5:52 PM ET Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. — Brent Venables already has received two Oklahoma welcomes fit for a king. Hundreds of Sooners fans who watched coach Lincoln Riley leave for Southern California last week flocked to Norman’s airport on Sunday night to cheer the arrival of Venables, Riley’s replacement. A day later, Oklahoma introduced
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5:44 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — Every Texas Longhorns offensive lineman on scholarship will get $50,000 annually for use of their name, image and likeness to support charitable causes, a new nonprofit entity announced Monday. Horns with Heart said “The Pancake Factory” program would start in August 2022. The organization said it
1:21 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Johnny Rodgers, the 1972 Heisman Trophy winner and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, was in an Omaha hospital intensive care unit Monday with COVID-19. Rodgers’ business partner, Denny Drake, said the Cornhuskers football great was hospitalized Thanksgiving morning with the virus at Nebraska
12:12 PM ET Nevada coach Jay Norvell will be the next football coach at Colorado State, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal was not finalized as of Monday morning but is expected be complete by the end of the day. Norvell was the lowest-paid coach in the Mountain West with Nevada at roughly $620,000
11:49 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mario Cristobal is heading home to the U. Cristobal will leave Oregon to become Miami‘s head
11:15 AM ET After weeks of speculation, Miami has fired head coach Manny Diaz on Monday after three years on the job. The decision comes after numerous reports indicated the school was making a significant offer to lure Oregon coach Mario Cristobal back to Miami, where he played and served as an assistant coach under
11:29 AM ET Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec will return to the team for the 2022 season, he announced Monday. Jurkovec began the 2021 season as an NFL draft prospect but suffered a hand injury in Week 2 and underwent surgery. He returned from the injury earlier than expected in November and appeared in Boston
10:28 AM ET Purdue Boilermakers standouts George Karlaftis and David Bell are heading to the NFL, but their status for the team’s upcoming bowl game is unclear, coach Jeff Brohm said Sunday. Karlaftis, a junior defensive end, is No. 21 on Mel Kiper’s ESPN Big Board for the 2022 draft. Kiper ranks Bell, a Biletnikoff
7:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Luke Fickell does not recall getting much, if any sleep, Saturday night. First, there was the on-field celebration with his team — and seemingly the entire campus — after completing a perfect season that would end up making playoff history. Then there was the gathering back at his house, where
10:21 PM ET ESPN 300 linebacker Kobie McKinzie decommitted from Oklahoma on Nov. 28, after news broke that football coach Lincoln Riley was leaving for USC. Now, a week later, McKinzie has committed to Texas. McKinzie, out of Lubbock-Cooper High in Lubbock, Texas, is ESPN’s No. 95-ranked prospect overall and its No. 3 inside linebacker.