10:38 AM ET ACC commissioner John Swofford said Friday the scheduling arrangement with Notre Dame for the 2020 season is a win-win for both the Irish and the league, but he added that it is only a temporary deal. On Wednesday, the ACC announced a 10-plus-1 scheduling model in which Notre Dame, an FBS independent,
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8:00 AM ET Twenty years ago, 10 years ago, 10 months ago, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick would have met the idea of the Fighting Irish ever playing college football in any conference with a stifled yawn, a subtle eye roll, a we’ve-been-over-that response. And yet here we are. It took a pandemic, but
11:12 PM ET Harvey Updyke, the Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic trees at Auburn University’s Toomer’s Corner, has died, his son told AL.com. He was 71. Updyke pleaded guilty in 2013 of applying herbicide to the trees, which Tigers fans traditionally decorate with toilet paper after a win, following Auburn’s Iron Bowl victory over
7:00 PM ET Four Power 5 conferences have announced their preferred scheduling models, as the SEC joins the Big Ten and Pac-12 in going with conference-only games. The SEC is now planning on playing a 10-game season starting on Sept. 26. The Big 12 is expected to decide next week. What do all these decisions
7:08 PM ET North Carolina officially announced the addition of five-star defensive back Tony Grimes to its program Thursday. Grimes was the No. 6-ranked prospect overall in the 2021 class, but reclassified to the 2020 class and will join the football program for the fall semester. Grimes is a 6-foot, 180-pound cornerback from Virginia Beach,
5:48 PM ET The College Football Playoff is evaluating a new timetable for its selection committee meetings, and it will reconsider its protocols for the 2020 season, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Thursday. The CFP’s evaluations follow the SEC’s decision to delay its start of the season until Sept. 26. “Since there
4:32 PM ET The SEC presidents and chancellors on Thursday approved a 10-game, conference-only football schedule for the fall that begins on Sept. 26. The SEC title game is scheduled for Dec. 19, two weeks later than planned, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The schedule includes one open date for each school in the middle
4:32 PM ET The Big 12 has canceled its preseason virtual media day, it announced Thursday. The conference, which made the decision in the spring to cancel in-person media day because of the coronavirus pandemic, had planned to do a virtual event July 20-21. That had been moved to Aug. 3, with the intention of
2:39 PM ET Associated Press The sideline area college football teams use to congregate will be extended by 20 yards this season and only one captain from each team will be permitted to participate in the pregame or overtime coin toss. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced alterations in football and other sports to
1:50 PM ET College athletes can now wear patches on their uniforms to honor causes they support, including social justice initiatives, the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced on Thursday. Under current rules, patches are either banned or unaddressed in Division I sports. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules to allow student-athletes to