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7:00 AM ET COACHES TEND TO clam up when asked about paranoia among their ranks. Without fail, they’ll start by saying they’re too focused on the task at hand to worry about anyone pulling a fast one on them. Maybe they’ll laugh and say they’re naive. But eventually they’ll admit to hearing cautionary tales through

6:45 AM ET There’s just one more week to the 2022 NFL season, and two teams are still in the running for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft. Will it be the Houston Texans (2-13-1) or Chicago Bears (3-13) when the dust settles Sunday? And which top prospect might each team target

2:51 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers owner David Tepper has had a conversation with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh about the opening Carolina will have for the head-coach position once the 2022 season ends, according to a league source. The conversation was not characterized as an interview, the source said. Interviews will not begin until

10:00 AM ET It’s one of the silliest features of maybe the silliest sport on the planet: If you were to add up all of the national championships claimed in top-level college football, you would think the sport dated back to the 1600s. Princeton claims 28 of them, Yale 27. Alabama claims 23 — including

12:11 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN PASADENA, Calif. — When Penn State coach James Franklin last stood inside the Rose Bowl in January 2017, he could only look on as USC kicked a game-winning field goal in the final seconds to end the 103rd edition of the game in heartbreaking fashion for the Nittany Lions. Six

5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Alex Bauman knew right away he had scored probably the biggest touchdown in Tulane history, even after the true freshman tight end’s contested 6-yard catch at the end of the Cotton Bowl was initially ruled incomplete. “I kept my hands under the ball,” he said. The

1:10 PM ET Georgia tight end Darnell Washington has a strained ankle and soft-tissue bruise and is questionable to play against TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T on Jan. 9. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told ESPN’s Marty Smith that Washington’s injury wasn’t a high ankle sprain and won’t require surgery,

6:21 PM ET In a big recruiting win for new Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck, quarterback Grayson McCall has withdrawn his name from the transfer portal, a source told ESPN on Sunday. McCall entered his name in the portal on Dec. 12, which allowed coaches from other programs to communicate with him about joining their

3:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN ATLANTA – As Ohio State kicker Noah Ruggles lined up to attempt the game-winning 50-yard field goal, midnight approached on the East Coast. As millions waited for the ball to drop and a new year to kick in, a rollicking day of college football hurtled toward a crescendo. Georgia led

12:13 AM ET ATLANTA — For the bulk of the second half of its College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State, it appeared Georgia was not going to get the chance to defend its national championship. Then Stetson Bennett delivered yet another play for the ages. Bennett threw a 10-yard pass to Adonai Mitchell

12:05 AM ET Admit it, you didn’t think they’d do it. Not TCU, the team seemingly everyone outside of Fort Worth, Texas, has been predicting to lose week after week. Oh sure, the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl was going to be a good game, but TCU actually win?! Nah. Michigan

8:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the biggest upset since the advent of the College Football Playoff, third-seeded TCU rode its underdog status to a 51-45 win over undefeated and No. 2 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The win continued TCU’s storybook season and made the Frogs the first Big

11:46 AM ET Georgia remained the favorite against Ohio State in Saturday’s second College Football Playoff semifinal, but the point spread was moving toward the underdog Buckeyes on reports of big wagers by influential bettors. Multiple sportsbooks reported taking bets on Ohio State from professional bettors Friday, causing the line to move from Georgia -6.5

1:25 PM ET Kenneth Davis shed more tears than he cares to admit 37 years ago when he was told he was being suspended from TCU‘s football team. He may shed a few more tears Saturday, tears of joy, when he sees his alma mater playing the kind of high-stakes game he and his teammates

4:28 PM ET New Jersey gaming regulators on Friday ordered sportsbooks to halt betting on the Citrus Bowl between Purdue and LSU because “an individual associated with the Purdue Football team” is in violation of state regulations. Sources familiar with the decision told ESPN that retired NFL quarterback Drew Brees, who signed on to become

12:18 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — When TCU takes the field for its College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Saturday, the Horned Frogs will pay tribute to Mike Leach, coach Sonny Dykes said. That tribute will include a sticker of a pirate flag on the helmets of all

4:07 PM ET Texas Tech senior linebacker Dimitri Moore responded Thursday to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s accusations that Moore spit on and possibly used a racial slur in the direction of one of his players Wednesday during the TaxAct Texas Bowl. “I can’t state strongly enough that these accusations are false,” Moore said in

8:36 PM ET SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai entered the transfer portal Thursday night and is expected to land at Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. Mordecai had 7,152 passing yards with 72 touchdowns and 22 interceptions the past two seasons for SMU, setting a team record with 13 games of 300 passing yards or more. He began