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College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University West Point will host the 121st Army-Navy game on Dec. 12 instead of it being played in Philadelphia as planned, because attendance limits in the state of Pennsylvania during the coronavirus pandemic would prevent the Brigade of Midshipmen and Corps of Cadets from attending […]
Six weeks ago the Big Ten wasn’t going to have a fall college football season. Now, it’s the conference best positioned to put multiple teams in the College Football Playoff. As it heads into its own kickoff weekend, the Big Ten has a 34% chance to earn multiple bids to the playoff, according to the […]
ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. The biggest college football game on Saturday? It’s happening in Dallas between No. 9 Cincinnati and No. 16 SMU — two of the nine unbeaten teams left in the FBS. If you’re eager for the Big Ten’s return, the Bearcats vs. the Mustangs […]
The gang is almost back together. With the start of the Big Ten and Mountain West seasons, all but the MAC and Pac-12 are present and accounted for this college fotball weekend. The biggest game takes place in the Big 12 with conference unbeatens No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 18 iowa State facing off. The Cowboys […]
On then off and then back on again, the Big Ten football season is set to begin a nine-week rush unlike any in conference history. A quick refresher: The league decided in August to play and set a 10-game, conference-only schedule. Then, six days later, decided not to play and postponed the season until no […]
Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that he considers himself fortunate for the false positive COVID-19 result he had last week. Saban initially tested positive for the virus Oct. 14 and went into isolation, but was able to test out of COVID protocol in […]
Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. More than seven weeks into the 2020 college football season, our 2020 preview series somehow rolls on. The Big Ten’s fall football season, postponed in August and reinstated in September, finally kicks off this weekend, which means you have 14 more team capsules to read. Today, we […]
There is no such thing as a foregone conclusion in the wild world of college football, particularly this season in the world of COVID-19 where the unpredictable is predictable. Perceptions could change when the Big Ten and other conferences finally kick off starting this weekend. But for the moment, There’s an air of inevitability developing […]
Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. The word “midseason” is almost useless this year in college football. Of the 127 teams endeavoring to play FBS football this fall, only 12 have played half of their intended schedule (13 if you include UMass having played its only scheduled game to this point), while another […]
ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. NC State quarterback Devin Leary is expected to be out four-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery on a broken left fibula on Sunday, the school announced. Leary was injured in a 31-20 win over Duke on Saturday at the end of a quarterback run. […]