8:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN STORRS, Conn. — Jim Mora lives in a stately old building set upon three acres on a hill above campus at the University of Connecticut. He loves the location, the connection to the campus community and the six-minute walk of a commute. But there’s a spooky soundtrack of doors that
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7:00 AM ET Jordan ReidESPN Welcome to Week 0 of the 2022 college football season. It has been a long summer, but the opening week of college football is upon us — and HBCU play gets going on Saturday when Howard faces Alabama State in the Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff at 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN App).
7:00 AM ET As much as college football has changed over the past few seasons through the transfer portal, conference realignment and NIL money, the lopsided nature of the sport has largely remained unchanged. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State are still the most dominant teams in the FBS, and it’s difficult to find any
6:40 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Fresh off a new $93.6 million contract extension that runs through the 2030 season and makes him college football’s highest-paid coach, Alabama‘s Nick Saban told ESPN on Thursday he plans on coaching for as long as the Crimson Tide will have him. Saban, who turns 71 in October, has
1:32 PM ET Illinois has named quarterback Tommy DeVito, a transfer from Syracuse, as its starter for this week’s opener against Wyoming. DeVito competed with Art Sitkowski for the top job throughout the offseason, after transferring in December. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound DeVito started 15 games during three seasons for Syracuse, passing for 3,478 yards and
7:00 AM ET HONOLULU — Before he became a cult legend by setting the NCAA Division I-A career passing record as a quarterback at Hawai’i, Timmy Chang had a battle to win at home. He was the No. 1 football recruit in the state in the Class of 2000 which, to the delight of his
12:55 PM ET Notre Dame executive deputy athletics director Mario Morris has been hired as the NCAA’s vice president of administration and chief financial officer, the organization announced on Wednesday. Morris, a former starting linebacker at Alabama, where he won a national championship in 1992, was hired by outgoing NCAA president Mark Emmert, and will
10:37 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Pittsburgh has informed USC transfer Kedon Slovis that he’s going to be the starting quarterback, the team announced Wednesday. Slovis beat out redshirt senior Nick Patti for the job. Slovis will replace Kenny Pickett, who led Pitt to the ACC title and emerged as a first-round pick last season. Slovis,
7:00 AM ET Just a few more days before we have honest-to-goodness college football games and the 2022 season is here. ESPN’s preseason All-America team includes some familiar names and some new ones. Included are four players who made ESPN’s 2021 postseason All-America team — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, USC
2:11 PM ET USC Trojans wide receiver Jordan Addison has signed a name, image and likeness deal with United Airlines in a national campaign geared toward the college football season. 2 Related Addison made headlines when he transferred from Pitt to USC after winning the Biletnikoff Award last season as the nation’s best receiver. He