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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Part of the college football world was sleeping on Kentucky more like it had just finished a second hot brown and was going into hibernation for a while. But Big Blue looks

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 09:47 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Iowa starting quarterback Cade McNamara will not return to Saturday night’s game against Michigan State after suffering a left knee injury in the first half. McNamara, a transfer from Michigan, left the field

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 30, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Pittsburgh will start veteran quarterback Phil Jurkovec against Virginia Tech on Saturday night, per an ESPN source, a week after he left Pitt’s loss to UNC after taking an illegal hit. Jurkovec’s status for the game was uncertain after an injury that occurred on a second quarter

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 30, 2023, 06:45 AM ET Colorado star safety Shilo Sanders is doubtful for the game against No. 8 USC and not expected to play, per ESPN sources, leaving a struggling Colorado secondary even more vulnerable against the Trojans. Sanders did not practice this week, per sources, and is slated to be replaced

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 29, 2023, 11:38 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Alabama will be without its second leading tackler Saturday against Mississippi State, as redshirt sophomore middle linebacker Deontae Lawson is out with an ankle injury and could miss multiple games, sources

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 29, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year BOULDER, Col. — Deion Sanders does not need to coach football. It’s true. He doesn’t. He has money in the bank and did long before

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. For as long as there’s been college football, coaches have been getting fired. The annual discussions about who’s on the hot seat is as much a part of the game as a

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 28, 2023, 07:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — On a recent Saturday night in September, Lincoln Riley leaned forward in his chair to answer a question, searching his mind for a reason not to agree with its premise. USC had just dominated Stanford 56-10 for its third win of the season and

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 28, 2023, 07:20 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It has been nearly 25 years, but J.R. Greene still has the faded orange top hat sitting in his office, the same one he frantically clutched on his

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2023, 05:53 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. It happens early in the life cycle of any American sports fan getting into European soccer for the first time: the “Oh wow, relegation is amazing” realization, followed pretty quickly by the “We should have this

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 27, 2023, 06:18 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman said he won’t pursue the Michigan State coaching job, now officially open after the school fired Mel Tucker for cause Wednesday. Klieman told Sirius XM’s “Big 12

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 27, 2023, 11:55 AM ET Michigan State University has fired football coach Mel Tucker for cause Wednesday, formally completing a process that was initiated last week. Tucker is under university investigation for a sexual misconduct complaint brought forward by Brenda Tracy, a sexual assault awareness speaker. In a statement, the university said

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 26, 2023, 06:20 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Lou Holtz said he understood why his comments about Ohio State before last week’s game at Notre Dame bothered Buckeyes coach Ryan Day, but he reiterated his belief that the Fighting Irish are

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. WINCHESTER, Va. — More than a decade after her three-year run as a Washington Commanders cheerleader was over, Heidi Van Voorhis never lost interest in the team. A mother of two working in

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 25, 2023, 04:11 PM ET The attorneys for suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker responded Monday to the school’s written letter last week that it intends to fire him for cause, claiming the university adopted the allegations against Tucker “without any meaningful review of the facts.” In the latest of a

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. PULLMAN, Wash. — Nothing about Saturday’s game between Oregon State and Washington State should have felt unusual. There is a familiarity that comes with having played 106 times over the past 120 years.

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2023, 03:03 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on Monday that he doesn’t see any self-satisfaction from his team four games into a season in which the Bulldogs are attempting to do something that hasn’t been

A loaded Week 4 slate, including six ranked-versus-ranked matchups figured to unveil a lot about the 2023 college football season. Oregon and Washington State earned huge home wins, the ACC kept rolling thanks to some unlikely unbeatens, and Alabama bounced back in a big way against Ole Miss. Our reporters break down what we learned