Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 27, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. The college football offseason is the best of times: Coaches love to tell you they’re all undefeated, the new recruits
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 27, 2023, 02:07 AM ET LOS ANGELES — For about one half of football, the 2023 version of USC looked like a lot like the 2022 version. In its season opener against San Jose State on Saturday night, the No. 6-ranked Trojans scored plenty of points but also struggled at times to
ESPN News Services Aug 26, 2023, 11:41 PM ET LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Taisun Phommachanh passed for 192 yards and added a rushing touchdown, Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and UMass defeated New Mexico State 41-30 in a season opener on Saturday night, snapping a 24-game road losing streak. The Minutemen, who last won
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 09:00 PM ET Five-star defensive tackle David Stone Jr., No. 6 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300, committed to Oklahoma on Saturday, providing second-year coach Brent Venables a crucial victory on the recruiting front. Originally from Oklahoma City, Stone, who plays at IMG Academy in Florida and is
Associated Press Aug 26, 2023, 06:17 PM ET DUBLIN — Sam Hartman threw for four touchdowns in his Notre Dame debut and the No. 13 Fighting Irish routed Navy 42-3 on Saturday in a season-opening victory in Ireland’s capital. Notre Dame (1-0) scored at will by air and on the ground against the Midshipmen (0-1),
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 01:46 PM ET Mario Cristobal knows full well that keeping in-state players home will be key to bringing Miami back to the national prominence it enjoyed in the 1980s, early ’90s and early 2000s. Cristobal’s Hurricanes scored a significant in-state recruiting victory Saturday courtesy of four-star safety Zaquan
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. On Sept. 2, 1989, Cleveland football powerhouse St. Ignatius pummeled Euclid 55-26. It was locally noteworthy because Ignatius and Euclid were two of the region’s best teams — Euclid would go 0-4 against St. Ignatius but
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2023, 08:35 PM ET The Big Ten said Friday it will make football availability reports mandatory on gamedays during the 2023 season, making it the only Power 5 conference to actively distribute such reports. Big Ten schools will be required to submit availability reports at least two hours before
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 25, 2023, 05:00 PM ET ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Brian Newberry, the first-year head coach at Navy, reads a meditation from Marcus Aurelius every day. His summer reading list included “The Inner Game of Tennis” — long endorsed by Pete Carroll for the thinking football coach — and he’s a devout follower of
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 USC quarterback Caleb Williams is the consensus betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy again. Williams enters his junior season as the Heisman favorite at all U.S. sportsbooks. He is listed with 15-4 odds