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7:00 AM ET WEST VIRGINIA COACH Neal Brown is hesitant when he says there are positive things to be gained from what he and his fellow coaches went through last season. “Maybe ‘positives’ isn’t the right word,” he corrected himself. Brown doesn’t want to paint a rosy picture of what was a frustrating situation for

3:25 PM ET Alabama and Clemson are breaking in new quarterbacks this season, but oddsmakers don’t expect the Crimson Tide or Tigers to suffer any significant drop off. Alabama and Clemson topped the college football season win totals released Thursday by Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, each opening at 11.5. Ohio State and Oklahoma are

1:28 PM ET Miami and Auburn will play a home-and-home series in 2029 and 2030, the schools announced Thursday. The Hurricanes will host the Tigers on Sept. 1, 2029, then travel to play at Auburn on Aug. 31, 2030. Despite expected changes to an expanded College Football Playoff format, Miami athletics director Blake James said

8:00 AM ET Restrictions from COVID-19 and the recruiting dead period made this past year more challenging for college football coaches trying to rebuild their programs. On-campus visits were prohibited and relationship-building was hindered, setting back coaches who tried to add the right pieces to their rosters. It was especially disruptive for newer coaches who

2:08 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The LA Bowl has found a big name to be its first title sponsor: ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. The inaugural edition of the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl will be played Dec. 18 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the host announced on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on

3:30 PM ET Former Notre Dame linebacker and tight end Rod West will replace Ray Odierno on the College Football Playoff selection committee, the CFP announced on Wednesday. Odierno is stepping down for health reasons after two years on the committee. “General Odierno was a terrific member and we are sorry to lose him,” CFP

6:29 AM ET The ESPN coaching jobs showdown series kicked off with two rivals from bordering states in the same league. Up next: Two national powers from different regions and conferences that command more attention than any pair in the sport. Alabama and Ohio State completed the 2020 season by playing for a national title

3:43 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Minn. — A former NFL player and University of Wisconsin football star is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl. Thomas Allen Burke, 44, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct in St. Louis County, Minnesota. According to a criminal complaint, the child told her mother in February

1:16 PM ET It’s not often USC goes across the country to get a commitment from a top-level recruit, but the Trojans were able to land ESPN 300 defensive lineman Mykel Williams on Tuesday. Williams is the No. 55 ranked recruit overall and the No. 6 prospect in the state of Georgia. He’s a 6-foot-5,

8:30 AM ET It was perfect symmetry. After each of the ACC Coastal’s seven teams won a division title over the course of seven years, Notre Dame joined a divisionless ACC for the 2020 season and made the conference championship in its only try. In a way, that’s like eight champions in eight years for

1:04 PM ET Former Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey, who spent several months with Louisville this offseason, is transferring to Rice for the 2021 season. Rice confirmed McCaffrey’s signing Monday and noted that he will join the team for summer workouts and begin competing for the starting job in preseason camp. McCaffrey announced in February that

7:00 AM ET You could make the case that the seeds of the modern football passing game, college and pro, were planted around 50 years ago. Bill Walsh was tweaking the Cincinnati Bengals‘ offense and crafting what would become the West Coast offense. Don Coryell took what would be known as his Air Coryell offense

7:30 AM ET The NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19 restrictions resulted in minimal redshirts for top-ranked college football prospects last season. Immediate experience for these touted players, while not affecting their eligibility clock, was a no-brainer for most coaching staffs. However, injuries and stacked depth charts still led

11:21 AM ET As the College Football Playoff starts to consider a 12-team playoff, Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he believes college football is on track for its biggest change ever. “Most changes have been relatively small,” Smart told ESPN’s Marty & McGee on Saturday. “With the potential of what’s been proposed … [it’s] probably

8:01 PM ET Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. — Former Colorado quarterback Sam Noyer will use his final year of eligibility at Oregon State. Noyer, who is from Beaverton, Oregon, announced his move on Twitter on Friday. I’m home 🧡🖤 #DAMRIGHT pic.twitter.com/2tGyh832VQ — Sam Noyer (@sam_noyer) June 11, 2021 Noyer threw for 1,101 yards and six

10:54 AM ET To see how a new development might affect the future, take a look at how it would have affected the past. That’s a go-to of mine — see: how larger playoffs would have worked in 2020 or how a much bigger, earlier playoff would have impacted things — and with the news

1:47 PM ET The College Football Playoff management committee will consider expanding to a 12-team format when it meets in Chicago next week, marking the first step in what could be another historic change for the sport’s postseason. The three-page proposal, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, calls for the bracket to include

6:14 PM ET Two former Michigan football players said Thursday they believe they could have been spared from sexual assaults if their coach, Bo Schembechler, had addressed complaints about former team doctor Robert Anderson made by Schembechler’s son, Matt. Both players said they also tried to warn Bo Schembechler about Anderson’s abusive treatment and were