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1Sep 12, '23⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five-star receiver Micah Hudson, the No. 9 recruit in the 2024 class in the 247Sports Composite, has committed to @TexasTechFB. More details from @skhanjr:55.7×580k732543
2Oct 10, '25North Texas QB Chandler Morris had thrown for 3,774 yards and 31 TDs when he put his name in the transfer portal. He was interested in North Carolina, but the program didn't think 43.1×449k1.1k11379
3Jan 2, '24According to former Michigan LB Chase Winovich's Instagram story, Connor Stalions was in attendance for the Wolverines' Rose Bowl win over Alabama 🌹28.3×295k3817232
4May 27, '23One year ago today, Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey bet on himself. Now, he wanted to tell @max_olson about his full transfer experience went in his lone season at Texas. "The reward was wo21×219k334467
5Nov 28, '17Lane Kiffin says he likes to inject humor in his program at FAU, and he offers the following example: When he arrived late to a team meeting the other day, he said, "Sorry guys, I 17.1×03.7k1k0
6Aug 12, '21“There’s value in everybody.” Ernie Johnson shared a story about his son to the Alabama Football team. 🎥 @AlabamaFTBL17×03.1k884184
7Oct 24, '23What Kirk Ferentz is doing at Iowa isn’t cute — it’s disgusting. Through eight games, Iowa has scored 156 points. Sixteen of those points are defensive or special teams scores. Haw15.6×162k258267
8Mar 27, '23Four punters were selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, tying 2018 for the highest mark in 23 years. @MSU_Football's Bryce Baringer — who has a large advantage leading up to April’s draf15.2×159k598345
9Dec 7, '23It’s time to shine a spotlight on some of the best young talent in college football. Presenting The Athletic’s 2023 Freshman All-America teams. Let’s start with the offense, led by14.6×152k5231139
10Sep 21, '24The Indiana Hoosiers are the first FBS team this season to reach 200+ points 🔥 ◽️ 31 points vs. FIU ◽️ 77 points vs. Western Illinois ◽️ 42 points vs. UCLA ◽️ 52+ points vs. Charl14.6×152k1.7k28616
11Dec 17, '24Thoughts on @DHx34's Heisman Trophy take?13.7×142k1.3k7312
12Oct 20, '23In their 2nd season at the FBS level, James Madison is 7-0, one of 11 unbeaten teams. Since they recently transitioned, the NCAA won't allow them to compete for a Sun Belt champion13×136k8751289
13Dec 28, '23Kicking off the #PopTartsBowl in the only way possible… Yes, that’s a toaster. 🎥 @SickosCommittee11.1×115k2993014
14Nov 13, '23Spare us the drama, Michigan — your ‘challenges and adversity’ are self-inflicted 🔗11×114k1.2k1175
15Jan 19, '25Jaden Greathouse sat down TWO defenders on his Orange Bowl-altering TD. He breaks down the play with @DHx34 ⤵️10.8×113k6543841
16Oct 15, '23Kansas State's true freshman QB Avery Johnson has five RUSHING touchdowns vs. Texas Tech 😳 ◽️12 CAR ◽️84 YDS ◽️5 TDS10.1×105k862784
17Aug 5, '23The four remaining members of the Pac-12 conference*: (*as of Friday evening, Aug. 4)9.6×100k296436
18Dec 19, '24First-ever FBS bowl win for @JMUFootball ✅9.4×98k589475
19Jan 1, '23RGIII, exit stage left 😅 Robert Griffin III got a call while on the air that his wife went into labor. 🎥 @RGIII8.2×85k547735
20Sep 16, '23Michael Penix Jr. in the first half against Michigan State🔥 ◻️ 20/25 ATT ◻️ 375 YDS ◻️ 4 TD Huskies lead the Spartans 35-0 at the half.8.1×84k486521
21Sep 19, '23A Nike Dunk that changes color?! 👀 “You won’t see these on a field anywhere but the University of Oregon.” 🎥 @oregonfootball7.7×81k428597
22Jan 14, '20Amazing stat: LSU is the first team to beat the top four teams in the preseason AP poll (Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Oklahoma). And the Tigers did it by an average of 21 points7.6×01.7k43410
23Jan 6, '23At the moment, Sam Hartman is the single biggest recruit of the Marcus Freeman era. There was no available player, at any level, Notre Dame could have landed who would improve thei7.2×74k340337
