4:00 AM ET When Ohio State began spring practice in March 2017, few outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center could pick Ryan Day out of a crowd. Back then, Day was a fairly anonymous assistant, brought in from the San Francisco 49ers after the team fired Chip Kelly and most of his staff. There was
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3:45 AM ET Punters are not cool. This is a fact so inherent to the sport that it warrants no explanation or analysis. In a game called football, the guys who use their feet are the least worthy of adoration. Ironic, but inarguable. Then, on the second (and far less anticipated) national signing day of
3:45 AM ET As a smiling Trevor Lawrence celebrated with his teammates on Jan. 7 after a 44-16 domination of Alabama at Levi’s Stadium for the College Football Playoff National Championship, faces began to droop around the rest of college football. Lawrence and the Clemson Tigers aren’t going anywhere. In fact, it would be a
4:00 AM ET It’s strange how one game changed everything for an Alabama team that was previously undefeated and considered by many to be among the best of all time. But give credit to Clemson. It not only dominated Alabama in the national championship game, it changed the entire narrative about the Crimson Tide’s season
6:55 AM ET A lot has happened since my first 2019 NFL mock draft in mid-January. The first-round draft order was set after the Patriots beat the Rams in Super Bowl LIII. We’ve seen the nation’s best senior prospects perform against each other at the Senior Bowl. And Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray has spurned
2:29 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has hired former Oakland Raiders assistant Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire Friday and said Ansley would make all defensive calls. Pruitt handled the defensive calls last year while Kevin Sherrer served as defensive coordinator. Sherrer
Feb 14, 2019 Without question, Miami had one of the most disappointing seasons of any team in 2018, dropping from its preseason top-10 perch and eventually suffering a disastrous loss to Wisconsin in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to close at 7-6. A few days later, coach Mark Richt delivered a stunner: He was stepping
8:55 AM ET The transfer market has become a real thing in college football, and whether coaches like it or not, players are entering their names into the transfer portal and finding new destinations at a higher rate than ever before. Quarterbacks have been more prevalent among transfers and have created almost a second recruiting
7:30 PM ET ESPN News Services A judge in California has signed an arrest warrant for Nebraska running back Maurice Washington, his lawyer said on Thursday, while university officials said the athletic department did not know the exact allegations against the player during football season. Washington was charged in California in December with possessing and
7:15 PM ET Associated Press Missouri filed a notice of appeal with the NCAA’s committee on infractions Thursday, beginning what could be a lengthy fight of what it considers overly harsh sanctions levied against three of its programs for academic misconduct involving a former tutor. The NCAA banned the football, baseball and softball teams from