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,”
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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
6:12 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — New Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell will continue to be a presence around the Badgers during Tuesday night’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, but not as the man in charge, he said Monday. Fickell plans to be on the sideline, wearing a headset and coaching
4:51 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Texas quarterback Hudson Card committed to Purdue on Monday, sources told ESPN. The commitment gives first-year coach Ryan Walters a key early building block as he takes over from Jeff Brohm. Card, a redshirt sophomore and former top-40 recruit, gives Purdue a quarterback with three years of eligibility remaining
1:53 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Charlie Frye has agreed to become the next offensive coordinator at Florida Atlantic, sources told ESPN. Frye is a former NFL quarterback, former NFL quarterbacks coach and has extensive college experience. Frye spent the 2022 season with Penn State as offensive analyst and analytics coordinator. Frye is expected to be
7:00 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. IT WAS FINALLY over. Staying on as Alabama’s defensive coordinator for a