3:20 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook already has a few accolades. The 25-year-old is a two-time Pro Bowler with the Vikings. Last season, in 14 games with the Vikings, he had a career-high 1,557 yards rushing and four total touchdowns. In college at Florida State, he played in the 2014

12:50 PM ET ESPN staff [Editor’s note: The news that Texas and Oklahoma were planning to leave the conference — which became official on Friday — was a reminder that in college football, the past is never really the past. ESPN reporters Heather Dinich, Mark Schlabach and Dave Wilson show how the roots of this

4:04 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA board of governors called for a constitutional convention in November on Friday with the goal of launching dramatic reform in the governance of college sports that could put changes in place as soon as January. Stung for years by criticism that it is too heavy-handed and out of

11:08 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The board of regents in Texas and Oklahoma unanimously voted to formally

11:08 AM ET The Texas board of regents unanimously voted to formally accept an invitation to join the SEC, the school announced Friday. The Oklahoma board of regents is also meeting on Friday morning and the Sooners are expected to follow the Longhorns into the SEC, putting a bow on a week of formalities that

8:00 AM ET When Oklahoma and Texas formally announced their desire earlier this week to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC — a move that would create a seismic shift in the power structure of college athletics — college football was already on the precipice of historic change with the proposal of a

9:03 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told ESPN on Thursday that the expected move of Big 12 co-founders Oklahoma and Texas to his league shouldn’t impact the consideration of a 12-team College Football Playoff, and he expects to continue to be able to work with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby on the CFP’s management

5:46 PM ET The 14 SEC presidents and chancellors voted unanimously on Thursday to extend invitations to Big 12 co-founders Oklahoma and Texas to join their league, leaving one final formality before the deal is done: OU and Texas have to officially accept the offer, which could happen as soon as Friday. The board of

10:09 AM ET Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, who has yet to start a game in his young career, has already signed deals using his name, image and likeness that are worth more than $800,000, according to sources. However, Young has been presented — but has yet to accept — deals worth well in excess of

7:41 PM ET Associated Press Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of pushing other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference without paying a massive buyout. “I have absolute certainty they (ESPN) have been involved in manipulating other conferences to go after our members,” Bowlsby