10:06 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The last remaining obstacle to expanding the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in the 2024 and 2025 seasons has been cleared. A source told ESPN on Wednesday night that the Rose Bowl has agreed to terms that will pave the way for the College Football Playoff to expand in
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8:11 PM ET Trent Dilfer, the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback and ESPN analyst, was introduced as UAB‘s head coach on Wednesday, laying out a vision for an era of Blazers football that he said “many people couldn’t possibly imagine.” Dilfer, who is about to finish his fourth season as coach at Lipscomb Academy in Tennessee,
6:54 PM ET Mickey Joseph, who served as interim head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for nine games this season, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of strangulation and third degree domestic assault, the Lincoln Police Department said. The Lincoln Police Department said officers were dispatched to a residence on a domestic disturbance call. After an
5:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia will keep football coach Neal Brown for the 2023 season, the school announced on Wednesday. The decision comes in the wake of a 5-7 season that saw the Mountaineers win two of their final three games, upsetting both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Brown has had just one winning
6:13 PM ET Penn State cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is skipping his team’s bowl game and has declared for the 2023 NFL draft. Porter is the No. 18-ranked prospect in Todd McShay’s latest draft rankings and the No. 3 corner behind Georgia’s Kelee Ringo and Oregon’s Christian Gonzalez. He was named as a third-team All-Big
5:03 PM ET Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was arrested Wednesday on two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography. Kitna, the 19-year-old son of former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department and booked into the Alachua County jail at 3:20 p.m.
3:51 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday. He was 82. The university, where Hadl returned after his playing days as a coach and fundraiser,
2:20 PM ET Alabama wide receiver Traeshon Holden, who is tied for the second most touchdown receptions on the team this season, will enter the transfer portal, he announced Wednesday. Holden, a 6-foot-3 junior, saw his production increase the past two seasons. This season, he ranked fourth on the team with 331 receiving yards to
12:57 PM ET Florida State All-ACC defensive end Jared Verse and All-ACC safety Jammie Robinson said they plan to play in the Seminoles’ upcoming bowl game. Both players spoke to reporters Wednesday after their first bowl practice as No. 13 Florida State (9-3) prepares for its first postseason game since 2019. Florida State will find
10:07 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia is expected to hire Wren Baker as its next athletic director, sources told ESPN. A deal has not been signed but is expected to be finalized in the next 24 hours, according to sources. Baker is the athletic director at North Texas and emerged as one of the