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12:39 PM ET Nebraska record-setting quarterback Adrian Martinez, a three-time captain, entered the NCAA’s football transfer portal Thursday. Martinez, who is listed as a graduate transfer in the portal, has made 38 starts for the Huskers over his four-year career, including the first 11 games this year before a shoulder injury sidelined him for last

12:24 PM ET Steve Addazio is out as Colorado State football coach after two seasons, the school announced Thursday. Colorado State finished 3-9 this season and lost its last six games. Addazio was ejected from the season-ending, 42-point loss to Nevada because of two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. “The decision we have made today is not

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff For much of the past decade, Alabama has been the elephant-sized obstacle standing in Georgia‘s way of ending what is now a 41-year drought without a national title. The 2012 SEC championship game ended with the Bulldogs catching a pass at Alabama’s 5-yard line as time expired in the Tide’s

7:00 AM ET “So, I am a Jedi.” “Not yet. One thing remains. Vader. You must confront Vader. Then, only then, a Jedi will you be. And confront him you will.” Kirby Smart doesn’t watch a lot of movies. He doesn’t have time for that. Certainly not from August through spring, when every precious free

7:00 AM ET THE LAST PASS Sam Hartman threw in his hometown was an interception. That also was the last time he threw a ball in the month of December. It was Wake Forest‘s 2020 bowl game against Wisconsin. With the score tied midway through the third quarter, Hartman threw his first pick. Then he

1:30 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN It’s a scene that sports fans hate to see. So, let’s set it up: Your team is having a successful season. The head coach’s name is floated for a position elsewhere. Slight panic sets in. But then that coach says everything the fans — and players, of course — want

7:05 PM ET Texas A&M defensive lineman DeMarvin Leal, one of the country’s top NFL prospects, announced on Wednesday that he will enter the draft. A 6-foot-4, 290-pound junior, Leal was ranked as the No. 1 defensive tackle and No. 12 prospect overall on Mel Kiper Jr.’s most recent Big Board. Leal lined up all

9:20 PM ET Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman, with mounting support from players and recruits, has emerged as the leading candidate to become the Fighting Irish’s head football coach, sources told ESPN. No deal has been finalized, and several steps remain before Freeman can be formally announced as head coach, sources said. Freeman, 35,

7:23 PM ET Ohio State added an ESPN 300 quarterback to its 2022 recruiting class on Wednesday, when Devin Brown announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Brown is the No. 99 prospect overall and a 6-foot-3, 190-pound recruit from Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah. He had originally been committed to USC, but decommitted

8:40 PM ET Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees will remain at the school through the upcoming coaching transition, he announced to the team Wednesday night. Rees, a former Fighting Irish quarterback who joined the staff in 2017 as quarterbacks coach, had an opportunity to join former Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly at LSU, according

6:59 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — On Wednesday morning, College Football Playoff staff members had a hotel meeting room reserved for a potentially historic news conference to announce playoff expansion — a floor-to-ceiling backdrop with the CFP logo, a two-team audio/visual staff with a sound system and a lectern and chairs for the media. By

6:27 PM ET Associated Press ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten announced Wednesday that Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is its offensive player of the year and freshman of the year. Stroud led the nation’s top offense and ranks among the top seven passers in eight categories. His 70.9% completion rate and 351.1 yards per

2:57 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — Brian Kelly said on Wednesday that he entered this season with no plans to leave Notre Dame, but that the opportunity to become the head coach at LSU was too exciting to let pass by. On Tuesday, LSU made the bombshell announcement that it had signed Kelly to

3:37 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona has hired UCLA defensive line coach Johnny Nansen as its defensive coordinator. Nansen replaces Don Brown, who left to become the head coach at Massachusetts. Nansen spent the past two seasons coaching the Bruins’ defensive line and has coached in the Pac-12 since 2009. He previously

11:04 AM ET Oklahoma wide receiver Theo Wease and tight end Austin Stogner have entered the football transfer portal. The moves come less than a week after coach Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma to take the head-coaching job at USC. The Sooners have now had five players enter the portal. Wease was the No. 3 receiver

9:00 AM ET Once the clock hit zero after Michigan‘s victory over Ohio State, Aidan Hutchinson thrust both arms in the air and burst into tears. His visualization that he could help change the program’s culture and his legacy, along with four years of pent-up emotion, all flowed out in that moment. He took a

7:00 AM ET [Editor’s note: It all comes down to this. What final weekend scheduling strategy will win the Bottom 10 title? Head-to-head matchups between ranked teams or blowout losses to good teams?] Inspirational thought of the week: It was learned in a gameThat was played by us allWho held the top of the hillFrom

9:32 PM ET Louisiana Tech has hired Texas Tech‘s Sonny Cumbie as its next football coach, the school announced Tuesday. Cumbie has been Texas Tech’s offensive coordinator but took over as interim head coach after the school fired Matt Wells on Oct. 25. New Red Raiders coach Joey McGuire retained Cumbie as offensive coordinator, but