11:33 AM ET American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco denied that his conference and ESPN had “strategically aligned or plotted to influence conference structures,” adding any suggestion otherwise was “a completely unfounded and grossly irresponsible accusation.” Last week, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby suggested ESPN and an unnamed conference had gone after several remaining Big
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8:30 AM ET If the NCAA office in Indianapolis were to put out one of those “How It Started; How It’s Going” posts on Instagram, it would be pretty revealing of where we are. My sense is, taking things to the extreme to make a point, the left side of the post would look like
7:15 AM ET Now that August is here, we are only five months away from college football’s early signing period in December. For the glass-half-full person, there are still 97 ESPN 300 recruits who are uncommitted. For the glass-half-empty person, 203 of the top 300 prospects are off the board and committed. Either way, there
7:45 PM ET ESPN staff The college football season will look plenty different in 2021. The college football power rankings? Not quite as much. Despite new quarterbacks at Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State, those three perennial powers find themselves in the top five. They are joined by Oklahoma and Georgia, which both return quarterbacks in
2:52 PM ET Associated Press BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Ohio Valley Conference has sued Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State, contending they have not paid $1 million exit fees after both schools left the league this year for the Atlantic Sun Conference. Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State joined the ASUN on July 1 after announcing their
1:42 PM ET Bob Bowlsby and George Kliavkoff, the commissioners of the Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences, are meeting Tuesday to discuss the viability of a strategic partnership between the conferences, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The meeting, which was first reported by The Athletic, does not signify an expectation for an official partnership to
7:00 AM ET In the 2008 SEC Championship game, Florida scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns — one on a short Jeff Demps run, the other on a pass from Tim Tebow to Riley Cooper — to ice a 31-20 win over Nick Saban’s upstart Alabama and clinch a spot in the BCS Championship game. It was
7:30 AM ET ESPN staff From the Miami Hurricanes entering through smoke to Traveler, the live horse mascot of the USC Trojans, galloping the sidelines in Los Angeles, college football provides its fans with an experience that is completely its own. Each campus, stadium and fan base has something different to offer to the average
10:47 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 Conference could see the value of its television deal cut in half once Texas and Oklahoma bolt for the Southeastern Conference, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday at a hearing of Texas lawmakers. A committee of Texas senators heard testimony from university leaders
6:45 PM ET Quarterback prospect Quinn Ewers announced Monday that he is skipping his senior season of high school and will enroll at Ohio State, making him eligible this season. A main factor in his decision to leave school early was the fact that Texas prohibits high school athletes from profiting off of their name,