6:31 PM ET In another Texas–Oklahoma classic, Lincoln Riley’s quarterback switch propelled the sixth-ranked Sooners to a historic comeback. Already in a deep hole in the second quarter, OU quarterback Spencer Rattler fumbled trying to make a play, and Texas recovered. The No. 21 Longhorns scored three plays later to take a 35-17 lead with
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4:05 PM ET Running back CJ Verdell and safety Bennett Williams both will miss the remainder of the season for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday. Verdell, a fifth-year junior, sustained a left leg injury in the second half of Oregon’s loss to Stanford last Saturday. He leads Oregon with 78
11:52 AM ET Interim UConn football coach Lou Spanos is one of three coaches and two players who tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for Saturday’s game against UMass. Spanos, who took over for Randy Edsall after his resignation on Sept. 6, is in isolation, as are offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Frank Giufre
12:44 AM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota running back Trey Potts was discharged Friday from an Indiana hospital where he spent six days after an unspecified medical condition developed during the team’s game at Purdue. The university’s athletic department announced that Potts returned to Minnesota for follow-up care and said he was “doing well.”
11:44 AM ET LSU, which became the first SEC school to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter Tiger Stadium in the summer, announced Friday that it will lift its protocols in time for the football team’s next home game against Florida on Oct. 16. Citing a reduction in the number
6:17 AM ET We’re not even to the halfway point of the 2021 college football season, but it seems Alabama and Georgia fans can begin making their travel arrangements to Indianapolis, or at least Atlanta. While the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs seem like the best bets right now to reach the College Football Playoff, there
5:29 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has taken to Twitter to poke fun at himself after his popcorn comment blew up in his face Saturday before Ole Miss’ 42-21 loss to No. 1-ranked Alabama. Kiffin tweeted a photo Thursday of different kinds of popcorn piled up on a chair in his office and
6:11 AM ET ESPN staff Iowa‘s Kinnick Stadium has been a site for both elation and heartache when highly ranked Penn State teams come to visit. In 2008, No. 3 Penn State arrived at 9-0, eyeing its first BCS championship game appearance. The Nittany Lions led by nine points entering the fourth quarter but fell
6:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. THE HIGHWAY THAT connects Pullman,
11:21 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN University of Northern Colorado offensive coordinator Max McCaffrey was reprimanded for inadvertently hitting an opposing fan with a broken clipboard during a 40-7 loss to Montana State on Saturday. McCaffrey, the eldest brother of Carolina Panthers and former Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, broke his clipboard while on the sidelines
[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill
7:00 AM ET TEDDY LEHMAN WAS twice an All-American at Oklahoma. In 2003, the stout linebacker won the Big 12 defensive player of the year award, the Dick Butkus Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award. In 2004, he was a second-round NFL draft pick, and he went on to spend parts of six seasons with
2:38 PM ET Associated Press Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those who leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a
7:00 AM ET Rick Mirer remembers the first time he slapped the “Play Like A Champion Today” sign at Notre Dame. The wooden sign — 3 feet high, 4 feet wide and painted gold with blue hand lettering — hangs over the narrow staircase in the tunnel at Notre Dame Stadium, just high enough where
4:38 PM ET Minnesota running back Trey Potts remains hospitalized in Indiana for an unspecified medical issue that occurred late in Saturday’s game at Purdue. Potts left the field late in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 20-13 win and was treated by Minnesota’s medical staff before being transported to a local hospital. Minnesota said in
2:15 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility for his football team’s performance during a loss to Auburn on Saturday rests with him. The 24-19 loss dropped the Tigers to 3-2 on the season. “Ultimately I’m responsible for the performance of the team,” Orgeron told reporters on Monday. “I always will be responsible.”
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative
10:44 PM ET STANFORD, Calif. — Inside the Oregon locker room after its 31-24 overtime loss to Stanford on Saturday, there was an unspoken understanding about what it meant. It will take an unlikely set of circumstances for the third-ranked Ducks to reach the College Football Playoff. “[There are] a lot of guys hurting in