trojans' conference schedule will be announced at a later date.
#college #Basketball #announced
Following three exhibition games, the Trojans will open up the season on November 2 at Galen Center against Milwaukee. They will then travel up to Northern California to face Wichita State in Lake Tahoe, before visiting Cal in an old Pac-12 showdown.
After that, USC will return home for matchups with Arkansas Pine Bluff, Tarleton State, and Louisiana. Eric Musselman's team will then spend Thanksgiving in Palm Springs, California at the Acrisure Series, where they will take on South Carolina and Utah State.
USC's final road games of nonconference play will be at San Diego on December 8 and against Texas Tech in Fort Worth, Texas on December 13. The Trojans will wrap up their nonconference slate with home matchups against Jacksonville and Western Michigan on December 19 and 22, respectively.
After that, USC will get into the heart of Big Ten play. The Trojans' conference schedule will be announced at a later date.
#college #Basketball #announced
2 months ago
The Florida State Seminoles will open their 2026 season Saturday night against New Mexico State, and the Aggies are receiving a seven-figure guarantee for making the trip to Tallahassee. According to a contract reported by the Tallahassee Democrat, Florida State agreed to pay New Mexico State $1.4 million for Saturday's game at Doak Campbell Stadium. The agreement called for the payment to be made by July 15.
The matchup is what is commonly referred to as a "buy game," with a larger program paying an opponent to play a one-off contest at its home stadium. Those guarantees can provide important revenue for Group of Six and FCS athletic departments while giving Power Four programs an additional home date.
Florida State's payment to New Mexico State exceeds the guarantees attached to two of its nonconference home games last season. The Seminoles paid Kent State $1.2 million for its trip to Tallahassee in 2025 and East Texas A&M $450,000 for its visit to Doak Campbell Stadium. FSU defeated those teams 66-10 and 77-3, respectively.
Saturday will mark only the second meeting between Florida State and New Mexico State. The programs first played on Oct. 3, 1964, when the Seminoles earned a 36-0 victory in Tallahassee. New Mexico State enters this season after finishing 4-8 in 2025, its second year under head coach Tony Sanchez.
The Aggies represent the first step in a schedule that becomes considerably more challenging for Florida State almost immediately. After Saturday's opener, the Seminoles host te No. 20 SMU Mustangs in their ACC opener before traveling to play the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 3.
#state #tallahassee #stadium
The matchup is what is commonly referred to as a "buy game," with a larger program paying an opponent to play a one-off contest at its home stadium. Those guarantees can provide important revenue for Group of Six and FCS athletic departments while giving Power Four programs an additional home date.
Florida State's payment to New Mexico State exceeds the guarantees attached to two of its nonconference home games last season. The Seminoles paid Kent State $1.2 million for its trip to Tallahassee in 2025 and East Texas A&M $450,000 for its visit to Doak Campbell Stadium. FSU defeated those teams 66-10 and 77-3, respectively.
Saturday will mark only the second meeting between Florida State and New Mexico State. The programs first played on Oct. 3, 1964, when the Seminoles earned a 36-0 victory in Tallahassee. New Mexico State enters this season after finishing 4-8 in 2025, its second year under head coach Tony Sanchez.
The Aggies represent the first step in a schedule that becomes considerably more challenging for Florida State almost immediately. After Saturday's opener, the Seminoles host te No. 20 SMU Mustangs in their ACC opener before traveling to play the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 3.
#state #tallahassee #stadium
2 months ago
NASHVILLE – The first game day has arrived for Jackson State football in the 2026 season.
The Tigers are taking on Tennessee State in the John. A. Merritt Classic at Vanderbilt's FirstBank Stadium on Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m. CT, ESPN+).
JSU enters its first game of the season having lost 19 starters and gained over 50 players after last season's 9-3 SWAC runner-up campaign.
TSU is looking to improve on last season's 2-10 record, beginning with a home win over longtime rival JSU.
Follow along for highlights, injury news, key plays and instant ******* ysis as Jackson State takes on Tennessee State in season-opening nonconference showdown.
#state #season #tennessee #first
The Tigers are taking on Tennessee State in the John. A. Merritt Classic at Vanderbilt's FirstBank Stadium on Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m. CT, ESPN+).
