Gainesville, FL

Baton Rouge, LA

LSU is getting some serious love in ESPN’s final preseason SP+ rankings – they’re now a top 10 team. With the 2024 college football season just around the corner, ESPN’s Billy Connelly has crunched the numbers. His system looks at how teams play, not just their wins and losses. And it seems he’s pretty high on LSU’s chances this year. They’re ranked No. 10, with a super-strong offense coming in at No. 2 and a much-improved defense at No. 38.

ESPN’s Final Preseason SP+ Rankings Love LSU

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Herbie J Pilato

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Alabama State

Tuscaloosa, AL

ClutchPoints

A lot has changed with the Alabama football program in 2024. Nick Saban, arguably the greatest head coach in college football history, announced his retirement after Alabama football's 27-20 overtime loss to Michigan. Washington's Kalen DeBoer replaced him after their National Championship appearance last season. DeBoer has his work cut...

Alabama football's most impactful transfer for 2024 season

Oklahoma State

Norman, OK

247Sports

ESPN's Football Power Index metric provides Oklahoma's projected chances of winning each of its 12 regular-season games in the Sooners' first SEC season. The level of difficulty for Oklahoma is being taken up a couple notches as the Sooners enter their first SEC season. After leaving the Big 12 behind...

ESPN FPI projects Oklahoma football's 2024 schedule

Colorado State

Los Angeles, CA

On Monday's College Football Recruiting Show with Emily Proud and Blair Angulo, we discussed a variety of topics during the "Around the Nation" segment, including an update regarding Carrollton (Ga.) High quarterback Julian Lewis. The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder committed to USC Aug. 22, 2023. Originally from the 2026 class, he is...

Latest on USC Top100 QB commit Julian Lewis: 'I give the edge to Indiana over Colorado, and the field'

Auburn, AL

Auburn coach Hugh Freeze said Tuesday he regrets recent comments made about wins he should've had over Nick Saban and says he regretfully should've coached better in those matchups with the former Alabama coach. "Every now and then you say things that don't come across the right way," Freeze said...

Hugh Freeze walks back Nick Saban comments to Paul Finebaum

The Alabama football program is moving into uncharted waters this season. Legendary head coach Nick Saban retired after last season’s playoffs concluded, and the Georgia Bulldogs are threatening to take over the role of top dog in the SEC. Kirby Smart’s players over in Athens are hungry to start...

Alabama football's biggest X-factor in 2024, and it's not Jalen Milroe

Louisiana State

Lafayette, LA

College Football News

2024 Louisiana college football season preview with quick breakdowns, the best players, keys to the season, and prediction with projected win total.

Louisiana Preview, Best Players, Top Transfers, Season Prediction, Win Total 2024

Oxford, MS

A to Z Sports

Ole Miss Rebels will prove oddsmakers wrong in a major way during the 2024 college football season

Montgomery, AL

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer provided an update on several players and position groups during a Tuesday morning appearance on the Gojo and Golic show. Here's what he said:. DeBoer sometimes 'in awe' of freshman WR Ryan Williams: DeBoer said "people need to remember" that Williams is still a freshman -- and one who reclassified from the 2025 class -- but "he's taken opportunities and run with it. He's extremely dynamic. There's freshman moments and there's also some times when you're just in awe of where he's at, just considering his timeline and just how young he is."

Kalen DeBoer sometimes 'in awe' of Alabama freshman and 'loves what he sees' from defense

Georgia State

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Tallahassee, FL

Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Miami, FL

On Monday's College Football Recruiting Show with Emily Proud and Blair Angulo, we discussed a variety of topics during the "Around the Nation" segment, including an update regarding Miami Columbus Top247 safety Bryce Fitzgerald. The 6-foot 1/2, 172-pounder is the class of 2025's No. 216 overall prospect, No. 18 safety...

Top247 safety Bryce Fitzgerald's two teams to watch, and a third that shouldn't be counted out

Editor’s note: Saturday Road’s annual Crystal Ball series continues today with defending ACC champion Florida State. We’ll go in alphabetical order through the 17-team ACC. Previously: Boston College | Cal | Clemson | Duke. * * * * * * *. Imagine what might have been had...

Saturday Road Crystal Ball: Predicting every Florida State football game for 2024

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Florida State Seminoles On SI

David Cobb of CBS Sports laid out his rationale for Florida State's supremacy on the peninsula.

FSU Football Predicted To Be Best Program In The Sunshine State This Season

Atlanta, GA

Athlon Sports

Georgia has continued to dominate college football over the past three seasons under head coach Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs won back-to-back CFP national championships and made three consecutive appearances in the SEC Championship game. Smart has led the Bulldogs to 39 consecutive regular-season ...

Rece Davis Names The Best Team In College Football This Season

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Reddick, FL

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Florida football cracks top-25 in updated 2024 preseason SP+ ratings

The Gators may not have received a vote in the Associated Press' top-25 rankings, yet at least one analyst – ESPN's Bill Connelly – believes Florida...

Florida football cracks top-25 in updated 2024 preseason SP+ ratings

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