3:06 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bailey Zappe capped his record-setting season by passing for 422 yards and six touchdowns, and Western Kentucky handed Appalachian State its first-ever bowl loss by beating the Mountaineers 59-38 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Saturday. Zappe finished the season with 5,977 yards and 62 touchdowns
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3:15 PM ET Auburn has hired former Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach Austin Davis as its new offensive coordinator, the school announced on Saturday. Davis, a former walk-on who became an All-Conference USA quarterback at Southern Miss, spent seven seasons playing in the NFL before becoming a coach in 2019. The 32-year-old started as an offensive
2:35 PM ET Breece Hall, the first unanimous All-American in Iowa State football history, announced on Saturday that he is declaring for the NFL draft and will not play in the Cyclones’ Cheez-It Bowl matchup against Clemson. “Playing for Iowa State has been nothing short of a gift,” Hall wrote in an Instagram post. “The
1:24 PM ET Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said the call at the end of Friday’s Tailgreeter Cure Bowl that denied Northern Illinois a final play was “egregious” and “unacceptable.” Northern Illinois lost 47-41 to Coastal Carolina after time expired with the Huskies at the Chanticleers’ 4-yard line. NIU converted a fourth-and-1 play with a
Dec 17, 2021 Brianna Williams Deion Sanders is having a good few weeks selling vision for the Jackson State Tigers program, whether it’s five-star recruits or one SEC fan jumping on the bandwagon. On Wednesday’s national signing day, the program made history, signing the first five-star high school recruit at an FCS program. Travis Hunter,
8:56 PM ET Mississippi State All-American offensive tackle Charles Cross announced on Friday that he is opting out of the bowl game to begin preparing for the NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Cross as the second highest-rated draft-eligible tackle behind Alabama’s Evan Neal. A redshirt sophomore, Cross was named to the All-SEC team
6:00 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State football coach Blake Anderson has apologized for telling his players it “has never been more glamorized to be the victim” of sexual assault. Anderson issued the apology Friday after making the comments during a conversation with the team during fall camp. “In the course
3:55 PM ET Five-star cornerback Domani Jackson committed to USC on Friday. The No. 6 prospect chose the Trojans over Alabama in coach Lincoln Riley’s biggest get of the 2022 class. Jackson is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound defensive back from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, who had been committed to USC once before
6:29 PM ET Colorado has hired Mike Sanford as its offensive coordinator. Sanford, 39, spent the past two seasons in the same role at Minnesota, which did not renew his contract for the 2022 season. He also has coordinator experience from both Notre Dame (2015 and 2016) and Boise State (2014), his alma mater. Colorado
5:50 PM ET Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Manny Diaz isn’t happy with how his tenure at Miami ended, but the former Hurricanes head coach admits the timing worked out just fine. Fired on Dec. 6 after going 21-15 in three years with Miami, Diaz is already three practices into his new gig as
4:57 PM ET David Wilson Texas Longhorns quarterback Casey Thompson, who started 10 games in coach Steve Sarkisian’s first season, is in the transfer portal. Thompson began the season as the backup behind Hudson Card, eventually claiming the starting job. He threw for 2,113 yards and had 24 touchdown passes — tops in the Big
11:00 AM ET ESPN staff We’ve made it past the college football regular season and are heading full steam ahead into the 2021 bowl season, and there are surely going to be plenty of highlights over the next couple of weeks. From the MVP of bowl season to the best on-field plays to the hilarious
9:44 AM ET Former LSU starting quarterback Max Johnson announced on Friday that he plans to transfer to Texas A&M. Johnson’s younger brother, top tight-end prospect Jake Johnson in the 2022 class, signed with the Aggies earlier this week. The son of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson, Max emerged as LSU’s starter as a freshman
7:00 AM ET HOUSTON BAPTIST COACH Vic Shealy was fresh off a 1-10 season and in need of a new offensive coordinator when he called up Michael Zappe in January 2018. Zappe’s son, Bailey, was a freshman QB at Houston Baptist who’d endured an equally frustrating season. Changes were coming, Shealy said, but Bailey was
11:19 PM ET Two former Maryland football players settled a lawsuit for $200,000 each after accusing former Terrapins coach DJ Durkin of subjecting them to a toxic, abusive culture, according to a report on Thursday in The Washington Post. Former Terps linebacker Gus Little and offensive lineman E.J. Donahue reached an agreement with the Maryland
9:21 PM ET Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett said Thursday he will opt out of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and begin preparations for the NFL draft. In a message posted on social media, Pickett thanked the university, coach Pat Narduzzi and his teammates. Forever a Pitt Man #H2P pic.twitter.com/fq0Sw06dIa — Kenny Pickett (@kennypickett10) December 17, 2021
9:31 PM ET Former Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez is transferring to Kansas State, he announced on Thursday. “Excited for the next chapter!! #GoCats” Martinez posted to Twitter. Martinez holds 16 school records at Nebraska, including career total offense (10,792 yards). He was the first Huskers true freshman quarterback to start a season opener and the
3:44 PM ET Michigan State junior running back Kenneth Walker III announced Thursday that he’s entering the NFL draft and will forgo playing in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30. Walker finished the season with 1,636 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, which represented the fourth-most rushing yards and the fifth-most rushing touchdowns in a