24Nov 2, '21The head coaches of the top-4 #CFBPlayoff teams were on Alabama's coaching staff in 2015. ◽️ Kirby Smart - Defensive Coordinator ◽️ Nick Saban - Head Coach ◽️ Mel Tucker - Secondar7.1×01.2k47915
25Nov 4, '23No. 25 Air Force is undefeated no more 😬 Army defeats the Falcons to spoil Air Force's perfect season.6.7×69k271500
26Dec 21, '22It started with a: 🦆 Then: 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 There has been no bigger winner on this first day of the early signing period than Dan Lanning and @oregonfootball. @AriWasserman explains.6.6×69k770759
27Sep 3, '21"Enter Sandman" at Lane Stadium means Virginia Tech football is back 🎸 What an atmosphere. 🎥 @accnetwork6.4×01.2k23145
28Jan 8, '23For the first time in program history, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits are FCS National Champions. SDSU was dominant, finishing 14-1, the school’s best record ever.6.3×65k252142
29Jan 2, '24"You told us earlier this week, 'I've yet to play my best game as a Husky.' Was tonight it?" "Nah, we got one more to go." 🎥 @espn6.2×64k9488117
30Jan 1, '242023 Iowa. Truly, one of the teams of our time. H/T @davidubben5.8×61k333397
31Aug 25, '25Longest. Week. EVER 😓5.8×60k9228532
32Jun 21, '23It didn’t take long for Kansas coach Lance Leipold to make his mark in Lawrence last season. That was enough to capture the attention of four-star CB Austin Alexander. “When I visi5.7×59k343333
33Jan 9, '24It’s never too early to starting thinking of the 2024 college football season, right? While Michigan and Washington pursued a national championship, most of the sport spent the pas5.3×55k274335
34Oct 5, '25Rick Neuheisel went from neutral CBS studio analyst to passionate dad in one afternoon, and the college football world got to see it live Saturday afternoon. His reaction to his so5.3×55k6562816
35Dec 20, '23Cooper DeJean's grandparents, Kathy and Al Wilke, still haven't gotten over Iowa's loss to Minnesota 😂 This is their Christmas card 🎄5.3×55k272193
36Nov 21, '21STILL UNDEFEATED. The UTSA Roadrunners move to 11-0 with a go-ahead TD in the final seconds of the game. 🎥 @UTSAFTBL4.8×01.1k2518
37Sep 30, '18James Franklin had a heated exchange with a Penn State fan who wasn’t happy with the 4th down call.4.5×054125217
38Sep 22, '22If Deion Sanders wanted a Power 5 job, where would he go? "The best fit would be Auburn." @andystaples on the college football coaching carousel, preseason rankings and more:4.2×099212510
39Sep 23, '23Past hugs future. Bob Stoops 🫂 Brent Venables @OU_Football | @CoachBobStoops4.1×43k625592
40Nov 25, '23Mizzou coach Eliah Drinkwitz used his postgame speech to promote Cody Schrader to the Heisman committee. "Let's quit making it about being a feel-good story. ... He deserves to be 4.1×43k320272
43Jan 8, '22Deion Sanders continued his hot recruiting stretch. Jackson State has picked up four-star wideout Kevin Coleman ahead of USC, Oregon, and others.3.3×06581847
44Aug 27, '21The Big 12 is seriously discussing BYU, sources say, and the TV numbers are in the Cougars’ favor @max_olson @andystaples @TheAthletic3.3×05071366
45Feb 25, '19Former @WVUfootball QB and 2-time Big East OPOY Pat White turns 33 years old today. White remains the only QB in FBS history to start and win 4 career bowl games.2.9×06671644
46Oct 3, '24.@WKUFootball............... you have our attention 👀 📷 @WKUFootball2.9×30k268242
47Feb 5, '18Alshon Jeffery says the Eagles’ reverse pass was called “Clemson Special” when he was with the Bears.2.8×05092260
48Oct 27, '21Cincy unveils their uniform combo this for week … Squid Games style. 🎥 @GoBearcatsFB2.7×0752745
49Sep 15, '19The @Big12Conference is the only league in the FBS without a team with a losing record.2.7×06451371
50Dec 6, '18Army HC Jeff Monken has allowed assistant coaches to see their sons play high school football on Friday nights and fly Saturday mornings to get to games on time. The family philoso2.5×05661409
