Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The question seemed innocuous, but Alabama coach Nick Saban must have felt a hint of presumption given his prickly response. “You talked about Jalen [Milroe] getting more experience moving forward,”
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Think this weekend’s college football slate can’t possibly top the excitement of a Week 1 that extended into Week 2 because of the holiday? How can it beat the “Florida State is back” headline? Or the Duke upset of Clemson? And finally, no way it can top the Colorado/Deion debut, right? But Deion and his
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan With the 2023 season underway and major changes happening seemingly weekly in college football, it can be difficult to keep track of all that goes on. That is especially true with recruiting and
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 09:24 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Offensive lineman recruit Daniel Akinkunmi stayed up all night before his official visit to see the Oklahoma Sooners this past weekend. It wasn’t because he couldn’t sleep from anticipation or excitement, though. It
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 08:41 PM ET Penn State sophomore linebacker Abdul Carter was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession on Tuesday, according to a court filing. WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, reported that police were called to Carter’s dorm room on the night of Aug. 8 in response to a fire alarm being
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 04:28 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers and four other current or former ISU and Iowa athletes have pleaded guilty to underage gambling, a reduced charge, after a state investigation into sports wagering. Dekkers, offensive
Sep 6, 2023, 02:48 PM ET Caleb Williams has taken an unconventional path to college stardom, and he could do the same thing in the NFL, with his father saying there’s no guarantee the USC quarterback declares for the draft. That’s a far cry from what had been planned. When his son was being recruited,
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. LSU star defensive tackle Maason Smith is expected to play his first game in more than a year Saturday against Grambling. LSU coach Brian Kelly said Wednesday that the goal is for Smith
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2023, 09:23 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. DALLAS — Early Friday morning, SMU received a phone call decades in the making, a lifeline from the ACC offering
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 11:08 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Over the next decade, some exorbitant Power 5 football coaching salaries are projected to exceed the total amount their respective schools spend on athlete scholarships and medical expenses for all athletes across all
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 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 Inspirational thought of the week: I can’t see the future but I know it’s coming fastIt’s not that hard to wind up knee deep in
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee COLLEGE STATION, Texas — John James Fisher Jr. frequently found himself in trouble for not listening when he started the first grade in his hometown of Clarksburg, West Virginia. His teacher,
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 09:48 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. TCU linebacker Johnny Hodges said Tuesday that his team’s defensive performance in a 45-42 loss to Colorado was unacceptable, calling
Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 05:41 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders wants his players reading all those stories about how good they are. He wants them soaking up every bit of the spotlight, too. The Colorado coach isn’t one to keep his players grounded. He prefers them flying high, which they are after
Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 02:14 PM ET No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Colorado moved into the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Tuesday after scoring the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of the season and No. 4 Florida State jumped into the top five after its resounding victory over LSU in
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia quarterback Tony Muskett is day-to-day with a left shoulder injury and will be a game-time decision against James Madison on Saturday, coach Tony Elliott said during his weekly news conference. Muskett
Well, it only took one week for Deion Sanders to get Colorado into the AP Top 25 college football poll. Fresh off a stunning win over then-No. 17 TCU, the Buffaloes enter the rankings at No. 22. Florida State convincingly won the week’s only top-10 matchup, routing then-No. 5 LSU 45-24. Meanwhile, the preseason top
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2023, 01:27 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Ohio State coach Ryan Day remained steadfast in the approach that quarterback Kyle McCord will start against Youngstown State, but Devin Brown will play for the Buckeyes on Saturday as well. Neither quarterback