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5:07 PM ET ESPN News Service DUBLIN — Ryan Hilinski threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns to help Northwestern rally for a 31-28 victory over Nebraska in Saturday’s season opener in Ireland. Northwestern handed the Cornhuskers their seventh consecutive loss going back to last season — all coming by single digits — and added

first Quarter NEB NU TD 12:41 Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda 32 Yd pass from Casey Thompson (Timmy Bleekrode Kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:19 7 0 FG 2:13 A. Stage 35 yd FG GOOD 9 plays, 35 yards, 4:28 7 3 second Quarter NEB NU TD 11:59 Casey Thompson 1 Yd Run (Timmy Bleekrode Kick) 14 plays,

8:57 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The UConn Huskies will start Penn State transfer Ta’Quan Roberson at quarterback against Utah State on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Roberson is a redshirt sophomore from New Jersey who transferred to UConn in December after coach Jim Mora was hired. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Roberson beat out

2:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Florida A&M’s football season opener at North Carolina on Saturday is expected to be played despite reports that up to 20 Rattlers players may be ineligible or haven’t cleared their paperwork to transfer. A FAMU spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Friday that the team expects to play. North Carolina

3:28 PM ET Former USC wide receiver Bru McCoy is eligible to play for Tennessee this season after his waiver was approved by the NCAA on Friday. McCoy entered the transfer portal in January, committed to Tennessee in May and has been practicing with the team. An ESPN top-30 recruit in 2019, McCoy played just

3:01 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Cleveland Browns defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will have his college jersey retired at South Carolina‘s season opener with Georgia State on Sept. 3. The school announced the retirement of Clowney’s No. 7 on Friday. “We are excited to honor one of our greatest Gamecock football players ever,”

12:53 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. — Eastern Kentucky defensive back Marquae Kirkendoll has been charged with robbing a postal carrier in New Mexico and suspended from the team. According to documents filed in federal court in New Mexico this week, the 21-year-old Kirkendoll was also charged with stealing a key from the carrier

8:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN STORRS, Conn. — Jim Mora lives in a stately old building set upon three acres on a hill above campus at the University of Connecticut. He loves the location, the connection to the campus community and the six-minute walk of a commute. But there’s a spooky soundtrack of doors that

7:00 AM ET As much as college football has changed over the past few seasons through the transfer portal, conference realignment and NIL money, the lopsided nature of the sport has largely remained unchanged. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State are still the most dominant teams in the FBS, and it’s difficult to find any

6:40 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Fresh off a new $93.6 million contract extension that runs through the 2030 season and makes him college football’s highest-paid coach, Alabama‘s Nick Saban told ESPN on Thursday he plans on coaching for as long as the Crimson Tide will have him. Saban, who turns 71 in October, has

1:32 PM ET Illinois has named quarterback Tommy DeVito, a transfer from Syracuse, as its starter for this week’s opener against Wyoming. DeVito competed with Art Sitkowski for the top job throughout the offseason after transferring in December. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound DeVito started 15 games during three seasons for Syracuse, passing for 3,478 yards and

7:00 AM ET HONOLULU — Before he became a cult legend by setting the NCAA Division I-A career passing record as a quarterback at Hawai’i, Timmy Chang had a battle to win at home. He was the No. 1 football recruit in the state in the Class of 2000 which, to the delight of his

10:37 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Pittsburgh has informed USC transfer Kedon Slovis that he’s going to be the starting quarterback, the team announced Wednesday. Slovis beat out redshirt senior Nick Patti for the job. Slovis will replace Kenny Pickett, who led Pitt to the ACC title and emerged as a first-round pick last season. Slovis,

7:00 AM ET Just a few more days before we have honest-to-goodness college football games and the 2022 season is here. ESPN’s preseason All-America team includes some familiar names and some new ones. Included are four players who made ESPN’s 2021 postseason All-America team — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, USC

2:11 PM ET USC Trojans wide receiver Jordan Addison has signed a name, image and likeness deal with United Airlines in a national campaign geared toward the college football season. 2 Related Addison made headlines when he transferred from Pitt to USC after winning the Biletnikoff Award last season as the nation’s best receiver. He

3:39 PM ET Associated Press TROY, Ala. — A former Troy University football player has filed a lawsuit against an ex-teammate and three coaches, saying he was abused while on the team, including being sexually assaulted with a pool cue. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Montgomery, names former Troy punter Jack Dawson; special

2:59 PM ET Michael Penix Jr., who transferred from Indiana to Washington, has been named the Huskies’ starting quarterback, coach Kalen DeBoer said Tuesday. Penix Jr. won the job over sophomore Dylan Morris and redshirt freshman Sam Huard. DeBoer, who came to Washington after two seasons at Fresno State, has known Penix Jr. since 2019,

11:38 AM ET Tennessee Volunteers linebacker William Mohan has been suspended indefinitely after his arrest Sunday on a felony domestic aggravated assault charge, the school announced Tuesday. “We are aware of the recent arrest of football student-athlete William Mohan,” a spokesperson from the Tennessee athletics department said in a statement. “He was immediately suspended indefinitely