7:41 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Sitting beside Nick Saban, Lincoln Riley and Dabo Swinney at a gathering of the College Football Playoff coaches, Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly referred to his team as “the new kids on the block.” The description fit. Saban has guided No. 1 Alabama, the defending champion, to its fifth
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10:24 AM ET Georgia Tech has hired Temple‘s Geoff Collins as its new head coach, the school announced Friday. Collins, a native of Conyers, Georgia, had a 15-10 record in two seasons at Temple in his first college head-coaching position. He was a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech from 1999 to 2001 and served as
6:51 PM ET Temple‘s Geoff Collins has emerged as the front-runner to become new coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and a decision might come in the next few days, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Collins, a native of Conyers, Georgia, has a 15-10 record in two seasons at Temple in his first college
9:59 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia native Geoff Collins said Friday that he landed his dream job when he was hired to return as Georgia Tech‘s football coach. Most notable among changes the former Temple coach will bring to the Yellow Jackets will be a shift from the spread-option offense used by former
6:53 PM ET Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa received the Walter Camp Award on Thursday night as the top player in college football. Tagovailoa, a sophomore, has thrown 37 touchdown passes to just four interceptions while leading the undefeated Crimson Tide to the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings. The award’s voters, made up
5:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey on Thursday said UCF should look “inward” to address the strength of schedule issues that have held back the Knights in the College Football Playoff rankings. Central Florida (12-0) was ranked eighth in the final playoff rankings by the selection committee after
3:42 PM ET Associated Press California coach Justin Wilcox has signed a new five-year deal to stay under contract with the school through the 2023 season. The deal signed Thursday adds two more years to the original contract signed in 2017. Wilcox also gets a raise and more money for his assistant coach pool. Wilcox
9:00 AM ET This story appears in the December/January issue of ESPN The Magazine. Subscribe today! LAST SATURDAY MORNING I drove past Pearl Harbor toward the part of the island that locals call “the country.” Following the signs for Ewa Beach, a small working-class town on the shores of the Pacific, I found the address
2:58 PM ET COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In a crowded Cole Field House swarming with former Maryland football players, band members, cheerleaders and a who’s who of university officials and coaches — easily one of the largest news conferences for Maryland athletics in recent history — Mike Locksley looked out from the stage at his
8:01 AM ET We’ve ranked the best bowl games in terms of entertainment value and now it’s time to take a look at some of the best individual matchups we’ll see in bowl season. Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa vs. Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray By the time Alabama and Oklahoma take the field at the Capital