7:00 AM ET It’s time. In less than a week, we will have actual college football games to watch for the first time in more than seven months. The longest offseason in the world is coming to an end. We’ve written and read all the previews and profiles. We’ve debated all the debates. Now there’s
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8:10 PM ET Texas Tech surprised Patrick Mahomes on Saturday with an announcement that the Red Raiders would be inducting him into the school’s Ring of Honor this season. After the Kansas City Chiefs‘ preseason game against the Washington Commanders, Mahomes was asked to return to the field at Arrowhead Stadium. He was greeted by
3:55 PM ET There is mounting momentum among SEC schools to go from eight conference games to nine in football once Oklahoma and Texas join the league, sources told ESPN. The league’s athletic directors held their regularly scheduled meeting earlier this week. Administrators and coaches from multiple schools in the league said the feeling now
9:00 AM ET The last matchup of the series was one of the best. North Dakota State took a 20-14 lead over James Madison early in the fourth quarter in December’s FCS semifinals, then held on for dear life as the Dukes charged back late. Destin Talbert picked off a Cole Johnson pass in the
9:23 PM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Jimbo Fisher feels the best he has about the trajectory of Texas A&M’s football program, and he’s ready for the story to become what the Aggies do on the field and not his offseason spat with former boss Nick Saban. “We’re talented and have established that we can
5:43 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Urban Meyer is returning to Fox’s “Big Noon Saturday” college football pregame show after his NFL coaching career lasted less than one full season. Fox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show he was part of in its first two seasons. After resigning as Ohio State’s
2:03 PM ET The Texas Longhorns have named Quinn Ewers, the heralded recruit who began his college career early at Ohio State to capitalize on name, image and likeness opportunities before transferring back to his home state, as their starting quarterback. Ewers, who is from Southlake, Texas, had been competing for the job with Hudson
9:17 AM ET Nebraska has named Casey Thompson, a transfer from Texas, as its starting quarterback for next week’s season opener against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland. Coach Scott Frost, speaking Thursday night on his radio show, said Thompson “will take the first rep” against Northwestern. Thompson, who transferred to Nebraska in January, started 10 games
9:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti The demise of the Pac-12 has been greatly exaggerated. Well … at least for now. Even though the conference can barely be discussed without delving into the shocking departures of USC and UCLA
7:00 AM ET The college football extended universe is something a fiction writer could only dream of creating. Star Wars never had a side plot as worthwhile as the BYU-Utah Holy War. The Buffyverse was never capable of something as unexpectedly rich as the Grand Valley State-Ferris State rivalry. (And I say that as someone