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Open Extended Reactions The Florida Gators are expected to promote Russ Callaway to offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Callaway spent last season as Florida’s tight ends coach and co-coordinator. This move marks his third straight year with a promotion since joining the Gators in an off-field role in 2022. Florida coach Billy Napier

Dave WilsonFeb 20, 2025, 02:21 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 In another sign of college football’s transformation, Texas and USC have joined Nebraska in canceling their spring games. “No, we’re not going

ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2025, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The University of Texas System board of regents approved a raise and contract extension for football coach Steve Sarkisian on Thursday after the Longhorns advanced to the College Football Playoff semifinals for the second consecutive season. The new deal extends Sarkisian’s contract by

Associated Press Feb 19, 2025, 06:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell is receiving a one-year extension on a contract that will now run through the 2031 season. The school’s athletic board approved the one-year extension recommendation Wednesday. Fickell originally agreed to a seven-year contract paying him an average

Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Following a joint meeting between athletic directors representing their respective conferences on Wednesday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said they agreed that the way teams are seeded in the 12-team College Football Playoff should change this fall. While the voices of the two wealthiest

Associated Press Feb 18, 2025, 08:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Mack Brown is back to living in Austin, Texas, during the winter and through the spring, and plans to spend the summer at the family’s home in the North Carolina mountains. He is certainly at peace nearly three months after

Associated Press Feb 17, 2025, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — While Cam Ward hasn’t decided if he will throw at the NFL combine next week, the quarterback knows how he will answer any scouts or team personnel who ask him if he quit on the Miami Hurricanes by not finishing

Feb 17, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For some teams, the make-or-break game on the schedule is pretty clear — a nonconference matchup against a big-name program or a showdown with a hated rival. But sometimes the season-defining game sneaks up on a team. Maybe it’s an unexpected loss that sends a team

Open Extended Reactions Philip Montgomery has been hired as the Virginia Tech‘s offensive coordinator, the school announced. Montgomery is the former head coach at Tulsa who has coordinated at both Auburn and Baylor, where he helped author consistent and prolific offenses. He spent last season as the co-offensive coordinator of the Birmingham Stallions. Montgomery is

Associated Press Feb 15, 2025, 10:10 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Greg Sharpe, the play-by-play voice for Nebraska football since 2007, has died of cancer, his family announced through the school Saturday. He was 61. Sharpe died Friday, 10 months after he announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was able to work

Associated Press Feb 15, 2025, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden has been named the Broyles Award winner as the nation’s top assistant coach. Golden helped Notre Dame reach the national championship game last month before he was hired as the Cincinnati Bengals‘ defensive

Associated Press Feb 12, 2025, 03:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed Wednesday as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor. State senators and representatives affirmed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Monday nomination of Tressel in separate floor votes Wednesday: 31-1 in the Senate, 68-27 in the

Jake TrotterFeb 12, 2025, 04:56 PM ET Close Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other college sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. Trotter resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and three kids and is a fan of his hometown Oklahoma City Thunder. He

Open Extended Reactions The 2025 NFL draft is just over two months away. It kicks off on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the Tennessee Titans will be on the clock first with the No. 1 pick. But what does the top of the draft board look like right now? We used the recent

Feb 14, 2025, 06:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame is finalizing a deal to hire Detroit Lions director of scouting advancement Mike Martin as the school’s new general manager, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Martin was part of Detroit’s initial front office staff that helped rebuild the Lions’ roster. Notre Dame head

Eli LedermanFeb 13, 2025, 05:00 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 LSU secured its highest-ranked pledge in the 2026 recruiting cycle Thursday with a commitment from four-star in-state

Associated Press Feb 13, 2025, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Six former East Mississippi Community College football players who appeared in the documentary series “Last Chance U” have sued the school, Netflix, the National Junior College Athletic Association and the program’s director over their portrayals. John Franklin III, Ronald Ollie, C.J.

Feb 13, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Even though it hasn’t been a full month since Ohio State was crowned national champion after defeating Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, we aren’t waiting to look ahead to the 2025 season. Arch Manning will finally take over at Texas and