9:21 AM ET In each of the past two seasons, the Big Ten champion has finished No. 5 in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s final rankings — the most painstaking position for a Power 5 conference champion in the era of the CFP. At the heart of each of those final rankings debates? Saturday’s
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11:17 AM ET Last week, the trends told you that Tom Herman is money as an underdog. That turned out pretty well as Texas won outright by 15 points. The trends this week point to a few more underdogs — Penn State, Stanford, Northwestern and California. Here are the rest of the betting trends that
1:00 AM ET Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR During the taping of Thursday’s Marty & McGee show, Ryan McGee
7:55 AM ET LEXINGTON, Ky. — A steady rain pelted the turf at Kroger Field on Saturday night as Kentucky’s players waded through jubilant fans to the locker room after not just beating then-No. 14 Mississippi State 28-7, but beating up the Bulldogs physically. Offensive tackle E.J. Price, his face soaked with a mixture of
7:44 AM ET The first thing to know about a Dino Babers victory speech is that it’s not a speech. This is a sticking point for him. A speech implies prepared remarks, and these are entirely spontaneous. He’s got these words that have been buried deep down inside him, and by the time he reaches
1:00 AM ET Patrick Laird took the handoff, bounced off a North Carolina defender, dove into the end zone and flipped the ball to an official. Then, he approached Section KK, in the southwest corner of California Memorial Stadium. Laird looked down, put his hands together, then apart, as if to open a book. He
8:00 AM ET KJ Hamler checked the mail every day for nearly a month this summer hoping he would find the package. It was taking forever to arrive, and Penn State‘s newest weapon — known for getting from one place to another in a hurry — will admit he is not a patient man. Hamler
6:29 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Unbeaten and uninvited last year, UCF could still find its way into this year’s College Football Playoff. That is, if the Knights keep winning. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said that the Knights — who have the nation’s longest winning streak at 16 games — will
2:26 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Julius Whittier, the first African-American football letterman at the University of Texas, whose family later sued the NCAA on behalf of college players who suffered brain injuries, has died. The school announced his death Thursday, citing family. No cause of death or age was given. Whittier was
12:48 PM ET Associated Press Laurie Dorsey remembers seeing her father’s Heisman Trophy as a child. It was prominently displayed in the game room of the family’s house. Clint Frank won the award in 1937 as a running back and safety for Yale. He was the third winner of the trophy, which is given annually