7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has gained popularity over the years and is now a resource for college football coaches to fill holes and revamp their rosters. New coaches have used the portal to quickly turn around struggling programs. Established coaches have used it to fill holes quickly while high school prospects develop. Quarterbacks
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12:30 PM ET Oregon tight end Spencer Webb died Wednesday in a recreational accident, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. He was 22 years old. According to the sheriff’s office, Webb fell and struck his head just a short distance from Triangle Lake, a location popular for cliff jumping and natural rock waterslides that
1:24 PM ET New Oklahoma coach Brent Venables made his first appearance at Big 12 media days on Thursday, but he couldn’t resist drawing parallels to the first time he arrived in Norman as an assistant to Bob Stoops in 1999. The Sooners were able to jump-start their success by taking left-handed quarterback Josh Heupel
11:17 AM ET In what has become an annual rite of passage on Big 12 media days, director of officiating Greg Burks was asked if the Horns Down gesture directed at the Texas Longhorns was a “dead issue.” Even with the Longhorns set to depart the league, Burks said he knew the question was coming,
6:43 AM ET Arch Manning‘s commitment to Texas was the start of the Longhorns rising in ESPN’s college football recruiting class rankings. Since Manning — the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli — announced for the Longhorns on June 23, 10 prospects have joined him at Texas, four of whom are 2023 ESPN
3:14 PM ET Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy offered advice — “jokingly,” he said — to new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark on Wednesday: Don’t let the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners continue to participate in the league’s business meetings. Gundy, who has been Oklahoma State coach since 2005, said he’s surprised that the
11:11 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — In his first public appearance, incoming Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said the conference is “exploring all options” when it comes to further expansion, including the possibility of adding Pac-12 schools. “We’re open for business,” Yorkmark said Wednesday when specifically asked about considering schools from the Pac-12. “And optionality
7:45 AM ET Multiple Contributors By Andrea Adelson, Kyle Bonagura and Adam Rittenberg Two weeks ago, many of college sports’ most powerful people gathered at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, countless athletic directors and other
4:24 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech football is planning a $200 million project consisting of a new four-story building in the south end zone that will include locker rooms, offices for coaches and a field-level club area the Red Raiders will go through before games. That building will enclose the south
2:22 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban believes college football is heading down the path of megaconferences. During an appearance on the “Always College Football” podcast this week, Saban lamented the way realignment has stripped the tradition associated with playing in the same conference over a prolonged period of time. Last month, USC and UCLA,