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11:46 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia might be the defending champions and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, but coach Kirby Smart said there is just as much pressure now as there was during his first season in 2016. “The standard doesn’t change,” Smart said Friday on the eve of a Chick-fil-A

12:18 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — When TCU takes the field for its College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Saturday, the Horned Frogs will pay tribute to Mike Leach, coach Sonny Dykes said. That tribute will include a sticker of a pirate flag on the helmets of all

Dec 30, 2022 Paolo UggettiESPN MILAN BOLDEN-MORRIS wanted nothing more than to make the right first impression. Just a few weeks into her first fall camp as a graduate assistant for the Michigan football team, Bolden-Morris had to stand in front of a room full of over 100 men ranging from 18 to 60 years

7:00 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Keith Henry needed to have a talk with his son. He had kept a secret from him for months because it was football season and he didn’t want to distract him. But the time had come for a talk following the 2021 season. Keith took his son, All-ACC Clemson

8:36 PM ET SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai entered the transfer portal Thursday night and is expected to land at Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. Mordecai had 7,152 passing yards with 72 touchdowns and 22 interceptions the past two seasons for SMU, setting a team record with 13 games of 300 passing yards or more. He began

4:29 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Michigan running back Donovan Edwards appears ready to continue his streak of breakout games ahead of the Wolverines’ College Football Playoff semifinal matchup against TCU. The sophomore running back suffered an undisclosed hand injury against Nebraska earlier this season and has been playing in a cast since then. On Tuesday,

4:42 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Matt Powledge is returning to Baylor as defensive coordinator after a season away at Oregon. Bears coach Dave Aranda announced the hire Thursday. Powledge replaces Ron Roberts, who was fired after the 6-6 regular season and has since become defensive coordinator at Auburn for new coach Hugh

4:07 PM ET Texas Tech senior linebacker Dimitri Moore responded Thursday to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s accusations that Moore spit on and possibly used a racial slur in the direction of one of his players Wednesday during the TaxAct Texas Bowl. “I can’t state strongly enough that these accusations are false,” Moore said in

12:48 PM ET ATLANTA — As hard as Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud tried to avoid the negativity on social media and elsewhere after losing to Michigan last month, it was unavoidable. Stroud said during media day Thursday as the Buckeyes prepare for the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, “I don’t

12:56 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — TCU coach Sonny Dykes says his program has always been in a “fight for credibility” and noted the additional challenges the Horned Frogs have gone through this season to reach the College Football Playoff. “Nobody anticipated us being here,” Dykes said Thursday during media day for the

12:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren has emerged as a strong candidate to be the next president of the Chicago Bears, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Warren is one of the final candidates in the Bears’ search for the team’s next president/CEO and remains engaged after a lengthy search, with sources

11:39 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia star defensive lineman Jalen Carter said Thursday that he feels 100% again after a nagging ankle injury limited him for most of the first half of the season. Carter, who figures to play a prominent role against Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach

8:00 AM ET The worst moment of Ben Finley‘s season came just before it started, which makes him something of an anomaly at NC State. In August, the Wolfpack were riding high, a preseason top-10 team with genuine ACC championship aspirations and — at least for the emphatically optimistic — possible playoff hopes. Life was

9:33 AM ET Ohio State leading rusher Miyan Williams, who has missed practice this week with what coach Ryan Day said is a stomach bug, is expected to return to practice Thursday and be available to play against Georgia in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Game at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday. Williams has

8:00 AM ET Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor still has most of the emails, the ones essentially accusing him of hiring “his drinking buddy” when he named Chris Klieman the Wildcats’ head football coach on Dec. 10, 2018. Taylor and Klieman had worked together at FCS powerhouse North Dakota State, which wins national championships

Dec 27, 2022 Jordan Reid Matt Miller The 2023 NFL draft class is loaded with talent, from three exceptional quarterback prospects to potential generational defensive players to immediate impact game-breakers on offense. As we move through college football’s bowl season and inch closer to the clock starting on Round 1, we asked draft analysts Jordan

6:33 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin says a Texas Tech player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur Wednesday night in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. A scrum between the teams came after Ole Miss’ Dayton Wade fumbled early in the fourth quarter and Texas

10:54 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — KJ Jefferson passed to Rashod Dubinion for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime and Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas for a 55-53 win at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Wednesday night. The Jayhawks had rallied from 25 points down in the