Oct 17, 2018 ESPN staff As we hit the second half, it’s time to start thinking about what teams need to do to make a playoff run or enter the conference championship mix. For some, it’s fixing an issue on defense. For others, it’s getting a key player back to health. Here is the key
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1:55 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally was published on Nov. 24, 2016. SEATTLE — It was just past 6 a.m. and still dark on a rainy, windy morning two weeks ago at the University of Washington, and Craig McDonald was completely in his element. He had positioned himself in the crowd at ESPN’s
6:18 PM ET More than two months after he was placed on administrative leave, the future of Maryland coach DJ Durkin remains uncertain, and the results of an investigation into the culture of the program will not be made public for at least another week, according to a news release on Wednesday from the University
2:41 PM ET Florida State defensive end Janarius Robinson tried to put into words what he saw in Panama City upon returning to his home with his family after Hurricane Michael. “It just really looked like someone dropped a nuclear bomb on us,” Robinson said as he met with reporters in Tallahassee before practice on
9:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A former head coach is working on third downs. Another is tinkering with what to do in the red zone. And somewhere is a third former head coach in the process of pulling together the entire offensive game plan for that week. It’s 2016, and Alabama is at peak
1:52 PM ET Miami coach Mark Richt said Wednesday he will go back to Malik Rosier as his starting quarterback when the Hurricanes come off their bye week to play Boston College. During the ACC coaches call, Richt said Rosier was the best option to lead the Hurricanes moving forward. Miami quarterback Malik Rosier will
1:40 PM ET Alabama analyst Butch Jones will travel with the team for Saturday’s game at Tennessee, where he served as head coach for the past five seasons. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that Jones will be with the team in Knoxville, as he has for all other games this season. Jones has
11:00 AM ET Oregon‘s path to the top of the Pac-12 hierarchy went right through Washington‘s defensive line. Running back CJ Verdell didn’t have to do much. He took a handoff from quarterback Justin Herbert at about the 10-yard line and found little resistance on his way to the end zone to give Oregon its
9:55 PM ET Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin is no stranger to offering young football players a scholarship, once tendering David Sills, then a 13-year-old quarterback, an offer to play for USC. Now, Kiffin has offered another quarterback a scholarship — this time an 11-year-old. Cole Leinart, the son of Matt Leinart, a 5-foot-7 sixth-grader,
6:07 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota running back Shannon Brooks has returned to the team following his weekend arrest on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic assault. Coach P.J. Fleck said Tuesday that the senior’s playing status was “evolving.” No charges had been filed as of Tuesday stemming from the alleged incident between Brooks and