7:27 PM ET Defensive linemen Derrick LeBlanc committed to Oklahoma on Thursday. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound LeBlanc, ranked No. 37 in the 2023 ESPN 300, picked Oklahoma over Penn State and Florida. LeBlanc, a defensive end from Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida, is the 10th ESPN 300 recruit Brent Venables has reeled in. Nine of
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3:20 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No program has come closer to breaking through to the College Football Playoff without actually crashing into the field than Penn State, which managed to win the Big Ten and still get shut out back in 2016. The Nittany Lions have emerged as a curious dichotomy
8:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Warren insists his confidence has always been there, never shaken but often stirred by the challenges and obstacles he faced during a bumpy transition as Big Ten commissioner. From an end zone suite at Lucas Oil Stadium, he looked out toward the field late Tuesday afternoon, as the first
3:33 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Despite an 11-2 record last season and a win in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State players were not satisfied with the outcome. A loss to Michigan and missing out on the College Football Playoff caused the players to take accountability into their own hands this offseason. “I feel like we
4:25 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — After agreeing to a 10-year contract in November, Penn State coach James Franklin thinks the university is positioned to compete for championships. Franklin praised the hiring of athletic director Pat Kraft, a former football player at Indiana, and university president Neeli Bendapudi from Louisville. He noted that Penn State had
1:46 PM ET Prized safety Caleb Downs committed to Alabama on Wednesday. The 6-foot, 190-pound Downs, from Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, Georgia, is No. 16 in the 2023 ESPN 300 and becomes the 11th ESPN 300 football prospect for the Crimson Tide. He chose Alabama over Ohio State, Georgia, Notre Dame and North
12:07 PM ET Darlington Raceway has signed Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall in the first lengthy name, image and likeness partnership between a NASCAR racetrack and a college football player. Atlanta Motor Speedway has done one-off social media promotions with a trio of Georgia football players to promote its most recent NASCAR Cup Series events,
10:15 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com There are uniform reveals and then there’s what Notre Dame football did to reveal its 2022 Shamrock Series uniform. Channeling the classic scene from 2009’s “The Hangover,” Fighting Irish players past and present, along with first-year coach Marcus Freeman, took to the desert. Forming their own wolf pack, Freeman takes
8:00 AM ET When Jim Knowles entered the Shoe for Ohio State’s spring game in April, he was greeted by 60,000 fans. Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire Before Ohio State‘s spring football game in mid-April, first-year defensive coordinator Jim Knowles took a walk around the field to soak in the atmosphere of his first time inside Ohio Stadium.
7:00 AM ET Las Vegas-based sportsbook Circa Sports is responsible for some of the first college football lines to hit the market each week during the season. Circa’s point spreads and totals, which are bet into by professional bettors and often influence the rest, typically hit the board Sunday mornings. The action that ensues often