9:00 AM ET While the FBS’ national title race now takes a couple of weeks off to prep, the FCS title race is in full swing. Over the last two weeks, the field has been whittled from 24 to 16 to eight, and the quarterfinals kick off on Friday night on the ESPN family of
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3:35 PM ET While much of the focus on Dec. 28 will be on the College Football Playoff semifinals that night, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (noon ET on ESPN and the ESPN App) will give us quite an appetizer with No. 10 Penn State and No. 17 Memphis. This will be the third New
6:57 PM ET Appalachian State is promoting interim head coach Shawn Clark to head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Clark, who had been the Mountaineers offensive line coach the last four seasons, replaces Eliah Drinkwitz, who was named Missouri’s coach earlier this week. Drinkwitz guided Appalachian State to a 12-1 record and the Sun Belt
5:59 PM ET Notre Dame Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Chip Long and the school have parted ways, a source told ESPN. Long will not coach for the Fighting Irish in the Camping World Bowl against Iowa State on Dec. 28. He spent the past three seasons as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach.
4:31 PM ET Colorado State has hired former Boston College and Temple coach Steve Addazio as its new head coach, the school announced Wednesday. “I would like to thank president Joyce McConnell and director of athletics Joe Parker for the opportunity to lead this football program,” Addazio said in a statement. “Colorado State University is
4:09 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Florida Atlantic has hired Willie Taggart as its next coach, with the sides finalizing a
4:09 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Florida Atlantic is finalizing an agreement to hire Willie Taggart as its next coach, sources
2:57 PM ET New Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has zeroed in on UCF’s Jeff Lebby to be his offensive coordinator and hopes to finalize a deal to bring Lebby with him to Oxford, sources told ESPN. Lebby has been an integral part of the Knights’ offensive success. They’ve averaged at least 43 points per
7:03 AM ET On June 17, 1994, as O.J. Simpson’s infamous low-speed Ford Bronco chase captivated the country, crowds began to gather along the highways of Los Angeles and seemingly every locale around the city associated with the Simpson. At USC’s Heritage Hall, Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived and requested that Simpson’s 1968 Heisman
12:02 PM ET The UNLV Rebels are expected to hire Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo as their head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. An official announcement could come later Wednesday. Arroyo, 39, will become a head coach for the first time after spending the past three seasons at Oregon, where he worked