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12:53 PM ET Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin has been rewarded with a new contract after leading the Rebels to an Outback Bowl berth and setting SEC offensive records in his first season. “This is an investment in the future of Ole Miss football,” athletic director Keith Carter said in a statement Saturday. “We

11:42 AM ET Texas Longhorns football coach Tom Herman is out after four seasons, it was announced Saturday. “Decisions like this are very, very difficult and certainly not something I take lightly,” athletic director Chris Del Conte said in a statement. “As I’ve said before, my philosophy is to wait until the end of the

10:23 AM ET Associated Press Kentucky offensive lineman Kenneth Horsey is one of three winners announced Saturday of the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award, along with Colorado running back Jarek Broussard and Coastal Carolina linebacker Silas Kelly. Horsey overcame a heart condition that required surgery and threatened his career to become a

9:27 AM ET Georgia linebacker Azeez Ojulari is headed to the 2021 NFL draft, he announced Saturday morning. “I’d also like to thank Coach Smart and the whole staff at UGA for believing in me,” Ojulari tweeted. “Playing between the hedges on Saturdays is something I’ll be proud of forever. To my teammates, my brothers,

7:00 AM ET WHEN MATT CAMPBELL was introduced as Iowa State‘s football coach on Nov. 30, 2015, he shared a story about a road trip to Ames the previous year with Toledo. The team bus arrived at Jack Trice Stadium early, so Campbell, then Toledo’s coach, walked the grounds. He surveyed the Iowa State facilities,

12:35 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — They told us this was the game they wanted. This was the game they started dreaming about in the locker room on a cold desert night a year ago. This was the game the Ohio State Buckeyes saw slipping from their fingers when the Big Ten postponed the season,

1:50 AM ET After Ohio State walloped Clemson 49-28 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Friday, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said it was clear the better team won. But that wouldn’t change Swinney’s mind on where he ranked the Buckeyes on his ballot in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

12:14 AM ET Over the past century, only Michigan has won more football games than Ohio State and Alabama, and just one victory separates the Buckeyes and Crimson Tide. Ohio State has won 929 games; Alabama has won 928. The Crimson Tide have 15 national championships, while the Buckeyes have claimed eight. College Football Playoff

12:52 AM ET ESPN staff The Ohio State Buckeyes romped in the Sugar Bowl, scoring seven touchdowns on the way to a 49-28 win over the Clemson Tigers that earned the Buckeyes a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama. Six of Ohio State’s scores came via quarterback Justin Fields‘ passing in

9:47 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Clemson starting linebacker James Skalski was ejected from Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl for targeting on a hard hit to Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields in the second quarter. Skalski went to tackle Fields and appeared to lower the crown of his helmet as

9:25 PM ET After falling to No. 1 Alabama 31-14 on Friday in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly bristled at questions about what the Irish need to do to win a national championship. “I guess everybody needs to continue to carry this narrative that Notre Dame is not good enough,”

8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen has fired two defensive assistants in the wake of the unit’s worst season in more than a hundred years, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Mullen parted ways with secondary coaches Ron English and Torrian Gray, as first reported by 247Sports. The

7:35 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours after the College Football Playoff selection committee cemented the top four teams, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was asked the million-dollar question: How do you stop or limit the Alabama offense? Kelly equivocated, noting his staff hadn’t evaluated the Crimson Tide game plan-wise, since he had just learned

5:20 PM ET Alabama’s Najee Harris made his presence felt immediately in the College Football Playoff, hurdling a Notre Dame defender and never breaking stride en route to a 53-yard run that set up another Tide touchdown. THIS NAJEE HARRIS HURDLE 😱 #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/3qiYJq9wPi — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 1, 2021 Maybe Harris just wanted to

7:05 PM ET No. 3 Ohio State will be without two starters and several other key reserves against No. 2 Clemson in Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Starting guard Harry Miller and running back Master Teague III both are out, according to the team’s availability report. Defensive end Zach Harrison,

5:35 PM ET BYU quarterback Zach Wilson will enter the NFL draft, he announced Friday. A likely first-round pick, Wilson is the No. 3-ranked draft-eligible quarterback and the No. 14 overall player, according to ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. COUGAR NATION pic.twitter.com/pEa9RUMCTQ — Zachary Wilson (@zachkapono) January 1, 2021 In three years, Wilson

4:05 PM ET New Arizona coach Jedd Fisch has hired Brennan Carroll as the Wildcats’ offensive coordinator, the school announced Friday. Carroll, the son of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, has spent the last six seasons on his father’s staff, most recently as an assistant offensive line coach and run game coordinator. “Brennan and I

11:44 AM ET Auburn leading rusher Tank Bigsby will not be able to play in Friday’s VRBO Citrus Bowl matchup with Northwestern because of issues related to COVID-19, sources confirmed to ESPN. Bigsby, a freshman, rushed for 834 yards and averaged 6.0 yards per carry this season for the Tigers. AL.com first reported that Bigsby