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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Billy Napier called his team’s 41-17 loss to Miami on Saturday “embarrassing,” offering no excuses while vowing to get the problems fixed. Napier already

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2024, 09:29 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jeremiah Smith lived up to all the

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan‘s offseason quarterback competition emerged with a surprise winner as Davis Warren, a former walk-on and cancer survivor, started Saturday’s opener for the defending national champions

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — It was only three years ago when Clemson and Georgia slugged it out for four quarters in the 2021 season opener in

Associated Press Aug 31, 2024, 04:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Carson Beck threw for 278 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia opened another season of enormous expectations by stifling 14th-ranked Clemson 34-3 on Saturday. Leading only 6-0 at halftime, Georgia finally got its offense rolling in the third

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 01:58 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions The NCAA has blocked Oklahoma State from placing NIL-linked QR codes on its players’

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Cal will start Fernando Mendoza at quarterback for Saturday’s opener against UC Davis, although transfer Chandler Rogers also is expected to play, a source told ESPN. Mendoza, a redshirt sophomore

Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Aug 31, 2024, 09:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 31, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Northwestern is slated to start Mike Wright at quarterback Saturday against Miami (Ohio), sources told ESPN, making it the third power conference program where he has been a starter. Wright played at Mississippi State in 2023 and Vanderbilt from 2020 to 2022 prior to

Kalan Hooks, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions College football action is back for Week 1 and the uniform heat continued where it left off. The No. 3 Oregon Ducks are known for their iconic and unduplicated uniforms. In their Week 1 match against the Idaho Vandals, the Ducks will wear their

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 11:59 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma wide receiver Jalil Farooq is expected to miss six to eight weeks after

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions CLEMSON, S.C. — Dabo Swinney has plenty left to do at Clemson and has no plans to go anywhere anytime soon. During a wide-ranging interview that will air on

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions AS OKLAHOMA ATHLETIC director Joe Castiglione drove to church the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson will miss the remainder of the season with a broken right leg suffered in the team’s 19-17 season-opening win at Minnesota on Thursday. The

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 03:33 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Pitt running back Rodney Hammond Jr. has been declared ineligible for the 2024 season, the school announced Friday. There was no reason given. Hammond remains a member of the

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions DUKE QB GRAYSON LOFTIS is looking for a politically correct way to answer a fraught question, turning to teammate Jaylen Stinson for help. Instead, Stinson eggs him on,

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 09:02 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Texas and Miami battled to the finish before four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench, No.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATHENS, Ga. — The last time Georgia opened the season against Clemson three years ago, Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck could only watch from the