Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 16, 2023, 06:45 AM ET Colorado starting center Van Wells is doubtful for the game against Colorado State on Saturday night, sources told ESPN, leaving the Buffaloes with a true freshman starting at center. Wells was limited in practice this week, sources said, after leaving the Nebraska game with an apparent leg
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 16, 2023, 12:15 AM ET Mark Stoops and Kentucky scored two big recruiting victories for the price of one on Friday night, as twin brothers Jacob Smith and Jerod Smith Jr. decided to switch their commitments from Michigan. The additions of Jacob (No. 97 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300)
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 16, 2023, 12:16 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Nebraska tight end Arik Gilbert was arrested Friday in Georgia on suspicion of burglary, his second arrest in the past month. According to police records in Lumpkin County, Georgia, Gilbert is facing charges
Sep 15, 2023, 10:13 AM ET Two convincing wins for Deion Sanders’ rebuilt Colorado team, Texas taking it to Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Duke (Duke!) stunning Clemson … you get the point. The college football season has had its share of upsets, and new teams have reached top-25 level. The result, according to the Allstate Playoff
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2023, 04:30 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Michigan State has elevated defensive analyst TJ Hollowell to become the team’s 10th on-field assistant, while former Spartans coach Mark Dantonio will serve in an advisory role on game days. After suspending coach
Sep 15, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Alabama appears to be making a change at quarterback. Sophomore Tyler Buchner is expected to start over Jalen Milroe when the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide play at South Florida on Saturday, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low. Buchner, who transferred from Notre Dame in the spring, took the majority of first-team
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2023, 01:44 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. If Colorado coach Deion Sanders gets his way, everyone around Boulder will be wearing sunglasses for this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Showdown with Colorado State. In response to comments from Colorado State coach Jay
Anthony Gharib, ESPNSep 15, 2023, 09:00 AM ET It’s Week 3 of the college football season, and the uniform combinations are starting to heat up. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers unveiled a clean helmet colorway for their road matchup against the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes. Multiple schools are suiting up in
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2023, 09:05 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins, who said he was recently kicked off the team for missing practices and meetings during a “mental health crisis,” is suing the university and head football coach
Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNSep 14, 2023, 07:51 PM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Miami continued its streak of landing five-star recruits Thursday with defensive end Armondo Blount announcing his commitment to the Hurricanes. Blount is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end in the 2025 class out of
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2023, 12:43 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Deion Sanders won’t have a hard time making Colorado‘s rivalry game this week against Colorado State feel “personal.” Rams coach Jay Norvell took a shot at Sanders’ habit of wearing a hat and/or
It’s only Week 3, and already the college football season has been rife with surprises. Can Colorado, 1-11 last season, run its record to 3-0 when the Buffaloes take on Colorado State (10 p.m. ET, ESPN) on Saturday? Colorado isn’t the only early-season surprise, though. No. 21 Duke looks to go to 3-0 when it
Sep 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET With redshirt seasons, medical waivers, grad transfers, the portal and the extra COVID-19 year of eligibility, it seems more and more college football players are staying in school longer and longer. Having 24- or 25-year-olds on rosters, or spending six or seven seasons with a program is not unheard
ESPN News Services Sep 13, 2023, 06:03 PM ET ROSEMONT, Ill. — Iowa wide receiver Nico Ragaini has been reprimanded by the Big Ten for his comment about officiating in last week’s game against Iowa State, the conference announced Wednesday. Ragaini gave an obscenity-laced response to a reporter Tuesday when asked if he thought Iowa
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 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. ON NOV. 3, 1990, all hell broke loose in the Astrodome. The TCU Horned Frogs and Houston Cougars combined to
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 13, 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 Inspirational thought of the week: Do you know who I am?Have you any idea who I am?Do you know how I tried?Have you any idea
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. GROWING UP, JOE Milton couldn’t help himself when he saw smoke on the horizon. It didn’t matter how many times his mom warned him about the tractor blades that could chew him up,