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USA Today
27-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
College football is in the air: Here's how to buy 2025 Stanford vs. Hawaii opener tickets
You smell that? That's the sweet smell of pigskin flying around on a hot summer day. While Week 1 of the 2025 NCAA Football season doesn't begin until Thursday, Aug. 28, the annual Week 0 games will give college football fans a nice appetizer on Saturday, Aug. 23, just four weeks from today! Among the matchups set to take center stage in Week 0 is the Stanford Cardinal and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Stanford is coming off a dismal 3-9 season which saw the ACC school fail to make a bowl game for the sixth straight season. However, hope is on the horizon as Stanford hired former standout quarterback Andrew Luck to be its new general manager. Similar to Stanford, Hawaii also did not reach a bowl game as they ended the season 5-7 as they look to reach a bowl game for the first time since 2021. One team will take a major step forward towards bowl eligibility as Stanford and Hawaii will go head-to-head on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET. If you're a fan of either school, you still have time to purchase tickets. Here's how to secure yours: Shop Stanford vs. Hawaii college football tickets Stanford Cardinal vs. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors tickets Stanford will take on Hawaii at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex at 7:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 23. As of this writing, tickets are on sale for as low as $104 to witness the two teams kickoff their respective seasons. Stanford vs Hawaii college football game information
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What is Ohio State's rating in EA Sports College Football 26? See where the Buckeyes rank
The latest installment in EA Sports' popular college football video game franchise is out this week. EA made College Football 26 available on July 7 to those who pre-ordered the deluxe edition or bundle with Madden 26. A wider release follows on July 10. Advertisement Users looking to play with the hometown team will have the benefit of one of the best rosters in the game. Ohio State is the second-highest rated team. More: Who is Jayson Ball? Why Ohio State has 9 fake players in new EA Sports College Football game The Buckeyes are an 88 overall, leaving them tied with six others in Clemson, Georgia, Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas and Texas A&M. Only Alabama, which is an 89 overall, is ranked higher. Jeremiah Smith, the Buckeyes' superstar sophomore wide receiver who is one of the two cover athletes for College Football 26, is the highest-rated player at 88 overall, leading an offense that is tied with Arizona State, Penn State and Texas as the highest at 91 overall. Advertisement Ohio State's defense is 92 overall, which is tied as the fourth-best with Georgia and Michigan. Alabama has the highest-rated defense (96), followed by Penn State and Texas (94). The video game, which was previously known as NCAA Football, returned last year from an 11-year hiatus that was the result of legal issues surrounding the use of players' name, image and likeness. Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Email him at jkaufman@ and follow along on Bluesky, Instagram and X for more. Get more Ohio State football news by listening to our podcasts This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: EA Sports College Football 26: What is Ohio State's rating?
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tennessee Gets Good News for Coveted Player
Tennessee Gets Good News for Coveted Player originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Tennessee Volunteers added another prospect to their 2026 recruiting class. On3's Chad Simmons reported Friday three-star offensive lineman Edward Baker committed to the Volunteers. Baker told the Tennessee coaching staff his commitment plans Thursday. Advertisement 'They were so excited,' Baker told Simmons. 'They have been waiting for me to commit. I always had a spot and they have been telling me that since they offered me." Baker added that he nearly gave his verbal to the Volunteers last December. But after official visits to the Arkansas Razorbacks, NC State Wolfpack, Ole Miss Rebels and Penn State Nittany Lions, the offensive lineman was sure that Tennessee was right for him. Tennessee Volunteers football head coach Josh Heupel© Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images 'I love everything about Tennessee. It is a top program with great coaches," Baker told Simmons. "They look out for their players, they give their players a chance to compete and it is a big-time SEC program with top players. Their fan base is crazy, the atmosphere on game day is the best and it is a school I am excited about playing for. Advertisement 'Tennessee is a special place.' Baker also visited the Virginia Cavaliers during his recruitment process. The offensive lineman received offers from many other programs as well, including the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers according to 247Sports. Based on the 247Sports Composite rankings, Baker is a top 100 offensive lineman in the 2026 class. Baker is No. 94 overall at his position and the No. 23 Maryland prospect too. Baker is the 11th pledge the Volunteers have received in the 2026 recruiting class. Related: Tennessee's Chaz Lanier Predicted to Join $269 Million Star in NBA Mock Draft This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here's how
A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon. Some questions and answers about this monumental change for college athletics: Advertisement Q: What is the House settlement and why does it matter? A: Grant House is a former Arizona State swimmer who sued the defendants (the NCAA and the five biggest athletic conferences in the nation). His lawsuit and two others were combined and over several years the dispute wound up with the settlement that ends a decades-old prohibition on schools cutting checks directly to athletes. Now, each school will be able to make payments to athletes for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL). For reference, there are nearly 200,000 athletes and 350 schools in Division I alone and 500,000 and 1,100 schools across the entire NCAA. Q: How much will the schools pay the athletes and where will the money come from? A: In Year 1, each school can share up to about $20.5 million with their athletes, a number that represents 22% of their revenue from things like media rights, ticket sales and sponsorships. