9:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN SICKLERVILLE, N.J. — After starting one career game in which he threw two interceptions and completed 37% of his passes, NC State quarterback Devin Leary bounded into the office of coach Dave Doeren in the fall of 2019. Leary, then a redshirt freshman, made a simple declaration that proved equal
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7:00 AM ET Preseason projections are a difficult task. We can review last season’s results, but that only gets us so far. In an era in which the transfer portal allows for massive roster overhauls in a single offseason (hello, USC), there aren’t many constants from year to year. And yet, the job of ranking
2:36 PM ET The sportsbooks were awfully tough to beat during the 2021 college football season. The top computer projections systems mostly finished under 50% against the spread, and closing line value was next to nonexistent. We still had win totals, however. As I wrote following the regular season, my August SP+ win projections beat
7:00 AM ET Alabama heads into the 2022 season on top of the college football world, as the Crimson Tide not only sit at the pinnacle of the preseason AP Top 25 but now also occupy the No. 1 spot in the 2023 class rankings. Several additions to their trenches, along with the decommitment of
11:39 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family said in a statement that the former coach died Monday in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines
1:22 PM ET Charlie Brewer, who passed for 9,700 yards and 65 touchdowns at Baylor, will be Liberty’s starting quarterback this season, coach Hugh Freeze announced Monday. Brewer, who will be in his sixth year of eligibility, started 39 career games for Baylor from 2017-20 and quarterbacked the Bears to the Big 12 conference championship
12:39 PM ET Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Two freshman members of the Indiana State football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash, officials said Monday. Two other football team members who were injured in the crash were out of intensive care but remained hospitalized in serious condition,
12:18 PM ET Associated Press Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team. Joining Young, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and Anderson, the star pass rusher, were Alabama defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks as first-team selections. The
11:50 AM ET North Carolina will start Drake Maye at quarterback on Saturday against Florida A&M, coach Mack Brown announced Monday. Maye and Jacolby Criswell had been competing for the starting job to replace the departed Sam Howell. Brown repeatedly stressed during his press conference that the competition between the two players was close and
10:39 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN New Mexico has found a starting quarterback. A source told ESPN on Monday that the school will start Kansas transfer Miles Kendrick. The Lobos open the season against Maine on Sept. 3 and then have a high-profile home date with Boise State the following Friday night. Kendrick, a senior transfer,