8:52 PM ET Associated Press The Heisman Trophy won by Ricky Wiliams in 1998 at Texas was sold at auction for $504,000, setting a record for college football’s most recognizable award. The winning bid for the trophy in Heritage Auctions’ Fall Sports Memorabilia Collectibles offerings exceeded the previous auction record for a Heisman, set when
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12:24 AM ET Lovie Smith has the look of a man who’s lived a full life. A man doesn’t grow a beard with that many grays unless he’s had some real highs (he coached in a Super Bowl) and lows (with Rex Grossman as his QB). Smith, Illinois‘ coach has seen some things, horrible things,
2:20 PM ET Gerald Hamilton Keeping the best prospects home is always paramount for college programs. On Friday, the No. 2-ranked prospect in the ESPN 300 announced he will be staying in the home state of North Carolina. Five-star defensive end Desmond Evans committed to North Carolina over Florida, South Carolina and Virginia Tech in
2:35 PM ET Adam Bennett A few trends to keep an eye on in Week 8 of the college football season: The No. 10 Georgia Bulldogs are heavy favorites as they host the Kentucky Wildcats. Georgia has covered six straight in this SEC matchup. The No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers travel to Champaign to take on
Oct 11, 2019 The Big Ten could pull off the ultimate redemption. After two straight years of sitting on the College Football Playoff sidelines, it’s now possible that the conference could put two teams into the semifinals. That’s a concept normally associated with the SEC. And indeed, the SEC does have a 40% chance to
9:00 AM ET The most recent time Michigan traveled to Happy Valley to play Penn State, the Wolverines were on the wrong end of a 42-13 defeat that left them with their second loss of the 2017 season. The Nittany Lions’ offense got off to a fast start, and while Saquon Barkley and Trace McSorley
7:15 AM ET Have you made some proper halftime adjustments? Are you ready to roll? We commemorated the first half of college football’s regular season earlier this week, and now it’s time to go out for the second half! To start, let’s talk about the national title race. There are 13 primary title contenders at
3:05 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban was coaching the Miami Dolphins the last time Alabama lost to Tennessee. The current players from both teams were mostly in elementary school. The top-ranked Crimson Tide have won the past 12 meetings in this traditional Third Saturday in October rivalry, mostly by large margins.
10:52 AM ET Ohio State will be without its third-leading tackler and possibly its starting left tackle Friday at Northwestern. Junior linebacker Baron Browning is listed as out for the game on Ohio State’s weekly status report. Browning has 23 tackles, including five for loss and 2.5 sacks. He has made one start for the
10:00 AM ET BOISE, Idaho — Boise State athletic director Curt Apsey is a realist. He knows when the first batch of College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled in 2½ weeks, it probably won’t matter if the Broncos (6-0), the highest-ranked Group of 5 team in the country, are still undefeated. At least not as