12:35 PM ET LOS ANGELES — After weeks of speculation about the future of the Pac-12 in the wake of decisions from USC and UCLA to leave for the Big Ten, conference commissioner George Kliavkoff hit back at the assertion the league is on unstable ground. “We are bullish about the Pac-12’s future and our
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5:47 PM ET Pete Thamel Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University LOS ANGELES — Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff is so bullish on College Football Playoff expansion that he told ESPN on Friday he potentially sees the format changing before the current contracts ends following
Jul 29, 2022 Richard Young, the top-ranked running back in the country, committed to Alabama on Friday. Young (Lehigh Senior High School, Lehigh Acres, Florida) is ranked No. 14 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300. “To be the best, you gotta practice and compete against the best,” he told ESPN. 2 Related The 5-foot-11, 195-pound
2:34 PM ET UCLA will receive about $67.5 million from Under Armour as part of a settlement to resolve the school’s lawsuit against the apparel company for terminating a record apparel sponsorship deal, according to a document obtained by ESPN. On May 26, the two sides agreed to the settlement, which required Under Armour to
2:53 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Just a few days after overtaking Arch Manning for the top spot in ESPN’s 2023 player recruiting rankings, five-star USC commit Malachi Nelson is taking a visit to Texas A&M this weekend, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday night. Nelson, a 6-foot-3 quarterback out of Los Alamitos High School in
7:27 PM ET Defensive lineman Derrick LeBlanc committed to Oklahoma on Thursday. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound LeBlanc, ranked No. 37 in the 2023 ESPN 300, picked Oklahoma over Penn State and Florida. LeBlanc, a defensive end from Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida, is the 10th ESPN 300 recruit Brent Venables has reeled in. Nine of
3:20 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No program has come closer to breaking through to the College Football Playoff without actually crashing into the field than Penn State, which managed to win the Big Ten and still get shut out back in 2016. The Nittany Lions have emerged as a curious dichotomy
4:25 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — After agreeing to a 10-year contract in November, Penn State coach James Franklin thinks the university is positioned to compete for championships. Franklin praised the hiring of athletic director Pat Kraft, a former football player at Indiana, and university president Neeli Bendapudi from Louisville. He noted that Penn State had
3:33 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Despite an 11-2 record last season and a win in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State players were not satisfied with the outcome. A loss to Michigan and missing out on the College Football Playoff caused the players to take accountability into their own hands this offseason. “I feel like we
1:46 PM ET Prized safety Caleb Downs committed to Alabama on Wednesday. The 6-foot, 190-pound Downs, from Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, Georgia, is No. 16 in the 2023 ESPN 300 and becomes the 11th ESPN 300 football prospect for the Crimson Tide. He chose Alabama over Ohio State, Georgia, Notre Dame and North