51Aug 29, '17The CFL announces Art Briles will NOT join the Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff.2.5×02511640
52Jun 3, '22Former UCF and Florida State QB McKenzie Milton has announced his retirement from football. He finishes his collegiate career with 9,458 passing yards and a 75-28 TD-to-INT ratio a2.5×0729601
53Nov 7, '23Only two running backs have won the Heisman trophy since the turn of the century, both from Alabama: ◻️ Mark Ingram (2009) ◻️ Derrick Henry (2015) One name to keep an eye on the re2.5×26k319391
54Aug 6, '18North Carolina announces 13 players will miss games in 2018 due to NCAA violations.2.4×02581395
55Sep 10, '17#OUvsOSU ref Mike Defee will have none of your nonsense.2.4×04042051
56Dec 12, '18College football leaders are ready to discuss eight-team Playoff. "We don’t need to wait another six years." Exclusive story from @NicoleAuerbach:2.4×03411294
57Feb 5, '18Ten years ago… - Doug Pederson was a high school coach in Louisiana - Nick Foles was transferring from Michigan State to Arizona2.1×04171640
58Nov 6, '17Lamar Jackson is topping himself, and no one is bothering to look. (From @davidubben)2.1×03081810
59Nov 21, '21After beating Missouri last year, Dan Mullen dressed up as Darth Vader during his postgame presser. One year later, Eliah Drinkwitz got his revenge. 🎥 @AndrewABC172.1×0475838
60Nov 16, '17Nobody believed in Mason Fine, except for North Texas. How the “little bitty” kid became the best quarterback in Conference USA:1.9×03441420
61May 17, '22As Clemson's defensive coordinator, Brent Venables was never consumed with the idea of becoming a head coach. "That place has been a standard in college football for a very long ti1.9×0538638
62Jan 18, '18Drew Bledsoe: "As men we have to learn to TALK about how we are feeling. Suicide is the #2 killer of men between 18-45!! Reaching out for help when we need it is NOT a sign of weak1.9×03611510
63Aug 4, '22It’s hard to put together a proper quarterback room in this era of college football. However, Tennessee would prove that wrong. Enter Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton. @henhook2 @Qbjay1.9×0498608
64Dec 13, '21Auburn QB Bo Nix has entered the transfer portal, he announced on Instagram. He has been the Tigers' starting QB for the past three seasons.1.8×0269751
65Sep 21, '24Blake Horvath takes it 90 yards to the house for a QB touchdown run 🔥 🎥 @CBSSportsCFB | @NavyFB1.8×19k317387
66Aug 27, '22UNLV has a turnover slot machine on the sideline because of course 🎰 🎥 @stevecofield | @unlvfootball1.8×0407739
67Oct 7, '17Iowa State’s first win against Oklahoma since 1990. Their second win since 1962, sixth win ever vs. OU.1.7×03781180
69Mar 9, '20‘It’s happening’ Mack Brown’s recruiting promise and North Carolina’s rise:1.7×0426642
70Oct 29, '22Jim Mora and the UConn Huskies, everyone 👏 H/T @Matt_Fortuna1.7×0469612
71Dec 30, '18With Clemson defeating Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl, 10 consecutive College Football Playoff games (semifinal or championship game) have been won by an SEC team or Clemson.1.6×02561222
72Sep 5, '22Shedeur Sanders, son of Deion Sanders, went OFF against FAMU🤯 ◽️29/33 ◽️323 YDS ◽️5 TDS ◽️0 INT @GoJSUTigersFB open the season with a 59-3 victory.1.6×0386791
73Jun 6, '22🍺🍺🍺 Iowa athletics generated more than $3.2 million in alcohol sales this year. In its first year selling beer, Kinnick Stadium (home of Hawkeye football) generated a positive i1.5×0312415
74May 1, '20‘He’s just irreplaceable’ Why director of video Doug Aucoin is the glue at the center of LSU football:1.5×0382557
75Oct 10, '21Seth Small might never have to pay for a meal at College Station ever again. The kick to seal the win against No. 1 Alabama 🔥 🎥 @CBSSports1.5×0361549
76Dec 1, '22Michigan’s Mazi Smith faces a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon stemming from an incident that occurred Oct. 7, according to Washtenaw County court records. Smith was a 1.4×0257574
