4:14 PM ET Former Oregon starting linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia is transferring to SMU, he announced Tuesday. Slade-Matautia, who had recently entered the NCAA football transfer portal, tied for the team lead in tackles (45) last season and recorded 62 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and 11 pass breakups in 2019. He will reunite
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8:00 AM ET Back in 2019, I wrote a piece comparing some of soccer’s biggest leagues to American sports equivalents. The German Bundlesiga, with its wide-open offenses and high possession numbers, had an easy comp: college football’s Big 12 Conference. Granted, defensive play rose considerably in 2020 in the Big 12, but I’ll add one
8:45 AM ET College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock has made it clear — repeatedly — that the playoff isn’t changing this season or next, which means it’s still an exclusive club reserved for four. While the usual suspects remain at the top heading into this fall, the field of contenders runs deeper than
12:24 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, died Sunday. He was 77. The school said he died at his home in Newport Beach after a two-year struggle with cancer. Donahue
6:58 PM ET The Oklahoma Sooners had some recruiting fireworks on the Fourth of July, getting commitments from three prospects, led by ESPN 300 defensive end Derrick Moore. The No. 25-ranked prospect overall, Moore is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive lineman from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the No. 4-ranked defensive end in
6:58 PM ET Oklahoma had some recruiting fireworks on the fourth of July, getting commitments from three prospects, led by ESPN 300 defensive end Derrick Moore. The No. 25 ranked prospect overall, Moore is a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive lineman from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. He’s the No. 4 ranked defensive end in the
4:43 PM ET Ohio State got a late addition to its 2021 recruiting class on Sunday when five-star defensive lineman J.T. Tuimoloau committed to the Buckeyes. Tuimoloau is the No. 4-ranked recruit overall in the 2021 class and did not sign his national letter of intent or announce a commitment in February on signing day.
4:37 PM ET ESPN 300 offensive lineman Kelvin Banks committed to Oregon on Sunday, choosing the Ducks over Texas, LSU, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. Banks is a 6-foot-5, 290-pound offensive tackle from Summer Creek High School in Houston, Texas. He’s the No. 29 ranked prospect overall and the fifth best tackle in the class.
1:17 PM ET SMU got a commitment from five-star wide receiver Jordan Hudson on Sunday, making him the highest-ranked SMU prospect since ESPN started its rankings in 2006. Hudson is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound receiver out of Garland (Texas) High School. He’s ranked the No. 12 prospect overall and had a top list of Alabama, SMU
3:45 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — McKenzie Milton and five Florida State teammates walked into Miller’s Ale House, sat at a long table, ordered some food and eagerly greeted the first fan to come up to them during their first paid event of the name, image and likeness era. During the hour-and-a-half long session, they