Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Florida‘s football program is under NCAA investigation regarding its recruitment of quarterback prospect Jaden Rashada, sources told ESPN on Friday. Rashada signed with the
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 19, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama freshman quarterback Julian Sayin, the top-ranked quarterback in the Class of 2024, intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Sayin is expected to initiate the transfer process on Friday, per sources. Sayin is the highest ranked offensive player in the
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The minute after Michigan was presented the national championship trophy in Houston, the college football season — and its accompanying predictions — flipped to 2024. If ever there was a
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 18, 2024, 09:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State is set to hire longtime NFL head coach Bill O’Brien as the school’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. The move comes with a potential shift within the OSU program, as coach Ryan Day has spent part of this off-season exploring bringing
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions After seeing nine players exit the program through the transfer portal since he was hired, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer on Thursday added his first transfer in former Washington quarterback Austin
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Miami tight end Cam McCormick confirmed Thursday that he’d be returning to play for the Hurricanes in 2024 — his ninth season of college football. McCormick, who began his
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 18, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Iowa announced on Thursday that interim athletic director Beth Goetz will be promoted to the permanent role. A source told ESPN that she’s agreed to a five-year deal. Goetz has been in the interim role since the summer. Goetz left the athletic director job
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Arizona had nine players enter the transfer portal Wednesday, including multiple starters and stat leaders. Running back Jonah Coleman led the team in rushing yards with 871 and five touchdowns
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 17, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions South Alabama is finalizing a deal to make offensive coordinator Major Applewhite the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. Applewhite, 45, is the former head coach at Houston and has been an offensive coordinator at Texas and Alabama. He has been at South
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 08:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions With transfer news swirling around Alabama‘s football program ever since Nick Saban’s retirement, several key players who’ve decided to stay told ESPN on Wednesday there was no panic
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 17, 2024, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama safety Caleb Downs, a second-team All-American in his freshman season, has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal. Downs earned a starting safety spot as a true freshman in 2023 and became the first known freshman to lead the team in tackles, according to
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Northwestern Oklahoma State has hired former NFL coach Jerry Glanville as its new defensive coordinator. Glanville, who
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 17, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlantic Coast Conference filed an amended complaint in Superior Court on Tuesday seeking damages from Florida State for “serial breaches of critical legal promises and obligations” and questioned FSU’s right to have leadership in ACC positions. The 55-page filing in Mecklenburg County (North
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 04:07 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Gage Goldberg, the son of former WWE star wrestler Bill Goldberg, committed to play football at Colorado. The younger Goldberg is a 6-foot, 215-pound linebacker from Boerne, Texas, who was
Associated Press Jan 17, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUBURN, Ala.– Derrick Nix is headed to Auburn as offensive coordinator, according to his current employer. Mississippi on Wednesday posted a message on X thanking Nix, the associate head coach and receivers coach, for 16 years of service, with a statement from coach Lane
Associated Press Jan 17, 2024, 11:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Justin Lustig has been hired to coach Penn State‘s special teams and two other positions, the school announced Wednesday. Lustig was associate head coach and special teams coordinator at Vanderbilt the past two seasons. He takes over for Stacy Collins,
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Alabama lost its sixth commitment in the 2025 class Wednesday when ESPN Junior 300 defensive end Zion Grady decommitted from the Crimson Tide. Grady told ESPN that he has reopened
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 10:07 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Harvard coach Tim Murphy, who has led the program for the past 30 years, is retiring from the school. Murphy, who took over at Harvard before the 1994 season, went