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[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill

7:15 AM ET “It’s not the destination, It’s the journey.” It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who first conjured up those words that are now printed on countless T-shirts and bumper stickers and pinned to your mom’s Pinterest page atop an artsy photo of an empty road that runs off into the distant horizon. Well, out

7:00 AM ET TEDDY LEHMAN WAS twice an All-American at Oklahoma. In 2003, the stout linebacker won the Big 12 defensive player of the year award, the Dick Butkus Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award. In 2004, he was a second-round NFL draft pick, and he went on to spend parts of six seasons with

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those who leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a

12:50 PM ET Maryland standout wide receiver Dontay Demus Jr. will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in Friday’s loss to Iowa. Terrapins coach Mike Locksley on Tuesday said Demus will undergo right knee surgery later this week. He suffered the injury on a kickoff return in the second quarter,

6:17 AM ET We’re not even to the halfway point of the 2021 college football season, but it seems Alabama and Georgia fans can begin making their travel arrangements to Indianapolis, or at least Atlanta. While the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs seem like the best bets right now to reach the College Football Playoff, there

7:00 AM ET Rick Mirer remembers the first time he slapped the “Play Like A Champion Today” sign at Notre Dame. The wooden sign — 3 feet high, 4 feet wide and painted gold with blue hand lettering — hangs over the narrow staircase in the tunnel at Notre Dame Stadium, just high enough where

5:23 PM ET Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin on Monday apologized for saying, “Get your popcorn ready” and then tossing his headset in an interview prior to Saturday’s game at Alabama. Kiffin made the comment to CBS sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl and then tossed the headset toward a cameraman as he prepared for the

6:42 PM ET Associated press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah players and coaches returned to practice Monday grieving one of their own who was killed in a shooting at a postgame party. The team was on the field for the first time since sophomore defensive back Aaron Lowe was shot on Sept. 26, just nine

3:27 PM ET Kentucky waited 35 years to defeat Florida at home and it will pay mightily for its post-victory celebration at Kroger Field on Saturday night. The SEC announced on Monday that Kentucky has been fined $250,000 for a third violation of the league’s access to competition area policy, which occurred when Wildcats fans

7:17 PM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado football coach Karl Dorrell considers himself calm and collected on the football field. Except on Saturday, when he lost his cool and pushed a photojournalist’s camera on his way off the field following a 37-14 loss to Southern California. Dorrell apologized Sunday both publicly and privately,

6:08 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Quarterback JT Daniels was held out of throwing drills for No. 2 Georgia on Monday, leaving the junior’s status uncertain for Saturday’s SEC game at No. 18 Auburn. The Bulldogs leaned on their running game and defense to overwhelm No. 8 Arkansas 37-0 last week. Daniels was

4:38 PM ET Minnesota running back Trey Potts remains hospitalized in Indiana for an unspecified medical issue that occurred late in Saturday’s game at Purdue. Potts left the field late in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 20-13 win and was treated by Minnesota’s medical staff before being transported to a local hospital. Minnesota said in

2:15 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility for his football team’s performance during a loss to Auburn on Saturday rests with him. The 24-19 loss dropped the Tigers to 3-2 on the season. “Ultimately I’m responsible for the performance of the team,” Orgeron told reporters on Monday. “I always will be responsible.”

1:27 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is listing quarterback Graham Mertz as questionable for Saturday’s game at Illinois after a chest injury knocked him out of the weekend loss to Michigan. Mertz didn’t return to the Michigan game after Daxton Hill sacked him early in the third quarter of the Wolverines’ 38-17

1:18 PM ET Associated Press Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had his first three seasons end early because of injuries. The Hoosiers remain hopeful Penix won’t make it four in a row. Coach Tom Allen said Monday that the redshirt junior suffered a separated throwing shoulder during Saturday’s loss at Penn State. He is out

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative

2:35 PM ET Associated Press Iowa is gearing up for its biggest home game since the 1980s, Cincinnati has its highest ranking in 12 years and Clemson is on the outside looking in at The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2014. Alabama and Georgia are the only constants during this