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Jul 21, 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Few football teams were more disappointing in 2021 than North Carolina, which opened the year ranked No. 10 in the country, and the Tar Heels finished 6-7 after a miserable bowl loss to South Carolina. But that loss, star receiver Josh Downs said, was a turning point for a

Jul 21, 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi stood behind comments he recently made about Michigan State and the Big Ten during his appearance at ACC Kickoff on Thursday, reiterating that he felt confident about Pitt’s chances in that conference based on what he saw in their game against the Spartans in the

8:30 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips spotted Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield in the

7:11 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s prime time in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Jackson State football coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has emerged as the most high-profile advocate for the league and HBCUs in general, but his colleagues are embracing potential change and celebrating the status quo as well. Sanders touted the

7:00 AM ET College football roster management has always been a rather fraught affair. Between stars weighing whether to go pro, underplayed underclassmen thinking about transferring, the forever-stressful experience of both winning key recruiting battles and keeping said battles won, everyone needing to keep their grades up and so on, projecting what a roster will

7:00 AM ET With 201 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. While some of those commitments have been defensive recruits, the

10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Miami Hurricanes are ditching the “turnover chain” for the 2022 season, first-year coach Mario Cristobal told the Action Network on Wednesday. “It’s not part of our culture,” Cristobal said, according to a tweet from the publication. Miami’s turnover chain is an oversized 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain worn

7:00 AM ET Craig Haubert Close ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Billy Tucker Close Scouts, Football Recruiting • Recruiting coordinator for ESPN RecruitingNation.• Nearly a decade of college coaching experience. • Has been evaluating prospects

6:45 AM ET NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners are in their second week of spring practice, and the football facility is buzzing with high school football players and their families ahead of a critical recruiting weekend, but head coach Brent Venables — just three months into the job after his December hire — wants

5:53 PM ET ATLANTA — Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea is undeterred by last season’s 2-10 record or the program’s eight consecutive seasons finishing below .500. At SEC Media Days on Tuesday, Lea made a bold proclamation about the future of Commodores football. “We know in time Vanderbilt football will be the best program in the

5:09 PM ET ATLANTA — Spencer Rattler became one of the most high-profile transfers of the offseason when he announced late last year that he was leaving Oklahoma for South Carolina, but Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said Tuesday that he isn’t worried about how the quarterback will handle the burden of expectations with the season

7:00 AM ET IT’S A MONDAY afternoon in late May, and for the first time in more than 30 years, Bronco Mendenhall isn’t working the phones with recruits or planning staff meetings. Instead, he’s in his truck, boots and spurs on, waiting out a rainstorm. Mendenhall moved west this spring, a return to his roots

9:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Talks about a partnership between the Big 12 and the Pac-12, which had been discussed extensively the past two weeks, have officially ended, sources told ESPN. Officials from the Big 12 told Pac-12 officials on Monday that they’re no longer interested in exploring the partnership, sources said. A Big 12

6:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Only in times of chaos in college sports does the wonky jargon grant of rights intersect with mainstream conversation. Perhaps no factor looms larger for the future of the entire enterprise of college athletics than the consequences that come with signing — or the potential need to sign — a

6:00 AM ET Throughout the SEC East in 2022, there is plenty of familiarity. Florida is starting over yet again: Billy Napier will be the Gators’ fourth head coach in nine seasons, their seventh including interims. We could soon be playing another rousing rendition of everyone’s favorite game, Tennessee Versus Big Expectations. Missouri looks destined

5:20 PM ET Running back Justice Haynes committed to Alabama on Sunday afternoon. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Haynes is from Buford, Georgia, and is ranked No. 48 in the 2023 ESPN 300. “Really just the development piece, the stability,” Haynes told ESPN about what he was looking for out of the recruiting process. “How they’re going

3:47 PM ET Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson said in a statement on Sunday that he will no longer use the nickname “AR-15” as part of his personal brand because he doesn’t want to be associated with the assault rifle by the same name, which has been used in mass shootings. An AR-15 style rifle was

3:48 PM ET Linebacker Troy Bowles, the No. 26 prospect in the ESPN300, committed to Georgia on Saturday. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Bowles is the son of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. Troy Bowles recorded 110 tackles, seven tackles for loss, seven sacks and two interceptions as a junior last year for Jesuit High