Jul 9, 2018 Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Phil Steele’s college football preview magazine, which is available here. What constitutes a surprise team? For me, it’s when a team that isn’t considered a consensus preseason top-10 team makes a playoff run. This season, my projected preseason AP top 10 is Clemson, Alabama, Georgia,
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9:00 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN When the Pac-12 expanded to 12 teams and split into divisions in 2011, it was easy to make assumptions about where the balance of power might end up lying. Sure, Oregon and Stanford had just peaked, but Jim Harbaugh was leaving Stanford, USC was only a couple of years removed
7:00 AM ET Clemson’s receivers have shirts they wear to workouts with “WRU” emblazoned across the front, a little nod to the pedigree of their position. At present, Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross make for worthy representatives of what they happily claim is Wide Receiver U, the best incubator for pass-catching talent in America. As
9:08 AM ET Spring has come and gone, which means football camp season is behind us. With performances from various camps and new information to evaluate, the 2020 ESPN 300 player rankings have been updated. There are currently 205 of the top 300 recruits already committed, so the new rankings will impact quite a few
RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 RB Houston, TXNorth Shore High School 6’0” 200 93 2 DE Powder Springs, GAHillgrove High School 6’5” 271 92 ClemsonCommitted05/17/2019 3 DE Sanford, NCLee County High School 6’6” 235 92 4 WR Catawissa, PASouthern Columbia High School 6’2” 200 92 Ohio StateCommitted05/31/2019 5 DE Columbia,
4:54 PM ET Former FIU defensive back Emmanuel Lubin died in a car accident on Saturday night. He was 21 years old. The school announced Lubin’s death in a statement. Head coach Butch Davis called the North Miami Beach, Florida, native a “hard worker, great teammate” who was “respected and loved by his teammates, coaches
10:42 AM ET CHICAGO — At night, Ben Bredeson‘s mind races, so he starts to visualize. Bredeson, a two-time All-Big Ten guard at Michigan, began visualizing in high school and has used the technique ever since. He starts with specific things: what blitz a defense is using, what his footwork is on a blocking scheme,
7:21 PM ET CHICAGO — Michigan Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh supports players being able to transfer once without sitting out a year but wants those seeking immediate eligibility to be truthful about their reasons in seeking waivers from the NCAA, especially regarding mental health. Speaking Friday at Big Ten media days, Harbaugh said he would
7:07 PM ET CHICAGO — University of Minnesota placeholder and four-time cancer survivor Casey O’Brien delivered the keynote speech at the Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon on Friday. O’Brien, a sophomore, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an extremely rare form of bone cancer. It’s the same type of cancer that eventually claimed the life of Purdue
1:03 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Matt Millen will be back in a broadcast booth when the coming college football season begins, new heart and all. The former Penn State star who played on four Super Bowl championship teams says his heart transplant surgery hasn’t done much to disrupt his life or appetite to