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne famously told Congress 'those are resources and revenues that don't exist.' Some of the money will come via ever-growing TV rights packages, especially for the College Football Playoff. But some schools are increasing costs to fans through 'talent fees,' concession price hikes and 'athletic fees' added to tuition costs. Advertisement Q: What about scholarships? Wasn't that like paying the athletes? A: Scholarships and 'cost of attendance' have always been part of the deal for many Division I athletes and there is certainly value to that, especially if athletes get their degree. The NCAA says its member schools hand out nearly $4 billion in athletic scholarships every year. But athletes have long argued that it was hardly enough to compensate them for the millions in revenue they helped produce for the schools, which went to a lot of places, including multimillion-dollar coaches' salaries. They took those arguments to court and won. Q: Haven't players been getting paid for a while now? A: Yes, since 2021. Facing losses in court and a growing number of state laws targeting its amateurism policies, the NCAA cleared the way for athletes to receive NIL money from third parties, including so-called donor-backed collectives that support various schools. Under House, the school can pay that money directly to athletes and the collectives are still in the game. Advertisement Q: But will $20.5 million cover all the costs for the athletes? A: Probably not. But under terms of the settlement, third parties are still allowed to cut deals with the players. Some call it a workaround, but most simply view this as the new reality in college sports as schools battle to land top talent and then keep them on campus. Top quarterbacks are reportedly getting paid around $2 million a year, which would eat up about 10% of a typical school's NIL budget for all its athletes. Q: Are there any rules or is it a free-for-all? A: The defendant conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12) are creating an enforcement arm that is essentially taking over for the NCAA, which used to police recruiting violations and the like. Among this new entity's biggest functions is to analyze third-party deals worth $600 or more to make sure they are paying players an appropriate 'market value' for the services being provided. The so-called College Sports Commission promises to be quicker and more efficient than the NCAA. Schools are being asked to sign a contract saying they will abide by the rules of this new structure, even if it means going against laws passed in their individual states. Advertisement Q: What about players who played before NIL was allowed? A: A key component of the settlement is the $2.7 billion in back pay going to athletes who competed between 2016-24 and were either fully or partially shut out from those payments under previous NCAA rules. That money will come from the NCAA and its conferences (but really from the schools, who will receive lower-than-normal payouts from things like March Madness). Q: Who will get most of the money? A: Since football and men's basketball are the primary revenue drivers at most schools, and that money helps fund all the other sports, it stands to reason that the football and basketball players will get most of the money. But that is one of the most difficult calculations for the schools to make. There could be Title IX equity concerns as well. Advertisement Q: What about all the swimmers, gymnasts and other Olympic sports athletes? A: The settlement calls for roster limits that will reduce the number of players on all teams while making all of those players – not just a portion – eligible for full scholarships. This figures to have an outsize impact on Olympic-sport athletes, whose scholarships cost as much as that of a football player but whose sports don't produce revenue. There are concerns that the pipeline of college talent for Team USA will take a hit. Q: So, once this is finished, all of college sports' problems are solved, right? A: The new enforcement arm seems ripe for litigation. There are also the issues of collective bargaining and whether athletes should flat-out be considered employees, a notion the NCAA and schools are generally not interested in, despite Tennessee athletic director Danny White's suggestion that collective bargaining is a potential solution to a lot of headaches. NCAA President Charlie Baker has been pushing Congress for a limited antitrust exemption that would protect college sports from another series of lawsuits but so far nothing has emerged from Capitol Hill. ___ AP college sports: Eddie Pells, The Associated Press
USA Today
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Texas A&M football coaches will be included in College Football 26
Texas A&M football coaches will be included in College Football 26 After 11 years, the massive fan base of the former NCAA Football video game franchise disappeared due to various issues related to what we now call Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). However, during the summer of 2025, EA Sports released its first installment since 2013, renamed College Football 25. Selling millions of copies since its July release, the franchise is back in complete form, as College Football 26 looks to improve in several areas and will now include the likenesses of several high-profile coaches, including Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko, offensive coordinator Collin Klein, and defensive coordinator Jay Bateman. This is no surprise given the importance of the 2025 season for the Maroon & White. Thanks to GigEm247's Carter Karels, here's how EA Sports is incorporating the likenesses of over 300 coaches to enhance the game plan from a realistic standpoint. "EA Sports released its official reveal trailer for the game Thursday and announced more than 300 current college football coaches – including assistants – agreed to have their likeness featured in addition to various players. It will mark the first time the game has ever incorporated real-life coaches in that way." Within the game, coaches who agreed to participate will be seen on the sideline with playbooks highly similar to the scheme for each team, and in Dynasty mode, coaches can be selected to lead a specific program, which is another exciting feature that will breed plenty of creativity for longtime users of the game. College Football 26 will be released worldwide on Thursday, July 10. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Cameron on X: @CameronOhnysty.
