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Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 02:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A proposed rule change intended to discourage players from faking injuries that prompt unwarranted timeouts will be considered when the NCAA Football Rules Committee meets this month. Feigning injuries, sometimes at the coach’s instruction, has become a tactic defenses use to slow down tempo

Open Extended Reactions After leading Ohio State to the national title, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day has agreed to a new contract that is set to make him the country’s second-highest-paid head coach. Ohio State announced in a statement Thursday morning that Day and the school have agreed to a new seven-year deal. The school said

ESPN News Services Feb 5, 2025, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Deion Sanders stayed at Colorado after the Dallas Cowboys showed interest in him for their head coaching vacancy early last month. But the pro game is, well, too “Prime Time” even for Sanders these days, he said on his TV talk show, “We

Adam RittenbergFeb 5, 2025, 05:41 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State is set to promote Brian Hartline as its primary offensive coordinator, replacing Chip Kelly, and will have him handle playcalling, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Hartline, a former Ohio State

Eli LedermanFeb 5, 2025, 09:23 AM 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 Five-star offensive tackle Ty Haywood — the top remaining uncommitted prospect in the 2025 class — signed

Adam RittenbergFeb 4, 2025, 04:53 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Maryland has hired Pep Hamilton, a veteran offensive coach at both the college and NFL levels, to be its new offensive coordinator. Hamilton returns to the sideline for the first time since 2022,

Jake TrotterFeb 4, 2025, 01:39 PM 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 Jim Knowles said that growing up in Philadelphia he “dreamed” of being at

Eli LedermanFeb 4, 2025, 07:03 AM 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 North Carolina’s Providence Day School is used to seeing the biggest names in college football roam its

Dave WilsonFeb 3, 2025, 04:49 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. Tim Campbell, a star pass-rusher who was an All-Southwest Conference defensive lineman for the Texas Longhorns from 1975-79, died on Sunday of cancer in his

Adam RittenbergFeb 3, 2025, 01:48 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring University of Washington offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll as their offensive line coach, reuniting him with his father and new Raiders coach Pete Carroll. Washington head coach Jedd

Chris LowFeb 3, 2025, 09:10 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions The team that won the 2024 national championship, Ohio State, is atop ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for the 2025 season. Not surprisingly, our 2025 Way-Too-Early All-America team is dotted with players

Adam RittenbergFeb 2, 2025, 07:00 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Alabama is set to hire Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator, reuniting him with Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer, sources told ESPN. Grubb served as offensive coordinator under DeBoer at Washington in 2022 and

Associated Press Feb 1, 2025, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska spring game, one of the best-attended in college football and a major revenue producer, likely won’t be held going forward because of coach Matt Rhule’s concern about other teams poaching his players. “The word ‘tampering’ doesn’t exist anymore,” Rhule

Feb 1, 2025, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TCU receiver Jack Bech was selected MVP of the Senior Bowl on Saturday, catching the winning touchdown pass a month after his brother died in the deadly pickup truck attack in New Orleans. On fourth-and-goal late in the final quarter, Bech caught a 2-yard touchdown pass

Eli LedermanFeb 1, 2025, 03:17 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 Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables will handle defensive play-calling responsibilities for the Sooners in 2025, he announced

Open Extended Reactions Arch Manning is looking to do something neither of his famous uncles ever did: win a Heisman Trophy. The Texas quarterback has opened as the favorite to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy at ESPN BET, sitting atop the oddsboard at +750. A rising redshirt sophomore, Manning was the top recruit of the

Dan MurphyJan 31, 2025, 02:41 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions Friday’s deadline for filing objections to the nearly $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement yielded more than a dozen legal challenges attacking the landmark deal. Four antitrust experts told ESPN

Adam RittenbergJan 31, 2025, 04:04 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy’s revised contract with the school, approved Friday, includes a reduced salary and buyout, as well as provisions that require him to be more involved in fundraising and possibly