Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 20, 2023, 05:02 PM ET NASHVILLE – Spencer Rattler‘s journey through football has vacillated between distinct extremes. He entered Oklahoma as an elite recruit and exited as a high-profile transfer. His stint as an OU starter was sandwiched around a Super Bowl quarterback (Jalen Hurts) and the latest Heisman Trophy winner (Caleb
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2023, 05:01 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Ole Miss’ Quinshon Judkins, who led the SEC in rushing as a freshman, didn’t receive a scholarship offer to play football at Alabama. But he does own a car he bought
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2023, 12:20 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin didn’t wait for questions on the impact of the transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals at SEC media days on Thursday. Instead, he
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern has had discussions with former NFL and college coach Dave Wannstedt and others about a special assistant role for the 2023 season. Wannstedt told WSCR radio in Chicago on Thursday that he
Tom Luginbill, ESPN AnalystJul 20, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall The 2024 college football recruits create excitement and optimism among fans, and a great tool to help introduce the future stars of Saturday is to compare them
Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators shared a draft Thursday morning of legislation that aims to create a uniform national law for how college athletes can make money and
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:53 PM ET Five-star athlete Mike Matthews committed to Tennessee on Wednesday. Matthews, a three-sport (football, basketball, track) and two-way star on the football field for Parkview High School (Georgia), adds to a burgeoning class for Josh Heupel and the Volunteers that ESPN has ranked 14th. The Volunteers
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:06 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa defensive lineman Noah Shannon will not attend Big Ten media days next week because of his involvement in the NCAA investigation into sports gambling at the school. Senior linebacker Jay Higgins will
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Four-star safety Jaylen Heyward, the No. 71 overall recruit in the 2024 ESPN 300 rankings, decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday. Heyward, who attends Rockledge (Florida) High School, is rated as the second-best safety in the 2024 cycle by ESPN. “I felt like it
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Colorado coach Deion Sanders will not attend Pac-12 media day because of a “routine, follow-up” procedure on his foot scheduled for Thursday. “Unfortunately, his recovery will preclude him from attending Pac-12 media day,
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 01:27 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Looking back on last season, in which Alabama missed the College Football Playoff for only the second time in nine years, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said his team fell
Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 12:02 PM ET CHICAGO –Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said his law firm and other attorneys have received reports of hazing within Northwestern University’s baseball and softball programs, in addition to growing complaints of hazing within the Wildcats’ football program. At Wednesday news conference, Crump and Chicago attorney Steven Levin
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Over the past 20 years, three of its teams have combined to win 10 national titles. It has boasted one of the best dynasties the sport has ever seen (Bama) and almost no actual bad teams
Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 18, 2023, 05:51 PM ET NASHVILLE — When Hugh Freeze took over at Ole Miss in 2012, the Rebels had lost 15 straight SEC games. They made a bowl in his first season and began an upward trajectory that included an appearance in the Peach Bowl in his third season. As he
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 04:32 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern will initiate two external reviews into its athletic department in the wake of investigations into hazing and bullying that resulted in the firing of football coach Pat Fitzgerald and baseball coach Jim
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 03:01 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart told ESPN on Tuesday that Carson Beck has the inside track at this point to be the Bulldogs’ quarterback this season. “He’s certainly the
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterJul 18, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart took center stage at SEC media days on Tuesday and asked the question that’s been hanging over the Bulldogs’ offseason: “How do you top an undefeated
Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Jul 18, 2023, 09:38 AM ET Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, university