2025 College Football Week 12 Buzz: OSU WR Carnell Tate Ruled Out Against UCLA

Carnell Tate is ruled outCarnell Tate has been ruled out of the game for his second consecutive game due to injury. The issue has not been specified, but it is reportedly minor. Ohio State’s game against UCLA will require auxiliary wide-receivers to step up. Texas A&M locks down Mike ElkoThe Aggies are signing their head coach to a new six-year contract that includes a $3 million raise from a $7 million salary, per The Athletic. Elko, who’s in his second season as Texas A&M’s head coach, was reportedly a candidate to become the next head coach at Penn State. The Aggies have a 9-0 record and are ranked No. 3 ranked team in the country this season and 17-5 under Elko, who was previously the head coach at Duke from 2022-23 and the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M from 2018-21. UCLA (3-6) and 3-3 in Big Ten will be playing without their starting quarterback for the road game against No. 1 Ohio State, per ESPN. Iamaleava was injured in the team’s Week 11 defeat. Redshirt sophomore Luke Duncan, who is a QB, will take over. Iamaleava, a redshirt sophomore, has a passer score of 127.4 and 1,659 total passing yards. Iamaleava also has 12 passing touchdowns. He also has rushed for 474 yard and four touchdowns.Smith is making his first start as a collegiate on the road, this weekend. Wisconsin (3-6, 0-5 in Big Ten) will play No. 2 Indiana, per ESPN. The true freshman quarterback appeared in Wisconsin’s victory over Washington in Week 11 after starter Danny O’Neill sustained a leg injury. He went 3-for-12, and ran for a score of 15 yards in a win of 13-10. New York Giants’ head coach Brian Daboll has been fired this month. The Athletic reports that Daboll could be the next Nittany Lions head coach. Daboll, who has “strong ties” to Penn State and is backed by former NFL players, is “believed” to be interested in the job. According to the report, however, there are a number of other candidates being discussed for the position, including Oregon assistant Will Klein or Ohio State’s Brian Hartline as well as the former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald. Virginia is likely going to have its starting quarterback return for its road matchup against Duke in Week 12. Morris suffered a concussion in Wake Forest’s Week 11 defeat. Morris has a total of 2,088 yards passing, 12 touchdowns and five interceptions, a passer rating of 137.8, while completing 66.7%. Morris has also rushed 214 yards for four touchdowns. The No. Gators stick with QB DJ Lagway despite being benched in Week 11.Florida will continue to play its struggling quarterback on Saturday. Billy Gonzales, the interim head coach of Florida’s football team, confirmed that Lagway is going to be practicing with his first-team this week. However he added “competition for everyone” and said Lagway should get plenty of repetitions. Gonzales benched Lagway at halftime of last week’s 38-7 debacle at Kentucky, replacing him with freshman Tramell Jones. Lagway completed 11 out of 19 passes with 83 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions. Jones was 9-for-17 for 60 yards. Lagway’s thrown 1,762 yards this season with 11 touchdowns.”If a pitcher’s struggling in the major leagues, what do you do? “You get the next guy to come in, right?” Gonzales said Monday. “It doesn’t mean that he’s not a great pitcher. Just means that wasn’t his day. For some reason or another, it wasn’t breaking. For some reason or another, he didn’t have the day that he wanted to have.I told him that. “I said,” ‘So you’re a great player, but I’m not going to let somebody just continue to struggle. I wanted to bring you out and let you refocus, let you gather, let you learn, and hopefully it’s a learning experience. It’s going to make you better this week when we prepare for Ole Miss.’”Kansas State loses top tackler for rest of seasonK-State linebacker Austin Romaine (hand) has been sidelined for the remainder of the 2025 season, head coach Chris Klieman announced Monday. The All-Big 12 Junior Linebacker chose to undergo surgery over playing through the pain. Romaine injured his hand two weeks ago, and has played the last few games wearing a heavy wrap. Romaine has played nine games this season and recorded 66 tackles. He also had 0.5 sacks. One interception, and one fumble was recovered. The Associated Press contributed this report. Follow leagues, players and teams to receive a daily newsletter! Create or login to your FOX Sport account. FOLLOW Personalize your FOX Sport experience by following your favorites
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