ESPN News Services Aug 19, 2023, 04:11 PM ET Carson Beck has been named the starting quarterback as Georgia begins its bid to defend its back-to-back championships. Coach Kirby Smart announced Beck as the starter Saturday. Beck, who backed up Stetson Bennett last season, came out of spring practice holding an edge for the No.
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Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 02:44 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators running back Cam Carroll will miss the season after tearing a knee ligament during a scrimmage, coach Billy Napier said Saturday. Carroll, a sixth-year senior who transferred from Tulane, was expected to provide depth this fall behind Montrell Johnson and Trevor Etienne.
Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 03:45 PM ET MADISON, Wis. — No. 19 Wisconsin probably will have to open the season without center Jake Renfro and tight end Riley Nowakowski due to foot injuries. “We’ll definitely have them back,” coach Luke Fickell told reporters after Saturday’s practice. “It’s just [a matter of] how soon.” Wisconsin
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 19, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Ole Miss and coach Lane Kiffin scored a big win Saturday as four-star defensive end Kamarion Franklin became the latest to join the fold by deciding to stay home. Franklin (No. 27 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300), from Lake Cormorant High School (Mississippi), becomes
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 19, 2023, 08:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — If it weren’t for the blue shirts and gold accents, the footballs and the pads, the playbooks or the helmets, one could describe what is going on inside the UCLA quarterbacks room this year as a scripted reality show. Take four guys from different
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 18, 2023, 07:47 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Nick Saban marked a milestone in his Alabama tenure Friday, landing the commitment of his first legacy player in 2024 defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. An unranked prospect from Gadsden, Kirkpatrick Jr. chose
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 18, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry inherited a program in 2022 that had lost its way, more than a decade removed from its last conference championship. Though Pry had zero head-coaching experience, he
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 18, 2023, 06:28 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Off the field, college football is almost always threatened by storm clouds. On the field, it remains unbeaten. The 2022 college offseason was defined by coaches yelling about stressful and exhausting recruiting calendars and the hand-wringing
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:13 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald will serve as a parent volunteer for the football program at Loyola Academy, the high school in the Chicago suburbs that two of his sons attend. Fitzgerald, who
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Payton Thorne has won the Auburn starting quarterback job, sources confirmed to ESPN. Thorne, a transfer from Michigan State, beat out Robby Ashford and will start for the Tigers in their
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Payton Thorne has won the Auburn starting quarterback job, coach Hugh Freeze announced on Thursday. Thorne, a transfer from Michigan State, beat out Robby Ashford and will start for the Tigers
Aug 17, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Written by Kyle Bonagura, Adam Rittenberg, Paolo Uggetti The Pac-12 has been reduced to embers after college sports’ latest round of realignment, and there is a natural temptation to assign blame. There’s a lot to go around: terrible leadership, bad timing, regional apathy and a lengthy list of poor,
ESPN News Services Aug 17, 2023, 12:00 AM ET BOULDER, Colo. — Most football coaches preach about players keeping their cool in the dog days of August when temperatures and tempers both tend to flare. Not Deion Sanders. The University of Colorado‘s new head coach upbraided some of his players Tuesday — not for fighting,
The first college football Power Rankings are here and who else but the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme. Michigan and Ohio State are battling it out for second with the Wolverines narrowly edging the Buckeyes for the No. 2 spot. The rest of the top 10 is filled with fellow blue bloods
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 06:24 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern interim coach David Braun is taking a “very calculated” approach with off-field team activities this month, while still finding ways for players to bond and prepare for the season
Associated Press Aug 16, 2023, 04:53 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson freshman defensive tackle Vic Burley might miss the team’s opener because of injury, but Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said it’s nothing that is expected to keep the highly ranked recruit out for the long term. Swinney said Wednesday that a lower-body injury might
Associated Press Aug 16, 2023, 01:16 PM ET LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University plans to sell alcohol at select home football games this season following a recent change to state law that permits liquor licenses to be issued to sporting venues at public universities. The board of trustees at Michigan State University voted unanimously
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ACC PRESIDENTS HAD a meeting scheduled last Wednesday that had the potential to affect the future of the league. As the hours ticked closer to the call, nobody had a clear idea