2:39 AM ET ESPN News Services ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia safety J.R. Reed and kicker Rodrigo Blankenship say they are returning for their senior seasons, giving the Bulldogs good news two days after the offense lost four juniors to the NFL draft. Reed and Blankenship announced their decisions Sunday on Twitter. Reed, second on the

5:18 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — In lieu of playing in a conference championship game, Notre Dame would gladly add a 13th game to its schedule if the NCAA would allow it, Fighting Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick said on Sunday at the College Football Playoff. “We would love the opportunity to play a

9:00 AM ET On May 17, Clelin Ferrell turns 22 years old. The Clemson defensive end is, by almost any measure, a very young man. But every season that a superstar suits up for Clemson feels like a dog year. Ferrell’s career has coincided with the most historic four-year stretch in Clemson history, so his

9:30 PM ET Bryce Turner, a redshirt sophomore cornerback for California, died Saturday, the school announced. He was 19. Today, we lost a beloved member of our #CalFamily. Rest in Peace Bryce Turner. You’ll be forever in our hearts. pic.twitter.com/j8xCObyhCb — Cal Football (@CalFootball) January 6, 2019 Turner was hospitalized near his home in Southern

4:27 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said he doesn’t expect the four-team playoff to change its format before the current 12-year contract expires, but that university presidents and conference commissioners will at least discuss the idea at a joint meeting at their hotel on Monday morning before

9:00 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — The most significant plate of eggs and bacon in the recent history of Clemson football was eaten a day after the Tigers’ route of Georgia Tech on Sept. 22, at Sunnyside Cafe, just down the road from campus, and was shared between the veteran leader of the defense and

6:05 PM ET Three-time Pro Bowler DeMarco Murray is returning to football, this time as an assistant at the University of Arizona. The Wildcats announced Friday that Murray will join Kevin Sumlin’s staff as running backs coach. “DeMarco brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our running back room,” Sumlin said in a statement.

5:59 PM ET ESPN News Services ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia wide receivers Riley Ridley and Mecole Hardman and tight end Isaac Nauta are skipping their senior seasons to enter the NFL draft, taking away three of the Bulldogs’ top receivers. All three announced the decisions Friday on their respective Twitter accounts. “I could not imagine

9:01 PM ET HOUSTON — The last time the Houston Cougars completed a coaching search, the school’s president made no secret of the school’s expectations, noting that 8-4 records will get a coach fired. When new Houston coach Dana Holgorsen — who just came off an 8-4 season at West Virginia — was asked why

7:43 PM ET Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams, the SEC’s leading rusher this past season, will forego his senior season and enter April’s NFL draft, he announced in a video on Twitter on Thursday. Williams, a 5-foot-9, 200-pound junior from Houston, rushed for 1,760 yards with 18 touchdowns on 271 attempts in 13 games.