8:22 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Clemson will officially be without three players, including starting defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence, for the Tigers’ College Football Playoff semifinal after B-samples of NCAA drug tests also showed trace amounts of a banned substance. “This evening, Clemson Athletics received confirmation from the NCAA of suspensions of tight end Braden
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6:01 PM ET Former Kansas State quarterback Alex Delton will transfer to UTEP, a source told ESPN.com. Delton will play for former Kansas State offensive coordinator Dana Dimel, who coached Delton before taking the head job at UTEP last year. Delton will join the Wildcats as a graduate transfer and will be eligible to play
4:38 PM ET Georgia cornerback Deandre Baker, who won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back this season, will sit out the Allstate Sugar Bowl against Texas and is expected to begin preparing for the NFL draft. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told reporters about Baker’s situation Thursday after the team arrived at
1:38 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban remains steadfastly opposed to expanding the College Football Playoff. Saban, who reminded everyone that he wasn’t in favor of going from two to four teams, said he feels expanding the field leads to an undercutting of the “self-gratification” for players that comes with going
1:32 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Oklahoma receiver Marquise Brown said Thursday his injured foot is getting better, and he anticipates playing against Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. In his first comments since arriving in Miami for the game, Brown said at media day: “I’m doing
1:29 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray said he’s trying not to think of the possibility that Saturday’s matchup against Alabama could be the last competitive football game of his career. The Heisman Trophy winner signed a $4.66 million contract to play baseball with the Oakland A’s this summer, but he
12:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Alabama coach Nick Saban says three players suspended this week will not play the rest of this season, adding that their status beyond that is uncertain. Starting left guard Deonte Brown, tight end Kedrick James and offensive lineman Elliot Baker didn’t make the trip to Miami for Saturday’s game
12:27 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Brandon Wimbush said he won’t entertain any serious transfer options until after Notre Dame‘s season ends, but coach Brian Kelly said Thursday that he’s encouraged his backup quarterback to keep his options open. Kelly said he’s had multiple “preliminary” conversations with Wimbush, who was benched in favor of Ian
12:16 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Overcoming the mental part of his recovery from left ankle surgery has been the hardest part for Tua Tagovailoa, the Alabama sophomore quarterback said Thursday at the Capital One Orange Bowl media day festivities. Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts said Thursday that he hasn’t thought of his future
11:38 AM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts insists that he hasn’t thought of his future beyond Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal game against Oklahoma, even as rumors swirl that he will transfer following the season. “My story’s far from over,” Hurts said on Thursday. “That’s something that people said. Not me.