Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 10:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. NC State safety Rakeim Ashford was taken to a Connecticut hospital for evaluation after absorbing a late hit during Thursday night’s season opener against UConn. Ashford had sensation and movement in his extremities,
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to have a phone call Friday morning to discuss expansion again, multiple sources told ESPN. While it remains unclear whether there are enough votes to add
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 05:57 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Marshall safety Jahsen Wint, a former Ohio State player who was acquitted of rape and kidnapping charges in February, was declared eligible to play by the NCAA on Thursday. Wint, who transferred to
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 03:56 PM ET Anquon Fegans, who is ranked No. 16 in the 2025 ESPN 300, decommitted from USC on Thursday. Fegans, a four-star safety from Thompson High School (Alabama) who is the rated as the second-best safety in the junior class, had been the first 2025 commitment for
Aug 31, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Week 1 of the 2023 college football season is finally here, featuring five consecutive days of action from across the nation and plenty of intriguing nonconference matchups. The slate begins on Thursday with a marquee matchup between No. 14 Utah and Florida on ESPN. On Saturday, Colorado begins a
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 08:22 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 It has been eight years since oddsmakers anointed a team other than Alabama or Clemson as the preseason favorite. That streak is over, as Georgia is firmly the consensus betting favorite to win the
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year “Execute, play with class and sportsmanship, but when we get them between the pines, they’re ours.” The bronze plaque mounted on the green, wooden frame
Week 1 is here and we’re as ready as ever for the college football season to kick off. Florida is traveling to Salt Lake City to face No. 14 Utah (8 p.m. ET on ESPN) in a must-watch game Thursday night. On Saturday, we have Deion Sanders’ debut as Colorado’s head coach as the Buffs
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2023, 06:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University IRVING, Texas — For the first time since the Pac-12 was gutted by realignment, the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick met Wednesday to discuss the future of the
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 30, 2023, 04:49 PM ET Star Utah quarterback Cam Rising is doubtful for Thursday’s game against the Florida Gators and is not expected to play, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Rising is 18-6 as a starter — the fifth-most wins by any quarterback in Utah history — and has thrown for 5,572