3:50 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Two of college football’s preeminent bowl games will not allow fans to attend when they kick off early next year. The Rose Bowl, one of the College Football Playoff semifinal games, and Fiesta Bowl made their announcements Thursday. The Tournament of Roses said it requested special permission for a
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2:26 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 4 Ohio State will be “a little short-handed” because of a COVID-19 outbreak but continues to practice ahead of its scheduled game at Michigan State, coach Ryan Day said Thursday. So far, so good, this week for Ohio State, which voluntarily canceled its game at Illinois last week
2:14 PM ET A commission of higher education administrators recommended Thursday that the Football Bowl Subdivision should be split from the NCAA and form its own system of governance. The Knight Commission, a reform-minded independent group of university presidents, former athletic directors and others, spent the past year studying the current state of college sports
1:05 PM ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday called Lou Holtz “one of the greatest coaches in American history” as he honored the college football Hall of Famer and political ally with the nation’s highest civilian honor. Holtz, whose 34-year coaching career included the 1988 national title at the University of Notre Dame,
12:29 PM ET Associated Press A man has been charged in the killing of former Indiana football player and businessman Chris Beaty in downtown Indianapolis in May during unrest following the death of George Floyd, prosecutors said Thursday. Marcus Anderson has been charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and pointing a firearm for his suspected
9:36 AM ET UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton entered the transfer portal on Thursday, ending a five-year career with the Knights in hopes of one final opportunity to earn a starting job. Milton has not played in two years, after dislocating his right knee and suffering ligament, nerve and artery damage in a game in November
9:20 AM ET An agreement has been reached for BYU to replace Liberty as Coastal Carolina opponent this Saturday after COVID-19 issues prevented the Flames from playing in the game, sources told ESPN. Liberty (9-1) had several players and staff members to test positive or be quarantined this week because of COVID-19, including star quarterback
5:35 AM ET I began covering college football in 1987. Nick Saban wouldn’t be a head coach for another three years. Mack Brown had 11 career victories. The first story I wrote about the lack of racial diversity among major college football head coaches ran in 1992. The number of Black head coaches in major
8:28 AM ET In the last 40 seasons, no defending national champion has been as big of an underdog as LSU is this week against top-ranked Alabama. LSU is a consensus 29.5-point home underdog to the Crimson Tide. The line had grown to -30 at William Hill sportsbooks in Mississippi. Auburn, in 2011, is the
8:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. It has been just 11 months since LSU topped Clemson 42-25 in the College Football Playoff national championship game, completing what might have been the best season by a team