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12:32 PM ET Iowa State lost starting defensive back Isheem Young early in Saturday’s Big 12 championship game due to a targeting call. Young, who was the Big 12’s co-defensive freshman of the year, was called for targeting after a hit on Oklahoma receiver Drake Stoops. Young’s shoulder made contact with Stoops’ helmet following a
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11:07 AM ET Ohio State will be without leading wide receiver Chris Olave, starting linebacker Baron Browning and others for Saturday’s Big Ten championship against No. 14 Northwestern. Olave and Browning are among 22 players Ohio State listed as out for the title game. Starting safety Marcus Hooker is listed as a game-time decision. Ohio
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9:13 AM ET Illinois is hiring former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach Bret Bielema to lead its football program, the school announced Saturday. Bielema, 50, has spent the past three seasons as an NFL assistant, working this year for the New York Giants after two years with the New England Patriots. He had expressed interest in
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11:39 PM ET Ohio State and Northwestern both have cleared final COVID-19 testing ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis, sources told ESPN. Players and coaches on both teams had to pass a final layer of conference-mandated testing Friday after arriving in Indianapolis. A source said No. 14 Northwestern came out “100%
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12:00 AM ET SMU quarterback Shane Buechele is headed to the NFL draft, he announced Friday night. Buechele is a fifth-year senior but could have used the NCAA’s blanket waiver that allows all football players to retain their eligibility after the 2020 season. He started the past two seasons at SMU, eclipsing 3,000 pass yards
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11:36 PM ET Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Trea Shropshire had five receptions for 180 yards — including a 71-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter — and Spencer Brown had 30 carries for 149 yards rushing to help UAB beat Marshall 22-13 on Friday night for the Blazers’ second Conference USA championship in the past
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Drew Plitt threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the first half, and Ball State kept Buffalo star Jaret Patterson under control in a 38-28 victory over the Bulls on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference football title game. The Cardinals (6-1) won their first
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