Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — After 31 years moving up the ranks of college coaching — and winning at every stop — 63-year-old Willie Fritz was introduced as Houston‘s new coach Monday, giving him his first job at a Power 5 school. “It took me a long
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterDec 4, 2023, 12:26 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions GRAPEVINE, Texas — It was between 1:30 and 2 a.m. CT on Sunday after the conference championship games when the 13 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee finally
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNDec 4, 2023, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams will not play in the Holiday Bowl, USC head coach Lincoln Riley announced Monday. The Trojans are set to take on Louisville in the game on Dec. 27. Williams, who threw for 3,633 yards and 30 touchdowns during
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 11:39 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Utah quarterback Bryson Barnes has entered the transfer portal and is now the second Utes quarterback to transfer this offseason, along with Nate Johnson. Barnes was a junior this season
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 09:23 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced he will enter his name in the transfer portal on Monday. Gabriel, 22, will have one year of eligibility remaining. Editor’s Picks 2 Related
Open Extended Reactions College football‘s 30-day winter transfer portal window is officially open, as players have until Jan. 2, 2024, to enter the portal for their one-time transfers. It doesn’t mean they have to find their new schools by then — or that they can’t return to their previous schools — but they have 30
Dec 3, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 college football bowl season is almost here. The bowl schedule — as well as the final College Football Playoff rankings — will be released Sunday starting at noon ET on ESPN. There are 43 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff National Championship and
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterDec 4, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord, who started throughout the season for the Buckeyes, entered his name into the transfer portal Monday morning. McCord, in his third year with the Buckeyes,
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2023, 05:55 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Sportsbooks have installed Michigan as a slight favorite over Alabama in their College Football Playoff semifinal on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl. The Wolverines opened as 2-point favorites over
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2023, 06:43 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Georgia coach Kirby Smart said Sunday he feels his team deserved to make the College Football Playoff, and empathized with Florida State, his team’s opponent in the Capital One
Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boise State has hired interim coach Spencer Danielson as the school’s next head coach, it was announced Sunday. Danielson, 35, is the former Boise State defensive coordinator who turned around the program’s fortunes after getting promoted to interim head coach Nov. 12. Danielson led
Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston has hired Tulane‘s Willie Fritz to be the Cougars’ next football coach, the school announced Sunday. Fritz led Tulane to one of the best stretches in school history, as the Green Wave have reached a bowl game in five of the past six
Dec 3, 2023, 02:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida State, the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the College Football Playoff, will settle for a matchup with two-time defending champion Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30. Coach Mike Norvell said the No. 5 Seminoles, who
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2023, 03:21 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions To echo the great prognosticator Clubber Lang, we had just one obvious prediction for the final college playoff rankings of the four-team era: pain. There are five teams —
Dec 3, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions While four teams are celebrating the opportunity to play for a national title on the field, undefeated ACC champion Florida State is on the outside, becoming the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the College Football Playoff. “The consequences of giving
Dec 3, 2023, 12:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The final four-team College Football Playoff field is set, with the selection committee having to make the toughest decision it had ever faced. We knew going in that history would be made and that at least one team and its fan base would be left with
Dec 3, 2023, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama have been selected by the College Football Playoff committee to vie for the national championship. That means Florida State (No. 5) and Georgia (No. 6), two teams with compelling arguments for playoff inclusion, are on the outside looking in. The Wolverines
Associated Press Dec 3, 2023, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since it won its last national championship in 1997, while Georgia slipped to No. 6 on Sunday after its 29-game winning streak was snapped by Alabama. Team Record 1.