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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions AUTZEN STADIUM WAS in a state of pandemonium Saturday night after Oregon‘s Noah Whittington bolted 100 yards on a kickoff return for what was presumed to be a game-tying, fourth-quarter

Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions Four ex-Michigan players, including former quarterback Denard Robinson and wide

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 10, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Three days after criticizing the play of his offensive line in a 28-10 loss to Nebraska, Colorado coach Deion Sanders reaffirmed his belief the unit will improve. “I feel like

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State coach Mike Norvell has dealt with 0-2 starts. Bad home losses. Negativity. Quarterbacks getting booed. Never, however, as a defending conference champion. And never

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 9, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that he has cautioned his team against the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Florida coach Billy Napier plans to use both Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway at quarterback, saying during his Monday news conference, “these guys will make us harder to defend.”

Open Extended Reactions Well, Week 2 didn’t go the way a few top-25 teams thought it would. Notre Dame’s shocking, last-minute loss to Northern Illinois jeopardized the Irish’s playoff hopes, a top-10 Oregon team barely beat Boise State at home, and Cal joined Miami as the two ACC schools with the biggest nonconference wins of

Open Extended Reactions The new AP Top 25 college football poll is out. While much of the top 15 took care of business, a pair of ranked matchups shook things up. The Texas Longhorns roughed up the Michigan Wolverines and the Tennessee Volunteers took care of the NC State Wolfpack. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish,

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 — a first in the 88-year history of the rankings – and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No.

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2024, 02:36 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — After his team’s first loss of the season and second-lowest scoring output of his tenure, Colorado coach Deion Sanders was left wondering how to

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2024, 01:51 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The best upsets are the ones no one sees coming. Northern Illinois‘ stunning defeat of Notre Dame certainly fits the bill. Just a week ago, the Irish looked

ESPN News Services Sep 7, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Kanon Woodill hit a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play and Cade Haberman blocked a 62-yard try as time expired and Northern Illinois stunned No. 5 Notre Dame 16-14 on Saturday. Haberman blocked the 62-yard attempt by

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota tailback Darius Taylor will return for the Gophers on Saturday, sources told ESPN. Taylor missed the season-opener against North Carolina with a leg injury. Sources told ESPN he’s set to start for Minnesota against Rhode Island, marking the return of one of the

Associated Press Sep 6, 2024, 11:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana coach Curt Cignetti sent a message to his players this week. He expected them to play their brand of football — from start to finish. They delivered in a record-breaking way. Kurtis Rourke threw two touchdown passes and ran for

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Five-star defensive end Jahkeem Stewart, ESPN’s No. 1 overall prospect in the class of

Open Extended Reactions Week 2 of college football is almost here. The first week of the season was all about Boise State‘s superstar running back racking up six touchdowns. What can Ashton Jeanty do for an encore against an Oregon team that struggled to put away Idaho last week? The game of the week is

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions A federal judge ordered the attorneys negotiating a major settlement that could reshape the business model of college sports to “go back to the drawing board”

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions LINCOLN, Neb. — In his first college game at Nebraska, Dylan Raiola led the way. He walked through the bright lights, strobes and smoke and stared straight