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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

Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Plaintiffs’ attorneys in a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that is not part of a recent $2.78 billion settlement agreement filed a motion Friday asking a judge to deny preliminary approval of the deal. Attorneys in Fonetnot v. the NCAA, which was filed

Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 03:20 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions Jim Harbaugh will be

Kris Rhim, ESPNAug 8, 2024, 10:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh deflected a question Thursday about the NCAA’s most recent sanctions levied against him, which included a four-year show-cause order and in effect banned him from college athletics until August 2028. “I’m stopping the engagement

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Nick Kelly, formerly of The Tuscaloosa News and now with AL.com, is the fifth recipient of the Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which is named after the beloved

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said the seniors on his roster are looking forward to being able to “control their own destiny” when it comes to reaching the 12-team College Football

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon’s Bo Nix both transcended expectations and took the Huskies and Ducks to new levels in 2023. Cornelius Johnson and Josaiah Stewart became key role players on a

Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Last year, the Memphis Tigers had a good season that could have been great. They finished 10-3, with their losses coming to Missouri, a top-10 finisher, as well as SMU and Tulane, the two teams that played in the AAC championship

Aug 7, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big Ten is now the big 18. In a watershed moment for the league, traditional West Coast powers Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA will make their debuts in the Big Ten after bolting from the Pac-12. Their mettle will be put to the test. Michigan

Associated Press Aug 6, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska offensive lineman Teddy Prochazka has suffered a season-ending knee injury for the third time in four years, coach Matt Rhule announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-10, 315-pound junior was in line to be the starting left tackle. He tore the anterior cruciate

Associated Press Aug 6, 2024, 03:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONWAY, S.C. — Tropical Storm Debby has chased Coastal Carolina‘s football team out of the state. The Chanticleers of the Sun Belt Conference have switched locations for training camp to North Carolina State about three hours away due to the storm. Debby is forecast

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions For Michigan fans, the moment when the Wolverines clinched a national championship in January will echo through generations. For everyone else, the most indelible image of the 2023-24

Kris Rhim, ESPNAug 5, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After being one of seven members from the 2023 Michigan football program accused of violating NCAA rules in a draft of the NCAA’s notice of allegations obtained by ESPN on Monday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh denied any wrongdoing. “Never lie.

Associated Press Aug 5, 2024, 02:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After having their two-year run as national champion come to an end, the Georgia Bulldogs will open the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs received 46 of the 55 first-place votes from college football

Bill Connelly Close Bill Connelly ESPN Staff Writer Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Aug 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The point of underachiever tiers isn’t to shovel shame upon unsuspecting

Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Pete Thamel Aug 4, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore is one of seven members from the 2023 football program accused of violating NCAA rules