7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: Now the race is onAnd here comes pride up the backstretchHeartache’s going to the insideMy tears are holding backThey’re trying not to fallMy heart’s out of the runningTrue love’s scratched for another’s sakeThe race is on, and it looks like heartachesAnd the winner loses all– “The Race
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8:47 PM ET ESPN staff A two-loss team has never made the College Football Playoff, but at No. 5 this week, LSU (9-2) inched one step closer to making history. In the most notable decision from an otherwise predictable top six, the CFP selection committee deemed the Tigers a notch above one-loss USC, which is
8:08 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a claim by the widow of a former USC football player who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a linebacker on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured
9:07 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Kansas and head football coach Lance Leipold have agreed to terms on a new contract that includes an extension through the 2029 season, sources told ESPN. Leipold, 58, has resuscitated the Jayhawks program in just his second season in Lawrence, leading Kansas to a 6-5 record and
7:19 PM ET After overcoming tough games against unranked opponents, the top four teams in the College Football Playoff rankings remained the same Tuesday night, while LSU stayed one spot ahead of USC at No. 5. Georgia led off the CFP selection committee’s rankings for the third straight week, followed by Ohio State at No.
7:19 PM ET Washington coach Kalen DeBoer, who has led the Huskies to a 9-2 record in his first year, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2028 season, the university announced Tuesday. The two-year extension will raise DeBoer’s salary by $1 million in 2023, and by $100,000 in each subsequent year. He will
7:34 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke, the MAC’s most prolific passer, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, it was announced Tuesday. Rourke suffered the injury against Ball State last week and is out for Tuesday’s game against Bowling Green. He’s being replaced by redshirt sophomore CJ Harris,
5:08 PM ET Amid speculation he’s leaving for the Auburn head-coaching job, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin met with his players Tuesday and assured them that he hasn’t accepted a job at any other school, sources told ESPN. Kiffin as a rule doesn’t respond to coaching rumors, but sources told ESPN that he felt as
1:47 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day still has scars from last year’s loss to the Michigan Wolverines, and it has motivated the Buckeyes all season to make sure this season doesn’t end in similar fashion. “I think you’re shaped by whatever’s happened in your past, and we have scars and it motivated us
4:51 PM ET Iowa senior tight end Sam LaPorta will miss Friday’s game against Nebraska, coach Kirk Ferentz said on Tuesday. “We don’t expect Sam to play,” Ferentz said. LaPorta left with a leg injury in the first quarter of last Saturday’s 13-10 win at Minnesota, a victory that allowed the Hawkeyes to stay in