4:00 PM ET The Alabama QB competition was already the most interesting in college football. And that was before junior Jalen Hurts spoke honestly about his dissatisfaction with how the process has played out on Saturday. So where do things go from here? We brought together a panel of experts to break it all down.
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8:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Aug 20 College Football 2018 Issue. Subscribe today! Five conference championships, five national titles, an average of 12.5 wins per season: Nick Saban’s past decade at Alabama lives among sports’ all-time great dynasties. It also begs imitation. Piece by piece, fallen rival by fallen rival,
11:30 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Communication has always been a strong suit of Alabama coach Nick Saban. After decades of dealing with the media, he’s become skilled at controlling the message and crafting a narrative. But that control is eroding quickly when it comes to the quarterback competition pitting Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa.
6:39 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley hinted Friday that quarterback Kyler Murray, a two-sport star who was a first-round draft pick of the Oakland Athletics in June, might play football for the Sooners beyond this season. Saturday, Murray’s agent, Scott Boras, said definitively that this season will be Murray’s last in Oklahoma. “Kyler’s baseball
2:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Two former Rutgers University football players who pleaded guilty to armed robberies targeting other students for drugs and cash have been sentenced to a dozen years in prison each. NJ.com reported that 26-year-old Tejay Johnson, of Egg Harbor Township, made a nearly seven-minute apology in court
11:36 PM ET LOS ANGELES — It was only Day 1, but true freshman quarterback J.T. Daniels made a positive impression on coach Clay Helton as USC opened training camp Friday, kicking off a three-way competition between him, redshirt sophomore Matt Fink and redshirt freshman Jack Sears for the starting job. Helton met with the
8:20 PM ET University of Maryland officials are expecting the final report of an external review into the death of former Maryland football player Jordan McNair on Sept. 15, according to a Freedom of Information Act request received today by ESPN. The 19-year-old offensive lineman died on June 13, two weeks after he was hospitalized
3:09 PM ET Louisville receiver Jaylen Smith underwent an emergency appendectomy Friday morning and will be out indefinitely, according to a release from the school. Smith, a preseason All-ACC receiver, was the team’s top target last season, catching 60 passes for 980 yards and seven touchdowns while battling through nagging injuries. Huskers hysteria with Scott
11:59 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason says backup quarterback Deuce Wallace has been suspended this season over a violation of school policy. Mason announced the suspension Thursday before the Commodores open fall camp and would not say what Wallace did. The Commodores have senior Kyle Shurmur returning as the
10:28 PM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Jimbo Fisher kicked off his first training camp at Texas A&M on Thursday with a quarterback battle front-and-center, indicating that the two contenders to start are “dead even.” Sophomores Nick Starkel and Kellen Mond, who each started multiple games last season, enter the preseason on the same plane,