Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 6, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year WE ALL KNOW plenty about the game now titled the Red River Showdown. And we should. There might not be another college football contest that
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Oct 5, 2023, 10:43 PM ET Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec started taking snaps at tight end this week in practice, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday. A source confirmed the move to ESPN, saying it was likely Jurkovec would remain there for the rest of the year. Jurkovec, a transfer from Boston College, has struggled as
Oct 5, 2023, 05:42 PM ET Utah quarterback Cam Rising offered some clarity Thursday on why his recovery from a knee injury is taking longer than expected. Rising, who has yet to play this season because of the injury he suffered in last season’s Rose Bowl, said in an interview with ESPN 700 in Salt
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 05:45 PM ET Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is doubtful for Saturday’s game against UCF and is considered week-to-week with back tightness, a source told ESPN on Thursday. His expected absence would pave the way for Jason Bean to start against the Knights. Daniels’ back issue reappeared prior to the Texas
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 01:36 PM ET North Carolina wide receiver Tez Walker will be eligible to play in 2023 after new information emerged that the NCAA said school officials “failed to provide” previously. Walker is a transfer from Kent State, and his initial eligibility for the 2023 season was denied because he had
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. AS JALEN MILROE gets more comfortable at quarterback, as the offensive line gets its act together, as penalties and turnovers continue to mount and an offensive identity only now begins to come into
Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 12:11 PM ET CHICAGO — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2023, 12:33 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan After adding Oregon and Washington to its ranks, the Big Ten on Thursday announced its newest version of its future football schedules for the 2024 to 2028 seasons. The conference had released a
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 12:51 PM ET UCF football coach Gus Malzahn has agreed to a contract extension through the 2027 season, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Malzahn agreed to terms early this summer and the school raised his salary to $4 million per year on July 1, sources told ESPN. The deal rises
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 10:49 AM ET Mel Tucker’s lawyers sent a 106-page letter that presents “new evidence” to the school’s interim president and board of trustees on Thursday morning as the administrative hearing tied to the misconduct allegations against the former Michigan State coach begins. The letter, which is from one of Tucker’s