2:01 PM ET Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian channeled Nick Saban on Monday, issuing a warning to his Longhorns after their near upset of No. 1 Alabama on Saturday. “First of all, to quote my old boss, we’ve got to be careful of the rat poison of people telling us how good we are, which

8:30 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Nick Saban vacillated between pride and frustration as he met with the media following Alabama‘s heart-stopping 20-19 win over Texas on Saturday afternoon. In a cramped, windowless room inside Darrell K Royal Stadium, the Crimson Tide’s often crotchety coach smiled and offered to help a cameraman who was struggling

Sep 10, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — Despite committing 15 penalties and a poor performance by its offensive line, No. 1 Alabama was able to avoid an upset and beat unranked Texas 20-19 on a last-minute field goal Saturday. While Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban praised his team’s resiliency, he was nonetheless critical of its performance,

10:54 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN After pulling a historic 17-14 upset at No. 6 Texas A&M on Saturday, the Appalachian State football team didn’t get to celebrate back home in Boone, North Carolina. Mechanical issues with the team charter forced the Appalachian State team to spend the night at the hotel where they’d slept the

12:25 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops passed Paul “Bear” Bryant as the winningest coach in school history in a 26-16 win over No. 12 Florida on Saturday night, in a performance befitting what he has built in Lexington. Behind a tough defense that shut down Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson, the 20th-ranked

12:29 PM ET Former West Virginia and Indiana (Pa.) coach Frank Cignetti Sr. has died at the age of 84. His son, James Madison coach Curt Cignetti, made the announcement Saturday. No cause of death was given. I was blessed to have a great Dad! He inspired me and so many others. Love you Dad!

Sep 8, 2022 Matt Leinart is no longer the baby-faced quarterback leading USC to national championships. During a phone interview this summer, the 39-year-old who now works as a college football analyst for Fox was driving between appointments while trying to keep his kids quiet in the car. He could have said it wasn’t a

6:00 AM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Enough is enough. I just can’t do it anymore. I am done betting college football unders. You just need too much to go right, especially at the end of games. If I want an under, I

Sep 7, 2022 Alabama quarterback Bryce Young sits courtside at Madison Square Garden to watch the New York Knicks host the Milwaukee Bucks. It’s less than 24 hours since Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy and to the once-aspiring point guard, who still practices his handle and gets up shots in his free time, this

7:30 AM ET What if? It’s the most powerful two-word question there has ever been. We ask it about our own lives and world history. As in “What if Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car hadn’t stopped in front of that Sarajevo café in 1914?” or “What if I had married my high school sweetheart instead of