College Football
Edward Aschoff’s fiancee grateful for ‘memories of all the lives he touched’
Katy Berteau, the fiancée of Edward Aschoff, tweeted her thanks for the “outpouring of love” shown since the ESPN college football reporter’s death Tuesday after a brief illness. “I want to say thank you to everyone who has expressed their sympathies, condolences, and prayers for me and his family and friends,” Berteau wrote on Aschoff’s …
College Football Playoff tracker — OU is safe, while LSU, Ohio State and Clemson battle for top spot
GRAPEVINE, Texas — This might be the shortest meeting the College Football Playoff selection committee has had to date, as the conference championship game results did the bulk of the work for them, whittling the field down to an obvious top four. Oklahoma got the win it needed over Baylor in the Big 12 conference …
College football power rankings for Week 14
The 2019 regular season is complete and Championship Week is here. After 14 weeks, four teams seem to have a clear path to one of the four spots in the College Football Playoff. If Clemson, Georgia, LSU and Ohio State win their respective conference championship games this coming weekend, they’ll be among the four teams …
‘Unfair’ end-of-game penalty among Nick Saban’s gripes with Iron Bowl officiating
AUBURN, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban was critical of the officiating during Saturday’s 48-45 loss on the road at Auburn, pointing to a penalty in the game’s final seconds as well as a decision before halftime to put 1 second back on the clock that allowed the Tigers to kick a field goal. Saban …
College football – Saturday news, Top 25 scores, Sooners lose, LeBron’s OSU shoutout
5:28 PM ET ESPN staff The final weekend of October is here and the spookiest day of the year — Oct. 31, Nick Saban’s birthday — is looming. So let’s enjoy this fine day of college football. We’ll keep you updated on the news, highlights and what the outcome of each Top 25 game means. …
Underdogs thrive, the Pac-12 survives and more in a chaotic Week 8
Lovie Smith has the look of a man who has lived a full life. A man doesn’t grow a beard with that many grays unless he has had some real highs (he coached in a Super Bowl) and lows (with Rex Grossman as his QB). Smith, Illinois’ coach, has seen some things — horrible things, …
College football Power Rankings for Week 6
On a Saturday in which the top two teams in the AP and coaches’ polls didn’t play, the other College Football Playoff contenders behind Alabama and Clemson held serve without much drama. Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin each won by 24 points or more. Florida made the biggest statement of Week …
QB Kyle Trask sprains knee but returns to lead Gators to victory
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The moment Florida quarterback Kyle Trask heard a pop in his knee and felt it buckle, he feared the worst. Hands above his head clenched in fists one moment, over his face the next. Trainers rushed over, but after a few minutes, he was well enough to jog under his own power …
Florida QB Kyle Trask plays through ‘light’ MCL sprain
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Kyle Trask played the entire second half of Saturday’s 24-13 victory over Auburn with what coach Dan Mullen described as a “light” MCL sprain. Trask took a hit to his left knee in the second quarter on a passing attempt. After he released the ball, Auburn defensive end Marlon Davidson …
College football Power Rankings for Week 5
If not for a failed 2-point conversion attempt, who knows where we’d be five weeks into the college football season? But Brent Venables’ Clemson defense made the play it had to make, and the defending national champion Tigers survived a 21-20 scare at North Carolina. The beauty of college football is the unpredictability from week …
