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12:21 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Craig Ogletree, an Auburn linebacker who played on three straight Southeastern Conference championship teams in the 1980s, has died. He was 53. He died Monday from complications related to COVID-19, his family said. Known as “Tree” to his teammates, Ogletree was part of Auburn’s title teams from

Jul 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Strike up the band. College football is right around the corner! Here’s a look at the odds, win totals and early lines in each of the Power 5 conferences from Caesars Sportsbook. SEC West Auburn TigersNational title: 100-1SEC: 20-1Win total: 7 Alabama Crimson TideNational title:

6:00 AM ET National titles since 2009: SEC West 8, everyone else in FBS 4. It’s pretty jarring when you think about it. Dabo Swinney’s Clemson is as close to Bobby Bowden’s record of consecutive top-five finishes as anyone has been. Ohio State is dominating the Big Ten and recruiting at a near Alabama level.

5:04 PM ET Kent State coach Sean Lewis has agreed to a contract extension through the 2025 season, the school announced Monday. Lewis, who became the youngest FBS head coach at 31 when Kent State hired him in December 2017, has guided the Golden Flashes to consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1976

12:33 PM ET Arizona State has placed assistant football coaches Chris Hawkins and Prentice Gill on paid leave, related to an ongoing NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations, the university confirmed Monday. The two coaches join tight ends coach Adam Breneman, who was placed on leave last month related to the same investigation. Part of

10:56 AM ET Associated Press The Florida Panthers have signed a quarterback. Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has become the first college player to sign an endorsement deal with the Panthers, the NHL team announced Monday. King will appear at some Panthers games and events, plus engage with fans on social media and produce digital content.

7:30 AM ET College football is two things at once. At the top, it is as stolid and inflexible as it has been since the 1970s. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma have each finished in the AP top 10 for at least six straight years (Bama is at 13 straight) and have hogged 20

6:00 AM ET Georgia is the inspiration for the underachiever tiers. The last 40 years in college football have featured some surprising droughts, including extended lulls without conference championships for former powers Tennessee (1998), Nebraska (1999), Miami (2003) and Michigan (2004), and well-positioned programs such as Texas A&M (1998) and UCLA (1998). But I keep

6:26 PM ET Georgia special teams coordinator Scott Cochran is stepping away from the program because of health issues, coach Kirby Smart said Sunday. Former Florida and South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, a senior defensive analyst with Georgia, will step in during Cochran’s absence, a source told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. “Coach Cochran is currently

4:46 PM ET When Lane Kiffin met with his team Saturday night prior to Ole Miss‘ first practice of the preseason on Sunday, he had a confession to make. Kiffin, now more than 30 pounds lighter than he was at the end of last season, said it was hypocritical to ask his players to be

1:40 PM ET On Nov. 30, 1986, Florida’s Ricky Nattiel beat broken coverage from a talented but young Florida State secondary and caught an 18-yard fourth-quarter touchdown. In a driving rainstorm, the Gators won their sixth straight game over Bobby Bowden’s Seminoles. It left a famously talkative coach without answers. “I thought maybe 8-3 would

10:54 AM ET As Ole Miss begins preseason football practice on Sunday, coach Lane Kiffin is heartened by the commitment he’s seen from the Rebels’ players and coaches on the vaccination front. Kiffin said there is a 100% vaccination rate among those players, coaches, staff members and everybody within the program who will be on

8:57 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Legendary Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden died Sunday morning and the game lost one of its indelible icons. Bowden coached at Florida State from 1976-2009, building the Seminoles’ program into a national powerhouse. He won the 1993 and 1999 national championships and produced two Heisman trophy winners and scores

7:30 AM ET Longtime Florida State booster David Mobley, an accountant in Atlanta, remembers telling Bobby Bowden that he had picked up one of the legendary coach’s former players, Tom Pridemore, as a client. “Tommy Pridemore’s momma made the best rabbit and biscuits I’ve ever had,” Bowden told Mobley. Pridemore, now 65, had played safety

7:04 AM ET Bobby Bowden, the longtime Florida State football coach who ranks second all time in Division I wins, has died, the school announced Sunday morning. He was 91. Bowden was diagnosed with a terminal medical condition in July. He did not disclose what the condition was at the time, although his son Terry

4:51 PM ET Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross has been medically cleared to play this season, coach Dabo Swinney said Friday. Despite that clearance, Ross must wait on his return to full-contact practice a little bit longer as he sits out the next week due to COVID-19 protocols. Ross has been out since March 2020

4:36 PM ET UL-Monroe coach Terry Bowden has left the team to be with his father, Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden, who has end-stage pancreatic cancer. The team confirmed Terry Bowden traveled Thursday to Tallahassee, Florida. Offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez, the former head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, is leading the team

3:38 PM ET Oklahoma added an ESPN Junior 300 commitment to its 2023 class on Friday when tight end Luke Hasz chose to the Sooners. Hasz had a top list that included Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and TCU. He’s the No. 54 ranked recruit in the 2023 class and the