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Associated Press Nov 29, 2024, 01:48 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained the injury during the annual Magic City Classic

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 29, 2024, 11:19 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Michigan cornerback Will Johnson is not expected to play against Ohio State on Saturday, leaving the Wolverines without their top defensive back and the program’s highest-regarded NFL draft prospect. Johnson has been battling

Associated Press Nov 29, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Shedeur Sanders set Colorado‘s single-season passing record Friday, surpassing Koy Detmer’s 28-year-old mark. The senior quarterback came in needing 40 yards to pass Detmer’s record of 3,527 yards. He got there by hitting LaJohntay Wester for a 10-yard touchdown pass in

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2024, 11:52 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Four-star 2026 Michigan quarterback pledge Brady Hart has flipped his commitment to Texas A&M

Jeremy Willis, ESPN.comNov 29, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thanksgiving in 2011, we thought we saw the end of the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry. When Texas senior, and future NFL great, Justin Tucker nailed a 40-yard, winning field goal, it gave the Longhorns a 27-25 win over their hated rivals and closed

David Hale Close David Hale ESPN Staff Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Nov 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2024, 01:32 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Colorado sent shockwaves through the recruiting world Thursday night when the Buffaloes landed 2025

Associated Press Nov 28, 2024, 05:00 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82. Alabama released a statement

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 28, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith said Thursday he had a preliminary conversation with North Carolina about their head coach vacancy following the

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 07:24 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the school said hours after announcing that he had died. The athletic department sent out a retraction Wednesday on the status of Burnett, who was injured in

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson guard Trent Howard suffered a torn ACL in his left knee at practice this week, coach Dabo Swinney said Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 295-pound fifth-year graduate has been a backup much of the season, but he had to step into a

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 02:47 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. The university announced that linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. died Tuesday evening, a month after he was injured in the Oct. 26 game against Alabama State. Burnett was

Open Extended Reactions Winning a rivalry game can cement a legacy. These games can also create legends. What happens during a college football rivalry lives on as some of the most iconic moments in the sport. Sometimes it’s a backup QB who must save the day. Sometimes it’s an unheralded player who saves his biggest

Nov 27, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What’s on the line in Week 14? Well, it’s Rivalry Week and the final week of the regular season, so tensions are sure to be high with conference championships just right around the corner. No. 3 Texas takes on No. 20 Texas A&M in a conference

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 27, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Nothing about this Heisman Trophy race has followed the script we have come to expect. For one, there are no representatives from the SEC — the conference that has

Nov 26, 2024, 10:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The latest College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night, with big changes following last weekend’s losses by Indiana, Alabama, Ole Miss, as well as by BYU, Texas A&M and Colorado. This week, Indiana drops to No. 10, Alabama is No. 13 and Ole Miss comes

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 26, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions The top four stayed the same for the third week in a row in the fourth installment of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, but a

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterNov 26, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions What’s the value of a win? This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s something the committee should be asking on a weekly basis. We tend to discuss win-loss records