8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Complaining about the College Football Playoff has become its own form of sport for many fan bases around the country — usually those outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama, central Ohio and the southernmost Carolina. This year, those grievances grew louder, as a pandemic challenged the typical criteria for the committee, new rules
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8:16 AM ET Arizona is hiring veteran defensive coordinator Don Brown, who most recently coached at Michigan, to oversee its defense, a source confirmed to ESPN. Brown spent the past five seasons at Michigan before being dismissed Dec. 22. Michigan led the nation in total defense during the first three years of Brown’s tenure (269.3
7:00 AM ET The most disjointed college football season in history, played amid a global pandemic, is nearly over. No. 1 Alabama plays No. 3 Ohio State in Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App). And while the 2020
2:30 PM ET Georgia is promoting Josh Brooks to a full-time role as athletic director, the school announced Wednesday. Brooks, who has served as Georgia’s deputy athletic director, took over the department in an interim role on Jan. 1 when Greg McGarity retired after a decade at the school. Brooks, 40, has spent 11 years
1:14 PM ET Trevor Lawrence departs Clemson as one of its greatest players: A national champion, a record setter, a winner through and through. That he is the best player available for the 2021 NFL draft has never been disputed — not this year, not the year before, and not the year before that, when
1:12 PM ET Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith and offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian did their best to keep the focus off their own career-defining moments as they prepare for Monday’s matchup with Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Smith on Wednesday chose not to revel in becoming the first wide receiver to
1:26 PM ET Illinois is hiring Missouri defensive coordinator Ryan Walters for the same role, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. New Fighting Illini coach Bret Bielema picked Walters, who has been Missouri’s primary defensive coordinator the past three seasons after two years in a co-coordinator role. Walters joined the Missouri staff in 2015 after stints
11:21 AM ET Memphis quarterback Brady White has been named the 31st recipient of the Campbell Trophy, given to college football’s top scholar-athlete. “Brady and his fellow members of the 2020 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class represent more than just their standout athletic ability seen on the field,” said NFF president & CEO Steve Hatchell. “Their
12:18 PM ET ESPN News Services NC State quarterback Bailey Hockman says he plans to leave the 24th-ranked Wolfpack as a graduate transfer. “This university and program has done so much for my life as athlete and man,” Hockman said in a statement posted on social media Wednesday to announce his decision. “… I wish
10:16 AM ET If there was any real drama remaining for Clemson fans, Trevor Lawrence put an official end to it Wednesday, releasing a video on social media announcing he would enter the NFL draft. “My time here has been amazing, and I’ll be a Clemson Tiger forever,” Lawrence said in the video. Thank you,