More Teams. More Games. Emmanuel Acho and Dusty Dvoracek agree that Jalen Hurts is fully capable of leading Oklahoma’s offense this year. (1:32) Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley on Monday officially named senior transfer Jalen Hurts as the team’s starting quarterback for its season opener. Hurts, who spent the first three years of his career at […]
Continue readingWisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai broke his throwing hand against Iowa this weekend and had surgery Sunday, a source told ESPN. Mordecai had a pin put in his hand, per a source, and he’s expected to be out for the immediate future. A specific timetable on his return is unknown. Mordecai, a senior transfer from SMU, […]
Continue readingBut although these cases are less unusual than they once were, the players’ experiences and stories are unique as they navigate a path very different from that of the typical college student. They are stories of new beginnings and fresh starts, of perseverance, dedication and overcoming obstacles, of pursuing dreams and of not letting go […]
Continue readingCoach Deion Sanders said his Colorado Buffaloes were coming in 2023, and now they’ve arrived in our Power Rankings. The Buffaloes’ 45-42 victory in Week 1 at No. 17 TCU, the national runner-up in the 2022 season, made believers out of ESPN’s writers. Colorado, which had only one win last season, went from unranked to […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Bill Connelly breaks down the Big Ten by the numbers, including which teams are most likely to win the conference. (2:24) The Big Ten essentially has come down to Michigan and Ohio State the past few years, and 2023 may well be more of the same. That said, there’s plenty of […]
Continue readingAccording to Longo, Leach was delighted his Air Raid offense — the transcendent scheme he helped launch decades earlier — would finally reach the Big Ten after impacting every other major conference. Longo has used the offense while hopscotching the college ranks, most recently as a coordinator at Ole Miss and North Carolina. He has […]
Continue readingJust when it looked like college football was settling down for the final season of a four-team playoff, conference realignment shook up the sport once again. UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024, along with Oregon and Washington. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah are jumping to the Big […]
Continue readingThe first college football Power Rankings are here and who else but the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme. Michigan and Ohio State are battling it out for second with the Wolverines narrowly edging the Buckeyes for the No. 2 spot. The rest of the top 10 is filled with fellow blue bloods […]
Continue readingGeorgia begins the 2023 college football season in the same place it finished the last two — atop the AP Top 25 poll. The two-time defending champ Bulldogs were a runaway pick for the top spot in the preseason poll. While the Bulldogs will be breaking in a new quarterback, there aren’t a lot of […]
Continue readingPower 5 media days will officially wrap up with the Big Ten on Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. With the entries of UCLA and USC still a year away, the focus will be on the conference’s historic blue bloods: How will Ohio State look with a new starting quarterback? Can Michigan, […]
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