8:00 AM ET Over the course of the 1970s and 1980s, the NCAA’s biggest schools spent years wrangling and arguing, primarily over television revenue, how much of it the more football-obsessed schools could make, and whether said schools could break apart from the riff-raff to some degree. Time is a flat circle in that regard.
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7:00 AM ET Matt MillerESPN There might not be a more polarizing prospect in the entire 2023 NFL draft class than Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson. Evaluators rave about his dual-threat ability, his excellent size at 6-foot-4 and 232 pounds and how he can beat you with the best arm in the draft class. And they’ll
7:00 AM ET Jordan ReidESPN It’s a big week for HBCU prospects who could get picked in the 2023 NFL draft. On Monday, 47 players took part in the second annual HBCU combine, where scouts and evaluators from all 32 NFL teams watched workouts at the New Orleans Saints‘ practice facility. The Black College Football
8:00 AM ET Two levels of heat surround college football assistant coaches: The bad kind, for those facing pressure to keep their jobs; and the good kind, for those improving their chances of becoming head coaches. Every college football season produces a new group of hot assistants, who find themselves on the radar of athletic
1:24 PM ET Michigan star running back Blake Corum will miss spring practice, which began this week, but is on track to return at full strength in June, coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday. Corum was a Heisman Trophy candidate before injuring his knee Nov. 19 against Illinois. He played briefly the following week against Ohio
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Though we’re still quite a ways from the start of the 2023 college football season, we’re thinking about what will be stake for certain teams, players and coaches. Can Texas A&M contend for a spot in the playoff like it did just a couple of years ago? Can DJ Uiagalelei
11:59 PM ET Georgia All-SEC linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson was arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of racing on highway/streets and reckless driving, according to Athens-Clarke County jail booking records. Sources confirmed multiple reports to ESPN that an incident involving Dumas-Johnson occurred on Jan. 10, the day after Georgia’s 65-7 victory over TCU in the College Football
8:12 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers won’t face a misdemeanor charge following his arrest in New Orleans on a count of carrying an illegal weapon, court records indicate. Nabers, 19, of Youngsville, was arrested Monday night on Bourbon Street on one count of illegal carrying of a
12:15 PM ET The Baltimore Ravens are expected to hire longtime college coach Willie Taggart to oversee their running backs, a source told ESPN. Taggart is the former head coach at Florida State, Oregon, Western Kentucky, South Florida and Florida Atlantic, which he led for the past three seasons before being fired in November. He
12:22 PM ET Florida co-defensive coordinator Patrick Toney is leaving for the Arizona Cardinals after just one season and being replaced by recently hired Alabama assistant Austin Armstrong, sources told ESPN. Toney, who called the Gators’ defensive plays last season, accepted a defensive secondary coaching position with the Cardinals. Toney, 32, came to Florida with