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7:30 AM ET Longtime Florida State booster David Mobley, an accountant in Atlanta, remembers telling Bobby Bowden that he had picked up one of the legendary coach’s former players, Tom Pridemore, as a client. “Tommy Pridemore’s momma made the best rabbit and biscuits I’ve ever had,” Bowden told Mobley. Pridemore, now 65, had played safety

4:51 PM ET Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross has been medically cleared to play this season, coach Dabo Swinney said Friday. Despite that clearance, Ross must wait on his return to full-contact practice a little bit longer as he sits out the next week due to COVID-19 protocols. Ross has been out since March 2020

4:36 PM ET UL-Monroe coach Terry Bowden has left the team to be with his father, Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden, who has end-stage pancreatic cancer. The team confirmed Terry Bowden traveled Thursday to Tallahassee, Florida. Offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez, the former head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, is leading the team

3:38 PM ET Oklahoma added an ESPN Junior 300 commitment to its 2023 class on Friday when tight end Luke Hasz chose to the Sooners. Hasz had a top list that included Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and TCU. He’s the No. 54 ranked recruit in the 2023 class and the

2:46 PM ET Texas A&M defensive lineman McKinnley Jackson has been suspended by the team after he was arrested Thursday on two drug charges, including possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony. Jackson also was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana under 2 ounces. He was released from the Brazos County

6:00 AM ET The tricky part when comparing two college football coaching jobs is to avoid familiar pairings. The objective is to truly evaluate jobs that belong on the same tier. For example, Ohio State and Michigan are reflexively grouped because of their storied rivalry, on-field history and, among other things, great coaches such as

6:15 AM ET College football’s transfer portal received a lot of attention from coaches building and adding to their rosters this offseason. It’s not the transfer market of old with players who might not make an immediate impact or any impact at all. Nowadays, more high-end athletes are entering the portal, some of whom are

6:06 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators will spend at least part of their training camp in a hotel as coach Dan Mullen searches for ways to avoid another COVID-19 outbreak within the program. The Gators begin three weeks of fall practice Friday, with Mullen understanding much more about the coronavirus

8:00 AM ET ESPN staff From navigating a tricky conference to a complete program overhaul, every new coach has challenges in college football. The hurdles new hires have to face in their maiden season can be seemingly endless in the ever-evolving sport but each job provides its own unique set of obstacles. Between the end

7:22 PM ET Associated Press Unvaccinated college athletes should be tested weekly for COVID-19, wear masks in most situations and be quarantined if exposed to the virus, while vaccinated individuals should not be tested routinely, according to the NCAA’s latest health and safety recommendations released Wednesday. The updated guidance mostly follow CDC recommendations and come

8:30 AM ET If the NCAA office in Indianapolis were to put out one of those “How It Started; How It’s Going” posts on Instagram, it would be pretty revealing of where we are. My sense is, taking things to the extreme to make a point, the left side of the post would look like

7:15 AM ET Now that August is here, we are only five months away from college football’s early signing period in December. For the glass-half-full person, there are still 97 ESPN 300 recruits who are uncommitted. For the glass-half-empty person, 203 of the top 300 prospects are off the board and committed. Either way, there

7:45 PM ET ESPN staff The college football season will look plenty different in 2021. The college football power rankings? Not quite as much. Despite new quarterbacks at Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State, those three perennial powers find themselves in the top five. They are joined by Oklahoma and Georgia, which both return quarterbacks in

2:52 PM ET Associated Press BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Ohio Valley Conference has sued Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State, contending they have not paid $1 million exit fees after both schools left the league this year for the Atlantic Sun Conference. Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State joined the ASUN on July 1 after announcing their

7:30 AM ET ESPN staff From the Miami Hurricanes entering through smoke to Traveler, the live horse mascot of the USC Trojans, galloping the sidelines in Los Angeles, college football provides its fans with an experience that is completely its own. Each campus, stadium and fan base has something different to offer to the average

10:47 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 Conference could see the value of its television deal cut in half once Texas and Oklahoma bolt for the Southeastern Conference, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday at a hearing of Texas lawmakers. A committee of Texas senators heard testimony from university leaders

6:45 PM ET Quarterback prospect Quinn Ewers announced Monday that he is skipping his senior season of high school and will enroll at Ohio State, making him eligible this season. A main factor in his decision to leave school early was the fact that Texas prohibits high school athletes from profiting off of their name,

7:05 AM ET When the 2021 NFL season opens, three starting quarterbacks will be former Oklahoma Sooners. Spencer Rattler is the odds-on favorite to win this year’s Heisman Trophy, which would make him the fifth Sooners quarterback to do so in the past 19 years. Lincoln Riley and his staff just got a commitment from