2:13 AM ET WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Late in the fourth quarter, as Purdue prepared to celebrate the biggest win in recent team history, Tyler Trent joined the party on the field at Ross-Ade Stadium. After a stunning 49-20 loss to Purdue, Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer said that despite signs of trouble in previous

11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services GREENVILLE, N.C. — Heisman Trophy hopeful McKenzie Milton did not start or play at quarterback in No. 10 UCF’s 37-10 over East Carolina on Saturday. Team spokesman Andy Seeley said before the game that Milton’s lineup absence was a game-time decision by coach Josh Heupel. Darriel Mack Jr. made

12:46 PM ET The Oregon Ducks received a commitment Saturday from running back Cross Patton as a preferred walk-on. Normally that type of news wouldn’t make too many headlines, but Patton is the son of OutKast rapper Big Boi, and has received attention throughout the process. 110% Committed ‼️ #18Rzns pic.twitter.com/OWFs0p9vsU — Bullet. ⛓🏴 (@CrossPatton)

2:53 AM ET Washington State football coach Mike Leach expressed anger and distrust in the Pac-12’s commitment to player safety in a series of text messages he exchanged with conference officials last month, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports via a public records request. Leach’s text messages to the Pac-12 came in the wake

8:31 PM ET Indiana has dismissed running back Morgan Ellison from the football team and suspended him from the university for two and a half years after a panel concluded he engaged in nonconsensual sex with another student. Ellison has not been charged with a crime and is not the subject of a police investigation,

1:59 PM ET The trends came through last week with Pittsburgh and Iowa State both easily covering as underdogs against top-10 teams. The top trend this week says to take Utah at home against USC. Well, it’s really more about fading the Trojans, who have struggled as an underdog under coach Clay Helton. Here are

11:00 AM ET Joel AndersonESPN The day before Ohio State entered the crucible in Happy Valley, Nick Bosa gave voice to his building frustration at being forced to sit out the game at Penn State with an injury. “I wish more than anything that I could be out there with my brothers tomorrow,” Bosa tweeted

9:00 AM ET It’s common knowledge that sportswriters are always right. Just look at our preseason predictions. We had Alabama at No. 1, and sure enough, there are the Crimson Tide, chugging right along with one blowout win after another. Pretty smart, eh? Not many folks have the kind of institutional knowledge that allows them

Oct 17, 2018 ESPN staff As we hit the second half, it’s time to start thinking about what teams need to do to make a playoff run or enter the conference championship mix. For some, it’s fixing an issue on defense. For others, it’s getting a key player back to health. Here is the key

6:18 PM ET More than two months after he was placed on administrative leave, the future of Maryland coach DJ Durkin remains uncertain, and the results of an investigation into the culture of the program will not be made public for at least another week, according to a news release on Wednesday from the University