9:32 AM ET Duke quarterback Riley Leonard will start for the Blue Devils in their season opener against Temple on Friday, coach Mike Elko announced Sunday. Leonard and Jordan Moore had been in a competition since the spring to replace Gunnar Holmberg. “After a very intense quarterback battle this fall, we have decided to go
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8:00 AM ET HIS HIRING WAS viewed as a breakthrough, long overdue and something college football desperately needed. That was nearly two decades ago, and Sylvester Croom isn’t convinced that much, if anything, has changed for Black head coaches in college football, particularly those in the Deep South. “It’s not like anybody is asking for
12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Without 25 ineligible players, and playing with just seven available offensive linemen, Florida A&M authored an impressive performance before succumbing to North Carolina, 56-24, on Saturday night. Quarterback Jeremy Moussa was 28-of-38 for 279 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and kept the Rattlers close
5:07 PM ET DUBLIN — — Scott Frost isn’t calling plays on offense this season. However, the embattled Nebraska coach still made the biggest decision in Saturday’s 31-28 loss to Northwestern in Ireland. He ordered an onside kick and it didn’t work. Now, he’s facing even more pressure with Nebraska’s losing streak at seven games.
6:53 PM ET Michigan has seen Cade McNamara, last season’s starter, and J.J. McCarthy locked in a quarterback battle all offseason. On Saturday, Jim Harbaugh announced that the battle has been settled, kind of. In a statement, Harbaugh said McNamara will start the first game of the season against Colorado State and McCarthy will start
6:56 PM ET Haynes King has won Texas A&M‘s starting quarterback job, sources told ESPN. King, a 6-3, 205-pound redshirt sophomore, started the first two games a year ago before suffering a season-ending injury when he broke his right tibia in the first quarter against Colorado in Week 2. TexAgs.com was the first to report
5:07 PM ET ESPN News Service DUBLIN — Ryan Hilinski threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns to help Northwestern rally for a 31-28 victory over Nebraska in Saturday’s season opener in Ireland. Northwestern handed the Cornhuskers their seventh consecutive loss going back to last season — all coming by single digits — and added
6:08 PM ET California defensive lineman Brett Johnson, a preseason All-Pac-12 selection, will miss his second straight season after suffering a lower-body injury in practice Thursday. The team didn’t specify the injury but said it’s unrelated to the fractured hip Johnson suffered during a car accident in the spring of 2021 that caused him to
first Quarter NEB NU TD 12:41 Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda 32 Yd pass from Casey Thompson (Timmy Bleekrode Kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:19 7 0 FG 2:13 A. Stage 35 yd FG GOOD 9 plays, 35 yards, 4:28 7 3 second Quarter NEB NU TD 11:59 Casey Thompson 1 Yd Run (Timmy Bleekrode Kick) 14 plays,
8:57 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The UConn Huskies will start Penn State transfer Ta’Quan Roberson at quarterback against Utah State on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Roberson is a redshirt sophomore from New Jersey who transferred to UConn in December after coach Jim Mora was hired. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Roberson beat out