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
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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
7:00 AM ET Maybe it’s because of the uniform he wears or the fact that he checks in at an imposing 6-foot-2, 230 pounds that people seem to have a preconceived notion of the kind of running back Najee Harris is. The senior from Antioch, California, is well aware of this. He ran for 1,262
7:13 PM ET Miami starting quarterback D’Eriq King was ruled out of Tuesday’s Cheez-It Bowl after suffering a right leg injury in the first half. King, a fifth-year senior and graduate transfer, clutched the area around his right knee after a tackle late in the second quarter of the Hurricanes’ 37-34 loss to Oklahoma State
12:05 AM ET Texas senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger missed the second half of the Longhorns’ 55-23 win over Colorado in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Tuesday night after suffering what coach Tom Herman called a shoulder sprain. It’s unclear when exactly Ehlinger suffered the injury. He was sacked on back-to-back plays on the Longhorns’ penultimate
11:54 PM ET Oklahoma State senior wide receiver Tylan Wallace did not play in the second half of Tuesday’s 37-34 Cheez-It Bowl victory over Miami because the coaching staff wanted to protect their star receiver. Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, caught six passes for 45 yards in the first half in Orlando, Florida.
10:48 PM ET Associated Press ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will have to call the College Football Playoff semifinal between No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Ohio State from home. Herbstreit posted Tuesday night on Twitter that he was feeling good and his family is OK. He said he
6:46 PM ET Buffalo junior running back Jaret Patterson announced Tuesday that he will forgo his senior season and declare for the NFL draft. Patterson, who tied the FBS record for rushing touchdowns in a game (eight) in November, made the announcement via Twitter. Psalms 91 #ForeverABull 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽#HornsUp pic.twitter.com/6vPbZNuqNR — Jaret Patterson #️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ (@__JP26) December
3:12 PM ET The Mercari Texas Bowl between Arkansas and TCU has been canceled, bowl officials said Tuesday. The game, which was scheduled for New Year’s Eve at NRG Stadium in Houston, was canceled because of an increase in positive COVID-19 tests, injuries and other circumstances within TCU’s program. TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said
2:48 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — – Illinois quarterback Brandon Peters will return for a third season with the Illini and play for new coach Bret Bielema, the team announced Tuesday. Peters spent three years at Michigan before joining Illinois in 2019 and made a big impact that season, throwing for 1,884 yards
12:17 PM ET Associated Press DeVonta Smith of Alabama is The Associated Press college football player of the year and the first wide receiver to win the award since it was established in 1998. In what could be a preview of the Heisman Trophy voting, Smith received 26 first-place votes and 114 points to finish
10:00 AM ET Alabama and Notre Dame will play in the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One on Friday at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN app. The Crimson Tide have won two national championships in the College Football Playoff era and have made the playoff six of the past seven years
8:00 AM ET CHRIS LEHMANN DISCOVERED he had become an unlikely object of curiosity when he found out media outlets were speculating on his whereabouts, as if he was some sort of fugitive with an 18-wheeler loaded with football equipment. He discovered he was a minor celebrity when he realized he was about 400 miles
Dec 28, 2020 Kelly CohenESPN What’s snarky, self-deprecating and smack-talking all at once? Well, your favorite team’s social media accounts, of course. It’s a fine line that accounts have to walk, especially in 2020, but when they do it correctly, it makes internet magic. And in a year when sports fans have had to find
6:47 PM ET Tiom VanHaaren Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson announced Monday that he is forgoing the NFL draft and will return to play another season for the Wolverines. Hutchinson, a junior, suffered a leg injury against Indiana in Michigan’s third game that required season-ending surgery. There were questions whether he would return to Michigan
1:40 PM ET Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was named the winner of the Broyles Award, which annually goes to college football’s top assistant coach. Sarkisian directed one of the most productive offenses in the country this season. The Crimson Tide averaged 49.7 points per game, second-highest in the FBS and No. 1 among teams