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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 3, 2025, 11:01 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 After years of waiting for his chance, Drew Mestemaker got one shot to be a starting quarterback and made

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 3, 2025, 05:46 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Alabama transfer running back Justice Haynes has signed with Michigan, the school announced Friday. Haynes, the No. 3 running back in ESPN’s transfer rankings, finished as Alabama’s

Pete Thamel, Senior College Sports InsiderJan 3, 2025, 12:23 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Alabama co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Colin Hitschler has been informed he will not return to the Crimson Tide next year, sources told ESPN. Hitschler’s departure comes with a

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJan 3, 2025, 02:29 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 Four-star Oregon quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, a class of 2025 prospect who signed with the

David Wilson Jan 3, 2025, 02:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said on Friday that Ohio State is “the best team in college football,” and the Longhorns will need their best performance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 10 to beat the Buckeyes. “I need Longhorn Nation to show

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterJan 3, 2025, 01:19 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 Coach Ryan Day said the expanded College Football Playoff has

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJan 3, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua woke up Wednesday at 5:30 a.m. and checked his phone. Several news alerts popped up. The words “domestic terror

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterJan 3, 2025, 10:52 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 Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke played the entire 2024 season with

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 3, 2025, 08:12 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The national championship drought has stretched nearly 20 years at Texas, not that anyone needs to tell quarterback Quinn Ewers. Somewhere in his childhood home, his mom

Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 3, 2025, 09:46 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff will not flip the dates and times of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and the Capital One Orange Bowl after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 10:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Locked in a defensive struggle in which neither team gained 300 yards, Georgia coach Kirby Smart made an aggressive but ill-fated decision late in the first half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Right after Notre Dame took a 6-3 lead on

Jan 2, 2025, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tulane is set to hire former Southern Miss head coach Will Hall to the coaching staff as the pass game coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. Hall will also work with the wide receivers alongside current WR coach Carter Sheridan, sources said. Hall was

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 2, 2025, 10:30 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Notre Dame‘s 23-10 victory against Georgia in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday might

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJan 2, 2025, 06:43 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 South Carolina beat in-state rivals Clemson and other finalists Colorado, Ole Miss and Tennessee

ESPN News Services Jan 2, 2025, 07:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame‘s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the

Kalan Hooks, ESPNJan 2, 2025, 06:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arizona State star Cam Skattebo calls himself “the best running back in the nation” and set out to prove just that in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Sun Devils began their quest to make

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is calling for more consistency in determining what constitutes a targeting penalty after no call was made on Texas safety Michael Taaffe‘s high hit on Arizona State receiver Melquan Stovall late in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 01:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville punter Brady Hodges said he opted out of the Sun Bowl this week because the Cardinals’ NIL collective did not pay money promised to him in September. Hodges posted on social media during Tuesday’s game against Washington in El Paso,