By the week’s end, every college football team steps back on the practice field for training camp. It means the college football offseason, mercifully, is over. So what did you miss? There’s no doubt the biggest offseason story is currently unfolding, with Ohio State putting coach Urban Meyer on administrative leave while it investigates what

9:10 PM ET Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Edward Aschoff Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN.com SEC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2011. Graduated from the University of Florida. COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 100 Buckeyes fans gathered at the gates

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State starting cornerback Josiah Scott will miss approximately two months after suffering an injury early in training camp. Coach Mark Dantonio didn’t specify Scott’s injury but said it occurred on a non-contact play. Scott started 12 games as a true freshman last year, the most ever by a freshman under

Ohio State fans are rallying to show their support for Urban Meyer both online and on the ground in Columbus as the head coach remains on administrative leave pending the results of an ongoing investigation. More than 23,000 people have signed a digital petition as of Monday morning to keep Meyer from being “wrongfully fired”

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The investigation of Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer’s handling of a domestic violence complaint against a former assistant is expected to be completed within 14 days, the school announced in a statement Sunday night. Per the school’s release, the special, independent working group formed to direct the investigation met late in

The Alabama QB competition was already the most interesting in college football. And that was before junior Jalen Hurts spoke honestly about his dissatisfaction with how the process has played out on Saturday. So where do things go from here? We brought together a panel of experts to break it all down. How has coach

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Aug 20 College Football 2018 Issue. Subscribe today! Five conference championships, five national titles, an average of 12.5 wins per season: Nick Saban’s past decade at Alabama lives among sports’ all-time great dynasties. It also begs imitation. Piece by piece, fallen rival by fallen rival, the tendrils of

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Communication has always been a strong suit of Alabama coach Nick Saban. After decades of dealing with the media, he has become skilled at controlling the message and crafting a narrative. But that control is eroding quickly when it comes to the quarterback competition pitting Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa. The message,

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley hinted Friday that quarterback Kyler Murray, a two-sport star who was a first-round draft pick of the Oakland Athletics in June, might play football for the Sooners beyond this season. Saturday, Murray’s agent, Scott Boras, said definitively that this season will be Murray’s last in Oklahoma. “Kyler’s baseball career has a

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Two former Rutgers University football players who pleaded guilty to armed robberies targeting other students for drugs and cash have been sentenced to a dozen years in prison each. NJ.com reported that 26-year-old Tejay Johnson, of Egg Harbor Township, made a nearly seven-minute apology in court Friday, saying he had made