6:33 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said a Texas Tech player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur Wednesday night in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. A scrum between the teams came after Ole Miss’ Dayton Wade fumbled early in the fourth quarter and Texas
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10:54 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — KJ Jefferson passed to Rashod Dubinion for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime and Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas for a 55-53 win the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Wednesday night. The Jayhawks had rallied from 25 points down in the second
8:24 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Cal quarterback Jack Plummer announced on his Twitter account Wednesday that he is transferring to Louisville for his final season of eligibility and reuniting with new Cardinals head coach Jeff Brohm. Plummer, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound senior, entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer a week ago. He started
3:42 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — TCU star receiver Quentin Johnston said he had several inquiries about transferring elsewhere during the offseason, particularly with Gary Patterson stepping down as coach toward the end of the 2021 season. But Johnston stayed put and is ecstatic that he did. The Horned Frogs will make their first College
3:34 PM ET LSU will be without star receiver Kayshon Boutte when it plays Purdue in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Monday. Coach Brian Kelly didn’t provide a reason for Boutte’s absence in a statement released by the school Wednesday. Kelly did include in the statement that Boutte is enrolled at LSU for the spring
1:05 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Since 2015, Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan tenure has featured plenty of highs and lows. But as Michigan prepares for its second straight College Football Playoff appearance, not much has changed when it comes to Harbaugh’s coaching approach or his attire of choice. “His presence is kind of like an immovable object,”
1:41 PM ET Texas Tech has rewarded coach Joey McGuire for a successful debut season by agreeing to a new six-year, $26.6 million contract, the school announced Wednesday. McGuire has led the Red Raiders to a 7-5 record entering Wednesday’s TaxAct Texas Bowl against Ole Miss. That mark includes wins over Texas and Oklahoma —
12:21 PM ET ATLANTA — Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer and his teammates are not only upset about the way they played in the second half against Michigan. They have also taken issue with the resurfaced narrative that they are not physical enough on defense. That is enough to provide extra motivation headed into
11:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett acknowledged Wednesday the difficulty of the task at hand as the Bulldogs look to become the first team to repeat as national champions in a decade. “Man,” Bennett said, “those pats on the back feel good, you know?” Last January, Bennett received a lot of “attaboys”
8:00 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — When defending national champion Georgia lost 15 starters to the NFL draft after winning its first title since 1980 last season, the Bulldogs weren’t expected to be nearly as good this year. Georgia had five defensive starters selected in the first round of the draft, so surely it couldn’t