5:54 PM ET Backed by some big names, Oklahoma assistant head coach for offense Shane Beamer will interview for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy and is a strong candidate for the job, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Beamer, the son of Hall of Fame coach Frank Beamer, was South Carolina’s recruiting coordinator in 2009
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6:07 PM ET Kentucky is without 18 players because of COVID-19 and injury issues, as well as 10 staff members, as it prepares to visit No. 5 Florida on Saturday. Wildcats coach Mark Stoops on Wednesday said the team “can’t afford any more” personnel losses as it goes through another round of COVID-19 testing on
6:05 PM ET No. 18 USC will resume practice Wednesday, a day after one was canceled and its facility was closed after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing was conducted and the players, coaches and staff underwent PCR tests in response to the positive case, the school said. One additional player tested positive
4:22 PM ET Oklahoma‘s game at West Virginia on Saturday has been postponed, the Big 12 announced on Wednesday. The No. 11 Sooners have temporarily paused organized team activities because of recent positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program. The game with the Mountaineers, originally scheduled to be nationally televised by ABC on
4:26 PM ET Minnesota wide receiver Rashod Bateman announced on Wednesday that he is ending his college career early to focus on preparation for the NFL draft. Bateman wrote on Twitter that after the most recent COVID-19 breakout at Minnesota and the cancellation of the school’s game against Wisconsin, he discussed his future with his
1:30 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas State defensive back Khambrail Winters has been fatally shot in San Marcos, Texas, and two men have been arrested and charged in the killing, officials said Wednesday. Police officers responded to calls of shots fired at the Lodge Apartments in San Marcos on Tuesday evening after
1:40 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La — LSU officials have begun meeting with experts from a law firm investigating the university’s handling of reported sexual and domestic assault cases. In a published letter to members of the LSU community, interim president Thomas C. Galligan Jr. and athletic director Scott Woodward said the hiring
11:13 AM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms of the virus, the university announced in a release Wednesday. The positive test is expected to keep Saban from coaching in Saturday’s game against Auburn. Saban previously tested positive for COVID-19 last month but was able to coach the
10:33 AM ET Cincinnati‘s game at Temple on Saturday has been canceled and will be declared a no contest due to positive COVID-19 cases and the ensuing contact tracing of athletes at both schools, the American Athletic Conference announced on Wednesday. The Bearcats (8-0) were No. 7 in the first College Football Playoff rankings released
10:48 AM ET [Editor’s note: The first College Football Playoff rankings for 2020 are out, but the Bottom 10 has been here all season, thanks to big names like Penn State, Stanford and Cal.] Inspirational thought of the week BewareI bear more grudges than lonely high court judgesWhen you sleep I will creep Into your