Jeremy Willis, ESPN.comNov 29, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thanksgiving in 2011, we thought we saw the end of the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry. When Texas senior, and future NFL great, Justin Tucker nailed a 40-yard, winning field goal, it gave the Longhorns a 27-25 win over their hated rivals and closed
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 28, 2024, 02:09 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith said Thursday he had a preliminary conversation with North Carolina about their head coach vacancy following the
Nov 27, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What’s on the line in Week 14? Well, it’s Rivalry Week and the final week of the regular season, so tensions are sure to be high with conference championships just right around the corner. No. 3 Texas takes on No. 20 Texas A&M in a conference
Associated Press Nov 27, 2024, 07:24 PM ET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. remains hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the school said hours after announcing that he had died. The athletic department sent out a retraction Wednesday on the status of Burnett, who was injured in
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 26, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions North Carolina announced Tuesday that Mack Brown will not return next season, one day after the Hall of Fame coach declared his intentions to return to the Tar Heels.
Open Extended Reactions Winning a rivalry game can cement a legacy. These games can also create legends. What happens during a college football rivalry lives on as some of the most iconic moments in the sport. Sometimes it’s a backup QB who must save the day. Sometimes it’s an unheralded player who saves his biggest
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterNov 26, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions What’s the value of a win? This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s something the committee should be asking on a weekly basis. We tend to discuss win-loss records
Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 26, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions The top four stayed the same for the third week in a row in the fourth installment of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, but a
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterNov 26, 2024, 07:23 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions COL. JAY BREWER is the epitome of an Aggie. His dad played for Texas A&M’s 1939 national championship team.
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 26, 2024, 08:06 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young, who hasn’t played for the Bulldogs since his arrest Oct. 8 on misdemeanor charges of battery and assault on an unborn child,
Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 25, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Alabama star linebacker Deontae Lawson is out for the remainder of the year with a significant lower leg injury, Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer confirmed Monday. Lawson is Alabama’s second-leading tackler and considered
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 25, 2024, 02:16 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Georgia running back Trevor Etienne might be sidelined for a couple of more weeks with a rib injury, but the No. 10 Bulldogs’ thin
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 24, 2024, 12:41 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions A wild day in the SEC produced only one postseason guarantee: Georgia is headed back to the conference championship game for a fourth consecutive season. The league confirmed Georgia’s spot
Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 24, 2024, 01:42 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 Wisconsin secured a commitment from the nation’s top uncommitted quarterback prospect Sunday afternoon with
Associated Press Nov 24, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama and Ole Miss tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterNov 24, 2024, 12:55 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Somewhere, Greg Sankey is asking ChatGPT to write an argument in favor of the SEC still gobbling up every vacant playoff spot despite Saturday’s results, and a bunch
Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterNov 23, 2024, 05:39 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 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Indiana coach Curt Cignetti didn’t think he
Associated Press Nov 23, 2024, 01:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Another week, another record for Miami quarterback Cam Ward. The Heisman Trophy contender — who already holds the Hurricanes’ single-season record for touchdown passes and is on pace to break the school mark for completion percentage — passed Bernie Kosar