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Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 30, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Washington freshman quarterback Demond Williams Jr. is in line to receive a significant uptick in snaps Saturday at No. 1 Oregon, sources told ESPN. That bigger role includes the potential for Williams to

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 30, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers remains in line to start for the No. 3 Longhorns as he deals with a high-ankle sprain, sources told ESPN. Ewers has spent the week rehabbing feverishly after getting

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 30, 2024, 06:11 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Former Stanford star Andrew Luck is returning to the Cardinal to become the football program’s general manager, Luck told ESPN in a phone interview. Luck, 35, has accepted a newly created role at

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 30, 2024, 12:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia freshman Nate Frazier ran 3 yards for a two-point conversion in the eighth overtime period, leading the No. 7 Bulldogs

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 29, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Travis Hunter started his victory lap on the Colorado sideline, signing autographs and taking pictures as fans chanted, “Heisman!” He posed with his fiancée, Leanna Lenee, who

Associated Press Nov 29, 2024, 01:48 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained the injury during the annual Magic City Classic

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 29, 2024, 11:19 AM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Michigan cornerback Will Johnson is not expected to play against Ohio State on Saturday, leaving the Wolverines without their top defensive back and the program’s highest-regarded NFL draft prospect. Johnson has been battling

Associated Press Nov 29, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Shedeur Sanders set Colorado‘s single-season passing record Friday, surpassing Koy Detmer’s 28-year-old mark. The senior quarterback came in needing 40 yards to pass Detmer’s record of 3,527 yards. He got there by hitting LaJohntay Wester for a 10-yard touchdown pass in

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2024, 11:52 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Four-star 2026 Michigan quarterback pledge Brady Hart has flipped his commitment to Texas A&M

Jeremy Willis, ESPN.comNov 29, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thanksgiving in 2011, we thought we saw the end of the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry. When Texas senior, and future NFL great, Justin Tucker nailed a 40-yard, winning field goal, it gave the Longhorns a 27-25 win over their hated rivals and closed

David Hale Close David Hale ESPN Staff Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Nov 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2024, 01:32 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Colorado sent shockwaves through the recruiting world Thursday night when the Buffaloes landed 2025

Associated Press Nov 28, 2024, 05:00 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82. Alabama released a statement

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 28, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith said Thursday he had a preliminary conversation with North Carolina about their head coach vacancy following the

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 07:24 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the school said hours after announcing that he had died. The athletic department sent out a retraction Wednesday on the status of Burnett, who was injured in

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson guard Trent Howard suffered a torn ACL in his left knee at practice this week, coach Dabo Swinney said Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 295-pound fifth-year graduate has been a backup much of the season, but he had to step into a

Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 02:47 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. The university announced that linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. died Tuesday evening, a month after he was injured in the Oct. 26 game against Alabama State. Burnett was

Open Extended Reactions Winning a rivalry game can cement a legacy. These games can also create legends. What happens during a college football rivalry lives on as some of the most iconic moments in the sport. Sometimes it’s a backup QB who must save the day. Sometimes it’s an unheralded player who saves his biggest