2:39 PM ET Tennessee and Virginia will face off to open the 2023 college football season at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, the schools announced Monday. The Volunteers were originally set to play BYU in Provo, Utah, as their season opener, but the Cougars are now expected to officially begin play as members of the Big
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8:00 AM ET College football can be cyclical, and the pendulum swung back toward defense in 2021. Georgia won its first national title in 41 years behind a historically good defense that produced eight picks in last month’s NFL draft, including a record five in the first round. The Big 12, long both celebrated and
7:49 PM ET Oklahoma got a commitment from junior college quarterback General Booty on Saturday. Booty, a 6-3, 195-pound sophomore from Tyler Junior College in Texas, will have three years of eligibility remaining at Oklahoma. New Home! #BoomerSooner @OU_Football @CoachVenables @Coach_Leb pic.twitter.com/GUxDDoNI0T — General Booty (@Generalbooty10) May 14, 2022 The son of former LSU receiver
5:15 PM ET Wisconsin inside linebackers coach Bill Sheridan, who is under NCAA investigation for alleged recruiting violations as an Air Force assistant coach, resigned from his position Friday. The Action Network reported earlier this week that Sheridan, assistant defensive line coach Del Cowsette, tight ends coach Jonathan Himebauch and an unknown assistant were under
10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN There’s a consistent myopia that’s led college athletics down a wayward path for generations. It’s a familiar pattern that spiraled the industry to its current state. Leaders wait until problems manifest and then scramble for eleventh-hour solutions. They muster enough administrative muscle to spit out some type of temporary bubble-gum
8:45 PM ET In this week’s NFT roundup, we have appearances by the likes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ronald Acuna Jr., as well as Paige Bueckers testing out NFTs through Meta and a new initiative by a pair of USC Trojans. Let’s get into it. Paige Bueckers, Instagram influencer Meta (the company formerly known
7:00 AM ET Anthony Treash One year ago, the NCAA made the ground-breaking decision to allow all college athletes to transfer without having to sit out a season. Not too long after, another colossal moment in the sport occurred when student-athletes became allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL). Those two changes
5:21 PM ET Former Memphis and Arizona quarterback Grant Gunnell has committed to North Texas, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. Gunnell, who transferred from Arizona to Memphis in December 2020, missed all of the 2021 season because of a leg injury. He reentered the transfer portal last month after participating in the
4:02 PM ET A federal judge in Nebraska dismissed the claims of four female students who had sued the University of Nebraska alleging that the school failed to adequately respond to their reports of being sexually assaulted and harassed by male athletes. In his ruling issued Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.,
2:11 PM ET BYU will suspend its series against Utah State after a Sept. 29 game as it prepares to enter the Big 12 in 2023. The teams will meet Sept. 29 in Provo, Utah. BYU and Utah State were set to meet annually through 2026, but the contract allowed games to be voided because