4:36 PM ET Cincinnati’s players and coaches on Monday downplayed any role the underdog label may play for the Bearcats against heavily favored Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semifinal game at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The Crimson Tide are a 13½-point favorite against the Bearcats, who went 13-0 this season and have won
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4:10 PM ET Boise State has withdrawn from the Barstool Arizona Bowl because of COVID-19 issues within the program, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The Broncos were set to face Central Michigan on Friday afternoon in Tucson, Arizona. Central Michigan arrived in Tucson on Sunday night and practiced earlier Monday. The Arizona Bowl has
4:52 PM ET Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson has opted out of the Rose Bowl and declared for the NFL draft, he announced Monday. Wilson is a third-year player for the Buckeyes and a former top-20 recruit in the 2019 class out of Austin, Texas. He chose Ohio State over the Texas Longhorns and
5:26 PM ET Penn State senior safety Jaquan Brisker announced on Monday that he would opt out of the Nittany Lions’ Outback Bowl game against Arkansas to prepare for the NFL draft. The 6-1, 200 Brisker, who returned for his super senior season, is Mel Kiper Jr.’s No. 3 safety in his positional draft rankings.
4:52 PM ET Ohio State will be without four starters when the team plays Utah in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, as receivers Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, offensive lineman Nicholas Petit-Frere and defensive lineman Haskell Garrett have all opted out of the game. Wilson is a third-year player for the Buckeyes and
12:23 PM ET MIAMI — Michigan running back Blake Corum was limited late in the season and during the Big Ten championship game with an ankle injury, but he said on Monday that he’s healthy again heading into the start of the College Football Playoff this week. The Wolverines play Georgia in the CFP Semifinal
9:59 AM ET MIAMI — Now that the Georgia Bulldogs have arrived for the CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, players said during their first availability Monday they are fully aware of taking the necessary precautions to avoid a COVID-19 outbreak on the team. With three bowl games canceled and another in jeopardy,
9:41 AM ET Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning is headed to Oregon as the Ducks’ new head coach, but he’ll first call defensive plays for the Bulldogs in Friday’s game against Michigan in a College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. Lanning, 35, was hired as Oregon’s coach on Dec. 11 to
7:00 AM ET BOGART, Ga. — All these years later, Homer Jordan is amazed that anybody still remembers him. But, then, that’s Jordan, unassuming and humble, almost to the point of being uncomfortable when the subject turns to him and his role in Clemson‘s first-ever national championship four decades ago, and more specifically, his role
7:56 PM ET Miami will not be able to participate in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Washington State because of COVID-19 issues, the school announced Sunday. Last week Miami delayed its departure for the game until the day before kickoff in an effort to be able to play. At the time, Sun Bowl