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8:30 AM ET The first round of the spring FCS playoffs gave us the tension we crave in tournament settings — four games were decided by single digits, and we had a genuinely perfect playoff game in Southern Illinois’ narrow win over Weber State — but it also gave us mostly chalk. The top four

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9:42 AM ET Kansas has hired Buffalo‘s Lance Leipold as head football coach, the school announced Friday. The Jayhawks and Leipold agreed to a six-year contract, according to the school. “It is an exciting and humbling opportunity, and this is a day I will never forget,” Leipold said in a statement. “We are going to

8:00 AM ET The 2021 NFL draft is finally here. After months of obsessing and debating over pro days, hand size and 40-yard dashes, it’s time to pick some players. But first, let’s go back to the college football reporters who have covered these prospects for the past few years and see who their favorites

5:08 PM ET LSU is doing away with attendance limitations and its mask mandate for all outdoor athletic activities, the school announced on Wednesday. The move to 100% capacity is effective immediately with the first outdoor event coming on Friday when the baseball team hosts Arkansas for the beginning of a three-game series. Barring a

3:04 PM ET A former Tennessee-Chattanooga assistant coach is suing the school for First Amendment retaliation after he was fired for a tweet mocking Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. Tennessee-Chattanooga fired Chris Malone in January, citing the tweet he posted and then deleted about the Georgia senate runoff elections. Abrams, a former

2:15 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — – A serious knee injury will keep Nebraska freshman tight end Thomas Fidone out until at least midseason, coach Scott Frost said Wednesday. Fidone was the top player in the Cornhuskers’ 2021 recruiting class and the No. 2 tight end in the nation, according to 247Sports. He

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Not every NFL Hall of Famer was a top-10 NFL draft pick, and not every Pro Bowler was selected in the first round. In fact, the talent that comes out of the second half of the NFL draft seems to keep getting better year after year as the draft has

10:37 PM ET The Valdosta Board of Education in Georgia voted on Tuesday not to renew the contract of embattled football coach Rush Propst, who was placed on administrative leave after allegations surfaced that he recruited players and their families and then solicited money to pay their living expenses. The board of education’s decision not

4:23 PM ET Just three days after its spring football game, Ole Miss has fired offensive line coach/running game coordinator Randy Clements, school officials confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Clements, who was entering his second season on Ole Miss’ staff, was hired by Lane Kiffin soon after Kiffin was named the Rebels’ head coach in

9:30 AM ET If the College Football Playoff committee is going to put a Group of 5 team in the top four (I remain unconvinced that they ever will), it’s clearly going to follow a recipe like this: Enjoy a huge season and earn mainstream respect. Happen to have scheduled a couple of key, major

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff With the NFL draft just days away, the 2021 draft prospects have all been evaluated over and over and the fans have heard the scouting reports … over and over. And while the draft hasn’t even happened yet, it’s already time to look forward to the 2022 NFL draft. Our

5:49 PM ET Seven women filed a federal class-action lawsuit against LSU and its leadership Monday, with the university’s former president and athletic director, as well as its athletic fundraising group, among those named as defendants, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by ESPN. According to the 118-page document, the women attended the

6:12 PM ET Alabama inside linebacker Ben Davis, one of the nation’s top recruits in the class of 2016, announced on Monday that he is transferring to Texas. At 6-4, 250 pounds, Davis was ranked No. 1 at his position out of high school, but made just seven tackles while appearing in 24 games at

7:00 AM ET The spring season allowed FCS players and coaches to own the college football stage. At the center, unsurprisingly, stood Jackson State‘s Deion Sanders, now known as Coach Prime. An NFL Hall of Famer who also played major league baseball and arrived at his Jackson State introduction in a stretch limousine, Sanders was

4:02 PM ET Central Michigan quarterback John Keller was among two shooting victims at an off-campus party Saturday night, university officials said Sunday in a statement. Keller was in serious condition, according to CMU president Dr. Bob Davies, and another CMU student who was shot, Tyler Bunting, was in stable condition. According to police, a

3:06 PM ET As Steve Sarkisian was coaching in his first spring game at Texas, he got a boost off the field. Committed pic.twitter.com/w6B1CmLtGm — Flash Worthy⚡️ (@Xavierworthy2) April 24, 2021 Xavier Worthy, who had signed with Michigan in the 2021 class, announced on Saturday that he has committed to the Longhorns after asking for

11:44 PM ET LSU, which is struggling to recover from an ongoing sexual harassment scandal that involved allegations against former coach Les Miles, is in the process of banning star running back Derrius Guice indefinitely from the athletics program, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The university is also cutting ties with its