8:26 PM ET For the first time all season, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy — in both the legal and offshore markets. Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa opened as the third-favorite at 10-1 odds in June at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, behind Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor
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5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin would welcome a two-for-one series against in-state opponent UCF, which has the nation’s longest winning streak at 25. “I’d be OK with scheduling them in the right situation,” Stricklin said Friday during a Peach Bowl event at Florida Field. Florida
5:01 PM ET Associated Press DENTON, Texas — Seth Littrell has decided to remain at North Texas after Kansas State had expressed interest in one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaches to replace Hall of Famer Bill Snyder. Littrell told the Mean Green in a meeting Friday that he would not be leaving for the Wildcats.
11:17 AM ET Kansas running back Pooka Williams was arrested Thursday on suspicion of domestic battery, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Williams was named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year after rushing for 1,125 yards and seven touchdowns. Pooka Williams has been suspended from all team-related activities after the Kansas running back was arrested
9:21 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has agreed to
8:21 AM ET Joel Anderson Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University The plan seemed so clear in June, when Kyler Murray, his family and his agent arrived in Oakland, California, to celebrate the signing of an unprecedented contract with the Athletics.
10:26 PM ET ATLANTA — The award winner who received the longest, most heartfelt ovation from an audience of college football’s elite coaches and players at the Home Depot College Football Awards sat in his wheelchair, wiping the tears behind his glasses, full of gratitude. “It’s hard to find words to explain what it means,”
8:00 PM ET The most valuable ankle in Alabama — and the award-winning quarterback attached to it — is traveling in style this week. Alabama is using a private plane to transport quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who underwent ankle surgery earlier this week, during awards season so that he may continue treatment on that ankle without
8:07 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray won the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback on Thursday night to open the College Football Awards show in Atlanta. Murray, who plans to focus on baseball in the future, had a 96.0 quarterback rating, the highest in the Football Bowl Subdivision in at least the
9:37 PM ET Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray split four college football year-end awards Thursday, setting up a showdown for Saturday night when they contend for the Heisman Trophy. Tagovailoa received the Maxwell Award for player of the year while Murray was named the nation’s top quarterback with the Davey O’Brien Award at