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9:00 AM ET In a normal recruiting calendar, college football recruits can take official visits from September to December leading up to the early signing period. It can be a stressful time for coaches trying to hold their recruiting classes together, especially when a player considers decommitting and flipping his decision. Whether it’s a change
2:21 PM ET After an offseason full of frustration, argument and crippling doubt, the 2020 college football season kicks off at the FBS level Thursday night with Central Arkansas visiting UAB on ESPN3, followed by eight other contests through Monday night. It seemed uncertain that we would get to this point this year, but since
10:01 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday is expected to make two recommendations to the Division I Council that will give the conferences that aren’t playing this fall a practice model that mirrors a typical spring, and a 13-week season that can end no later than April 17 or April 24. The committee
6:59 PM ET Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — The Duke football team has lost returning starting center Jack Wohlabaugh to a serious knee injury and reserve cornerback Ken Torain to a shoulder injury. The school announced the injuries Wednesday, saying that both players are out indefinitely. Wohlabaugh is one of four returning starters to the
6:33 PM ET Louisiana-Monroe defensive coordinator Mike Collins stepped down on Wednesday, just 10 days before the team is set to open the season at Army. Collins, about to enter his fifth season as Louisiana-Monroe’s defensive coordinator, said in a statement that he no longer could give his best to the players. A former ULM
3:43 PM ET Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman, who was the expected starter, has decided to opt out this season over COVID-19 concerns and to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft, sources told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach on Wednesday. Newman, who came to Georgia as a graduate transfer from Wake Forest in January, started 16 games for
2:35 PM ET Iowa State, which announced a plan on Monday to allow 25,000 fans to attend its Sept. 12 home opener against Louisiana, has reversed course and will no longer allow fans. The school cited feedback from the community in announcing its decision. Athletic director Jamie Pollard said on Wednesday that Dr. Wendy Wintersteen
5:11 PM ET Marvin Wilson needed to find his position coach. Urgently. Odell Haggins sat in a defensive line meeting room, preparing for Florida State’s bowl game last December, when Wilson walked in. “I need to see you after this meeting, coach,” Wilson said. Haggins finished up and left the meeting early to find Wilson,