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7:00 AM ET Nevada football coach Jay Norvell has been around big-time NFL draft quarterback prospects from big-time schools. As assistant offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, Norvell saw Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford win the Heisman Trophy in 2008 and become the No. 1 overall pick of the 2010 draft. As a first-year Indianapolis Colts assistant in

5:36 PM ET The BYU athletic department helped broker opportunities for every walk-on member of the football team to sign endorsement deals with a sponsor that would cover the cost of their tuition for at least one year. The arrangement — which is possible due to recent NCAA rule changes that allow college athletes to

6:15 AM ET IN NORMAL TIMES, Tony Grimes exudes a boisterous, outgoing personality. His dad, Deon Glover, operates a fleet of ferry boats that shuttle passengers between Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, and Grimes and his twin brother, Tino, grew up working customer service, taking tickets and chatting up customers. Grimes’ dad knows everyone, and by

6:21 AM ET The process for my annual preview series is pretty straightforward: set some early projections in February (check), embark on a conference-by-conference preview series (check), then update the projections in August to account for roster movement. With the preview series officially in the books, it’s time for step three. SP+ is my opponent-

12:45 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award;

9:00 AM ET Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has partnered with Dr. Pepper and will appear in its popular “Fansville” ad campaign throughout the college football season, the company announced Wednesday. Uiagalelei will be the only active collegiate player featured in the “Fansville” commercials, which chronicle the lives of rival fans in a fictional college football

7:30 AM ET With a new college football season approaching, we will see new faces step into starting roles and new players make a name for themselves for their respective teams. The transfer portal has added a whole new element to the list of new players who could impact a team’s production, as some high-end

1:23 PM ET Associated Press VALPARAISO, Ind. — Valparaiso University announced Tuesday that it has adopted the Beacons as its new team name, replacing the Crusaders, a term school officials dropped this year after saying it had been embraced by hate groups. The university’s President José D. Padilla said the private Lutheran school’s new nickname

5:53 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia Union freshman football player has died after collapsing during football practice over the weekend. He was 19. Quandarius Wilburn’s death was announced by the Division II university. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive end collapsed Sunday during a conditioning session, according to a letter the university’s president

Jul 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Strike up the band. College football is right around the corner! Here’s a look at the odds, win totals and early lines in each of the Power 5 conferences from Caesars Sportsbook. SEC West Auburn TigersNational title: 100-1SEC: 20-1Win total: 7 Alabama Crimson TideNational title:

5:04 PM ET Kent State coach Sean Lewis has agreed to a contract extension through the 2025 season, the school announced Monday. Lewis, who became the youngest FBS head coach at 31 when Kent State hired him in December 2017, has guided the Golden Flashes to consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1976

6:00 AM ET Georgia is the inspiration for the underachiever tiers. The last 40 years in college football have featured some surprising droughts, including extended lulls without conference championships for former powers Tennessee (1998), Nebraska (1999), Miami (2003) and Michigan (2004), and well-positioned programs such as Texas A&M (1998) and UCLA (1998). But I keep

7:30 AM ET College football is two things at once. At the top, it is as stolid and inflexible as it has been since the 1970s. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma have each finished in the AP top 10 for at least six straight years (Bama is at 13 straight) and have hogged 20

6:26 PM ET Georgia special teams coordinator Scott Cochran is stepping away from the program because of health issues, coach Kirby Smart said Sunday. Former Florida and South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, a senior defensive analyst with Georgia, will step in during Cochran’s absence, a source told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. “Coach Cochran is currently

1:40 PM ET On Nov. 30, 1986, Florida’s Ricky Nattiel beat broken coverage from a talented but young Florida State secondary and caught an 18-yard fourth-quarter touchdown. In a driving rainstorm, the Gators won their sixth straight game over Bobby Bowden’s Seminoles. It left a famously talkative coach without answers. “I thought maybe 8-3 would

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