6:37 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Few teams were more disappointing in 2021 than North Carolina, which opened the year ranked No. 10 in the country, and the Tar Heels finished 6-7 after a miserable bowl loss to South Carolina. But that loss, star receiver Josh Downs said, was a turning point for a team
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6:07 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi stood behind comments he recently made about Michigan State and the Big Ten during his appearance at ACC Kickoff on Thursday, reiterating that he felt confident about Pitt’s chances in that conference based on what he saw in their game against the Spartans in the
2:29 PM ET ATLANTA — Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher put to rest any concerns of lingering tension between himself and Alabama coach Nick Saban on the final day of SEC media days. “We saw each other at the SEC meetings [in Destin, Florida]. I have great respect for Nick, had a great friendship
1:31 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina quarterback Phil Petty, who led Lou Holtz’s teams to consecutive Outback Bowl wins, has died. He was 43. The university announced Petty’s death on Thursday. No cause of death was given. Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of a great Gamecock.
12:09 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee After guiding Georgia football to its first national championship in
11:35 AM ET ATLANTA — Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin opened his SEC Media Day press conference Thursday in part by addressing the investigation into the Tigers football program from February. Harsin said: “There was an inquiry. It was uncomfortable. It was unfounded. It presented an opportunity for people to personally attack me, my family,
7:00 AM ET College football roster management has always been a rather fraught affair. Between stars weighing whether to go pro, underplayed underclassmen thinking about transferring, the forever-stressful experience of both winning key recruiting battles and keeping said battles won, everyone needing to keep their grades up and so on, projecting what a roster will
7:00 AM ET With 201 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. While some of those commitments have been defensive recruits, the
10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Miami Hurricanes are ditching the “turnover chain” for the 2022 season, first-year coach Mario Cristobal told the Action Network on Wednesday. “It’s not part of our culture,” Cristobal said, according to a tweet from the publication. Miami’s turnover chain is an oversized 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain worn
9:14 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Division I college football players would have two periods of time — one in the winter and one in the spring — to enter the transfer portal and be immediately eligible to play if a proposed rule change gets final approval. The Division I Council endorsed on Tuesday