9:47 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — LSU standout defensive tackle Maason Smith was knocked out of Sunday’s season-opening game against Florida State with a lower leg injury he sustained while celebrating a stop on defense. A Freshman All-SEC selection a season ago, Smith was expected to be a centerpiece of the Tigers’ defense. Smith exited
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7:04 PM ET Jayden Daniels, a transfer quarterback from Arizona State, started for LSU Sunday night in the season opener vs. Florida State. LSU’s Brian Kelly, making his debut as Tigers coach, told reporters last week that the staff had made its decision as to who will start vs. the Seminoles, but believing it might
1:44 PM ET Virginia Tech‘s trip to Old Dominion on Friday just keeps getting worse. After the Hokies lost 20-17 in Brent Pry’s debut as head coach, players returned to the visiting locker room to find items were stolen from their lockers during the game. Former Virginia Tech player Eric Kumah tweeted a reference to
9:30 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — Give Brian Kelly this: He operates from a position of strength. The man played club football at Assumption College — not FBS or FCS but club football — and one of his first jobs was coaching softball at the school. Eight years later, he climbed all the way
12:08 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young began his Heisman Trophy defense on Saturday with six touchdowns in a season-opening 55-0 win over Utah State. He joined Tua Tagovailoa as the only players in Alabama history with six or more touchdowns in a game. Tagovailoa had seven touchdowns in a 2019 game
2:01 AM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — While many outside the program were waiting to see No. 2 Ohio State unveil yet another potent offense against an overmatched opponent, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day was waiting for this — the game when the passes weren’t sailing through the air with precision and ease to future NFL draft
12:08 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young began his Heisman Trophy defense on Saturday with six touchdowns in a season-opening 55-0 win over Utah State. He joined Tua Tagovailoa as the only players in Alabama history with six or more touchdowns in a single game. Young completed 18 of 28 pass attempts
12:40 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson had shown flashes of his potential as a backup for the Gators last season. On Saturday, he showed exactly what he could do as their starter. Richardson had 274 total yards and three touchdowns as Florida upset No. 7 Utah 29-26 in front of a
12:02 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The grand opening of the Lincoln Riley era at USC began with a new logo on his familiar visor and plenty of fireworks on the field from new and old faces alike. USC scored its most points in a game since 2008 thanks to a clinical debut
10:13 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a potential Heisman Trophy contender, took a hit in the first quarter that popped his helmet off, and he is not expected to return to the game, according to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe. The hit occurred on the first play of Ohio State’s