The Hamilton College men’s swimming and diving team were recognized as a College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team for the 2025 spring semester on Wednesday, July 2 when the organization released its list.

Teams were required to achieve a grade point average of 3.00 or better during the semester in order to earn the prestigious honor. The Continentals posted a 3.50 GPA and picked up the award for the eighth straight semester under Head Coach John Geissinger.

A dozen members of the men’s team made the 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference Winter All-Academic Team, which honors sophomores, juniors, and seniors in good academic standing in their sport maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

 

During ACC media days, SMU Mustangs head coach Rhett Lashlee made some controverisal comments about the SEC being a top heavy conference.

“The SEC has had the same six schools win the championship since 1964,” said Lashlee. “Not a single one has been different since 1964. That’s top-heavy to me. That’s not depth.”

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Lashlee’s comments are trending topic in today’s college football world. Many fans and members of the media disagree with Lashlee. It is undeniable that the SEC is the top conference in college football. The SEC recruits the best and has produced the most NFL draft picks of any conference for 19 straight years. Current members of the SEC have won 14 of the last 20 national championships even though the Big Ten has won two straight national titles.

We frankly don’t even understand Lashlee’s argument. Eight different members of the current SEC (includes Oklahoma and Texas) have won national championships since 2000. During the same time period, only three different ACC teams won national championships.

In response, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has a couple of words for the Mustangs’ head coach.

“In 1987, they (SMU) shut down their football program,” said Finebaum in response to Lashlee. “When he is making fun of the SEC of winning national championships. SMU is the most corrupt program in the history of college football.”

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What Finebaum is talking about with the year 1987 is the SMU program was shut down due to paying players to play for their team in previous years during the 1980’s when it was prohibited. SMU faced the death penalty (did not play any games in 1987) and it took the Mustangs years to recover.

In the new era of college football with name, image and likeness (NIL), Texas programs are among the most aggressive in the country with NIL money. Texas Tech, Texas and Texas A&M have all spent massive amounts of NIL funds to secure top recruits. However, SMU should not be forgotten in the NIL era. The Mustangs took advantage of their move to the ACC and made the College Football Playoff during the first year of the 12-team era.

The comments will most likely be a reason for comparing the ACC to other Power Four conferences, including the SEC, to see which conferences are performing the best this upcoming season.

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It might be the middle of summer, but the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks men’s hockey team is ready to take on the new season in new threads.

The Fighting Hawks unveiled four new uniforms on their social media channels on Thursday, July 24. They include two white jerseys, one green jersey and one black jersey. The new jerseys coincide with a change in suppliers, from adidas to CCM.

The green jersey and one white jersey feature “NORTH DAKOTA” on the front in an arched serif block front with a black drop shadow. These jerseys also have broad stripes on the waist and elbows — green on the white jersey and black on the green jersey — flanked with contrasting stripes. Both have the National Collegiate Hockey Conference logo on the right shoulder.

The other two jerseys, one white and one black, feature a beveled “NODAK” wordmark with a black outline running diagonally across the front. The white jersey — which replaces a similar NODAK alternate jersey from 2025-26 — has two green stripes running around the waist and elbows, while the black jersey only has green, white and black striping on the sleeves. On these jerseys, the NCHC shield moves to the back collar.

All four jerseys have block font names and numbers on the back and sleeves. The white jerseys have green names and numbers with black outlines, while the green jersey has white numbers outlined in black. The black jersey has white numbers with green outlines.

All the jerseys have the Fighting Hawks’ primary logo on the shoulders.

Last year, aside from the white NODAK alternate, the Fighting Hawks wore jerseys with “NORTH” arched above and “DAKOTA” arched below the player’s number on the front. The white and green jerseys had shoulder yokes and three stripes around the arms and waist, while the black jersey only had stripes around the arms in the same pattern as the new black NODAK alternate.

North Dakota opens its 2025-26 regular season with a home-and-home series against the University of St. Thomas Tommies on October 10 and 12.

