David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2024, 01:51 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. The best upsets are the ones no one sees coming. Northern Illinois’ stunning defeat of Notre Dame certainly fits the bill. Just a week ago, the Irish looked like a surefire…
After five straight days of college football, Week 1 is in the books. There was a school-record-breaking performance from Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava in his freshman debut, showing the preseason hype around him was warranted. Other programs didn’t have as ideal a weekend, but it’s only Week 1. Can Iamaleava maintain his performance when the…
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Welcome to the season of change. It’s 2024, and if we’re to believe the punditry, this will be unlike anything we’ve seen before in college football, which is saying something in…
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 23, 2024, 08:15 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Forty years ago, the floodgates officially opened. In June 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma that the NCAA couldn’t control all college football television contracts and…
David Purdum Close David Purdum ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Doug Greenberg Aug 19, 2024, 10:30 AM ET The betting public has been increasingly risky ahead of the first season with a 12-team College Football Playoff. For months, it has been firing on long shots to not…
Aug 12, 2024, 12:20 PM ET You know college football season is right around the corner when the Associated Press releases its preseason Top 25. Georgia is on top of the poll, comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State. Big Ten newcomer Oregon ranks third, SEC newcomer Texas is fourth and Alabama, minus Nick Saban,…
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. There are about 26 consensus All-Americans per season. Twenty-four different players have won a Heisman since 2000. The one thing guaranteed about college football is that no one stays too long, and there are always new…
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. The most-discussed document in college sports is stored away in an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, far from the prying eyes of the public or, as it turns out, the school…
