12:42 AM ET Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said he did not get an explanation for a controversial offensive pass interference penalty against the Boilermakers in the final minute of Friday’s 34-31 loss to Minnesota. The 15-yard penalty on Purdue tight end Payne Durham wiped out a 19-yard touchdown pass, which would have put Purdue ahead
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4:50 PM ET The Minnesota Golden Gophers will be short-handed for Friday night’s game against Purdue as a university spokesman confirmed that 20 football players are medically unavailable due to injuries or COVID-19. The team also confirmed that offensive line coach Brian Callahan and two other staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Minnesota’s director
5:13 PM ET The Washington State–Stanford game set for Saturday has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced Friday “This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19
2:03 PM ET Pitt and Virginia Tech will wear face coverings both on the field and sideline Saturday, in accordance with new Pennsylvania state coronavirus safety guidelines. In a statement issued Friday, Pitt said, “In alignment with the recent guidance from state officials regarding the current health climate, Pitt’s football team will be appropriately outfitted
2:18 PM ET Associated Press Seventh-ranked Cincinnati‘s game against No. 25 Tulsa has been moved again in a shuffling of the American Athletic Conference football schedule. The Bearcats and Golden Hurricane are now set to play Dec. 12, a week before the planned date of the conference championship game. The game was originally scheduled for
8:00 AM ET When it comes to the College Football Playoff picture, should Northwestern or Indiana be taken seriously? For the moment, the Allstate Playoff Predictor says no. Those two teams currently have a 3% and 2% chance to reach the playoff, respectively. That’s the bad news for those schools. The good news? They’re both
10:44 AM ET Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating, he announced in a tweet Friday. Fulmer, 70, said he is “feeling fine” and is asymptomatic. He said he initially tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and that a second test confirmed the diagnosis. “I remain asymptomatic at
6:47 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Penn State football coach James Franklin told a player not to talk to police following a fight with a star linebacker in a 2018
8:42 AM ET Miami coach Manny Diaz announced on Twitter on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will continue to work with his team virtually. Diaz said he was self-isolating and “feeling good overall.” The No. 12 Hurricanes’ scheduled game against Georgia Tech on Saturday was postponed earlier this week because
8:00 AM ET Bedlam. In college football, that word evokes thoughts of big plays, dramatic finishes and high stakes in one of the sport’s best rivalries: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State. Saturday will mark the 115th meeting between the two teams (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), a series that is lopsided in Oklahoma’s favor, historically, with the
1:26 AM ET Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura will miss the Cougars’ road game against Stanford on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19, a source confirmed to ESPN. De Laura’s positive test was first reported Thursday by the Spokesman-Review. With de Laura, a true freshman, unavailable, Washington State (1-1) will turn to either redshirt
11:07 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA. S.C. — Lou Holtz has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 83-year-old former college football coach confirmed the test Thursday to Columbia TV station WOLO. “I don’t have a lot of energy right now,” Holtz told the ABC station. Holtz led Notre Dame to the 1988 national title in
9:52 PM ET Saturday’s rivalry game between San Jose State and Fresno State has been canceled due to contract tracing protocols at Fresno State, the Mountain West announced Thursday. The game will be declared a no contest and will not be made up. It is the conference’s third game called off this week, joining Utah-Wyoming
7:50 PM ET Quarterback Quinn Ewers, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2022 class, committed to Ohio State on Thursday. His commitment gives the Buckeyes the No. 1-ranked prospect three recruiting classes in a row with defensive end Jack Sawyer in 2021 and wide receiver Julian Fleming in 2020. Ewers had previously been committed to
2:23 PM ET The Pac-12 has loosened its scheduling restrictions for the 2020 season and will allow nonconference football games to be played if they meet a certain criteria. “The Pac-12 is committed to maintaining maximum flexibility to provide our football student-athletes with an opportunity to compete, while continuing to ensure that health and safety
7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. We’re entering our fifth week of Big Ten football for the 2020 season, and the biggest game to date is Saturday’s top-10 matchup between No. 9 Indiana vs. No. 3
9:31 AM ET A former LSU women’s tennis player has accused her former coach of lying about her knowledge of a Tigers football player physically abusing her between May 2017 and August 2018, and accused the coach of “betraying” her during an investigation. The former player, Jade Lewis, 21, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, posted
10:12 AM ET The Michigan State–Maryland game is being canceled because of COVID-19 concerns with Maryland. The game will be declared a no contest. Maryland also announced Thursday that head coach Mike Locksley tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is isolating at home. “I am gutted for our team and for our fans,” Locksley