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6:59 PM ET Baylor has fired defensive coordinator Ron Roberts and special teams coordinator Ronnie Wheat, sources told ESPN. Roberts, a longtime mentor of Baylor coach Dave Aranda, joined Aranda’s staff in 2020 and helped the Bears to a Big 12 championship in 2021. But the team went 6-6 this season, and the defense regressed,

6:22 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Mickey Joseph, Nebraska’s interim football coach for nine games this season, is accused of putting his hands around a woman’s throat, pulling her hair and punching her before being taken into custody, according to a police affidavit filed Thursday. Joseph, 54, was arrested Wednesday and faces charges

3:36 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was released from jail on $80,000 bond Thursday, a day after he was arrested on five child pornography charges. Judge Meshon Rawls set the bond and as conditions for Kitna’s release ordered him not to have any unsupervised contact with minors

4:35 PM ET Former Texas coach Tom Herman has accepted Florida Atlantic’s head-coaching job, he told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. Herman is set to replace Willie Taggart, who was fired last month after going 5-7 this season. Taggart went 15-18 in his three seasons in Boca Raton, reaching the Montgomery Bowl in 2020, his

2:52 PM ET Michigan running back Blake Corum will undergo surgery on his knee, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Corum injured his left knee at the end of the first half against Illinois on Nov. 19. He took two carries in the second half before he was sidelined for the remainder of the

2:34 PM ET LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who sprained his ankle during a loss to Texas A&M last weekend, is expected to play Saturday against Georgia in the SEC championship game. On Thursday, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Daniels was doing well. “He’s had a good week of practice and will play for us on

11:56 AM ET Michigan starting defensive tackle Mazi Smith is facing felony charges for carrying a concealed weapon, according to court documents. The alleged offense occurred Oct. 7, but the charges were not filed until Nov. 30 in the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The charges are punishable by imprisonment for not more

12:43 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Marcus Satterfield will join new Nebraska coach Matt Rhule’s staff as offensive coordinator after serving in the same role at South Carolina for two seasons. Rhule announced the hirings of five on-field assistants and a strength coach Thursday. He was introduced as the Cornhuskers’ coach on Monday.

7:00 AM ET One year and one day ago, on Nov. 30, 2021, Sonny Dykes landed in a helicopter at midfield of Amon G. Carter Stadium, awash in purple lights, for his arrival as the new head coach at TCU. It was a flashy introduction for the decidedly unflashy West Texan making a 40-mile trip

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football regular season may be over, but don’t fret, the sport has saved some of the best matchups for conference championship week. Beginning on Friday night in Las Vegas, teams will battle for not only conference bragging rights but spots in the College Football Playoff field as well.

10:06 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The last remaining obstacle to expanding the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in the 2024 and 2025 seasons has been cleared. A source told ESPN on Wednesday night that the Rose Bowl has agreed to terms that will pave the way for the College Football Playoff to expand in

8:11 PM ET Trent Dilfer, the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback and ESPN analyst, was introduced as UAB‘s head coach on Wednesday, laying out a vision for an era of Blazers football that he said “many people couldn’t possibly imagine.” Dilfer, who is about to finish his fourth season as coach at Lipscomb Academy in Tennessee,

6:13 PM ET Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is skipping his team’s bowl game and has declared for the 2023 NFL draft. Porter is the No. 18-ranked prospect in Todd McShay’s latest draft rankings and the No. 3 corner behind Georgia’s Kelee Ringo and Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez. He was named as a third-team All-Big

6:54 PM ET Mickey Joseph, who served as interim head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for nine games this season, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of strangulation and third degree domestic assault, the Lincoln Police Department said. The Lincoln Police Department said officers were dispatched to a residence on a domestic disturbance call. After an

5:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia will keep football coach Neal Brown for the 2023 season, the school announced on Wednesday. The decision comes in the wake of a 5-7 season that saw the Mountaineers win two of their final three games, upsetting both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Brown has had just one winning

5:03 PM ET Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was arrested Wednesday on two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography. Kitna, the 19-year-old son of former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department and booked into the Alachua County jail at 3:20 p.m.

3:51 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday. He was 82. The university, where Hadl returned after his playing days as a coach and fundraiser,

2:20 PM ET Alabama wide receiver Traeshon Holden, who is tied for the second most touchdown receptions on the team this season, will enter the transfer portal, he announced Wednesday. Holden, a 6-foot-3 junior, saw his production increase the past two seasons. This season, he ranked fourth on the team with 331 receiving yards to