8:00 AM ET Syracuse football coach Dino Babers has a saying when he talks to his team, one he has relied on heavily over the last year. “Try less harder.” Among Babers’ many gifts is his ability to tell a story. To explain the phrase, Babers recalls his former college coach, the late Dick Tomey,
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7:00 AM ET BOONE, N.C. — The launch point was Appalachian State‘s own 43-yard line, an almost impossibly high arc with a trajectory that left the throw well short of the end zone. That’s when it seemed as if the magic might’ve finally run out. But this was Chase Brice, and this was Appalachian State,
11:27 PM ET In a letter provided to the University of California Board of Regents ahead of a closed-door session Thursday to discuss UCLA‘s proposed move to the Big Ten conference, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff detailed “significant concerns” he had with the move, including student-athlete mental health, increased travel and operational costs, and negative impacts
7:25 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech linebacker Bryce Ramirez is back in Texas five days after breaking his left leg in a gruesome injury suffered during a game at North Carolina State. Ramirez returned to Lubbock on Thursday, greeted at the airport by coach Joey McGuire and others as he was
7:17 PM ET LSU star wide receiver Kayshon Boutte will miss the Saturday game against New Mexico to attend the birth of his child. Tigers coach Brian Kelly said after practice Thursday that Boutte will miss the game, saying the team supports the junior from New Iberia, Louisiana. Boutte and his girlfriend are having a
5:33 PM ET Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — College Football Hall of Fame coach Darrell Mudra, who won better than 70% of his games and two national championships in a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s, has died. The National Football Foundation announced Mudra died Wednesday. He was 93. Mudra’s nickname was “Dr. Victory”
3:27 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC defensive end Romello Height, who transferred from Auburn this offseason, will likely miss the rest of the season after undergoing a shoulder procedure, head coach Lincoln Riley announced Thursday. “It’s going to be a long-term recovery,” Riley said. Height suffered the injury during USC’s 41-28 victory over Stanford in
3:25 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — With Memorial Stadium on the cusp of its 100th anniversary, the Nebraska athletic department on Thursday set the stage for a massive renovation that will make the venue more fan friendly for decades to come. University leaders also announced a new multimedia rights deal that would bring
12:34 PM ET The NCAA placed LSU’s football program on one year of probation and issued a three-year show cause against a former assistant coach, who it says admitted to meeting with a prospect and giving him team gear during a COVID-19 recruiting dead period. The Tigers said they fired offensive line coach James Cregg
7:32 PM ET ESPN staff College football’s last weekend in September is officially here, meaning conference rivalries move to the forefront of Saturday’s slate. Sure, we’ll miss the nonconference battles like Appalachian State upsetting Texas A&M in College Station or Georgia proving why the title still runs through Athens, but conference play is where seasons