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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 14, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Andy Kotelnicki walks into the Penn State meeting room with his thumb and index finger pinched a quarter-inch apart, and by now, everyone gets

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 08:56 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 Texas suffered its second season-ending injury at running back Monday when true freshman Christian Clark tore his Achilles tendon

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 05:54 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 Jayden Gibson is expected to miss the 2024 season after suffering

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 13, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will no longer serve as honorary captain for the Wolverines’ season opener, as he continues to prepare for his first season as Los Angeles Chargers

Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 10:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tennessee announced on Tuesday a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that will preserve the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface. Financial terms of the agreement were not

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The world’s longest offseason is almost over, and what might be the most anticipated college football season in ages is upon us. We’ve got new super megaconferences to sort through and an expanded

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 13, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Malachi Nelson is back home for only a few days, but it doesn’t take long for him to get comfortable. It’s an idyllic weekday in July on the westside of Los Angeles where the weather can only be described as perfect.

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 06:00 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 Oregon beat Michigan, USC and Washington to the commitment of four-star 2026 offensive tackle

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 02:55 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 Georgia Tech landed a pledge from in-state offensive tackle Josh Petty on Monday, marking

Aug 12, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions You know college football season is right around the corner when the Associated Press releases its preseason Top 25. Georgia is on top of the poll, comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State. Big Ten newcomer Oregon ranks third, SEC newcomer Texas is fourth and Alabama,

Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the superconference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top 10 of the rankings. The Bulldogs received 46 first-place votes and

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 09:20 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Luke Fickell isn’t big on social media, so he has managed to avoid the worst of the criticism that followed his inauspicious debut season at

Matt Miller, NFL draft analystAug 12, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Close Matt Miller is an NFL draft analyst for ESPN, providing in-depth scouting on the nation’s top pro prospects. A Missouri native, Matt joined ESPN in 2022 and also contributes to SportsCenter, NFL Live and ESPN Radio. You can follow Matt on Twitter via @nfldraftscout.

Pete Thamel Max Olson Close Max Olson ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Aug 11, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M running back Rueben Owens is expected to miss the season after suffering a significant lower body injury during a scrimmage

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 08:00 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 Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman considered his roster following a recent fall practice ahead

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2024, 08:06 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions For the most part, what we believe heading into a given season is whatever we believed at the end of the season before. Take the preseason coaches’ poll released last week: Among this

Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders kicked off his second season at Colorado with a combative news conference Friday when he also celebrated his 57th birthday and became a grandfather. Donning his signature shades and a Buffaloes baseball cap, Sanders started things by

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Former Florida State running back Rodney Hill blames a “bad agent” for his circuitous path through the transfer portal to Arkansas. Hill, who served as the Seminoles’ No.