10:06 PM ET Keith Gill will become the first African-American commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision conference when he is named to head the Sun Belt Conference, according to USA Today Sports. The Sun Belt has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday but did not divulge the nature of the announcement. Gill had been executive
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3:06 PM ET Keith Gill is the new commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, the league announced on Tuesday. Gill becomes the first African-American commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision conference. Gill, who had been executive associate commissioner of Atlantic 10 basketball since May 2017, had previously served as athletic director at American University and
9:13 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Ed Orgeron is in line for a two-year extension to 2023 and a $500,000 pay raise to $4 million annually, plus incentives, under a proposal drafted by the university’s athletic administration. The proposal was published Monday when the board’s agenda was released and is
6:00 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is without defensive back Lavert Hill and wide receiver Nico Collins at spring practice after both had unspecified procedures. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday he didn’t know whether the two players would miss all of spring practice. Wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones is also not participating.
4:45 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Authorities say two Texas A&M University-Commerce football players are recovering in a Florida hospital after being shot during a robbery. A Miami police statement says the robbery occurred Saturday morning. The school identified the players as redshirt junior linebackers Jay Bias and Xavier Morris. A statement from the
2:15 PM ET Michigan plans to spends its spring practice time picking up the pace on offense. Head coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that the Wolverines’ tempo will be the biggest difference between the 2018 and 2019 teams. Harbaugh hired former Alabama and Penn State assistant John Gattis to be the team’s new offensive coordinator
7:06 AM ET BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Speaking to a crowd of about 200 commercial bankers inside the historic Beverly Hilton, Jake Olson was on a roll. He had given hundreds of these types of speeches over the past decade, and it showed: The audience was engaged and his jokes landed as he walked the
As a reminder, original seeds were determined by ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index. Again, blame Brad Edwards, not me. But at this point, the seeds don’t matter as much as the matchups, and there are some great matchups ahead. Let’s dive in. (1) Clemson 38, (5) Missouri 21: This one’s for you, Kelly Bryant. The
5:12 PM ET East Carolina defensive end Nate Harvey, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, will begin preparing for the NFL draft after the NCAA denied his appeal for an additional year of eligibility. The NCAA on Friday informed new ECU coach Mike Houston that Harvey’s appeal had been denied. Harvey
9:00 AM ET The College Football Playoff is not expanding. For now. Even if the CFP grows, it’s likely eight teams will be the limit. The field will be bigger and possibly better, but certainly nothing like what they have in college basketball. March Madness is here, as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins with