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6:11 AM ET ESPN staff Iowa‘s Kinnick Stadium has been a site for both elation and heartache when highly ranked Penn State teams come to visit. In 2008, No. 3 Penn State arrived at 9-0, eyeing its first BCS championship game appearance. The Nittany Lions led by nine points entering the fourth quarter but fell

6:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. THE HIGHWAY THAT connects Pullman,

11:21 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN University of Northern Colorado offensive coordinator Max McCaffrey was reprimanded for inadvertently hitting an opposing fan with a broken clipboard during a 40-7 loss to Montana State on Saturday. McCaffrey, the eldest brother of Carolina Panthers and former Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, broke his clipboard while on the sidelines

7:00 AM ET TEDDY LEHMAN WAS twice an All-American at Oklahoma. In 2003, the stout linebacker won the Big 12 defensive player of the year award, the Dick Butkus Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award. In 2004, he was a second-round NFL draft pick, and he went on to spend parts of six seasons with

[Editor’s note: If you thought UConn-Vandy was big, how about UConn-UMass in maybe the biggest bad game of all-time? Those two are joined by Oregon and another three Power 5 interlopers.) “You just couldn’t let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. … You won’t kill

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those who leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a

12:50 PM ET Maryland standout wide receiver Dontay Demus Jr. will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in Friday’s loss to Iowa. Terrapins coach Mike Locksley on Tuesday said Demus will undergo right knee surgery later this week. He suffered the injury on a kickoff return in the second quarter,

7:00 AM ET Rick Mirer remembers the first time he slapped the “Play Like A Champion Today” sign at Notre Dame. The wooden sign — 3 feet high, 4 feet wide and painted gold with blue hand lettering — hangs over the narrow staircase in the tunnel at Notre Dame Stadium, just high enough where

4:38 PM ET Minnesota running back Trey Potts remains hospitalized in Indiana for an unspecified medical issue that occurred late in Saturday’s game at Purdue. Potts left the field late in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s 20-13 win and was treated by Minnesota’s medical staff before being transported to a local hospital. Minnesota said in

2:15 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility for his football team’s performance during a loss to Auburn on Saturday rests with him. The 24-19 loss dropped the Tigers to 3-2 on the season. “Ultimately I’m responsible for the performance of the team,” Orgeron told reporters on Monday. “I always will be responsible.”

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Nos. 1 and 2 college football teams in the country look stronger than ever, while three other top-10 teams lost. Our reporters try to make sense of what happened in Week 5 of the college football season and what to look forward to. The great wide divide The narrative

2:35 PM ET Associated Press Iowa is gearing up for its biggest home game since the 1980s, Cincinnati has its highest ranking in 12 years and Clemson is on the outside looking in at The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2014. Alabama and Georgia are the only constants during this

8:06 AM ET A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, Salt Lake City police announced Sunday. Buk M. Buk has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of a firearm. Lowe, 21, was shot early on Sept. 26 at a house

11:22 PM ET ESPN staff Just when it looked like Georgia could finally surpass Alabama at the top of the college football Power Rankings, the Crimson Tide made another statement this season. The Bulldogs kicked off the day with another top-10 victory, this time a 37-0 rout against No. 8 Arkansas in Athens, and looked

1:16 AM ET Last week, the sport’s leadership met to discuss the merits of expanding the College Football Playoff. It amounted to nothing. On Saturday, Alabama and Georgia offered a convincing counterargument. Perhaps we should just end the 2021 season after the SEC championship game. For all the September buzz about chaos and parity in

5:48 PM ET Coach Jim Harbaugh was aware of the criticism his offense received after the first four games of the season for a lack of creativity in the playcalling and relying too much on the run. Michigan’s offense averaged 290.8 yards on the ground compared to 164 passing yards per game, and Harbaugh said

10:45 AM ET Georgia quarterback JT Daniels and Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson will both be game-time decisions for Saturday’s football showdown, their coaches told ESPN’s College GameDay. Daniels, who is dealing with a lat injury, ranks eighth in the FBS in Total QBR (87.6) through four games for the No. 2 Bulldogs (12 p.m. ET/ESPN

10:03 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is naming the playing field at Camp Randall Stadium after former Badgers football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez. Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the decision at a Friday night ceremony honoring Alvarez, who retired as Wisconsin’s athletic director this summer. Blank said the playing field will