When the Pac-12 Conference announced last week that it would squeeze in a football season this fall, following other top leagues and overturning its own decision from August to wait until 2021, the responses were predictable. Football fans were excited. Others questioned why esteemed universities would even attempt to play football amid the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Read MoreNo. 6 Ohio State, No. 10 Penn State and No. 14 Oregon returned to the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, weeks before they start playing, creating a Top 25 as unusual as this season. At the top of the rankings this week, Clemson remained No. 1 with 55 first-place votes, followed by Alabama […]
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Read MoreAs top prospects opted out one by one this offseason, wary of an uncertain college football calendar, USC’s top returning wideout considered following the same path. But Amon-ra St. Brown was in no hurry to make that leap, even as he watched teammates Alijah Vera-Tucker and Jay Tufele declare their intentions to skip the upcoming […]
Read MoreThe Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has become the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that will play in the fall. As university presidents in the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain West have done over the […]
Read MoreIt’s Week 4 of the College Football season, and Countdown to GameDay starts bright and early to get you ready for a jam-packed day of college football. Christine Williamson and Jason Fitz will be joined by Chris Fallica, Jim Mora, and Brad Edwards to discuss the Pac-12’s decision to return to play, and break down […]
Read MoreThe Pac-12 hopes to play a seven-game football schedule this fall. | Ralph Freso/AP Nine of the 10 FBS conferences are now ready to have their seasons completed by Dec. 20, the day the College Football Playoff selection committee is scheduled to pick teams to play for the national championship and in the most lucrative […]
Read MoreThe bitter boardroom brawl between Daniel Snyder, the controlling owner of the Washington Football Team, and three of his longtime limited partners has prompted a legal firestorm, a fight over the club’s name and mudslinging among former friends. But at its core, it is a dispute over money. In the spring, with the future of […]
Read MorePresident Trump touted the Pac-12’s decision to resume its college football season on Thursday night, days after he pressured conference officials to reverse their decision to postpone play during the coronavirus pandemic. “GREAT NEWS! PAC- 12 football is back this Fall! Congrats to the players, their families, the coaches, and the universities,” Trump tweeted. “The west […]
Read MoreA season that was slated to feature the earliest start in UCLA football history will instead involve the latest. The Bruins originally were scheduled to open the season Aug. 29 against New Mexico State before the COVID-19 pandemic put things on hold. The Pac-12 Conference later announced a revised schedule that called for UCLA to […]
Read MoreThe Pac-12 presidents and chancellors voted Thursday afternoon to attempt a fall football season, the conference announced. Seven weeks after deciding to postpone until 2021, the conference plans to start games Nov. 7 and play a seven-game season that will culminate with the Pac-12 championship game Dec. 18. The conference’s hope is that its deal […]
Read MoreNFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent joins First Take to discuss the NFL’s efforts during HBCU Week, Deion Sanders becoming Jackson State’s head coach and the quality of NFL games through Week 2 of the 2020 season. #FirstTake #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus.com/youtube ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN […]
Read MoreJackson State head football coach Deion Sanders joins Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim on First Take to talk about Antonio Brown possibly making a return to the NFL, whether Odell Beckham Jr. can succeed with Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns, where he’d most like to see OBJ (with Aaron Rodgers on […]
Read MoreVenice High School could be ready to take control of its new football stadium as early as next week, football coach Angelo Gasca said Tuesday. There’s new grass, new lights, new bleachers, a new all-weather track, new press box, new snack shack. Now, if only players could use the field. Los Angeles Unified School District […]
Read MoreLos Angeles’ football team is 2-0. So are the Rams. In retrospect, however, the story Monday night wasn’t how the Raiders downed the New Orleans Saints 34-24. In fact, the story wasn’t even here, not in this empty stadium, where they played for the first time. Advertisement More telling was what happened outside, around their […]
Read MoreDeion Sanders smiles as he is introduced as Jackson State’s head football coach. | Eric Shelton/The Clarion-Ledger via AP Sanders takes over a program that has produced fellow Hall of Famers such as Walter Payton, Lem Barney, Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile. JACKSON, Miss. — Deion Sanders wiped away tears of joy and passion before […]
Read MoreDeion Sanders will become head football coach at Jackson State, which produced Bears Hall of Famer Walter Payton. | Gail Burton/AP Sanders will take over a program that has produced fellow Hall of Famers such as Walter Payton, Lem Barney, Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile. JACKSON, Miss. — Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders says […]
Read MoreA week before Big Ten teams become eligible again for the Associated Press college football poll, No. 25 Marshall is ranked for the first time since 2014 and Miami jumped to No. 12 after a conference road victory. Clemson remained a nearly unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday after another light […]
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Read MoreAs a tidal wave of momentum crested toward a Pac-12 fall football restart Wednesday, with athletic directors from USC and UCLA combining forces to push aside county regulations that had kept their teams from contact, a voice of reason came from Los Angeles City Hall. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has been known to cheer on […]
Read MoreBig Ten conference The Big Ten’s third football schedule of the 2020 season is highlighted by Michigan-Ohio State on Dec. 12, the final day of the conference’s regular-season and the latest date the rivals have ever played. The Big Ten’s third football schedule of the 2020 season is highlighted by Michigan-Ohio State on Dec. 12, […]
Read MoreProvided Live coverage of the rally at the Thompson Center in Chicago. Football coaches around the state have organized a Let Us Play movement to try and convince Gov. J.B. Pritzker to change course and allow fall sports. Here’s a livestream: https://t.co/B3rsmsFtwi — Michael O’Brien (@michaelsobrien) September 19, 2020 https://t.co/upN4dpQzNN — Michael O’Brien (@michaelsobrien) September […]
Read MoreThe Big Ten plans to have football back after all in 2020. But the atmosphere of sports on its campuses? That’s going to be tough to find this fall. Students want to be back on campus but it hasn’t been going well. Athletes in other sports want to compete again, too, but they remain in […]
Read MoreIt’s Week 3 of the College Football season and Countdown to GameDay starts bright and early live from Bristol, CT. Jason Fitz and Christine Williamson are joined by Desmond Howard, Jim Mora, and Chris Low to discuss the Big Ten’s decision to return to play this season, break down the primetime match-up between the No. […]
Read MoreTim Tebow joins First Take to discuss the Big Ten’s plans to play the college football season and how the College Football Playoff will be impacted this season. #FirstTake ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔️ […]
Read MoreCamp Randall Stadium, home of the Wisconsin Badgers, is expected to host football again in October, despite 42 players and staff testing positive for COVID-19. | Morry Gash/AP One infectious disease expert said it’s “really hard” to see a strategy for the Big Ten to play an eight-game season because of the high case rate […]
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