3:24 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. and quarterback Bryce Young, rated by ESPN’s Todd McShay as the top two prospects in the 2023 NFL draft, both plan to play in the Crimson Tide’s bowl game. Coach Nick Saban told ESPN he doesn’t expect the Tide to have any opt-outs for the game.
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5:52 PM ET An effort to legally recognize college football and basketball players at the University of Southern California as employees of their school, their conference and the NCAA took a significant step forward Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board has directed its Los Angeles regional office to pursue charges of unfair labor practices against
12:06 PM ET Drew Brees will help with the coaching transition at Purdue, serving as an assistant coach for the Boilermakers as they prepare for and play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against No. 17 LSU on Jan. 2 in Orlando. “I think this is an opportunity to play against one of the best programs
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The most magical time of the year is finally here. It’s bowl season. The 2022 season of bowls, featuring 43 games, kicks off Friday with Miami (Ohio) facing UAB in the Home Lenders Bahamas Bowl on Friday and lasts all the way to Jan. 9 when college football will claim
8:25 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN WESTWOOD, Calif. — UCLA is officially heading to the Big Ten after receiving approval from the University of California regents Wednesday, but the approval comes with stipulations. More than five months after the Bruins, alongside USC, announced their shocking intention to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024,
4:44 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Mississippi State has agreed to terms to promote defensive coordinator Zach Arnett to head coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. He will replace Mike Leach, who died Monday night. Arnett agreed to a four-year deal that has yet to be signed but is expected to be formalized in the upcoming
12:33 PM ET Before we knew Mike Leach was a first-ballot hall of fame interview, before the sideline dissertations about marriage or candy or anything in the world, really, there was Mike Leach, the football genius. Leach, who died Monday night at 61, likely would scoff at that notion, that anyone needed to be a
10:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018. Few rivalries in sports fuel as much hostility and pressure to win like college football’s annual Red River Showdown between Oklahoma and Texas. And through the years, those monumental stakes have led to some serious skullduggery. The most notable example came in 1972,
9:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Perhaps the highest compliment about the most improbable college coaching career of this generation is that as time marches on, and new eras of homogenized football coaches emerge, explaining the Mike Leach coaching experience will sound like fiction. A former rugby player with no college football playing experience? A Pepperdine
Dec 13, 2022 It wasn’t just any year in college football. We’re going to have a College Football Playoff for the first time that doesn’t include Alabama or Clemson and one that does include TCU. There are similar surprises on ESPN’s 2022 All-America team. Some of the players on everybody’s radar when the season began
5:36 PM ET ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo told ESPN on Monday he was sitting by himself at his locker following the Midshipmen’s 20-17 double-overtime loss to rival Army in Philadelphia on Saturday when athletic director Chet Gladchuk walked in and fired him. “First of all, we just got kicked in the
11:57 AM ET Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach remains hospitalized and in critical condition, the university said in a statement Monday morning. Leach suffered what was called Sunday a “personal health issue” that occurred at home. According to a report by the Clarion Ledger, Leach had a massive heart attack. Leach, who is in
12:16 PM ET Associated Press Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was one of three Southern California players selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Monday. Offensive lineman Andrew Vorhees and defensive end Tuli Tuipulotu joined their quarterback to give USC more players on the first team than any other school. Williams, named last week
5:14 PM ET Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a “personal health issue” at home earlier in the day, the university said in a news release. Leach, according to the release, was transported by ambulance to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after having the issue at home.
8:41 PM ET New Auburn coach Hugh Freeze has found his playcallers, as the school is set to hire Philip Montgomery as offensive coordinator and Ron Roberts as defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Montgomery served as Tulsa’s head coach for the past eight seasons before being fired Nov. 27. He previously served as offensive
8:00 PM ET ESPN staff The 2022 Heisman Trophy ceremony has come and gone, and college football’s top honor went to a player who now will have a chance to become just the second player to win the award twice, joining Ohio State’s Archie Griffin (1974 and ’75). USC’s Caleb Williams won the award but
7:24 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Navy running back Anton Hall Jr. collapsed to the ground and buried his face in his hands. West Point cadets spilled from the stands onto the field and joined Army players who ripped off their helmets and ran around in celebration. Hall’s push toward the end zone in
7:30 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Fourteen months ago, USC quarterback Caleb Williams was a freshman backup at Oklahoma entering the Red River Rivalry game against Texas hoping to give the Sooners a spark. Now, the 20-year-old is a Heisman Trophy winner. On Saturday in New York, Williams — much like he did on the field