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Breakout players from the top 25 teams to watch in 2024
This week, our writers picked potential breakout stars from each of those top 25 teams to watch for this upcoming season. With former starting inside linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson transferring to Kentucky, the Bulldogs are looking for someone to start next to Smael Mondon Jr. in the middle of their defense. After a knee injury that […]
Continue readingUpdated 2024 Way-Too-Early college football Top 25 rankings
In the 36 days since then, Alabama coach Nick Saban retired, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL and Ohio State hired two offensive coordinators, the second one a sitting power conference coach. Saban’s surprising announcement Jan. 10 precipitated eight coaching moves that led to five FBS schools — Washington, Arizona, South Alabama, Buffalo […]
Continue readingPhil Mafah’s record day lifts Clemson to wild Gator Bowl win
More Teams. More Games. Phil Mafah scores the short touchdown to put Clemson on top in the Gator Bowl. (0:27) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clemson finished the Gator Bowl on Friday just like it did the season: with a flourish. Phil Mafah ran for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder with 17 seconds to play, and the […]
Continue readingThe uncomfortable purgatory that is Clemson football in 2023
More Teams. More Games. Clemson’s new kicker Jonathan Weitz is unable to give the lead as his late field goal misses. (0:47) CLEMSON, S.C. — Cade Klubnik was battered and defeated, his pants splattered with blood stains, his arms covered in cuts and scrapes and scratches. He’d been hit — hard and repeatedly — by […]
Continue readingPreviewing ACC media days: Five questions for the 2023 season
With media days wrapping up this week, it’s time to turn our attention to the ACC. The ACC media days will begin Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, with much to discuss. Florida State has a level of preseason hype it hasn’t seen in nearly a decade, while Clemson is breaking in a new — but […]
Continue readingTop Heisman Trophy contenders for 2023 college football season
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 still has multiple seasons to […]
Continue readingFantasy football insight from NFL reporters: Assessing lower-tier WRs and insurance RBs
Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy football analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare “backfield by committee” that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Every Tuesday this preseason, Mike Triplett asked our NFL Nation reporters a series of questions about the week’s biggest stories to help with your […]
Continue readingCollege football rankings: Updated Way-Too-Early Top 25
For most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the next couple of weeks. But the transfer portal, into which more than 3,600 FBS players have entered this year already, never stops churning. Coaches around the country will look to address weaknesses (and, sadly, recruiting […]
Continue readingNFL Week 1 game picks, schedule guide, fantasy football tips, odds, injuries and more
The Week 1 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course, final score picks. Additionally, ESPN […]
Continue reading2021 NFL roster cuts tracker: Who’s in and who’s out for all 32 teams
Teams in the NFL are required to cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Cuts come earlier this season as teams had three preseason games — not four — to accommodate the 17-game regular season schedule. The biggest names let go are New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton and New […]
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