The college football world has been abuzz for the past two weeks over the possibility of Nick Saban potentially returning to coaching. That possibility was first raised by Greg McElroy on ESPN.

It has since taken on a life of its own. FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd dumped more fuel on the fire recently when he suggested that a pairing with Arch Manning at the professional level might be enough to lure Saban out of retirement.

Cowherd had Texas coach Steve Sarkisian on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Thursday and broached the topic. He put Sarkisian on the spot, asking if he could see Nick Saban taking the jump back to the NFL.

“You already have him in Cleveland!” Sarkisian said with a laugh. “I heard you yesterday, you already have him in Cleveland, he’s coaching Arch. I only have Arch for one year? Shoot, I thought I was going to have him for two.”

After the two had a good laugh over that, Sarkisian attempted to tackle the question of Saban getting back into coaching a little more seriously. He has worked with Saban in the past, so he presumably has a better pulse on the head man than most.

“I don’t know. Hey, he is a great coach and I loved my time working for Nick,” Sarkisian said. “I mean he really is a fantastic coach. I think he feels really comfortable to me. He’s really good on TV, I think he enjoys what he gets to do. He’s playing a ton of golf, which he loves doing. I’m sure Miss Terry loves having him at home. So I don’t know. That’s obviously a personal thing as he grows.”

Saban has indeed quickly become a staple of ESPN’s College GameDay since retiring from his post at Alabama. He’s got some natural ability and his knowledge of the game is unparalleled.

As ESPN officially retires Lee Corso from the show this fall, it stands to reason that developing an heir of sorts is a priority. Could Nick Saban be that guy?

Well, the NFL calling would certainly throw a wrench into that. And Sarkisian didn’t completely rule that possibility out.

“I know he’s one of, if not the most competitive person I’ve ever been around, so I’m sure those competitive juices get flowing pretty good,” Sarkisian said. “But, man, he looks like he’s having a lot of fun doing television. He looks relaxed. He’s great for our sport. I know people are tuning in to hear his insight on all this stuff.”

Kentucky is making one more change before the start of fall camp next week. Eric Wolford is getting some help in the offensive line room.

UK announced Greg Frey is joining the staff as an assistant offensive line coach. He’s filling the absence left by Drake Jackson. A staple of the Big Blue Wall, the former Kentucky center spent two seasons on the coaching staff before taking a position as the offensive line coach this spring at Rhode Island.

Jackson was getting his start in the coaching ranks at Kentucky. Frey got his start almost 30 years ago while coaching alongside Mark Stoops at USF. The two were a part of the first coaching staff at USF when the program was created in 1996. Stoops was painting houses on the side at the time to supplement his paycheck. Frey spent 11 years coaching offensive and defensive linemen in Tampa.

“I’ve known Coach Stoops for almost 30 years, going back to our time together at South Florida,” Frey said in a statement. “He’s the all-time winningest coach at UK, has broken records, and accomplished what no one else has. Watching him build this program at Kentucky has been incredible, and it’s truly a blessing and an honor to join him again and be part of this journey.”

Frey’s journey through college football has taken him everywhere. He most recently was at Tulsa. Prior to that, he spent two years coaching David Cutcliffe’s offensive line at Duke. Over a three-year period, he bounced between Florida, Florida State, and Michigan. He had two stints a Michigan, including a three-year run with Rich Rod in Ann Arbor. Outside of his early years at USF, Frey’s longest stay at one place was in Bloomington. Frey spent six years at Indiana, and served as the assistant head coach to Kevin Wilson during his final year in 2016.

Throughout his travels, Frey has helped more than 40 players reach the NFL and has 21 all-conference players on his resume.

A dominant offensive line was the foundation of Mark Stoops’ success at Kentucky. That has not been the case in recent years. Frey is tasked to help Eric Wolford recreate that magic with a new-look group that features a projected three new starters from the transfer portal. “Big Men lead the way,” for Kentucky football and much of this season’s success will be determined on how well those Big Men perform in 2025.