4:08 PM ET Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett grew up in the state and is well aware that the Bulldogs haven’t won a national championship in 41 years. But Bennett, a senior from Blackshear, Georgia, insists the No. 3 Bulldogs won’t be carrying that burden when they play No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff
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3:09 PM ET Nick Saban, vying for his seventh national championship at Alabama when the Crimson Tide face Georgia on Jan. 10 in the College Football Playoff title game, was noncommittal Monday when asked about playoff expansion. “Look, I’m not the one who needs to be deciding what the playoff needs to be,” Saban said
3:25 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — UNLV has promoted interim athletic director Erick Harper to serve in the job full time. Harper’s hiring, announced on Monday, was effective Jan. 1. He had served as interim athletic director since Desiree Reed-Francois left UNLV for Missouri in August. “Erick has a strong track record in
1:49 PM ET Dabo Swinney is losing another member of his Clemson coaching staff. Sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday that defensive line coach Todd Bates is following Brent Venables to Oklahoma to be the Sooners’ co-defensive coordinator. Venables, Clemson’s long-time defensive coordinator, left last month for the Oklahoma head-coaching job. TigerIllustrated.com was the first
1:45 PM ET Atlanta Falcons running backs coach Desmond Kitchings has been hired as the offensive coordinator at Virginia and will begin immediately, Falcons head coach Arthur Smith said Monday. Kitchings had first been reported as a candidate last month by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, as the 43-year-old makes a return to the college level after
1:48 PM ET Notre Dame is hiring former Ohio State and NFL linebacker James Laurinaitis for its support staff. Laurinaitis, a teammate of new Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman with the Buckeyes, announced his move to Notre Dame on the show he co-hosts for WBNS-AM radio in Columbus, Ohio. A source told ESPN that Laurinaitis,
11:15 AM ET Wake Forest running back Christian Beal-Smith, the team’s leading rusher the past two seasons, is in the transfer portal as a graduate. Beal-Smith has 1,871 career rushing yards and 14 touchdowns with Wake Forest, including 604 yards and seven touchdowns this season on 131 carries. The redshirt junior shared carries with freshman
4:26 PM ET Texas A&M added its fourth five-star commitment Sunday, when linebacker Harold Perkins chose the Aggies at the Under Armour All-America Game. Perkins is ESPN’s No. 5-rated player overall, and he joins Walter Nolen, Gabe Brownlow-Dindy and Evan Stewart as the five-stars committed in the class. The Aggies finished the early signing period
10:42 PM ET William E. Ricks The 2021 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One Venture X between the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 11 Utah Utes was simply wild. At one point, six touchdowns were scored in less than three minutes — and that was just in the first half. The
10:04 PM ET Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral left the Sugar Bowl against Baylor Saturday night after suffering an injury late in the first quarter. The team said he is doubtful to return. On third-and-20 with 2:13 left in the quarter, Corral was sacked by Baylor defensive tackle Cole Maxwell for a six-yard loss and