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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 04:26 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz told reporters Friday he is still gathering information and learning about the involvement of his players in the gambling investigations currently ongoing by the NCAA and the state of

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Florida coach Billy Napier announced Friday that Wisconsin transfer Graham Mertz has won the starting quarterback job. Mertz was competing with Jack Miller throughout the spring and early part of preseason camp,

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 07:03 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan College football coaches all over the country retooled, or outright overhauled, their rosters since last season. Using the transfer portal and high school recruiting, they hoped to add players who would push their

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 07:57 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. The International Football Alliance, a new spring professional league with three teams in the United States and three in Mexico,

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. TCU coach Sonny Dykes isn’t big on playing the disrespect card or any other chip-on-your-shoulder motivation. If his players want

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Caleb Williams is the best player in college football. He won the Heisman in 2022 by throwing for 4,537 yards and an eye-popping 42-to-5 TD-to-INT ratio. He puts off more Mahomesian vibes than anyone in college

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 09:55 PM ET The ACC presidents met Wednesday night, and the pursuit of Stanford and Cal for conference membership has “hit significant roadblocks,” sources told ESPN. There had always been long odds the schools would join the conference because there wasn’t a significant value add. SMU also had been bandied

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 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 Before we get on with the autumn win-loss business that is actual college football, let’s pause for a moment — no, make that a dozen

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. This summer’s college football blockbuster movie has been a disaster flick. Major football in the West, as we’ve come to define it over the past 100 years, will cease to exist in 2024, with the Pac-12

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 11:44 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. STANFORD, Calif. — As Stanford grapples with the crumbling Pac-12 Conference, first-year football coach Troy Taylor said the school intends to remain at the Power 5 level. “I think the players that committed

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said “there’s a little tinge of sadness – probably more than just a little tinge,” to see the Pac-12 on the verge of collapse after more than 100 years

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Trent Dilfer stands in his office doorway in late July, a cheerful grin and a firm handshake obscuring the faint redness in the corners of his eyes. College football’s most

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 7, 2023, 09:23 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Washington State president Kirk Schulz, in a letter to “Cougar Nation” on Monday, said the recent decisions by Washington and Oregon to join the Big Ten “sealed the fate of the Pac-12,” noting

Associated Press Aug 7, 2023, 08:32 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has dismissed linebacker Juwan Mitchell from the team. The school did not disclose the reason for Mitchell’s dismissal. “Juwan Mitchell is no longer with the team,” Dillingham said after practice Monday. “Culture wins. It is very, very simple, culture

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Retaining the No. 1 spot in college football is normally a great thing. Not in these rankings. And not for Texas A&M. No team ever wants to be No. 1 in college football’s

ESPN News Services Aug 7, 2023, 12:04 AM ET Kevin Steele has been coaching for nearly a decade longer than Tommy Rees has been alive. Now Steele is embarking on his second stint as Alabama’s defensive coordinator and the 31-year-old Rees is approaching his first season as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator. They’re at very

Andrea Adelson Close Andrea Adelson ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David Hale Close David Hale ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Aug 6, 2023, 09:00 AM ET As Florida State president Richard McCullough began his remarks

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. It was always a marriage of geographic convenience out West. In the late 1950s, the Pacific Coast Conference disbanded because of a number of feuds and scandals among its members. Five of them (Cal, Stanford, UCLA,