JSU enters its first game of the season having lost 19 starters and gained over 50 players after last season's 9-3 SWAC runner-up campaign.
TSU is looking to improve on last season's 2-10 record, beginning with a home win over longtime rival JSU.
Follow along for highlights, injury news, key plays and instant ******* ysis as Jackson State takes on Tennessee State in season-opening nonconference showdown.
#state #season #tennessee #first
2 months ago
Aug. 29—CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood's address to the crowd at Atkins Golf Club ahead of the 25th annual Illini Rebounders/Lou Henson Golf Outing included a mea culpa.
The Illinois men's basketball coach brought up the sting of this past April's Final Four loss to Connecticut and his insistence the Illini would get back to that stage during his 31/2 minute speech. He also thanked the fans in attendance for their consistent support of the program he's about to enter his 10th season leading.
Then Underwood discussed the recently released nonconference schedule for the 2026-27 season. A 12-game slate featuring multiple games against power-conference teams, but one that notably didn't have any of those teams coming to Champaign to play at State Farm Center.
"I will apologize," Underwood said. "I'll take the heat. It was very hard. Because we're expected to be OK, ****** ody wanted to come to Champaign and play us in a home-and-home."
Illinois, of course, is expected to be more than just "OK" this coming season. Five returning rotation players from a Final Four team with a high-level transfer addition and a six-man freshman class led by five-star guard Quentin Coleman has the Illini in the conversation among the best teams in the country.
#champaign #illini #four
The Illinois men's basketball coach brought up the sting of this past April's Final Four loss to Connecticut and his insistence the Illini would get back to that stage during his 31/2 minute speech. He also thanked the fans in attendance for their consistent support of the program he's about to enter his 10th season leading.
Then Underwood discussed the recently released nonconference schedule for the 2026-27 season. A 12-game slate featuring multiple games against power-conference teams, but one that notably didn't have any of those teams coming to Champaign to play at State Farm Center.
"I will apologize," Underwood said. "I'll take the heat. It was very hard. Because we're expected to be OK, ****** ody wanted to come to Champaign and play us in a home-and-home."
Illinois, of course, is expected to be more than just "OK" this coming season. Five returning rotation players from a Final Four team with a high-level transfer addition and a six-man freshman class led by five-star guard Quentin Coleman has the Illini in the conversation among the best teams in the country.
#champaign #illini #four
2 months ago
ONTARIO — Ontario girls soccer coach Larry Atkinson is as old school as it gets.
At the end of each season, he breaks out his pen and notebook paper that has every single one of his 20 completed seasons and the overall records of those seasons with the championships won written in them and adds that year's numbers.
His son and ***** istant coach, Greg Atkinson, on the other hand has a sophisticated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that he updates on a game-by-game basis with goals scored, ***** ists, saves and wins and losses. So, when it came down to the debate on what his father's career coaching record was heading into the Warriors' nonconference Richland County rivalry game against Madison on Tuesday, Aug. 25, it was Greg's numbers that were legit. If it were up to Larry, a milestone victory would have come one too soon.
BOYS SOCCER SCORES: 2026 Richland County Boys Soccer Scoreboard: Lexington earns program's 500th victory
GIRLS SOCCER SCORES: 2026 Richland County Girls Soccer Scoreboard: Rider earns 100th career victory
#Soccer #larry
At the end of each season, he breaks out his pen and notebook paper that has every single one of his 20 completed seasons and the overall records of those seasons with the championships won written in them and adds that year's numbers.
His son and ***** istant coach, Greg Atkinson, on the other hand has a sophisticated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that he updates on a game-by-game basis with goals scored, ***** ists, saves and wins and losses. So, when it came down to the debate on what his father's career coaching record was heading into the Warriors' nonconference Richland County rivalry game against Madison on Tuesday, Aug. 25, it was Greg's numbers that were legit. If it were up to Larry, a milestone victory would have come one too soon.
