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11:58 AM ET Missouri sophomore quarterback Connor Bazelak, the SEC co-freshman of the year in 2020, is entering the college football transfer portal, he announced Thursday. Bazelak’s announcement on Twitter comes after he did not appear in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on Wednesday night due to what the school said was a leg

8:00 AM ET And now, for a bowl matchup three years in the making, we take you to an elementary school in Orlando, Florida, for a brief glimpse at the game everyone is talking about in the state. (By everyone, we mean the tens of thousands of University of Florida and Central Florida alums across

10:30 PM ET Rutgers is expected to receive the first opportunity to replace Texas A&M and face Wake Forest in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee will meet Thursday and determine the policy for a bowl replacement opponent for Wake Forest among 5-7 teams. If

8:42 PM ET Western Michigan is set to hire Oregon State administrator Dan Bartholomae as its next athletic director, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Bartholomae had served as Oregon State’s executive deputy athletic director and chief operating officer under athletic director Scott Barnes. He joined Oregon State in 2017 after 15 years as an administrator

5:38 PM ET Robbie Roper, a class of 2022 recruit and quarterback of Roswell High School in Georgia, died at the age of 18, his family announced Wednesday. “He was our biggest joy to our family,” the family said on his Twitter account. “We are proud of the young man he has become. He will

3:20 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Kenny Pickett walked into Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi’s office last week and spent 30 minutes laughing about the 13th-ranked Panthers’ remarkable season, one that carried them to the program’s first ACC title and Pickett to a prime spot on NFL draft boards. Narduzzi knew what was coming, so

4:30 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans added three players to the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday, bring their total to 18 players. The latest additions are wide receiver Brandin Cooks, kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn and linebacker Eric Wilson. Two of the 18 players are on the practice squad. The team already had been operating under

1:03 PM ET Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien and offensive line coach Doug Marrone have tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday. Both are expected to return in time for the start of the College Football Playoff on Dec. 31, when No. 1 Alabama will play No. 4 Cincinnati in the CFP Semifinal at

1:56 PM ET A new College Football Playoff policy written this week in response to the surging omicron variant allows for a team to advance to the national championship — and ultimately win it — by its opponents having to forfeit, according to an updated set of COVID-19 policies the CFP released on Wednesday. The

1:24 PM ET Texas A&M will not participate in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl because of COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries within the program, leaving Wake Forest without an opponent as officials try to find a replacement team, it was announced Wednesday. “It is unfortunate, but we just don’t have enough scholarship players available to field

11:59 AM ET LSU linebacker Damone Clark announced Wednesday that he is opting out of the Texas Bowl. Clark, a senior, was a second team All-American. He leads LSU with 135 tackles and 15.5 tackles for loss this season. He ranked second with 5.5 sacks. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Clark as the fifth highest-rated

7:00 AM ET THE JOURNEY BEGAN, like so many frustrating and ultimately fruitless quests, with the 2019 Florida State Seminoles. Florida State had opened that season by blowing a 31-13 lead to Boise State, and in the aftermath, offensive coordinator Kendal Briles pinned at least a portion of the blame on one of the most

9:50 PM ET Out of an abundance of caution in order to keep as many players on the field as possible in the College Football Playoff, Michigan‘s football players will get their COVID-19 booster shot on Wednesday as a team, according to offensive lineman Andrew Stueber. Stueber, speaking to the media on Tuesday, said the

8:03 PM ET Coastal Carolina starting quarterback Grayson McCall will return for the Chanticleers next season, he announced on social media Tuesday night. McCall, who has started the past two seasons for Coastal Carolina, is a draft-eligible redshirt sophomore who projects as an NFL prospect. He earned Sun Belt player of the year honors in

5:10 PM ET Associated Press Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Kentucky linebacker J.J. Weaver are the winners of college football’s Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. The Mayo Clinic’s comeback players of the year were announced Tuesday and will be honored Jan. 1 at the Fiesta Bowl

6:55 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former USC quarterback Kedon Slovis announced Tuesday that he’s transferring to Pittsburgh. Slovis entered the transfer portal earlier this month on the heels of the news that USC had hired Lincoln Riley as its next head coach. “USC will always be a special place to me,” Slovis wrote in an

4:44 PM ET Miami announced Tuesday its football team is in COVID-19 protocols but remains committed to playing in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Washington State on Dec. 31. The school did not provide any other information. A source indicated multiple players, across several position groups, had tested positive for COVID-19. Miami is

5:51 PM ET Missouri running back Tyler Badie, who led the SEC in rushing yards this season, will not play in Wednesday’s Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl and has chosen to enter the NFL draft. Badie, a senior and an All-American, could have returned next year by taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility