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9:40 AM ET Alabama is favored by more points than any team in the College Football Playoff’s brief history, but the majority of bettors have been undeterred by the historic point spread. The Crimson Tide are consensus 19.5-point favorites over Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, the first of two CFP semifinals on Friday (4

8:00 AM ET Don’t look now, but the Ohio State Buckeyes and their fan base are feeling disrespected. They are agitated, irritated and aggravated. They are taking inventory of all the names of those who have attempted to diminish the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff invite, from sportswriters and Dabo Swinney to sports radio jocks and

9:59 PM ET Oklahoma true freshman quarterback Chandler Morris announced Thursday that he is leaving the program. Morris, an ESPN 300 recruit who was the seventh-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the 2020 class, revealed the news on Twitter. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Morris is the son of Auburn offensive coordinator and former Arkansas head coach Chad Morris.

4:56 PM ET A massive brawl broke out in the moments following the Armed Forces Bowl, marring Mississippi State‘s 28-26 win against Tulsa. It is unclear what sparked the fight, which included kicking, punching and several members from both teams. What started with some shoving near midfield during the postgame handshake, spilled toward and down

2:00 PM ET Florida Gators quarterback Kyle Trask announced Thursday he will enter the NFL draft after a record-setting season that led him to become a Heisman Trophy finalist. Trask emerged as the Florida starter last year after four seasons waiting for his opportunity, and he took full advantage in 2020 — setting school records

2:47 PM ET Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey declared for the NFL draft on Thursday, shortly before Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum announced he would return for the 2021 season. Linderbaum and Humphrey are ranked as the No. 2 and No. 3 draft-eligible centers by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. Humphrey started for No. 6 Oklahoma in Wednesday’s

12:09 PM ET Miami Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King will undergo surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, but the school said he is expected to be available for the start of 2021 fall camp. In a statement Thursday, Miami said a more definitive timetable for King’s return will be determined after

10:43 AM ET Ohio State’s depth chart won’t have as many holes for Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl, but coach Ryan Day said that doesn’t mean the Buckeyes are back to full strength. Ohio State was without several key players for the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 19, including star

7:00 AM ET Shortly before Notre Dame played Clemson in a College Football Playoff semifinal in 2018, coach Brian Kelly complained that the Fighting Irish were being unfairly judged for what had happened six years earlier. “We’re still being compared to what happened in 2012, fair or unfair,” Kelly said at the time, referring to

1:47 AM ET Florida coach Dan Mullen said his team could have opted to not play in Wednesday night’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic based on player availability but chose to anyway because the players wanted to compete. Following a 55-20 blowout loss to No. 6 Oklahoma, Mullen said his depleted roster would have allowed the

5:33 PM ET Georgia running back James Cook, the younger brother of Minnesota Vikings star Dalvin Cook, will not play in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Friday after the death of his father, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said. Cook, the Bulldogs’ second-leading rusher with 303 yards and three touchdowns this season, returned home Wednesday to

5:33 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Wisconsin Badgers captured the Duke’s Mayo Bowl and the trophy that came along with it. And then they broke it. While dancing around to celebrate his team’s 42-28 victory over Wake Forest on Wednesday, quarterback Graham Mertz dropped the football-shaped piece of Lenox crystal, leaving

5:04 PM ET Iowa defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon, an Outland Trophy finalist, is entering the 2021 NFL draft, he announced Wednesday. I have had many great teachers and coaches along the path, especially here at Iowa,” Nixon posted on Twitter. “I would not be in the position to chase my NFL dreams without the leadership

3:15 PM ET South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski announced Wednesday on Twitter that he has entered the transfer portal. Forever To Thee. 👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/j69OyMIsrO — Ryan Hilinski (@ryan_hilinski) December 30, 2020 Hilinski, who’s from Orange, California, played in just two games this season after starting in the Gamecocks’ final 11 games as a freshman in

3:37 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN If you’re getting ready to play in the College Football Playoff, there is no one better to wish you good luck than two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe. At Wednesday’s media day at the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (Jan. 1, 4 p.m. ET

2:54 PM ET Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott will miss the College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State on Friday because of COVID-19 protocols. Elliott, the Tigers’ offensive playcaller for the past six seasons, will not travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, it was announced Wednesday. Clemson did not confirm whether

1:30 PM ET Should a situation arise where any of the top four teams can’t compete in the College Football Playoff because of COVID-19, the CFP has set January makeup dates for both semifinal games and the national championship, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Wednesday. There has been no indication from the

12:27 PM ET Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year after leading the Chanticleers to a surprising, near-perfect season. Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top 25 panel to finish ahead of Indiana’s Tom Allen, who was second with 14 first-place votes and