BOYS SOCCER SCORES: 2026 Richland County Boys Soccer Scoreboard: Lexington earns program's 500th victory
GIRLS SOCCER SCORES: 2026 Richland County Girls Soccer Scoreboard: Rider earns 100th career victory
#Soccer #larry
2 months ago
High school football season began on Aug. 21, and several area teams kicked off the season right.
Berne Union 40, River Valley 6: The Rockets cruised in their nonconference opener.
Junior quarterback Carson Kiger had a huge night. He completed 14 of 18 passes for 262 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a touchdown.
Defensively, Jackson Little had an interception, and James Hocking returned an interception for a touchdown. Hocking also caught a 32-yard touchdown pass. Dillan Cornell caught two touchdown passes for 16 and 52 yards, and Aidan Harris caught a 33-yard touchdown pass.
Fisher Catholic 28, Belpre 19: The Irish went on the road and picked up a nonconference win.
#season
Berne Union 40, River Valley 6: The Rockets cruised in their nonconference opener.
Junior quarterback Carson Kiger had a huge night. He completed 14 of 18 passes for 262 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a touchdown.
Defensively, Jackson Little had an interception, and James Hocking returned an interception for a touchdown. Hocking also caught a 32-yard touchdown pass. Dillan Cornell caught two touchdown passes for 16 and 52 yards, and Aidan Harris caught a 33-yard touchdown pass.
Fisher Catholic 28, Belpre 19: The Irish went on the road and picked up a nonconference win.
#season
2 months ago
LANCASTER – It was a tale of two halves for the Lancaster football team in their season opener against visiting Hilliard Darby.
The Golden Gales were impressive in the first half, especially on defense, shutting out the Panthers to take a 9-0 halftime lead. However, the Gales' inability to move the ball with consistency in the second half proved to be their downfall. As a result, Lancaster's defense was on the floor more than it should have been, and Darby took advantage.
The Panthers rattled off 20 unanswered points in the second half. The Gales kept fighting and scored with 3:40 remaining to cut the margin to a one-score game, but it wasn't enough as the Panthers hung on for a 20- 15 nonconference victory on Friday, Aug. 21 at Fulton Field.
More: Starving for success, Lancaster set to usher in the McKinney era
Lancaster certainly played well enough to win, and it was one of those games where they had to feel like they let slip away. The glaring stat was that Darby ran 59 offensive plays compared to just 41 for the Gales.
#darby #second
The Golden Gales were impressive in the first half, especially on defense, shutting out the Panthers to take a 9-0 halftime lead. However, the Gales' inability to move the ball with consistency in the second half proved to be their downfall. As a result, Lancaster's defense was on the floor more than it should have been, and Darby took advantage.
The Panthers rattled off 20 unanswered points in the second half. The Gales kept fighting and scored with 3:40 remaining to cut the margin to a one-score game, but it wasn't enough as the Panthers hung on for a 20- 15 nonconference victory on Friday, Aug. 21 at Fulton Field.
More: Starving for success, Lancaster set to usher in the McKinney era
Lancaster certainly played well enough to win, and it was one of those games where they had to feel like they let slip away. The glaring stat was that Darby ran 59 offensive plays compared to just 41 for the Gales.
#darby #second
2 months ago
Aug. 21—Gonzaga hasn't released its final nonconference schedule, but anyone willing to do some digging can probably discover a few of the missing pieces.
For example, a quick internet search of Montana State's schedule would've led someone to the third known home game of Gonzaga's 2026-27 nonleague slate.
According to Montana State's athletics website, the Bobcats are scheduled to visit Gonzaga on Nov. 17, one week before Mark Few's program takes on the 16-team Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.
A tipoff time and television broadcast details will be announced at a later date.
SB Nation's Gonzaga website, Slipper Still Fits, identified the matchup with Montana State hours after The Spokesman-Review discovered another home game against NAIA Eastern Oregon, thanks to an updated schedule on the Mountaineers' site.
#bobcats
For example, a quick internet search of Montana State's schedule would've led someone to the third known home game of Gonzaga's 2026-27 nonleague slate.
According to Montana State's athletics website, the Bobcats are scheduled to visit Gonzaga on Nov. 17, one week before Mark Few's program takes on the 16-team Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.
A tipoff time and television broadcast details will be announced at a later date.
