10:44 AM ET Just one day after resigning as offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh, Mark Whipple has resurfaced at Nebraska in the same role under head football coach Scott Frost, it was announced Wednesday. Whipple, 64, stepped down Tuesday after his third season at Pitt, where he had mentored Heisman Trophy finalist Kenny Pickett. The Panthers
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11:33 AM ET The Texas Tech Red Raiders are expected to hire veteran defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter to the same role, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The deal with DeRuyter is not yet finalized, but it is expected soon, a source said. DeRuyter, 58, spent the past two seasons at Oregon under head coach
8:00 AM ET Alabama, Cincinnati, Georgia and Michigan will compete for the 2021 national championship in the College Football Playoff, and those teams are well represented on ESPN’s All-America team, as well. The Crimson Tide have four All-Americans, the Bulldogs have three and the Bearcats and Wolverines each have one. Of the 26 players included
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar won the Williams V. Campbell Trophy on Tuesday night as the top scholar-athlete in college football. The senior receives a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship. He is the first Iowa State player to win the award since it was established in 1990. Kolar
8:10 PM ET A week after announcing Brian Kelly as its new coach, LSU is poised to lose starting quarterback Max Johnson along with his brother, Jake, a prized tight end recruit. Max Johnson announced Tuesday that he plans to enter the transfer portal. A sophomore and the son of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson,
7:39 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Fresno State is nearing an agreement to hire Jeff Tedford as its next football coach, sources told ESPN
8:47 PM ET Associated Press Mario Cristobal scrawled notes in pencil on a yellow legal pad during the private flight that brought him to Miami. He carried the pad into the Hurricanes‘ football building Tuesday, his first full day as the program’s head coach. The list of things he’d jotted down wasn’t short. “It’s time
8:15 AM ET Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Ohio State and Utah will head to Pasadena, California, coming from opposite directions. The Buckeyes appeared destined for
6:00 PM ET Ohio State hired Jim Knowles as the football team’s defensive coordinator on Tuesday, head coach Ryan Day announced. Knowles had been the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State, where his defense ranked No. 3 in total yards per game. A finalist for the Broyles Award, which annually goes to college football’s top assistant