12:20 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LAS VEGAS, NV — The only blemish in USC‘s 11-win regular season had been a one-point loss to Utah in October. Thanks to the Pac-12’s decision to turn its championship game into a matchup between its two best teams instead of division winners, the Trojans had an opportunity to make
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10:58 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has been preparing to make an exit in order to take the head coaching job at Colorado, sources told ESPN. With Jackson State on the cusp of the SWAC title game Saturday, Sanders and his associates have spent the week making inquiries to both potential
9:28 PM ET The final weekend of the college football season is here and the stakes in the games could not be higher. There is legitimate College Football Playoff drama. The top four teams in the ranking have one more game to secure or solidify their spots and two powerhouses are lurking to potentially leap
7:23 PM ET In 2018 when several SEC schools were interested in hiring Hugh Freeze, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey sent out a memorandum to conference presidents, chancellors and athletic directors to inform them of Freeze’s “status with respect to the conference.” Freeze was hired Tuesday as Auburn‘s head football coach. While Sankey’s 2018 memo, which
7:23 PM ET South Carolina junior cornerback Cam Smith, Mel Kiper Jr.’s No. 19 overall prospect for 2023, is declaring for the NFL draft. Smith announced the decision Friday on Twitter. “I will always be a Gamecock,” he wrote. “I hope to continue to make Gamecock Nation proud throughout my career. I will forever miss
7:03 PM ET Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson, the team’s starter for the past two seasons, will return to the Razorbacks in 2023 rather than enter the NFL draft. Jefferson announced his decision Friday on Instagram, writing that his dreams “wouldn’t be complete without one more year on The Hill.” A redshirt junior from Mississippi, Jefferson
4:41 PM ET Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer Friday. King threw for 1,220 yards, 7 touchdowns and 6 interceptions in six games this season for the Aggies. He was the No. 46 prospect in the 2020 class out of Longview, Texas, and signed with the Aggies with
5:01 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After the season Drake Maye has had at North Carolina, coach Mack Brown understands there will be NIL offers to transfer, but he still expects his star quarterback to return to the Tar Heels next season. During an ACC championship game news conference previewing the Saturday matchup against Clemson,
1:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was dismissed from the team Friday, sources confirmed to ESPN, following his arrest this week on child pornography charges. Kitna is facing two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography. Two of the five charges, which
1:19 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Notre Dame quarterback Drew Pyne tweeted Friday that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. Pyne, who will have three years of eligibility at his next destination, is not planning to play in the team’s bowl game, sources told ESPN on Friday. Pyne expressed his appreciation for the Irish football
Dec 1, 2022 CLEMSON, S.C. — Will Shipley can rap. This is not a skill Shipley actively promotes, but his roommate, Clemson tight end Jake Briningstool, insists he’s pretty good. Shipley might be folding laundry or unloading the dishwasher or just sitting around the living room with friends, and, spur of the moment, he’ll lay
7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN INSIDE THE TRAINING complex named after head coach John McKay on USC‘s campus, there’s a whiteboard that has become more than just the backdrop of a classroom. Earlier this year, as players came together to begin spring ball for a team that looked completely different than the season prior, the
8:00 AM ET When Jeff Brohm arrived to coach Purdue, he knew the program had two Rose Bowl appearances, an incredible all-time roster of quarterbacks that included Bob Griese and Drew Brees, an equally impressive group of defensive ends, and a coaching list that included Joe Tiller and Jack Mollenkopf. But he didn’t know much
7:45 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN. He’ll enter as a graduate transfer and will have one season remaining of eligibility. Jurkovec has been Boston College’s starting quarterback the past three seasons after transferring from Notre Dame. He’s been productive when healthy,
11:23 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Liberty has targeted Coastal Carolina‘s Jamey Chadwell to be the school’s next head football coach, sources told ESPN. There’s mutual interest, according to sources, but no deal has been struck, nor has Chadwell made a final decision about leaving. Chadwell is waiting until after the Sun Belt championship game to
8:15 PM ET Texas State is finalizing a deal to make G.J. Kinne the school’s next head football coach, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel, confirming multiple reports Thursday. In his first season as coach, Kinne guided FCS’ Incarnate Word to a 10-1 record and a second straight Southland Conference title this year. It’s set to
7:56 PM ET Former Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara, who helped the Wolverines to a Big Ten title and College Football Playoff berth in 2021, is transferring to Iowa, he confirmed in a social media post Thursday. “New beginning,” McNamara wrote on Twitter, along with the hashtag #Hawkeyes. New beginning #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/qrK2PJY4NX — Cade McNamara (@Cademac_12)
7:07 PM ET Oregon State junior quarterback Chance Nolan is in the NCAA’s transfer portal. Nolan threw for 939 yards, seven touchdowns and eight interceptions while starting five games for the Beavers this season. He suffered a neck strain during a lopsided loss at Utah on Oct. 1 and remained sidelined for the rest of