2:31 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men alleging university officials ignored complaints and failed to stop a team doctor who they say sexually abused athletes and other students throughout his two decades there, the school revealed Friday. It is the
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9:00 AM ET The past two years have seen a topsy-turvy existence in college football’s MAC West. Only one team enjoyed a winning record in conference play in both 2018 and 2019 (Western Michigan, which didn’t win the division either year), while a Central Michigan team that went 0-8 in 2018 won the West 12
1:31 PM ET Associated Press YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three former athletes at the University of Michigan filed lawsuits Thursday against the school, alleging that a late doctor sexually assaulted them while the men were members of the football and hockey teams in the 1980s. The lawsuits, which identify the men only as John Doe, mirror
11:44 AM ET Miami tight end Michael Irvin II announced Thursday he has decided to transfer for his final season. In a post on Twitter, Irvin called the decision “uneasy” and said it “hurts my heart to the core,” but added it was best for him and his family. His dad, Michael Irvin, played at
6:00 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Former Green Bay Packers receivers coach Alvis Whitted has accepted the same position at Wisconsin. Wisconsin announced Wednesday that Whitted has joined Badgers coach Paul Chryst’s staff. The Packers fired Whitted on Jan. 30 after one season. Whitted had been Colorado State’s wide receivers coach for seven
2:58 PM ET LSU redshirt sophomore Dare Rosenthal, a frontrunner to start at left tackle this season, has left school for “personal reasons”, coach Ed Orgeron announced on Wednesday. Orgeron said that while Rosenthal will miss spring practice, he should be back in the summer. “We expect him to be back for the summer and
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash We are officially under six months until the 2020 college football season kicks off, as we will see Notre Dame take on Navy in Dublin, Ireland. So, what better way to fill that time than to take a look at the top players returning to college football at every position,
11:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville will face former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a March 31 runoff for the Alabama Senate Republication nomination. Sessions and Tuberville won the most votes in the primary Tuesday to advance from a crowded primary field. Awaiting the runoff winner in November
5:31 PM ET Associated Press RENO, Nev. — Nevada coach Jay Norvell has received a new five-year contract that runs through the 2024 season, the school said Tuesday. Norvell, who is 18-20 overall in three seasons, is coming off back-to-back winning seasons and consecutive bowl appearances after going 3-9 in his first year at Nevada
3:59 PM ET Cincinnati is hiring Dan Enos as running backs coach, sources told ESPN. Enos spent the 2019 season as Miami’s offensive coordinator before being fired a day after the Hurricanes were shut out by Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl. He served as Alabama’s quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach in 2018 before
8:11 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The opening of Ohio State‘s spring practice Monday began the competition to determine the Buckeyes’ likely starting quarterback of the future. Coach Ryan Day got an initial look at Jack Miller and C.J. Stroud in the first of 15 practices that culminate in the spring game April
8:00 AM ET When it comes down to player evaluation in college football, the quarterback position is the most difficult to project future production and success. A great deal of it is dictated by circumstance, scheme fit and enrolling early to get adjusted to the speed of the college level with new terminology. Some quarterback
3:33 PM ET ESPN News Services HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former college football player charged with violating North Carolina’s sports agent law nearly a decade ago. Christopher Hawkins faced four counts tied to providing cash to three former Tar Heels football players in 2010. But
5:13 PM ET Alabama has moved quickly in replacing longtime head strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran by reaching an agreement with Indiana‘s David Ballou, sources told ESPN. Cochran, who had been Alabama’s strength coach under Nick Saban since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, left last week to join Georgia’s staff in an on-the-field
2:56 PM ET Tennessee defensive lineman Darel Middleton was arrested Saturday morning and faces charges of domestic assault and public intoxication stemming from an incident that involved his girlfriend. According to a police report, Middleton’s girlfriend was trying to break up a physical altercation between Middleton and a male friend of hers near UT’s campus
8:22 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State hired Scottie Hazelton as defensive coordinator. The school announced the move Friday. Hazelton rounds out new coach Mel Tucker’s full-time assistant coaching staff. Hazelton spent last season as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Kansas State. “Scottie definitely has the mentality you’re looking for
6:39 PM ET The field at LSU’s Tiger Stadium incurred thousands of dollars of damage after a student allegedly took a pair of joyrides in an ATV, according to police. Clayton Fleetwood, 19, is accused of breaking into the football stadium on two different nights and both times taking a Kawasaki MULE ATV parked inside
4:57 PM ET Instant replay officials might have a two-minute limit to make a decision using video, according to a rule change recommended on Friday by the NCAA Football Rules Committee, which met this week in Indianapolis. “If you get to two minutes, it’s time to wrap it up,” said Steve Shaw, the NCAA Secretary-Rules