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Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Pac-12 won’t be the only two-team conference in Division I football this season — sort of. Sacred Heart and Merrimack announced Wednesday that they will play for the Yankee Conference title on Nov. 16, reviving the brand of the old New England-based league

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 04:31 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 Brent Venables and Oklahoma secured a 2025 class cornerstone Wednesday, edging Texas and Texas

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Nebraska has named touted true freshman Dylan Raiola its starting quarterback for its season opener against UTEP on Aug. 31. Raiola, the No. 3 ranked quarterback and

Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Week 0 matchup between Georgia Tech and Florida State at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, is a neutral site game for everybody on both teams — except for Yellow Jackets punter David Shanahan. Shanahan is from Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland,

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Rutgers linebacker Mohamed Toure, who led the team in sacks and tackles for loss last fall, will miss the 2024 season with a torn ACL. Toure was a team captain

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2024, 03:21 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 Alabama landed its fourth top-30 commitment in the 2025 class Tuesday afternoon when four-star

Associated Press Aug 20, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jalon Daniels will be under center when No. 22 Kansas opens the season against Lindenwood next week. Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold confirmed Tuesday the electrifying but injury-prone quarterback has remained healthy through fall camp and will be ready for the game

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2024, 12:37 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 Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said last week that he

Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WHEN ALCORN STATE quarterback Steve McNair and his teammates would walk from their dorms to Jack Spinks Stadium for home games, they’d always hear students and fans tailgating. They’d smell barbecue. On that walk, fans would clamor to get close to

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2024, 06:45 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 Inspirational thought of the week: There’s a house honey, way across townPeople coming from miles aroundPut on your pretty red dressLet’s go

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2024, 12:39 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 Alabama football general manager Courtney Morgan has agreed to a new, precedent-setting contract with

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 19, 2024, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After spending three seasons as a backup, Miller Moss‘ patience has officially paid off. In a move that was widely expected, USC head coach Lincoln Riley named Moss the Trojans’ starting quarterback Monday ahead of the start of the 2024 season. Moss, a junior,

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 19, 2024, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Duke quarterback Maalik Murphy has won the Blue Devils‘ starting job and will start the opener against Elon, first-year coach Manny Diaz announced Monday. Murphy is a Texas transfer who won both his starts last year for the Longhorns (against BYU and Kansas State).

Associated Press Aug 19, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has had enough of the distractions that go along with this new era of college football. There’s so much to navigate now with the transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals, and Gundy has drawn

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 19, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arizona State will start the season with a fresh face at quarterback. Sources told ESPN that redshirt freshman transfer Sam Leavitt has been named the starting quarterback for the opener against Wyoming. He beat out transfer Jeff Sims (Georgia Tech/Nebraska), and sources said both

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 19, 2024, 01:46 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Dequan Finn has won Baylor’s starting quarterback job, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg on Monday. Finn was a

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 19, 2024, 10:28 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Racing and reckless driving charges were dismissed against Georgia starting linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. on Monday, his attorney confirmed to ESPN. Mondon, who was

David Purdum Close David Purdum ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Doug Greenberg Aug 19, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The betting public has been increasingly risky ahead of the first season with a 12-team College Football Playoff. For months, it has been firing on long