4:56 PM ET After Tennessee beat Alabama 52-49 on Saturday night, fans stormed the field and carried away both goalposts before dumping them in the Tennessee River. Now the bill is due. Tennessee football tweeted Sunday that it’s raising money it says will go toward the purchase of new goalposts. There’s an option for a
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Oct 16, 2022 Paolo UggettiESPN SALT LAKE CITY — Caleb Williams was feeling the salt on top of the wound. As the sophomore quarterback answered questions following No. 7 USC‘s first loss of the season — 43-42 to No. 20 Utah on Saturday night — he could hear the fans inside what had been a
1:52 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State after knocking off Alabama. The Crimson Tide were one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend and dropped three places to No. 6 in the AP
9:28 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban said his defense played “too soft” late in the game when it allowed No. 6 Tennessee to drive the ball 45 yards in 13 seconds and set up a walk-off field goal to win 52-49. Tennessee fans rushed the field and tore down
8:16 PM ET The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers knocked off the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide at home with a last-second field goal in a barn burner of a game. The four-part series goes behind the scenes with all four CFP teams, leading up to and through the semifinals and the national championship game. Watch
first Quarter PSU MICH FG 9:46 Jake Moody 29 Yd Field Goal 11 plays, 64 yards, 5:14 0 3 FG 1:25 Jake Moody 24 Yd Field Goal 13 plays, 77 yards, 6:11 0 6 second Quarter PSU MICH TD 8:29 Blake Corum 1 Yd Run (Jake Moody Kick) 13 plays, 70 yards, 6:20 0 13
8:23 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban told ESPN on Friday that quarterback Bryce Young is on track to play Saturday at No. 6 Tennessee, but that the final decision will be made during pregame warm-ups. “He’s done a lot more in practice this week and thrown a lot more
7:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s been at least two decades, and arguably three, since the Third Saturday in October was engulfed by this much anticipation. Alabama and Tennessee, two of the SEC’s most storied rivals who traditionally meet this weekend of the season, square off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Neyland Stadium
8:58 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Georgia Tech has targeted Alabama’s J Batt, the Crimson Tide‘s executive deputy athletic director, to become Tech’s next athletic director, sources told ESPN on Friday. The search is expected to conclude soon after a few final steps, and the hire is expected to be formalized in the upcoming days, sources
7:12 PM ET A little more than 2½ months after reopening his commitment, cornerback Dijon Johnson found his new home Thursday when he announced he would be attending Florida to play for new coach Billy Napier. Johnson, from Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, is No. 88 on the 2023 ESPN 300 and the seventh-best
11:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Wisconsin offensive tackle Logan Brown has been dismissed from the team because of an “internal incident,” interim coach Jim Leonhard said Thursday. Brown, a former four-star recruit, had tweeted late Wednesday night that he was entering the transfer portal. “The reality of what happened is there was an internal
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Coming into the college football season, a lot of focus was put on the Week 6 slate. Jimbo Fisher against Nick Saban after an offseason of chatter and the new age of the Red River rivalry ahead of an SEC move highlighted what was supposed to be the week that
7:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips told ESPN on Wednesday that “there’s a lot of push” to expand the College Football Playoff in 2024. The CFP’s board of managers voted in early September to expand the playoff to 12 teams in 2026, but the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic
12:12 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Georgia announced Wednesday that Dooley, 90, was released from an Athens-area hospital on Monday following a “mild case” of COVID-19. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. Dooley said in
7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: Now that I put it all together, oh ohGive me the chance to make you seeHave you used up all the love in your heart?Nothing left for me?Ain’t there nothing left for me? Baby come back,Any kind of fool could seeI was wrong and I just can’t
7:52 AM ET There’s a new favorite atop the odds to win the national championship at sportsbooks, and for the first time in nearly two years, it doesn’t hail from the SEC. Ohio State moved past Alabama and Georgia this week to become the consensus favorite to win the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are
2:02 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas will likely be without star quarterback Jalon Daniels, who hurt his right shoulder in last week’s loss to TCU, leaving backup Jason Bean to start when the No. 19 Jayhawks visit struggling Oklahoma on Saturday. Daniels was hurt just before halftime of the 38-31 loss when
7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The Rose Bowl press box was shaking. UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson had found wide receiver Logan Loya on a crossing route across the middle and the receiver had turned it into a 70-yard touchdown. The score put the Bruins up 10 points on No. 11 Utah and