Michigan State (2-0) will take on the No. 1 team in the nation tonight - the 2-0 Kansas Jayhawks - in the annual Champions Classic. This season's edition is in Atlanta at State Farm Arena.

Tip off is set for approximately 6:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Stay tuned here for updates and game discussion.

"The purity is gone," said Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley, who sent 41 players to the NFL and spent 23 years at Northern Iowa. He is retiring at age 61 because he feels the game has changed. He doesn't want to deal with NIL, transfers, etc.

Farley sent 41 players to the NFL and currently has an 181-104 record from 2001 to 2024.



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Most college head coaches are head coaches from other schools, coordinators, or at least assistant coaches on the college level.

Gerry Faust, after an impressive high school run of 178-23-2, jumped to Notre Dame as their head coach in 1981. He died yesterday at the age of 89.


CINCINNATI — Gerry Faust, the legendary former Moeller High School coach who led the Crusaders to five state championships and four national titles, has died, his family announced on Monday. He was 89.

Faust, known fondly as "Fuzzy," spent 18 years as Moeller's head coach before leaving to coach at the University of Notre Dame. He finished with a record of 178-23-2, Moeller reported.

He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 to 1985 and at the University of Akron from 1986 to 1994

His record at Notre Dame was 30–26–1 and at Akron his record was 43-53-3 for a total college record of 73-79-4

@austenflores takes a look at three concerns that were magnified in Michigan State's 47-10, blowout loss to Indiana. He also looks forward to what the Spartans need to better at Illinois on Saturday.

Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith updates the status of Aidan Chiles, Charles Brantley, Malik Spencer and others ahead of MSU's game on Saturday against Illinois and more on the Fighting Illini:

Jack Del Rio to resign from Wisconsin after he struck street sign, broke fence in alleged drunk driving arrest​

Former NFL head coach Jack Del Rio will resign from his role on the Wisconsin football staff after being arrested early Friday on citations for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.


Del Rio, who joined the Badgers as a senior advisor in August, allegedly struck a street sign with his vehicle, broke a fence and came to a rest in a yard, according to an incident report from the Madison (Wis.) Police Department.

“He’s going to move forward and he’s going to resign and move on,” Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said during a news conference Monday. “But it’s a tough situation, decisions that all of us have to be able to take full responsibility for. So, that’s what Jack will do and we’ll continue to move forward.


“We’ve got a few weeks left in the season, a lot of things to continue to fight for and nobody wants to take away from that, whether it’s me or Jack or anybody within our football program. We’ll move forward from that.”

Michigan State plays Kansas on Tuesday with an opportunity to create a statement.

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