Redshirt senior quarterback Hendon Hooker threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more scores, as Tennessee rolled past Ball State in the season opener, 59-10, Thursday night in front a crowd of 92,236 at Neyland Stadium.

Game week has arrived on Rocky Top as the Tennessee football team kicks off the 2022 campaign Thursday night in Neyland Stadium. After a month of fall camp and preseason training, the squad has begun implementing game preparations for the long-awaited season opener against Ball State.

After what may have felt like an eternity for many, it is finally "Game Week" for fans throughout the Big 12 Conference. That includes those Cowboys in Stillwater that are looking to capitalize on a 2021 campaign that was capped off with a Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame. Sure, it's a new season, but there's never a bad time to mention topping the Irish in an NY6 Bowl.

Redshirt senior quarterback Rocky Lombardi (Clive, Iowa/Valley) returns for one last season with the Huskies after wowing NIU fans and the nation in 2021.

When a football team wins seven games by eight points or less like the NIU Huskies did in 2021, special teams can play a significant factor. Whether it's a key extra point, late field goal, or a punt to flip field position, the third phase of the game can have just as much an impact on the game as the offense or defense.

The Bowling Green football program has added Rutgers transfer Tunde Fatukasi, according to head football coach Scot Loeffler. Fatukasi, an offensive tackle, spent two seasons at Rutgers. He will have four years of eligibility with the Falcons.

The Toledo men's basketball team will open the 10th annual Gulf Coast Showcase in southwest Florida on Monday, Nov. 21 against Kansas City.

Nothing quite gets the sideline hyped up like a running back bursting through the trenches en route to a big gain.

Ball State and Iowa have agreed to meet on the gridiron, it was announced Tuesday. The Cardinals and Hawkeyes are scheduled to meet at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Sept. 4, 2027.

Leon Ayers III, a 6-foot-5 guard from Troy, Mich., has signed to play for the Bowling Green State University men's basketball program. Ayers joins the Falcons after playing the 2021-22 season at Duquesne. Ayers is the seventh newcomer for the Orange and Brown for the upcoming season, joining forwards Madani Diarra, Sam Towns, Rashaun Agee and Jamai Felt and fellow guards Anthony McComb III and Willie Lightfoot.

The brackets and schedule for the 2022 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam have been finalized, tournament officials announced.

Head Coach Michael Lewis and the Ball State men's basketball program added Kaiyem Cleary as part of the 2022 recruitment class. Cleary is a junior college transfer from Florida SouthWestern State and will be immediately eligible to play for the Cardinals in 2022-23.

Miami University head men's basketball coach Travis Steele has announced the addition of assistant coach Jonathan Holmes. Holmes spent that past three seasons as an assistant coach at Elon.

The Kent State men's basketball program announced the signing of Chris Payton to the 2022 class.  Payton, a junior college transfer from Indian Hills Community College, spent time at Pitt last season and will now join the Golden Flashes for the 2022-23 campaign.

Toledo sophomore infielder Jeron Williams has been named MAC Co-Player of the Week, the conference office announced. He shares the award with Central Michigan's Drew Lechnir.

Rashaun Agee, a 6-foot-8 forward from Chicago, Ill., has signed an NLI to play for the Bowling Green State University men's basketball program. Agee joins the Falcons after spending the 2021-22 season at Casper College in Wyoming.

Miami University head football coach Chuck Martin has announced the addition of Ron Burton to his staff. Burton will coach the defensive line.

The Northern Illinois University football team practiced in full pads for two hours Saturday in the Chessick Practice Center in an intense, physical practice that brought a smile to the face of NIU head coach Thomas Hammock.

Despite a career high 37 points from sophomore guard Mark Sears, the No. 3 Ohio men's basketball team (25-10) concluded the 2021-22 season Monday night (March 21), falling to No. 6 Abilene Christian (25-10), 91-86, in the Roman CBI Quarterfinals.

Tyger Campbell scored a team-leading 16 points and drilled a deep 3-pointer with 1:20 to play, leading No. 4-seed UCLA past No. 13-seed Akron, 57-53, in a first round contest at the NCAA Tournament at the Moda Center.