4:29 PM ET Associated Press Converted safety Sam Noyer was named Colorado‘s starting quarterback Friday, edging out junior Tyler Lytle. Coach Karl Dorrell, who helped talk Noyer into returning to Boulder and competing for the QB job after he’d entered the graduate transfer portal last December, said it was a “very, very, very close competition“
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3:45 PM ET A look at the College Football Playoff and bowls this postseason. (All times Eastern.) College Football Playoff National Championship College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&THard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla.)Jan. 11: 8 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App College Football Playoff Semifinal at The Rose Bowl GameRose Bowl (Pasadena,
10:40 AM ET In a matter of hours, the biggest question about Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence went from “Will he be back next year?” to “Will he be back next week?” It turns out, not even the leader of the “We Want To Play” movement could be protected from a highly contagious coronavirus, no matter
11:01 AM ET College football’s bowl season officially has a schedule. ESPN will televise 35 of the 37 bowl games, starting with the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl on Dec. 19 and concluding with the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 11. Once the bowl season starts, there will be at least one game
9:26 AM ET ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard announced Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I’m under strict quarantine right now, because yesterday I tested positive for COVID,” Howard said in a video posted to Twitter. Howard detailed that he’s experiencing a cough and muscle soreness, but has not had a fever.
2:00 PM ET The LSU-Auburn game that kicks off on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS) will not be the most consequential in the history of the series. The teams are a combined 5-4 this season, and after beginning the season ranked sixth and 11th, respectively, in the AP poll, they are both currently unranked.
7:00 AM ET No. 6 Oklahoma State enters Saturday’s tricky game against Texas as the only undefeated team in the Big 12, but even as the Cowboys have created some natural separation with their unblemished 4-0 record, coach Mike Gundy knows the margin is slim. “There’s not a lot of difference in seven or eight
8:00 AM ET What began as an unpredictable mess of a college football season has swiftly turned into a predictable three-horse race among Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State. So much so that the Allstate Playoff Predictor gives the collective 124 other schools playing this fall only a combined 20% chance of winning the national championship.
11:00 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Clemson superstar QB Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss Saturday’s game
8:53 PM ET Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Saturday’s game against Boston College according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network was the first to report the test result. Lawrence is a front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, and he has