11:41 PM ET Miami hired Temple‘s Manny Diaz as its next coach on Sunday night, replacing Mark Richt, who retired earlier in the day. Diaz, who spent the past three seasons on Richt’s staff as Miami’s defensive coordinator before accepting the Temple job on Dec. 13, spoke with Miami officials about returning shortly after Richt

10:39 PM ET Ole Miss is finalizing a deal to make Rich Rodriguez the Rebels’ offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Rodriguez, formerly the head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, is set to receive a three-year contract. The deal was first reported by The Athletic. Mike MacIntyre will join Matt Luke’s staff at

2:22 PM ET PASADENA, Calif. — Had Ryan Day not emerged as such a capable replacement, Urban Meyer said it would have been tough to walk away from his job as the head coach at Ohio State. “Yeah, I don’t think I could,” Meyer said at Rose Bowl media day. “Because there’s too many —

12:00 AM ET So you’re sick and tired of watching Alabama play Clemson for the College Football Playoff National Championship, huh? Do you really want to watch Notre Dame play the Crimson Tide? Or Michigan square up with Clemson? Yeah, didn’t think so. Instead of complaining about the sport’s lack of parity and how it’s

10:57 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Notre Dame‘s College Football Playoff appearance was virtually over by halftime Saturday, and that led to a social media firestorm suggesting that the Irish, who were handled 30-3 by Clemson in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, didn’t belong. Struggles in numerous big postseason games along with Notre Dame’s status

3:42 PM ET ATLANTA — OK, just for argument’s sake, let’s assume that Michigan really didn’t want to be playing in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday. The No. 7 Wolverines were coming off an epic loss to rival Ohio State more than a month ago, which cost them their first Big Ten championship since

1:16 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Gardner Minshew II threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, and No. 12 Washington State stopped No. 25 Iowa State on a late two-point conversion in a 28-26 victory in the Alamo Bowl on Friday night. Minshew passed for 299 yards to help Washington

6:26 PM ET PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — The two LSU players involved in an attempted armed robbery that left one man dead are available to play in the Fiesta Bowl, coach Ed Orgeron said Thursday. Sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and freshman linebacker Jared Small both made the trip to Arizona just days after their

9:21 AM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — As a rule, football coaches don’t tend to get giddy, but Shane Beamer jokes that Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley comes pretty darn close when he watches redshirt freshman center Creed Humphrey maul opposing defensive linemen on tape. “I know it’s funny to say, but he really is almost

5:42 AM ET Though he hasn’t said what he needs surgery for, exactly, Michigan senior defensive end Chase Winovich will put off any operations until his college football season is put to bed. Michigan defensive end Chase Winovich says he needs surgery, but won’t have it until he plays in the Peach Bowl and Senior