2:20 PM ET Inconclusive COVID-19 tests that came back negative will allow five Missouri football players previously believed to be out to participate in Saturday’s game against Alabama. Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz told reporters on Tuesday that instead of the 12 players he previously said would be sidelined, that number was now seven. Drinkwitz said
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2:31 PM ET TCU sophomore Matthew Downing will start at quarterback when the team opens its season on Saturday against Iowa State. Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said during a news conference on Tuesday that Downing will start, but Patterson hasn’t finalized a plan for all the quarterbacks yet. On Monday, during the Big 12
1:59 PM ET Cincinnati wide receiver Alec Pierce, who led the team in receiving last season, will miss several weeks with a knee injury. Coach Luke Fickell on Tuesday said Pierce recently underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his knee. Pierce recorded 652 receiving yards on only 37 receptions last season as a sophomore, scoring two
1:09 PM ET Notre Dame will not practice Tuesday afternoon after four players tested positive for COVID-19 in the team’s latest round of testing, a source told ESPN. The program on Monday announced the four positive results out of testing last week as well as six other players being placed in quarantine because of contact
10:51 AM ET Every football player in the SEC will wear the small, lightweight device also used in the NFL to help with COVID-19 contact tracing efforts, the conference announced Tuesday. The devices, which are produced by a company called KINEXON, are called SafeTags and are approximately the size of a watch face, according to
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our second Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. This week, we welcome the Big Ten to the race. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. We are not including players whose fall seasons were postponed or who opted out. To get the final
8:00 AM ET Nick Saban was a nobody then. His players’ first impression was that the ex-Houston Oilers assistant was kind of short. Truth be told, they got a Tony Danza vibe because of his deep tan, well-coiffed hair and wide-open shirt collar. But when Saban spoke in that first meeting — when he screamed
7:00 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Like many Big Ten fans, James Franklin spent the second Sunday in September frantically searching for good news.
8:42 PM ET Texas Tech running back SaRodorick Thompson was charged Monday with street racing, but the university said he’s still expected to play Saturday against Texas. In a statement, Texas Tech said it was notified last week that Thompson, a redshirt sophomore, was facing a misdemeanor charge, without specifying what happened. Lubbock.com reported that
5:26 PM ET Associated Press Jarrett Guarantano and the 16th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers are about to find out how much it helps them having the same offensive coordinator for consecutive seasons. The quarterback who lost his starting job last season and even received death threats has had a full offseason to better learn what Jim Chaney