Dec 5, 2019 CLEMSON, S.C. — Back in high school, Isaiah Simmons would glide out to the long jump runway to a chorus of audible gasps. He was tall, with a racing singlet stretched across his lean frame, and he dwarfed his competition. The other parents used to call him “LeBron,” a man-child whose body,
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2:09 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the fourth time in six years, the Pac-12 will not send a team to the College Football Playoff. The continued absence has limited the conference’s national visibility and damaged its perception, but Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said his program would not make any scheduling concessions in order
11:18 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mike Norvell, who in four seasons has taken Memphis‘ football program to
11:02 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Lane Kiffin is the leading candidate to become the next head coach
11:02 PM ET Lane Kiffin is zeroing in on a return to the SEC. Sources told ESPN that Ole Miss is finalizing a deal with Kiffin, currently in his third year at Florida Atlantic, to be the Rebels’ next head coach. They hope to announce Kiffin as early as Saturday. The former Tennessee head coach
7:11 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas — Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens, who is also the chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, is here at the Gaylord Texan Resort, not the Pac-12 championship game, where his two-loss Ducks have a chance to win the league — and simultaneously eliminate it from the CFP with
4:50 PM ET Penn State coach James Franklin has finalized a new six-year contract with the school. Franklin’s new agreement runs through the 2025 season. The compensation committee of Penn State’s board of trustees approved the agreement Friday. Franklin is 55-23 in six seasons at Penn State, guiding the Nittany Lions to the 2016 Big
4:37 PM ET Howard University head football coach Ron Prince resigned on Friday. Prince had been placed on leave in November amid allegations of verbal abuse and intimidation of players as the school investigated the matter. “Coach Ron Prince has resigned as Head Coach of Howard’s football program, effective immediately,” Howard Athletics Director Kery Davis
4:11 PM ET Star Florida cornerback CJ Henderson announced Friday that he will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Henderson also said he will not participate in the Gators’ bowl game. “I am excited to be one step closer to turning my lifelong dream into a reality,” he wrote on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/MyndVhE22G
1:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Students from Harvard and Yale universities, along with others who staged a climate change protest on the field during last month’s football game between the Ivy League schools, were sentenced Friday to perform community service. Judge Philip Scarpellino of New Haven Superior Court in Connecticut ordered