8:35 AM ET Sara CoelloESPN Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. New Mexico State University officials
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9:00 AM ET The American Athletic Association replaced quality with quantity. It will take a while to figure out if that was the right move. Easily the most consistently strong of the conferences known (to AAC commissioner Mike Aresco’s annoyance) as college football’s mid-major Group of 5, the AAC lost Cincinnati, Houston and UCF —
8:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban sits comfortably in his office, a room filled with tangible memories spanning decades of coaching. Sparkling national championship rings, SEC and College Football Playoff footballs, pictures from the White House — spoils from the lasting legacy Saban has built since arriving at Alabama in 2007.
8:07 PM ET CORVALLIS, Ore. — DJ Uiagalelei picked Oregon State as his transfer destination, sight unseen, primarily because of an NFL-style offense that puts great responsibility on its quarterbacks. Despite the demanding scheme, Uiagalelei, who started most of the past two seasons at Clemson, has felt even more liberated on the practice field this
1:10 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has quickly endeared himself to one of the nation’s most ardent fan bases in the five months since his hiring. Rhule has yet to coach his first game for the Cornhuskers, though, and the true test of his popularity will come in a
10:00 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — As the Texas House of Representatives convened at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, the daily order of business began. A call to order was followed by a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then the Texas pledge. “Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under
8:00 AM ET During visits to Alabama and Ohio State this spring, the message from players and coaches was almost verbatim — an 11-2 finish doesn’t cut it. So much so that Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord, unprompted by any reference to rival Michigan, called the past two seasons “complete failures.” “You don’t beat the
6:30 AM ET Before Bryce Young was considered one of the top prospects in the 2023 NFL draft, before he led Alabama to the College Football Playoff and before he won the Heisman Trophy, he was a five-star college football recruit ranked No. 5 overall in the 2020 ESPN 300. But not all first-round draft
10:46 PM ET EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix didn’t want to leave Oregon with any regrets. He also is having too much fun playing college football. Nix is back for a second season with the Ducks and a fifth in college football after a resurgent performance in 2022. He set career highs by wide margins
12:55 PM ET Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens had his right leg amputated and suffered spinal cord injuries after his bicycle was hit by a truck going 50 mph last month, his wife announced Tuesday night. “We would like to thank everyone for the incredible outpouring of love and support for Buddy,” his wife, Kirsten,