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Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Following a joint meeting between athletic directors representing their respective conferences on Wednesday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said they agreed that the way teams are seeded in the 12-team College Football Playoff should change this fall. While the voices of the two wealthiest

Southside Christain football has hired Jonathan Gess, who won seven state championships as a coach in Georgia, to lead its program. “This is an exciting day for Southside Christian School and our football program. SCS is dedicated to excellence both on and off the field and we firmly believe that Coach Gess will embody that

Associated Press Feb 17, 2025, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — While Cam Ward hasn’t decided if he will throw at the NFL combine next week, the quarterback knows how he will answer any scouts or team personnel who ask him if he quit on the Miami Hurricanes by not finishing

On paper, the Oklahoma Sooners have one of the toughest schedules in college football in 2025. The SEC schedule proved tough in 2024 when OU went just 2-6. That schedule didn’t get any easier, and the Sooners have a huge nonconference game against Michigan in week two. In an early look at the 2025 football

Wisconsin football is hiring Marcus Sedberry as its new general manager. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday afternoon, then later confirmed by both On3 and 247Sports. Sedberry moves into the position after working within the Wisconsin athletic department for three years as a deputy athletic director and its chief operating

Feb 17, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For some teams, the make-or-break game on the schedule is pretty clear — a nonconference matchup against a big-name program or a showdown with a hated rival. But sometimes the season-defining game sneaks up on a team. Maybe it’s an unexpected loss that sends a team

Will Heldt’s journey to Clemson began with a surprise—one that left a lasting impression. When the former Purdue defensive end arrived for his visit, he expected a routine tour. Instead, he was taken straight from the airport to head coach Dabo Swinney’s house for dinner. What he thought would be a quiet meal quickly turned

JAMESTOWN — The University of Jamestown football team’s coaching staff will have a familiar face patrolling the sidelines next season with the hiring of Tom Dosch to multiple roles on the staff. On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Dosch was hired as the associate head coach, linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. ADVERTISEMENT “It was a great

Associated Press Feb 15, 2025, 10:10 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Greg Sharpe, the play-by-play voice for Nebraska football since 2007, has died of cancer, his family announced through the school Saturday. He was 61. Sharpe died Friday, 10 months after he announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was able to work

Associated Press Feb 15, 2025, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden has been named the Broyles Award winner as the nation’s top assistant coach. Golden helped Notre Dame reach the national championship game last month before he was hired as the Cincinnati Bengals‘ defensive

Feb 14, 2025, 06:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame is finalizing a deal to hire Detroit Lions director of scouting advancement Mike Martin as the school’s new general manager, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Martin was part of Detroit’s front office staff that helped rebuild the Lions’ roster. Notre Dame

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia quarterback Pat White will return to the Mountaineers as assistant quarterbacks coach and assistant to the head coach. Coach Rich Rodriguez announced White’s hiring. The Mountaineers were 35-8 with four bowl wins with White as their starting quarterback from 2005-08. He set 19 school, Big East and national records.

LSU football made a big addition to its 2026 recruiting class on Thursday. The Tigers earned a commitment from four-star offensive tackle Brysten Martinez, one of the top prospects in the state of Louisiana. According to the On3 Industry Rankings, Martinez is the No. 59 ranked recruit in college football’s 2026 recruiting class. ESPN is

Feb 13, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Even though it hasn’t been a full month since Ohio State was crowned national champion after defeating Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, we aren’t waiting to look ahead to the 2025 season. Arch Manning will finally take over at Texas and

Open Extended Reactions Ohio State is finalizing a deal to make veteran NFL coach Matt Patricia the school’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The move to bring in Patricia comes with the corresponding internal promotion of secondary coach Tim Walton to the co-defensive coordinator role, sources said. Ohio State will also be

The Oklahoma Sooners are in the midst of a playoff drought. They haven’t been to the postseason since 2019 when now Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts led the Sooners to the Big 12 title and the No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff. The Sooners’ best chance to make the playoff came in 2021,

pxki9xbcgxcfbxflbtye.webp When five-star superstar Travis Hunter shockingly flipped his commitment from Florida State to Jackson State on signing day, he talked about playing for the best to ever do it.He was talking about playing for Deion Sanders, learning from him, soaking in everything Sanders could teach him about playing cornerback not only for college but

Max OlsonFeb 11, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions THE GOAL GOING into December was to spend $5 million. That was the price tag that Cody Campbell, Texas Tech‘s billionaire booster and the leader of The Matador Club NIL