David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2023, 11:28 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Michigan is the new consensus betting favorite to win the College Football Playoff and also boasts the Heisman Trophy favorite at sportsbooks around the nation. The Wolverines moved ahead of Georgia
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Open Extended Reactions Week 8 saw more than its share of close calls for top teams, with Oklahoma and Texas barely hanging on as the best of the Big 12. We also saw Ohio State make its case as a playoff team with a second statement win of the season — leaving the impression it
Oct 22, 2023, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is expected to miss time after suffering a grade 2 AC joint sprain in his right shoulder, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel, confirming a report by Orangbloods.com. An MRI on Sunday revealed the sprain in Ewers’ throwing shoulder, which occurred in the
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2023, 08:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A night after seeing his program improve to 7-0 for the first time since 2014 with a win over Duke, Mike Norvell and Florida State secured a recruiting victory just as significant. Five-star defensive lineman Armondo Blount Jr. (No. 4 overall in
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterOct 22, 2023, 05:58 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Virginia coach Tony Elliott knew he had a team ready to make a breakthrough. He had no idea it would happen the way it did: On the road, in
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterOct 22, 2023, 03:43 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Arkansas fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Dan Enos effective immediately, the school announced on Sunday. Arkansas, now 2-6 and winless in the SEC following Saturday’s 7-3 home loss to
Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in The Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings, and Alabama moved back into the top 10 on Sunday. The Bulldogs received 38 of 63
Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 01:50 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — The creator and producer of The Quiz Channel on YouTube that included Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a quiz Michigan State used on its videoboards before a game against No. 2 Michigan says the school didn’t ask for permission to use his
Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall was released from the hospital and headed back to campus Sunday after spending the night for observation following a hit during Saturday’s game against Arkansas State. McCall was taken from the stadium by an ambulance late
Open Extended Reactions When you reach this point of the season, sometimes teams just have to hold on and get by winning any way they can. It might be a feisty rivalry (Tennessee–Alabama), the first true conference test (Penn State–Ohio State), matchups with new conference-mates (UCF–Oklahoma; Texas–Houston) or the last foreseeable matchup between two others