SB Nation's Gonzaga website, Slipper Still Fits, identified the matchup with Montana State hours after The Spokesman-Review discovered another home game against NAIA Eastern Oregon, thanks to an updated schedule on the Mountaineers' site.
#bobcats
2 months ago
Iowa women's basketball will host Big Sky foe Montana State on Thursday, Nov. 19 as part of its nonconference schedule in the 2026-27 women's college basketball season. It will mark the first-ever meeting between Iowa and Montana State.
Montana State finished last season with a 27-8 (16-2 Big Sky) record. The Bobcats advanced to the Women's NIT quarterfinals.
The Hawkeyes are coming off a 27-7 (15-3 Big Ten) campaign that saw Iowa earn the right to host and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The date joins a list of known Iowa nonconference dates:
Nov. 2: vs. Towson (Iowa City)
#montana
Montana State finished last season with a 27-8 (16-2 Big Sky) record. The Bobcats advanced to the Women's NIT quarterfinals.
The Hawkeyes are coming off a 27-7 (15-3 Big Ten) campaign that saw Iowa earn the right to host and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The date joins a list of known Iowa nonconference dates:
Nov. 2: vs. Towson (Iowa City)
#montana
2 months ago
USC football has a 2026 schedule which will give the coaching staff a chance to give a lot of players some meaningful reps in September. The staff will likely need to rotate a lot of players in and out of the lineup, and it shouldn't be a point of considerable debate, either.
This is not a complicated conversation, or at least, it doesn't have to be. USC starts its season with San Jose State, Fresno State, Louisiana, and Rutgers. That's four games the Trojans should win with absolutely zero problems whatsoever. Rutgers is a Big Ten game, and it's on the road, so that game has to be taken seriously in a way the first three aren't, but still, it's a game USC should win handily.
The Rutgers game is on September 19 in New Jersey. After the San Jose-Fresno-Louisiana set of nonconference games, Rutgers should serve as the dress rehearsal for the big one, the game against Oregon in Los Angeles on September 26.
USC football essentially has three games in which to rotate players heavily and arrive at decisions on who should play where, and how much. Phrased differently, USC's depth chart for Game 1 is a lot less important than the depth chart going into Game 4 game against Rutgers. How USC's roster looks and feels going into the Rutgers game should offer the likely template for what we are going to see against Oregon in Game 5, the matchup which might define and shape the whole season.
The coaching staff does not have to figure everything out on August 29 against San Jose State. That should be the beginning, not the end, of an evaluation process and a journey in which the coaches ensure that the extended roster gets a look in live action. Three weeks of games against smaller-conference schools should give the coaches an idea of what to do for Rutgers, and the Rutgers game should provide either confirmation or clear refutation of those instincts going into the Oregon battle.
#rutgers #jose #state #three
This is not a complicated conversation, or at least, it doesn't have to be. USC starts its season with San Jose State, Fresno State, Louisiana, and Rutgers. That's four games the Trojans should win with absolutely zero problems whatsoever. Rutgers is a Big Ten game, and it's on the road, so that game has to be taken seriously in a way the first three aren't, but still, it's a game USC should win handily.
The Rutgers game is on September 19 in New Jersey. After the San Jose-Fresno-Louisiana set of nonconference games, Rutgers should serve as the dress rehearsal for the big one, the game against Oregon in Los Angeles on September 26.
USC football essentially has three games in which to rotate players heavily and arrive at decisions on who should play where, and how much. Phrased differently, USC's depth chart for Game 1 is a lot less important than the depth chart going into Game 4 game against Rutgers. How USC's roster looks and feels going into the Rutgers game should offer the likely template for what we are going to see against Oregon in Game 5, the matchup which might define and shape the whole season.
The coaching staff does not have to figure everything out on August 29 against San Jose State. That should be the beginning, not the end, of an evaluation process and a journey in which the coaches ensure that the extended roster gets a look in live action. Three weeks of games against smaller-conference schools should give the coaches an idea of what to do for Rutgers, and the Rutgers game should provide either confirmation or clear refutation of those instincts going into the Oregon battle.
#rutgers #jose #state #three
