8:20 AM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly an hour after McKenzie Milton played in his first game in over 1,000 days, a small group of family members and friends waited for him in the parking lot outside the Florida State football facility in the near dark late Sunday night, illuminated only by the lights of
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12:54 AM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said he was joking when attempting to echo a quote from former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay following Sunday’s 41-38 overtime win against Florida State. When asked by ABC’s Katie George about Notre Dame holding off a furious Florida State rally, Kelly replied, “I’m in favor
12:15 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com With the first week of the college football season rolling into Sunday night, No. 9 Notre Dame facing Florida State turned out to be the best game of the weekend. It had an epic, magical comeback (FSU QB McKenzie Milton) and another near-comeback as the Seminoles trailed by 18 at
11:15 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — McKenzie Milton, playing in his first game since a catastrophic leg injury threatened to end his career nearly three years ago, led Florida State back from a 10-point deficit to force overtime against No. 9 Notre Dame on Sunday night. Milton entered the game in the fourth quarter when
7:04 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said starting wideout E.J. Williams sustained a thumb injury in the loss to Georgia and will miss four or five weeks. Williams will need surgery, Swinney said Sunday. A 6-foot-3, 197-pound receiver from Phenix City, Alabama, Williams had one catch in the 10-3
4:04 PM ET Four years into a second stint at UConn that hasn’t gone nearly as well as the first, Randy Edsall announced on Sunday that he will retire at the end of this season. The announcement comes roughly 24 hours after the Huskies lost to Holy Cross, an FCS program, dropping to 0-2 on
12:36 PM ET Fresh off a season-opening victory over No. 3 Clemson, Georgia quarterback JT Daniels has signed a six-figure deal to use his name, image and likeness on trading cards. Daniels and UNC quarterback Sam Howell partnered with Super Glow Trading Cards to create roughly two dozen different designs for each player. The arrangement
9:00 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Noland family — dad Travis, mom Julie and younger brother Abe — strained among a mass of fans on a steamy Saturday afternoon to get a glimpse of the South Carolina players making their way to Williams-Brice Stadium. A month ago, the first Gamecock Walk of the 2021
8:00 AM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — McKenzie Milton gets down to the business of talking football, ticking off all the ways he feels comfortable with the new playbook and his new coaches and teammates at Florida State. Ten minutes into the conversation, Milton has not mentioned his knee. Though the catastrophic injury that put his
2:18 AM ET PASADENA, Calif. — After three frustrating seasons at UCLA, the tide is starting to turn for the Bruins under coach Chip Kelly. Their 38-27 win against No. 16 LSU at the Rose Bowl on Saturday went down as an upset in Las Vegas, but it shouldn’t have. It was a convincing performance
8:49 PM ET Associated Press CLINTON, S.C. — Michigan transfer Ren Hefley had a record-setting day in his first start for Presbyterian, tossing an FCS record 10 touchdowns in leading the Blue Hose to an 84-43 season-opening victory over NAIA-member St. Andrews on Saturday. Presbyterian made a winner of head coach Kevin Kelly, who was
11:51 PM ET Two of college football’s best teams took the field in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday and delivered a gift to the world. They flipped a coin standing on a logo for a mayonnaise brand. They fought through a punishing war of attrition, delivering one punishing blow after another, when victory was measured in
9:57 PM ET ATLANTA — Nick Saban genuinely wanted us to believe he was concerned. That he was worried. That perhaps at some point over the past month of preparation for Alabama’s first game of the 2021 college football season he had sat at the dinner table with his wife, Miss Terry, wringing his hands
8:49 PM ET Associated Press CLINTON, S.C. — Michigan transfer Ren Hefley had a record-setting day in his first start for Presbyterian, tossing an FCS record 10 touchdowns in leading the Blue Hose to an 84-43 season-opening victory over NAIA-member St. Andrews on Saturday. Presbyterian made a winner of head coach Kevin Kelly, who was
6:29 PM ET Bryce Young‘s first start as Alabama’s quarterback proved historic as he set a school record for passing touchdowns and yards in a debut as a starter in Saturday’s 44-13 win over Miami. Young, a sophomore, had four passing touchdowns midway through the third quarter with Alabama dominating Miami, 41-3. His 344 passing
6:09 PM ET Oklahoma State will be without starting quarterback Spencer Sanders for Saturday night’s opener against Missouri State due to COVID-19 protocols, sources told ESPN. The Cowboy Radio Network reported that sophomore Shane Illingworth is expected to make his third career start at quarterback in place of Sanders, who has missed at least a
7:11 PM ET Brianna Williams College football has been back for a few days but, there’s nothing like a Saturday afternoon showdown. Alabama and Miami are two of the most storied programs in college football and with two giants facing each other for the first time since the 1993 Sugar Bowl, this matchup was sure
4:56 PM ET Oregon star defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux was knocked out of Saturday’s game against Fresno State with an apparent lower leg injury. ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. listed Thibodeaux, a junior, as his No. 1 prospect, after he finished with 12 quarterback pressures last season. Thibodeaux, an All-American last season, had