11:48 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nobody has emerged as a front-runner in Tennessee’s quarterback competition, coach Jeremy Pruitt said Sunday. With nine representatives out of the SEC West in the past nine national championship games, it may not surprise that the division sits atop our rankings, but it’s not by much. Incumbent
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1:05 PM ET BALTIMORE — An attorney representing the family of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair told ESPN on Sunday that coach DJ Durkin should be fired as a result of McNair’s death from heatstroke suffered during a May workout. In a sit-down interview at the offices of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy in downtown Baltimore,
9:30 PM ET Maryland announced Saturday that head football coach DJ Durkin has been placed on administrative leave after reports of a toxic environment within his program. This came after three staff members were also put on leave following an ESPN report that detailed a toxic culture within the football program and questions about the
8:36 PM ET The University of Maryland has placed football coach DJ Durkin on paid administrative leave as it investigates allegations of abuse and disparagement in the program and the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair. Athletic director Damon Evans announced the move Saturday, saying offensive coordinator Matt Canada will serve as the team’s interim
5:04 PM ET Former Ohio State assistant football coach Zach Smith expects to meet with investigators working on behalf of the university early next week, Smith’s attorney confirmed Saturday. Smith was fired from his position as the Buckeyes’ wide receivers coach in late July after details of domestic abuse allegations made against him years earlier
11:10 PM ET Arizona has reinstated defensive back Scottie Young Jr., but announced that he will be suspended for the Wildcats’ opener against BYU on Sept. 1. Young, who started nine games as a freshman last season, was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge last fall. He had been suspended from all team-related activities,
9:16 PM ET Darren Rovell Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com’s sports business reporter since 2012; previously at ESPN from 2000-06 Appears on SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and with ABC News Formerly worked as analyst at CNBC Nick DePaula North Carolina, which self-reported that 13 football players committed secondary NCAA violations by reselling shoes given to
4:31 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former Florida Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley is declining to say what, if anything, coach Urban Meyer told him about Zach Smith’s domestic violence arrest in 2009. Meyer was placed on paid leave last week by Ohio State amid questions about what he knew and did about
9:00 AM ET As the season approaches and debates heat up about which teams have the most difficult schedules and who has the easiest path to the College Football Playoff, we are here to help clear the air. Or maybe muddy the waters, depending on your argument. With the help of ESPN’s Football Power Index,
4:32 PM ET Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has agreed to a new five-year deal with the Wildcats that will go through the 2022 season, the school announced Thursday. University officials approved the deal Wednesday. ESPN’s new Playoff Predictor loves Clemson in 2018. The Big 12? Not so much. And watch out for Notre Dame.