Jul 29, 2022 Texas A&M wide receiver Ainias Smith will no longer face DWI and weapons charges stemming from a July arrest after the Brazos County attorney refused to prosecute them. Smith’s suspension has been lifted, and he has resumed team activities, the Aggies said. Smith, 21, was booked on July 20 in the Brazos
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Jul 29, 2022 LOS ANGELES — After weeks of speculation about the future of the Pac-12 in the wake of decisions from USC and UCLA to leave for the Big Ten, conference commissioner George Kliavkoff hit back at the assertion the league is on unstable ground. “We are bullish about the Pac-12’s future and our
6:13 PM ET Blake BaumgartnerESPN Staff Writer Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Aidan Mizell, a four-star wide receiver from Boone High School (Orlando, Florida), committed to the Florida Gators on July 29 — and he did it with a little flair. 1 Related Mizell, No. 93 in the 2023 ESPN 300, brought two
7:08 PM ET Richard Young, the top-ranked running back in the country, committed to Alabama on Friday. Young (Lehigh Senior High School, Lehigh Acres, Florida) is ranked No. 14 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300. “To be the best, you gotta practice and compete against the best,” he told ESPN. 2 Related The 5-foot-11, 195-pound
2:34 PM ET UCLA will receive about $67.5 million from Under Armour as part of a settlement to resolve the school’s lawsuit against the apparel company for terminating a record apparel sponsorship deal, according to a document obtained by ESPN. On May 26, the two sides agreed to the settlement, which required Under Armour to
Jul 29, 2022 With 213 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few college football recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. We recently highlighted some of the teams that
7:00 AM ET Georgia’s 2021 national title was obviously a victory for Bulldog fans around the country, but it was also a victory for fans of defense. The prior two national champions in college football — LSU in 2019, Alabama in 2020 — won primarily because of nearly perfect offensive systems. Both ranked first in
3:20 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No program has come closer to breaking through to the College Football Playoff without actually crashing into the field than Penn State, which managed to win the Big Ten and still get shut out back in 2016. The Nittany Lions have emerged as a curious dichotomy
8:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Warren insists his confidence has always been there, never shaken but often stirred by the challenges and obstacles he faced during a bumpy transition as Big Ten commissioner. From an end zone suite at Lucas Oil Stadium, he looked out toward the field late Tuesday afternoon, as the first
4:25 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — After agreeing to a 10-year contract in November, Penn State coach James Franklin thinks the university is positioned to compete for championships. Franklin praised the hiring of athletic director Pat Kraft, a former football player at Indiana, and university president Neeli Bendapudi from Louisville. He noted that Penn State had
3:33 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Despite an 11-2 record last season and a win in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State players were not satisfied with the outcome. A loss to Michigan and missing out on the College Football Playoff caused the players to take accountability into their own hands this offseason. “I feel like we
8:00 AM ET When Jim Knowles entered the Shoe for Ohio State’s spring game in April, he was greeted by 60,000 fans. Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire Before Ohio State‘s spring football game in mid-April, first-year defensive coordinator Jim Knowles took a walk around the field to soak in the atmosphere of his first time inside Ohio Stadium.
7:00 AM ET Las Vegas-based sportsbook Circa Sports is responsible for some of the first college football lines to hit the market each week during the season. Circa’s point spreads and totals, which are bet into by professional bettors and often influence the rest, typically hit the board Sunday mornings. The action that ensues often
7:00 AM ET College football schedules as we’ve come to know them are about to change forever, potentially multiple times over the next few years. Who knows how many conferences we’ll have, what those conferences will look like and who will play whom after all the jockeying and realignment ends — if it ever does?
7:15 AM ET In each of the previous four college football recruiting cycles, Alabama and Georgia finished among the top three classes, and while neither is currently within that group, both are moving toward it. The Bulldogs sit on the cusp of crashing the top three again after multiple ESPN 300 commitments, led by two
1:06 AM ET Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, who last week spoke at a pro-life fundraising event in Michigan, said this past weekend that “we’ll raise that baby” should someone in his family or program be involved with an unplanned pregnancy. “Let’s discuss it,” Harbaugh told ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski as part of a wide-ranging interview
6:30 AM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall In
7:00 AM ET There are two ways to look at college football’s on-field power structure heading into the 2022 season: 1. Three familiar teams lord far over the rest of the pack. Right now, Caesars Sportsbook is taking bets on an “Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia vs. the field” national title prop, and the betting