1:12 PM ET ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Friday the league does not believe now is the right time to expand the College Football Playoff, explaining its position for the first time publicly after discussions to push through a 12-team format have produced no agreement. Phillips said the ACC prefers to “immediately focus and collaborate
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1:38 PM ET Oregon starting running back Travis Dye entered the transfer portal Friday. Dye rushed for 1,271 yards on 6.0 yards per carry in 2021 with 16 touchdowns. He also led the Ducks with 46 receptions and was third on the team with 402 receiving yards, including two scores. It’s unclear where Dye plans
2:00 PM ET Georgia will be without each of its leading rushers when it tries to defend its national championship in 2022. Junior Zamir White, the team’s leading this past season, announced on Friday that he’s entering the NFL draft. Senior James Cook announced earlier this week that he is also leaving with one season
2:30 PM ET Alabama wide receiver Slade Bolden declared for the NFL draft on Friday, while the Crimson Tide’s leading tackler, linebacker Henry To’o To’o, announced he will return to the team for his senior season. To’o To’o transferred to Alabama from Tennessee before the 2021 season. He was the No. 47 recruit in the
2:30 PM ET Alabama wide receivers Slade Bolden and John Metchie III will enter the NFL draft, while linebacker Henry To’o To’o, defensive lineman DJ Dale and safety Jordan Battle are returning to the team for their senior seasons. Bolden, To’o To’o and Dale announced their intentions on social media on Friday. Sources told ESPN’s
11:59 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN After leading the Georgia Bulldogs to their first national championship since 1980 on Monday, quarterback Stetson Bennett had one more thing to give out to Bulldogs fans: chicken fingers. The MVP of the College Football Playoff National Championship win over the Alabama Crimson Tide handed out hundreds of chicken finger
10:00 AM ET Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum declared for the NFL draft on Friday. Linderbaum is Mel Kiper Jr.’s top center prospect in the upcoming draft and the recipient of the Rimington Trophy this past season, recognizing the nation’s top center. “These last four years have been nothing short of amazing,” Linderbaum said on social
6:29 AM ET ESPN staff Plenty of adjectives can be thrown out to describe the 2021 college football season. Wildly entertaining, exhilarating, hectic. Maybe one could even say historic? 1 Related Those are all viable options, but these two words could also summarize this year on the college gridiron: Terrifically trolled. Playful (and sometimes personal)
9:33 PM ET Pitt is close to hiring Boston College offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Jr. as its next offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Cignetti, who has spent the past two seasons at Boston College, is a veteran college and NFL coordinator who grew up in Pittsburgh. He served as Pitt’s offensive coordinator in
8:28 PM ET Former Penn State running back Noah Cain is transferring to LSU, he announced Thursday night. Cain, who entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, will join new Tigers coach Brian Kelly. Cain, a native of Baton Rouge, was recruited by LSU out of high school. LSU is losing leading rusher Ty Davis-Price, who