8:30 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti Six years ago, then-USC athletic director Pat Haden ushered a handful of reporters into an unglamorous conference room and announced that the school was putting Steve Sarkisian on an indefinite leave of absence.
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6:45 PM ET The news that Lincoln Riley has accepted the head-coaching position at USC has already reverberated in the college football recruiting sphere, with ESPN 300 running back and Oklahoma commit Raleek Brown telling ESPN that Riley’s relocation will impact his recruitment. “That changes everything,” Brown said Sunday after ESPN and other outlets reported
5:45 PM ET Alabama leading rusher Brian Robinson Jr. is dealing with a lower-body injury that could threaten his availability for Saturday’s SEC championship game against Georgia. Robinson left this past Saturday’s win against Auburn and did not return. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said he’s dealing with a “lower-body pulled muscle.” “We’ll kind of
3:59 PM ET Lincoln Riley said he wasn’t leaving Oklahoma for LSU. He didn’t say he wasn’t leaving the Sooners for USC. In a stunning move on Sunday, Riley, 38, accepted the head-coaching position at USC, according to ESPN and multiple reports. He replaces former Trojans coach Clay Helton, who was fired in September after
4:37 PM ET Duke and coach David Cutcliffe have mutually agreed to part ways, the school announced Sunday. Cutcliffe spent the past 14 seasons with the Blue Devils, leading them to 77 wins with six bowl appearances and the 2013 Coastal Division championship. But in recent years, Duke has struggled to win at a consistent
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth
2:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Darrin Chiaverini is out as Colorado offensive coordinator after a season in which the Buffaloes struggled to move the ball. Chiaverini, who doubled as the receivers coach, oversaw an offense that averaged 257.4 yards per game, which was the team’s fewest since 1964. The Buffaloes also averaged 18.8 points
1:49 PM ET Louisiana coach Billy Napier is expected to become Florida’s new coach barring a collapse in contract talks, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low and Mark Schlabach on Sunday. Napier’s representatives have been in negotiations with Florida administrators over the last few days, the sources said. Napier would replace Dan Mullen, who was fired
1:20 PM ET Following a lopsided loss to rival Georgia on Saturday and a disappointing 3-9 season, Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins has shaken up his staff. A source told ESPN that offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude, co-defensive coordinator Nathan Burton and cornerbacks coach Jeff Popovich have all been fired. The moves were first reported by
10:42 AM ET Less than 24 hours after losing to Purdue and finishing the regular season in last place in the Big Ten, Indiana announced Sunday that coach Tom Allen has accepted a pay cut to help pay for the firing of offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan. The Hoosiers, who went 6-1 during the regular season