77Nov 5, '22Bo Nix has 5+ TDs in three straight games. The Oregon Ducks are 8-1 and their only loss was to Georgia.1.4×0396430
78Nov 5, '18What's it like to become a college football meme? LSU student Kaileigh Thomas explains that now-famous glare:1.3×0261668
79Apr 9, '22Born to be a Buckeye. Rest in peace, Dwayne Haskins. 🕊 🎥 @IsaacCaverly1.3×0340581
80Jan 11, '22Kirby Smart is the first Alabama assistant coach under Nick Saban to beat him. Saban is now 25-2 against his former assistants.1.3×0319508
81May 18, '22It's been nearly six months since the Hurricanes fired Manny Diaz and spent big to hire Mario Cristobal. There are no regrets for anyone in Miami’s administration. “He’s exceeded a1.3×0285663
82Dec 28, '19In a 2-month span, Jayden Morton, 14, was diagnosed with cancer and had his leg amputated. In July, a day before the operation, he met Texas DB Brandon Jones. “Brandon has come at 1.3×0331512
83Nov 28, '21“Let me stop you right there. I’m not going to be the next coach at LSU. Next question.” — Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley H/T @jasonkersey1.2×0266393
84Oct 19, '21JUST IN — 5⭐ WR Luther Burden has committed to @MizzouFootball. The No. 2 WR in the class of 2022 (per the 247Sports Composite) chose the Tigers over Georgia and Alabama. HUGE get 1.2×0375240
85Nov 15, '22Drake Maye this season: ◻️ Leads the nation in total offense ◻️ Thrown for at least 293 yards in all 10 games ◻️ ACC Coastal Division title And just one point behind C.J. Stroud in1.2×0300521
86Dec 23, '20The Athletic's 2020 college football All-America teams: Alabama leads all schools with 6 selections 3: Iowa, Notre Dame 2: Buffalo, Iowa State, Florida Miami, Cincinnati, Northwest1.2×0283611
87Oct 6, '22🗣 "CINCO Y CERO” Undefeated @KU_Football has become a top storyline of the college football season. Meet Federico Moreno, the Kansas sophomore whose Spanish broadcast calls have c1.2×0315464
88Jan 15, '21Butch Jones Q&A with @ChrisVannini: The new Arkansas State coach brings lessons from Tennessee, Alabama "What (Nick Saban) did for me, my family, I could never repay him."1.2×0333352
89Sep 25, '22Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire was asked about the future of the Texas series, which is up in the air once Texas leaves for the SEC. His response 🥶1.2×0324422
90Oct 2, '21Lane Kiffin pregame: “Get your popcorn ready.” No. 12 Ole Miss currently down 42-14 against No. 1 Alabama in the fourth quarter. Big Al 🐘: 🎥 @JamieErdahl1.2×0281493
91Nov 19, '22Bijan Robinson DAZZLED in Texas' win over Kansas: ◽️ 25 carries ◽️ 243 yards (career-high) ◽️ 4 TD (career-high)1.1×0325391
92Dec 14, '21No program aside from Alabama or Georgia has finished No. 1 in recruiting rankings in the last 11 cycles. Texas A&M could be coming for the crown. ✍️ @skhanjr1.1×0304441
93Nov 19, '22Uniform reveal in an In-N-Out burger > 📸 @SanJoseStateFB1.1×0290362
94Jan 1, '22Desmond Ridder will finish his career at Cincinnati with a 43-6 overall record and the third most wins in FBS history. @GoBearcatsFB | @desmondridder1.1×0337221
95Dec 4, '22Schools from Texas to make the #CFBPlayoff: ️◽️ TCU End of list.1.1×0281481
96Nov 27, '22Watch the reaction of the Pitt players on the bench 😅 🎥 @ESPNCFB1.1×02633011
97Oct 26, '24"Oregon, tonight we steal the moon" 🌕 -Despicable Duck probably 🎥 @BigTenNetwork1.1×11k250144
98Oct 7, '17Iowa State and Joel Lanning had a day no college football fan will forget1.0×0250550
99Nov 5, '22Kansas had 45 consecutive losses to AP ranked opponents until upsetting No. 18 Oklahoma State on Saturday. That calls for a goalpost takedown in Lawrence. 🎥 @CFBONFOX | @KU_Footba1.0×0282264
100Oct 12, '22FIU football is going with a “Miami Vice” themed field for Friday’s matchup vs. UTSA 👀 📸 @FIUFootball0.9×0262241

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