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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 02:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Minutes after North Dakota State’s potential game-winning Hail Mary pass left the Bison 4 yards shy of a Thursday night, prime-time upset, Colorado coach Deion Sanders strolled

Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 02:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Cameron Rising made his return with a career-high five touchdown passes — three to Brant Kuithe — to power No. 12 Utah to a 49-0 win over Southern Utah on Thursday night. Rising, a seventh-year senior quarterback, shined in his

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2024, 12:34 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Stephen F. Austin defeated North American 77-0 on Thursday night in a season opener that went to 5-minute quarters in the second half after the Lumberjacks led by 70 at

Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 12:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Shedeur Sanders threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns — three to Travis Hunter — and Colorado began Year 2 under Deion Sanders by holding off FCS power North Dakota State 31-26 on Thursday night. The Buffaloes couldn’t shake a pesky

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2024, 11:57 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson was carted off the field with a hip injury in the third quarter of a 19-17 win against Minnesota on Thursday night in Minneapolis. Johnson, who transferred

ESPN News Services Aug 29, 2024, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Howard coach Larry Scott wasn’t happy with Rutgers counterpart Greg Schiano after the Scarlet Knights scored a touchdown on the final play of a 44-7 win on Thursday night. Scott walked across the field and shook hands with Schiano after

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin has hired longtime NFL coach Jack Del Rio to its staff, where he will serve as senior adviser to Badgers coach Luke Fickell, the team told ESPN on Thursday.

Open Extended Reactions Week 1 is finally here. There is plenty to know going into Thursday’s 21 matchups and the games that will be played this weekend. Some notable names will make their returns after suffering major injuries last season and many freshmen will have their first chance to show out on the field. Plus,

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions A new college football season, featuring widespread conference realignment and an expanded playoff, has a familiar look to it at sportsbooks, with perennial powers from the SEC and Big Ten sitting

Associated Press Aug 29, 2024, 12:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A prominent advocacy group for college athletes announced Thursday it opposes the $2.8 billion settlement agreement of antitrust litigation facing the NCAA and major college conferences, saying a plan for schools to share athletics revenue will actually limit the earning potential of the athletes.

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 29, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama transfer Eli Holstein will start for Pittsburgh at quarterback against Kent State on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Holstein, a redshirt freshman, edged out veteran Nate Yarnell for the starting nod after a battle that lasted throughout summer camp. Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi has

Anna Katherine ClemmonsAug 29, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Open Extended Reactions Mitch Mason sat in his mother’s hospital room in Tampa. It was June 11, 2024 — his birthday — and his phone buzzed with text messages. He’d flown to Florida from Chapel

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions OXFORD, Miss. — It’s just before 6 o’clock in the morning during the dog days of Ole Miss’ sweltering preseason camp, and Lane Kiffin is already on fire.

Open Extended Reactions After his team’s shocking 24-21 loss to unranked Georgia Tech in the season opener, Florida State coach Mike Norvell said the Seminoles “can’t let this one game define what the outcome of our season will be.” FSU can still reach the 12-team College Football Playoff if it wins the ACC — the

Associated Press Aug 28, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida running back Montrell Johnson has been cleared to play against No. 19 Miami on Saturday, a huge boost for the underdog Gators. Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after sustaining an injury during the first week of training

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Florida State coach Mike Norvell said Wednesday it was “sickening” that his team came up short to Georgia Tech in the season opener last week, in his first comments

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma coach Brent Venables declined to say Wednesday if running backs coach DeMarco Murray would serve his NCAA-mandated one-game suspension this week for recruiting violations but added “the entire offensive

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Only two of last year’s top 10 Heisman Trophy vote getters are back on the field this season. Only four of the