8:24 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Cal quarterback Jack Plummer announced on his Twitter account Wednesday that he is transferring to Louisville for his final season of eligibility and reuniting with new Cardinals head coach Jeff Brohm. Plummer, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound senior, entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer a week ago. He started
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12:21 PM ET ATLANTA — Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer and his teammates are not only upset about the way they played in the second half against Michigan. They have also taken issue with the resurfaced narrative that they are not physical enough on defense. That is enough to provide extra motivation headed into
3:42 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — TCU star receiver Quentin Johnston said he had several inquiries about transferring elsewhere during the offseason, particularly with Gary Patterson stepping down as coach toward the end of the 2021 season. But Johnston stayed put and is ecstatic that he did. The Horned Frogs will make their first College
3:34 PM ET LSU will be without star receiver Kayshon Boutte when it plays Purdue in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Monday. Coach Brian Kelly didn’t provide a reason for Boutte’s absence in a statement released by the school Wednesday. Kelly did include in the statement that Boutte is enrolled at LSU for the spring
1:05 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Since 2015, Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan tenure has featured plenty of highs and lows. But as Michigan prepares for its second straight College Football Playoff appearance, not much has changed when it comes to Harbaugh’s coaching approach or his attire of choice. “His presence is kind of like an immovable object,”
1:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Texas Tech has rewarded coach Joey McGuire for a successful debut season by agreeing to a new six-year, $26.6 million contract, the school announced Wednesday. McGuire has led the Red Raiders to a 7-5 record entering Wednesday’s TaxAct Texas Bowl against Ole Miss. That mark includes wins over Texas
11:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett acknowledged Wednesday the difficulty of the task at hand as the Bulldogs look to become the first team to repeat as national champions in a decade. “Man,” Bennett said, “those pats on the back feel good, you know?” Last January, Bennett received a lot of “attaboys”
8:00 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — When defending national champion Georgia lost 15 starters to the NFL draft after winning its first title since 1980 last season, the Bulldogs weren’t expected to be nearly as good this year. Georgia had five defensive starters selected in the first round of the draft, so surely it couldn’t
11:29 PM ET ESPN News Services BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall, the three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year who entered the transfer portal this month but remained with the Chanticleers for the Birmingham Bowl, was injured Tuesday night in a 53-29 loss to East Carolina. On what will presumably be
8:55 PM ET Washington State is set to hire Ben Arbuckle, the 27-year-old who spent this season at Western Kentucky, as its next offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Arbuckle, a former quarterback at West Texas A&M, served as Western Kentucky’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Western Kentucky ranks No. 2 nationally in
3:39 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska edge rusher Garrett Nelson will declare for the NFL draft instead of returning for a fifth season with the Cornhuskers under new coach Matt Rhule. Nelson, who made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, is the most productive defensive player on the 2022 team to leave
12:50 PM ET ATLANTA – Ohio State isn’t often an underdog when it takes the field, and the Buckeyes seem to be embracing the fact that defending national champion Georgia is a betting favorite to beat them in Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The No. 1 Bulldogs opened as 6 ½-point
12:55 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Nearly a year after Michigan‘s 34-11 loss to Georgia in the 2021 College Football Playoff semifinal, Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy said that he still remembers the “deep pit of regret” he felt in his stomach after the defeat, but he reflected on how the loss has served to fuel their
10:33 AM ET Tight end CJ Dippre, who tied for the second-most touchdown catches at Maryland this season, announced on Tuesday that he will transfer to Alabama. Dippre, who is from Pennsylvania, chose Alabama over Ohio State. The 6-foot-5 sophomore caught 30 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns this season. Dippre could fill an
10:54 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Record-setting Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman has entered the NCAA transfer portal as a graduate transfer, sources told ESPN. Hartman set the Atlantic Coast Conference record for touchdown passes during his career at Wake Forest, throwing for 110 in his five seasons. Hartman ranks second in ACC history with 12,967
7:00 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley laughs when asked about a couple of his backups who might not get a lot of playing time but have plenty of name recognition. There’s sophomore quarterback Luke Pardee, the grandson of Jack, who was a Junction Boy for Bear Bryant at Texas
7:00 AM ET SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has kept a routine after every game, no matter the outcome. “For an hour, when the families are mingling and eating, he won’t eat, he won’t really talk, until he’s reviewed all the footage of that [game] film,” Stroud’s mother, Kimberly, told ESPN. “I’m
10:01 PM ET Several Pitt football players and UTEP basketball coach Joe Golding and his family found themselves in a real-life version of the holiday classic “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” on Christmas Day after flight cancellations left them stranded in Dallas before embarking on a road trip more than 600 miles long. Pitt coach Pat