7:00 AM ET Every team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year,
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7:13 PM ET Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren, the only African American Power 5 conference commissioner and the former COO of the Minnesota Vikings, has created the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Floyd, a black man who was in handcuffs
6:03 PM ET USC added its second top-50 quarterback in the 2021 recruiting class Monday when ESPN 300 QB Miller Moss announced his commitment to the Trojans. Moss is the No. 37-ranked prospect overall and chose USC over Alabama, LSU and UCLA. He’s a 6-foot-2, 200-pound quarterback from Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills,
5:29 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — Defending national champion LSU has for the first time scheduled football games with Southern and Grambling State, athletic director Scott Woodward announced Monday. Both games involving the historically black Louisiana schools will be played in LSU’s Tiger Stadium, with Southern visiting on Sept. 10, 2022 and
5:17 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he has spent the past few days “listening” rather than releasing a statement about the numerous protests against police violence going on around the country, but on Monday he offered his thoughts on the issue during a teleconference with media. “We’ve had so much bad news. Everywhere
4:28 PM ET Penn State quarterback Will Levis wanted to find a creative way to help during the coronavirus pandemic. So he came up with a fundraising strategy to match the times: a backward run. Levis on Saturday completed a 5-mile run backward and exceeded his goal by raising more than $3,800 for three organizations
4:19 PM ET Clemson receiver Justyn Ross will miss the entirety of the 2020 season and his career could be in jeopardy after he was diagnosed with what coach Dabo Swinney called a “congenital fusion” in his spine. Ross, who blossomed as a freshman during Clemson’s run to a national championship, was expected to be
2:52 PM ET USC has revoked season-ticket and Trojan Athletic Fund membership privileges from a self-described football booster who posted a series of tweets calling for protesters to be shot. “Last night we were made aware of abhorrent and blatantly racist tweets from an individual who identified as a USC Football Booster,” USC athletic director
2:08 PM ET Former Auburn coach and athletic director Pat Dye, who was hospitalized last month for kidney-related issues, died Monday according to a family member. He was 80. Dye had tested positive for coronavirus but was asymptomatic, his son, Pat Dye Jr., an NFL agent, told ESPN last month. Dye guided the Tigers to
1:30 PM ET Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck said the protesting and rioting in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd “hurts my heart and breaks my soul,” while noting “this is a time to listen” to the thoughts and feelings of his players. Fleck discussed a variety of topics related to the protests during an