5:16 PM ET Tennessee offensive lineman Trey Smith, who missed the second half of last season after the recurrence of blood clots in his lungs, has been cleared by doctors to play Saturday in the Vols’ season opener against Georgia State. “My family and I consulted with several of the best doctors in the country,
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Aug 28, 2019 Alabama-Clemson V as the national championship game is far from inevitable. Don’t get me wrong, it could happen. It just probably won’t. In fact, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor, there is just a 24% shot that college football’s two heavyweights end up squaring off in New Orleans. Feel low? Yeah, it
3:14 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The NCAA has granted Georgia Tech defensive back Myles Sims‘ appeal for immediate eligibility, making him available for the Yellow Jackets’ opener at Clemson on Thursday night. Sims transferred to Georgia Tech in May. The Atlanta native redshirted as a true freshman at Michigan last season. He will
2:59 PM ET Iowa sophomore wide receiver Oliver Martin is eligible for the 2019 season after the NCAA and the Big Ten approved his waiver request. Martin, who grew up near Iowa’s campus in Coralville, Iowa, transferred from Michigan earlier this summer and has been practicing with the Hawkeyes. The NCAA approved his immediate-eligibility waiver
2:44 PM ET Dylan Moses was waiting for his moment to take over. Alabama’s junior linebacker, frustrated by the defensive lapses late last season, would tell anyone who listened this offseason about how eager he was to take ownership of the unit. His goal, he said, was a return to the defense of old. Everyone
1:25 PM ET The Nebraska Cornhuskers have indefinitely suspended redshirt freshmen Andre Hunt and Katerian LeGrone for undisclosed reasons, offensive coordinator Troy Walters told reporters Wednesday. Walters declined to elaborate on either suspension or if the two are related. “We’re going to handle it in house,” Walters said. “… They just won’t be a part
11:25 AM ET Alabama inside linebacker Dylan Moses suffered a knee injury during practice on Tuesday that will likely cause him to miss the entire season, sources told ESPN. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said on the SEC media teleconference that Moses’ injury will require surgery and he will be out “indefinitely.” He said the
7:30 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Considering Alabama had played one game in the past month-plus leading up to the title game, the whole “Did the SEC grind wear Alabama down heading into the national title game?” line of questioning that emerged from this year’s media days circuit was mostly nonsense. That said, so was Clemson
7:11 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia College football bowl games are a long way away — the first
12:16 AM ET Members of the Lyon College football team in Arkansas shaved their heads in support of the team’s offensive coordinator, Kris Sweet, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The program’s Twitter account posted a video of the players surprising their coach. Recently our Offensive Coordinator, Kris Sweet, was diagnosed with cancer. So members