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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Alabama went from its clunkiest performance to its cleanest, which didn’t surprise coach Kalen DeBoer or his players. A week after a mistake-ridden win over South Florida,

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2024, 10:03 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Graham Mertz will start at quarterback Saturday for Florida against Texas A&M, but there is a plan in place for freshman DJ Lagway. Florida coach

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 02:54 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions MANHATTAN, Kan. — Avery Johnson has few peers among college football quarterbacks when it comes to explosive rushing ability. Two games in, Kansas State’s sophomore starter hadn’t

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As he pondered the color overhaul of his new car earlier this summer, Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson unleashed a Cheshire grin. He’d been driving a red Corvette Stingray around campus, and if that wasn’t recognizable enough, he’d decided on a new color that

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 13, 2024, 07:21 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions IN MAY 2021, a few weeks after being hired at Kansas, Lance Leipold approached the school’s administration about moving practices to the morning. He was told it could be done,

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 13, 2024, 12:22 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions A suspect in a hit-and-run crash was arrested Thursday night after driving his truck onto the playing field at Colorado’s Folsom Field. Police in Boulder said they received a call

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 12, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions In a surprising move Wednesday night, news emerged that Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State will leave the Mountain West Conference to join Oregon State and

Open Extended Reactions After an exciting Week 2, we look ahead to a Week 3 slate with a battle involving the Wildcats on Friday night, as new Big 12 member No. 20 Arizona faces No. 14 Kansas State. Elsewhere, a Tulane wide receiver will make his return to his original college stomping grounds. Can Tulane’s

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 12, 2024, 12:46 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Four schools are set to announce as early as Thursday that they plan to depart the Mountain West to join the Pac-12, sources confirmed to ESPN. Boise State, Colorado State,

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Inspirational thought of the week: Woke up this morning my house was coldChecked out the furnace she wasn’t burnin’Went out and hopped

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions AUTZEN STADIUM WAS in a state of pandemonium Saturday night after Oregon‘s Noah Whittington bolted 100 yards on a kickoff return for what was presumed to be a game-tying, fourth-quarter

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State coach Mike Norvell has dealt with 0-2 starts. Bad home losses. Negativity. Quarterbacks getting booed. Never, however, as a defending conference champion. And never

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions Four ex-Michigan players, including former quarterback Denard Robinson and wide

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 02:40 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 Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that he has cautioned his team against the

Open Extended Reactions Well, Week 2 didn’t go the way a few top-25 teams thought it would. Notre Dame’s shocking, last-minute loss to Northern Illinois jeopardized the Irish’s playoff hopes, a top-10 Oregon team barely beat Boise State at home, and Cal joined Miami as the two ACC schools with the biggest nonconference wins of

Open Extended Reactions After a drama-filled Week 2, it’s easy to say that a few of these top-25 teams are happy to put this weekend behind them. Michigan, the reigning national champion, suffered an embarrassing loss at home to a Texas team that looks ready to make a run at its own title, Utah QB

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2024, 01:55 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 Lincoln Riley and USC landed another key defensive piece in the 2025 class Sunday

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 — a first in the 88-year history of the rankings – and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No.