4:48 PM ET Associated Press Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, both of whom faced potentially career-threatening injuries, are among the nominees for college football’s Comeback Player of the Year award. Milton was one of the latest nominees announced this week for the 4-year-old award presented by the Mayo Clinic that
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6:11 AM ET ESPN staff Iowa‘s Kinnick Stadium has been a site for both elation and heartache when highly ranked Penn State teams come to visit. In 2008, No. 3 Penn State arrived at 9-0, eyeing its first BCS championship game appearance. The Nittany Lions led by nine points entering the fourth quarter but fell
6:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. THE HIGHWAY THAT connects Pullman,
9:17 PM ET Texas now has 13 ESPN 300 prospects in its 2022 class after wide receiver Brenen Thompson announced his commitment to the Longhorns over Texas A&M and Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Thompson is the No. 89 recruit overall and a 5-foot-10, 170-pound receiver out of Spearman (Texas) High School. His playmaking ability at
1:08 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Drew Sanders is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Texas A&M after having surgery on his injured hand. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that Sanders is “probably going to be out” for the game. “It was maybe a little worse than we thought,” Saban said. “So he’s going
12:56 PM ET Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. is out indefinitely after sustaining a torn ACL in practice Tuesday, the team announced. Rakestraw has appeared in four of Missouri’s five games, recording 13 tackles and two pass breakups. The sophomore from West Dallas, Texas, started all 10 games last season, recording 24 tackles and six
11:21 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN University of Northern Colorado offensive coordinator Max McCaffrey was reprimanded for inadvertently hitting an opposing fan with a broken clipboard during a 40-7 loss to Montana State on Saturday. McCaffrey, the eldest brother of Carolina Panthers and former Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, broke his clipboard while on the sidelines
10:59 AM ET LSU All-America cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. had a medical procedure done on his left foot, the school announced on Wednesday. Stingley, a junior, originally injured the foot in the summer but was able to return and play in the Tigers’ first three games this season. He re-injured his foot last month and
7:30 AM ET STANFORD, Calif. — At the height of its powers, roughly a decade ago, the Stanford–Oregon football game was a major sporting event. It didn’t just resonate on the West Coast; it was one of the most meaningful games on the college football calendar. Stanford had inexplicably morphed into a bully under Jim
[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill