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ESPN News Services Oct 7, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Texas starting defensive back Ryan Watts is doubtful to play in Saturday’s game against Oklahoma, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Watts hasn’t practiced this week after suffering a lower-body injury against Kansas. Freshman Malik Muhammad and Wake Forest transfer Gavin Holmes are expected to get more

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Before they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, several of the top recruits in the 2024 ESPN 300 are playing underneath the lights on weeknights. Joey Olsen, one of two tight ends in USC’s 19th-ranked class (Walter Matthews, No. 108 overall in

Seth Walder, ESPN AnalyticsOct 6, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Just how big is this year’s Red River rivalry game between No. 3 Texas and No. 12 Oklahoma? It’s big. It could be the last time a Big 12 showdown occurs between Texas and Oklahoma unless they meet again in the conference championship game. Next year,

Anthony Gharib, ESPNOct 6, 2023, 09:55 AM ET Week in and week out, college football uniforms continue to impress. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will bring out a sweet new combination for their matchup against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The Ohio Bobcats‘ and Miami (Ohio) Redhawks‘ helmets may steal the show, but

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year WE ALL KNOW plenty about the game now titled the Red River Showdown. And we should. There might not be another college football contest that

Oct 5, 2023, 10:43 PM ET Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec started taking snaps at tight end this week in practice, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday. A source confirmed the move to ESPN, saying it was likely Jurkovec would remain there for the rest of the year. Jurkovec, a transfer from Boston College, has struggled as

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 05:45 PM ET Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is doubtful for Saturday’s game against UCF and is considered week-to-week with back tightness, a source told ESPN on Thursday. His expected absence would pave the way for Jason Bean to start against the Knights. Daniels’ back issue reappeared prior to the Texas

Oct 5, 2023, 05:42 PM ET Utah quarterback Cam Rising offered some clarity Thursday on why his recovery from a knee injury is taking longer than expected. Rising, who has yet to play this season because of the injury he suffered in last season’s Rose Bowl, said in an interview with ESPN 700 in Salt

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 01:36 PM ET North Carolina wide receiver Tez Walker will be eligible to play in 2023 after new information emerged that the NCAA said school officials “failed to provide” previously. Walker is a transfer from Kent State, and his initial eligibility for the 2023 season was denied because he had

If you were asked in August to pick five teams that would be undefeated at this point, you’d probably be quick to name the traditional powerhouses: Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Alabama. And you’d be wrong on Alabama. But you get the point. Who in the world thought Louisville, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and Washington State

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 12:51 PM ET UCF football coach Gus Malzahn has agreed to a contract extension through the 2027 season, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Malzahn agreed to terms early this summer and the school raised his salary to $4 million per year on July 1, sources told ESPN. The deal rises

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. AS JALEN MILROE gets more comfortable at quarterback, as the offensive line gets its act together, as penalties and turnovers continue to mount and an offensive identity only now begins to come into

Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 12:11 PM ET CHICAGO — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 12:33 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan After adding Oregon and Washington to its ranks, the Big Ten on Thursday announced its newest version of its future football schedules for the 2024 to 2028 seasons. The conference had released a

Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 10:49 AM ET Mel Tucker’s lawyers sent a 106-page letter that presents “new evidence” to the school’s interim president and board of trustees on Thursday morning as the administrative hearing tied to the misconduct allegations against the former Michigan State coach begins. The letter, which is from one of Tucker’s

ESPN News Services Oct 5, 2023, 09:13 AM ET Morgan State University has canceled its homecoming football game after a shooting on campus earlier this week that left five people injured. University president David Wilson announced Wednesday that the game Saturday against Stony Brook, along with all other homecoming events and classes for the remainder

Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 08:52 AM ET WASHINGTON — AT&T and Gallaudet University have developed a football helmet to assist players who are deaf or hard of hearing and communicate using American Sign Language. The company and Washington, D.C.-based school for students who are deaf or hard of hearing were set to unveil the

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 07:00 AM 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. Long before the world knew Mike Leach or Dana Holgorsen or any of the other oddballs, eccentrics and revolutionaries of