11:28 AM ET BERKELEY, Calif. — There was a point early in his coaching career when Justin Wilcox might have felt like a trip to play at Autzen Stadium wasn’t just another game. His ties to the place were too strong. It’s where his father, Dave Wilcox, played before a Hall of Fame NFL career.
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8:11 PM ET The Air Force Academy‘s falcon mascot, Aurora, died Wednesday, the school announced. The bird, which made national news last year when she was abducted in a prank, was 23 years old. Aurora was a white phase gyrfalcon, a “falcon species that is extremely rare in the wild,” according to the school’s falconry
7:22 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee linebacker Jeremy Banks has issued an apology through the school after video was released showing him cursing and saying that “where I’m from, we shoot at cops” during his arrest last month following a traffic stop. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt said Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference
9:07 AM ET Auburn coach Gus Malzahn was asked recently about his team blocking out postseason predictions. It’s a constant conversation surrounding the five remaining undefeated teams in the SEC: Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Florida. “I’ve told them we’re not worried about any of that talk until you get to the end of November
3:52 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades has been given a new 10-year contract only days after football coach Matt Rhule received an extension. University president Linda Livingstone announced the new contract for Rhoades on Wednesday. The contract goes through July 2029 and includes two automatic one-year extensions after
1:30 PM ET Associated Press ROSEMONT, Ill. — Nebraska defensive lineman Khalil Davis has been suspended for the game against Northwestern on Saturday for striking an Ohio State player in violation of the Big Ten’s sportsmanship policy. The Big Ten announced the suspension on Wednesday and also issued a public reprimand. The conference said Davis
1:06 PM ET LSU running back Lanard Fournette has left the team, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Fournette, the younger brother of former LSU star and current Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, graduated in May and withdrew from school on Wednesday, the source said. The source said that Fournette “just wants to move
1:02 PM ET Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said he was not seeking preferential treatment from university police when they arrested linebacker Jeremy Banks for having a warrant stemming from a previous traffic citation, but rather was upset about not knowing that the warrant existed in the first place. Pruitt, whose conversation with police on Sept.
11:23 AM ET Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football standout, is planning to propose a new national law to give college athletes the opportunity to make endorsement money. He said he believes the federal government needs to act quickly to avoid potential problems. California passed a state law Monday that prohibits colleges in
10:30 AM ET CHICAGO — Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said he opposes the California bill that would prevent schools from penalizing players for capitalizing off their names, images and likenesses because college sports are “an educational arrangement.” “To me, the outer limit is the cost of college,” Delany said during his remarks at Big