9:30 AM ET Well, here we are, college football fans. The longest offseason in the history of our lives is (sort of) over. Week 1 is officially happening. The stands might be empty in some cases. In others, they’ll be sparse. Bands might not be filling the awkward silences, and the pageantry might be muted.
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6:54 PM ET In order to account for student-athletes who will have to miss games because of positive coronavirus tests, contact tracing and regular injuries, the Big 12 determined on Friday that teams with at least 53 players available — including seven offensive linemen, four interior defensive linemen and one quarterback — must play or
11:39 PM ET North Texas quarterbacks coach Tate Wallis was arrested Thursday in Denton County on charges that he allegedly had an improper relationship with a student while he was coaching at a nearby high school last year. North Texas has placed Wallis on leave. Wallis was hired at North Texas in January. The incidents
8:09 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday agreed to recommend to the Division I Council a spring-season model for conferences that push their seasons to spring of 2021. It includes 15 practices in 29 days and an eight-game season that must end by April 17. Any other conferences that have postponed their season
7:46 PM ET Dabo Swinney said Thursday that he’d be thrilled to see the Big Ten and Pac-12 get back on the field sooner rather than later, an option that seems to have some traction in recent days, but the Clemson coach doesn’t want to see the College Football Playoff wait for those leagues to
12:58 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Maryland coach Mike Locksley and police are making another plea to the public for any information about the
9:00 AM ET In a normal recruiting calendar, college football recruits can take official visits from September to December leading up to the early signing period. It can be a stressful time for coaches trying to hold their recruiting classes together, especially when a player considers decommitting and flipping his decision. Whether it’s a change
10:01 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday is expected to make two recommendations to the Division I Council that will give the conferences that aren’t playing this fall a practice model that mirrors a typical spring, and a 13-week season that can end no later than April 17 or April 24. The committee
3:43 PM ET Expected Georgia starting quarterback Jamie Newman has opted out of this season because of coronavirus concerns, he announced on social media Wednesday. Newman, who is ranked No. 6 in the latest positional rankings by ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay, instead will begin preparing for the 2021 NFL draft. The graduate transfer
5:11 PM ET Marvin Wilson needed to find his position coach. Urgently. Odell Haggins sat in a defensive line meeting room, preparing for Florida State’s bowl game last December, when Wilson walked in. “I need to see you after this meeting, coach,” Wilson said. Haggins finished up and left the meeting early to find Wilson,