9:00 AM ET Conferences have up years and down years, and a down year for the MAC can get awfully bad. The East Division graded out as the worst in FBS, per SP+, with defending champion Buffalo plugging in a bunch of new pieces, Miami (Ohio) undergoing a youth movement, and Bowling Green and Akron
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5:08 PM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Michigan President Mark Schlissel apologized on behalf of the university Thursday as another man came forward to publicly accuse a late physician of sexual abuse decades ago. Gary Bailey, 72, told The Associated Press that Dr. Robert E. Anderson dropped his pants and asked him
6:00 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jay Johnson followed head coach Mel Tucker and fellow assistant Chris Kapilovic to Michigan State from Colorado, joining the Spartans on Thursday as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Johnson filled those roles last season at Colorado under Tucker. The Spartans hired Tucker last week following Mark
4:14 PM ET Steve Sarkisian has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Colorado head-coaching job and instead plans to remain at Alabama as offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Sarkisian, the former USC and Washington head coach, had emerged as Colorado’s top target after interviewing for the job on Wednesday, according to sources, but informed
1:28 PM ET Pittsburgh’s men’s basketball and football programs have been placed on three years’ probation and former basketball coach Kevin Stallings received a three-year show-cause order as part of a series of violations announced by the Division I Committee on Infractions on Thursday. Stallings is not referenced by name in the report, but the
11:16 AM ET East Carolina and Marshall have been granted a waiver by the NCAA to play their season opener on Aug. 29 — a week earlier than originally scheduled — at ECU’s Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as a tribute to the 75 people who died almost 50 years ago in the Marshall plane crash. Jon Gilbert,
6:31 AM ET Associated Press (Stats Perform) — USC athletic director Mike Bohn said his school has informed UC Davis officials of its plan to cancel a scheduled game between the programs on Sept. 4, 2021. Speaking on a 24/7 Sports podcast, Bohn said USC will replace UC Davis with an FBS opponent. USC is
9:00 AM ET The 2020 NFL scouting combine begins Sunday, which means we’re about a year away from Trevor Time. What about this year’s combine, you might ask? There’s more than enough coverage of what will happen next week. Every prospect will be dissected, every rumor will be disseminated and every gesture of a somewhat
8:40 AM ET College football’s 2020 recruiting classes have been signed with more and more prospects enrolling early in school. That translates to more first-year players providing an immediate impact, which in turn gives teams the opportunity to ascend up the rankings ahead of schedule. How will this recruiting cycle affect the 2020 College Football
11:30 AM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others with information to come forward, officials said Wednesday. The university said in a statement that an outside, independent