12:56 PM ET Former Texas Tech quarterback Jett Duffey will spend his final season of eligibility at Tulane, he announced on Thursday. Duffey, who started the final nine games of the season for the Red Raiders after an injury to starting quarterback Alan Bowman, announced his intentions on social media. ROLL WAVE🌊 pic.twitter.com/wK5y5tCDAl — Jett
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10:30 AM ET Money is piling up on LSU, leaving sportsbooks around the nation with lopsided action on a national championship game that is setting up to be a big decision for bookmakers. Heading into the weekend, LSU is a consensus six-point favorite over Clemson in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship in New Orleans
7:20 AM ET Shortly before his death in 2016, Kevin Turner sent a text message to his good friend and former Alabama teammate, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. Confined to a bed, Turner stared at his computer screen. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, had spread quickly throughout his body, deteriorating
5:36 PM ET Former LSU receiver Odell Beckham Jr. sent a gift of headphones to each of the championship-hopeful Tigers while encouraging them in a note that “this is your opportunity to leave behind your legacy.” No. 1 LSU meets No. 3 Clemson in the CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T on Monday night (ESPN,
3:36 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis has hired former Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre as defensive coordinator after he filled the same role at Ole Miss this past season. New Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield announced the hire Thursday and called MacIntyre “the perfect fit to lead our defense.” The move is pending completion
2:56 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee offensive guard Trey Smith says he will return to school for his senior year after making a successful comeback from a career-threatening medical issue to earn first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors this past season. Smith played all 13 games for Tennessee and made 12 starts at left
1:29 PM ET Washington State coach Mike Leach is the new head coach at Mississippi State, Bulldogs athletic director John Cohen Thursday. Washington State coaches were informed about Leach’s move on Thursday morning, a source told ESPN. The deal is done. See you back in StarkVegas at Bryan Field at 3:15 PM with @Coach_Leach! #HailState
12:30 PM ET Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State is parting ways with coach Dave Steckel, whose teams won just 13 games in five seasons. The school said Thursday a “privately-funded buyout” will pay Steckel up to $340,000 plus moving expenses. He’ll get an initial $140,000 payment. Subsequent $100,000 payments in January 2021 and
11:00 AM ET Former UCLA receiver Theo Howard will transfer to Oklahoma. Howard posted a photo of himself in an Oklahoma jersey on his Instagram account without a formal announcement. A source confirmed to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach that Howard will join the Sooners. Howard, who dealt with wrist and hand injuries for most of this
8:00 AM ET JENNINGS, La. — TRAVIS ETIENNE CAME across the picture this summer. It’s not that he needed the reminder. He thought of that moment often enough. But here it was, in stark imagery: the kid he used to be, walking off the field of the Superdome, defeated. The memories from Etienne’s last game