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Mar 12, 2021 Miami Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz said Friday that quarterback D’Eriq King is “smashing every benchmark” in his rehab from a torn ACL in his right knee. Speaking to reporters on Zoom to preview the start of spring practice next week, Diaz gave an update on the Hurricanes’ starting quarterback, injured in the

8:00 AM ET Are you not entertained? What the FCS spring season lacks in length and quality, it makes up for in pure, magical nonsense. The best program in the country got blown out by an unranked opponent two weeks ago, and the new No. 1 has now been scared twice into the second half.

6:50 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Emmett Jones was picked as the interim football coach at Kansas on Thursday as the beleaguered school searches for a new athletic director and head football coach following a scandal-plagued week. Jones is entering his third season with the Jayhawks, serving first as the wide receivers coach

9:00 AM ET In 2020, during one of the strangest, most unpredictable seasons of college football, another twist occurred in the midst of the chaos of playing during the pandemic. Big 12 defenses were good. Yes, the Big 12 — the conference that produced Patrick Mahomes and earned a reputation as having high-flying offenses and

7:00 AM ET Deshaun Watson’s emergence at Clemson catapulted the Tigers to the top of college football. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports One could easily make the case that, as with the UEFA Champions League in soccer, the creation of the College Football Playoff took a sport already defined by its haves-versus-have-nots divisions and increased them.

7:07 PM ET Colorado defensive lineman Antonio Alfano, a former top-30 national recruit who has yet to play in a college football game, has decided to enter the transfer portal for a second time, he announced Wednesday. Alfano, who started his college career at Alabama in 2019, thanked Colorado fans in a Twitter post for

9:00 AM ET College football’s 2021 recruiting classes have been signed, and more of these prospects have enrolled early in school. That translates to more first-year players providing an immediate impact, which in turn gives teams the opportunity to ascend up the rankings ahead of schedule. How will this recruiting cycle affect the 2021 College

7:00 AM ET It was Saturday around 4:30 p.m. ET. The sun was out, but the air was crisp. My three-person family, as we tend to do on lazy weekend days, was spread out into three different areas of our house. And as I always do when I find myself alone on those such days,

4:37 PM ET In November 2018, Kansas hired Les Miles to win the news conference, among other things. Not 28 months later, the school cut ties with the coach during a late-night news dump on a Monday in March. The abrupt and embarrassing end to Miles’ tenure this week shouldn’t be dismissed because KU lives

4:51 PM ET Duke has paused football activities indefinitely after identifying a cluster of 10 positive COVID-19 cases within the team, the school announced Tuesday. In a statement, the school said the 10 individuals attended team activities together and are currently in isolation. Contact tracing also identified close contacts, who are now in quarantine. Duke

6:30 AM ET Two stagnant programs, four with division title aspirations. The MAC East title race could be one of FBS’ more intriguing if: Kent State makes a few more stops, Miami overcomes a brutal road slate and Ohio is as strong as last season’s tiny sample suggested. There’s also a chance that Buffalo is

11:05 PM ET Les Miles is out as Kansas’ head football coach three days after being placed on administrative leave by the university. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement last Friday that the university was conducting a full review to determine the appropriate steps on Miles’ future after reports of his conduct

10:05 AM ET Indiana coach Tom Allen has agreed to a new seven-year contract through the 2027 season that will pay him an average salary of $4.9 million per year, the school announced Monday. Allen, who was signed through the 2026 season, had an additional year added to his contract after Indiana’s Gator Bowl appearance.

8:38 PM ET Kansas has placed head football coach Les Miles on administrative leave and the university will conduct a full review to determine the appropriate next steps on his future, Jayhawks athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement Friday night. The decision came after reports into Miles’ conduct while coaching at LSU in

5:04 PM ET The Tennessee Volunteers have notified former interim head football coach Kevin Steele that he will not be retained on Josh Heupel’s staff but will receive his full $900,000 salary over the next two years after less than two months on the job. Steele was hired by Tennessee on Jan. 12 as a

3:16 PM ET Former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva recommended in 2013 that Les Miles be fired as head coach of the football program after accusations of inappropriate behavior with female student workers, according to a scathing investigative report released on Friday that detailed systemic failures by LSU to appropriately report incidents of athletic-related sexual

3:19 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut announced Friday that it has agreed to two-year contract extensions for men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley and football coach Randy Edsall. The terms of both deals remain the same, the school said. Edsall’s contract, which was to expire in December, now runs through

7:00 AM ET Shoulder pads popping. Whistles chirping. Coaches shouting. After a one-year hiatus because of COVID-19, college football’s spring practices are back as teams slowly begin to resume more normalcy amid the worldwide pandemic. What hasn’t changed since a year ago are the teams at the top of the sport’s upper echelon — Alabama,