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10:46 PM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa had practiced the play during the week and felt good about its chances, but also needed the right moment to strike. Penn State‘s relentless blitzing defense made the wait excruciating. “I was thinking about it all game,” Hawkeyes wide receiver Nico Ragaini said. “I was hoping [offensive

6:00 PM ET Leave it to the Red River Showdown to create the most glorious moment since cameras began being inserted into orange foam blocks. Just a few blades of grass between Oklahoma wide receiver Marvin Mims‘ foot and the sideline, captured in exquisite detail by the pylon cam, were the difference between glory and

6:35 PM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford left Saturday’s 20-23 loss to No. 3 Iowa at Kinnick Stadium with an unspecified injury and did not return. Clifford was injured on a third-down pass play early in the second quarter. He went into Penn State’s medical tent and then to the

6:05 PM ET Brianna Williams We’re around the halfway point of the college football season and what a weekend of action we had! The contenders continued to separate themselves from the pretenders in Week 6. We’ve seen our fair share of upsets, blowouts and standout plays but the action isn’t done yet. Heading into the

6:31 PM ET In another Texas–Oklahoma classic, Lincoln Riley’s quarterback switch propelled the sixth-ranked Sooners to a historic comeback. Already in a deep hole in the second quarter, OU quarterback Spencer Rattler fumbled trying to make a play, and Texas recovered. The No. 21 Longhorns scored three plays later to take a 35-17 lead with

first Quarter PSU IOWA FG 11:08 C. Shudak 34 yd FG GOOD 4 plays, -8 yards, 1:26 0 3 TD 8:37 N. Cain run for 2 yds for a TD, (J. Stout KICK) 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:31 7 3 TD 3:21 S. Clifford run for 4 yds for a TD, (J. Stout KICK) 4

10:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s Week 6, and it’s sure to be a good one. We’ve got the Red River showdown early in the day, a top-five matchup between No. 3 Iowa and No. 4 Penn State (hey, Cincinnati, this is your time to maybe sneak into the top four with a win over

12:44 AM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota running back Trey Potts was discharged Friday from an Indiana hospital where he spent six days after an unspecified medical condition developed during the team’s game at Purdue. The university’s athletic department announced that Potts returned to Minnesota for follow-up care and said he was “doing well.”

11:44 AM ET LSU, which became the first SEC school to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter Tiger Stadium in the summer, announced Friday that it will lift its protocols in time for the football team’s next home game against Florida on Oct. 16. Citing a reduction in the number

11:52 AM ET Interim UConn football coach Lou Spanos is one of three coaches and two players who tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for Saturday’s game against UMass. Spanos, who took over for Randy Edsall after his resignation on Sept. 6, is in isolation, as are offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Frank Giufre

12:28 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz will not have to spend the Hawkeyes‘ bye week answering questions from lawyers for Black former players who say they suffered discrimination, a federal judge ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge Helen Adams granted a motion Thursday to

9:00 AM ET William Ricks We’re already in Week 6 of the college football season, and it’s been high-octane energy all year long. There have been upsets, blowouts, trolls — you name it. Expect more of the same heading into a huge week on the college gridiron. There are some great games on tap —

6:55 AM ET Luke Brockermeyer‘s odyssey to becoming Texas‘ starting middle linebacker — one soaked in sweat, perseverance and family history — will come full circle Saturday in the Red River Showdown. It’s a day that has been nothing short of a holiday in Brockermeyer’s family for as long as he can remember “No matter

5:22 PM ET Associated Press PROVO, Utah — Gordon Hudson, an All-American tight end for BYU and a College Football Hall of Famer, died Sept. 27. He was 59. He died in San Jose, California, the school said. Hudson suited up for the Cougars from 1980 to ’83, earning All-America honors as a junior and

5:29 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has taken to Twitter to poke fun at himself after his popcorn comment blew up in his face Saturday before Ole Miss’ 42-21 loss to No. 1-ranked Alabama. Kiffin tweeted a photo Thursday of different kinds of popcorn piled up on a chair in his office and

4:05 PM ET Running back CJ Verdell and safety Bennett Williams both will miss the remainder of the season for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday. Verdell, a fifth-year junior, sustained a left leg injury in the second half of Oregon’s loss to Stanford last Saturday. He leads Oregon with 78

4:48 PM ET Associated Press Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, both of whom faced potentially career-threatening injuries, are among the nominees for college football’s Comeback Player of the Year award. Milton was one of the latest nominees announced this week for the 4-year-old award presented by the Mayo Clinic that

6:11 AM ET ESPN staff Iowa‘s Kinnick Stadium has been a site for both elation and heartache when highly ranked Penn State teams come to visit. In 2008, No. 3 Penn State arrived at 9-0, eyeing its first BCS championship game appearance. The Nittany Lions led by nine points entering the fourth quarter but fell