7:19 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich is finally speaking out about his reasoning for not getting the COVID-19
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7:36 PM ET After USC and UCLA announced their intention to join the Big Ten this summer, ACC administrators had informal conversations regarding the possible additions of members of the Big 12 and Pac-12 or a potential merger of the three leagues, according to several sources. The Raleigh News & Observer was first to report
1:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Bowling Green head football coach Scot Loeffler will not travel with the team for Saturday’s game at Mississippi State due to a personal health matter, the school announced on Friday. Associate head coach and inside linebackers coach Steve Morrison will serve as acting head coach in Loeffler’s absence. Running
8:00 AM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brennan Armstrong is not one to sugarcoat a problem. It’s one of the things his former coach, Bronco Mendenhall, loves about him. Mendenhall used to hover over the offense during Virginia practices, close enough to hear every word that escaped his quarterback’s mouth, and if the unit struggled, the
2:42 PM ET Florida State opened some eyes with its Labor Day weekend victory over LSU in New Orleans. Off to its first 3-0 start since 2015, the Seminoles are building momentum — both on the field and on the recruiting trail. Highly regarded wide receiver Hykeem Williams certainly has taken notice, demonstrating that by
1:12 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Utah significantly altered the contract of defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, upping his salary and including a costly buyout nearly two years after Scalley had his pay cut in half and a coach-in-waiting agreement rescinded after he admitted to using a racial slur in a text message. On March 1, according
11:35 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Purdue quarterback Aidan O’Connell is expected to be a game-time decision against FAU on Saturday with an unspecified injury, sources told ESPN. O’Connell ranks fifth nationally with 1,000 passing yards so far in 2022. He has thrown for eight touchdowns and one interception while establishing himself as one of the
10:14 AM ET An outlier opening line on USC–Oregon State prompted a flood of bets on the underdog Beavers this week and left one sportsbook with more money at stake on the Pac-12 tilt than any of the week’s NFL games. Caesars Sportsbook on Sunday opened USC as a 13.5-point favorite over Oregon State. Minutes
8:00 AM ET Syracuse football coach Dino Babers has a saying when he talks to his team, one he has relied on heavily over the last year. “Try less harder.” Among Babers’ many gifts is his ability to tell a story. To explain the phrase, Babers recalls his former college coach, the late Dick Tomey,
7:00 AM ET BOONE, N.C. — The launch point was Appalachian State‘s own 43-yard line, an almost impossibly high arc with a trajectory that left the throw well short of the end zone. That’s when it seemed as if the magic might’ve finally run out. But this was Chase Brice, and this was Appalachian State,
11:27 PM ET In a letter provided to the University of California Board of Regents ahead of a closed-door session Thursday to discuss UCLA‘s proposed move to the Big Ten conference, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff detailed “significant concerns” he had with the move, including student-athlete mental health, increased travel and operational costs, and negative impacts
7:17 PM ET LSU star wide receiver Kayshon Boutte will miss the Saturday game against New Mexico to attend the birth of his child. Tigers coach Brian Kelly said after practice Thursday that Boutte will miss the game, saying the team supports the junior from New Iberia, Louisiana. Boutte and his girlfriend are having a
7:25 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech linebacker Bryce Ramirez is back in Texas five days after breaking his left leg in a gruesome injury suffered during a game at North Carolina State. Ramirez returned to Lubbock on Thursday, greeted at the airport by coach Joey McGuire and others as he was
5:33 PM ET Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — College Football Hall of Fame coach Darrell Mudra, who won better than 70% of his games and two national championships in a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s, has died. The National Football Foundation announced Mudra died Wednesday. He was 93. Mudra’s nickname was “Dr. Victory”
3:27 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC defensive end Romello Height, who transferred from Auburn this offseason, will likely miss the rest of the season after undergoing a shoulder procedure, head coach Lincoln Riley announced Thursday. “It’s going to be a long-term recovery,” Riley said. Height suffered the injury during USC’s 41-28 victory over Stanford in
3:25 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — With Memorial Stadium on the cusp of its 100th anniversary, the Nebraska athletic department on Thursday set the stage for a massive renovation that will make the venue more fan friendly for decades to come. University leaders also announced a new multimedia rights deal that would bring
12:34 PM ET The NCAA placed LSU’s football program on one year of probation and issued a three-year show cause against a former assistant coach, who it says admitted to meeting with a prospect and giving him team gear during a COVID-19 recruiting dead period. The Tigers said they fired offensive line coach James Cregg
7:32 PM ET ESPN staff College football’s last weekend in September is officially here, meaning conference rivalries move to the forefront of Saturday’s slate. Sure, we’ll miss the nonconference battles like Appalachian State upsetting Texas A&M in College Station or Georgia proving why the title still runs through Athens, but conference play is where seasons