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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart has apologized for using an expletive after his team’s victory over Auburn, which sent the No. 4 Bulldogs to the Southeastern Conference championship game for the third year in a row. Smart began his regularly scheduled news conference Monday by saying he was disappointed in himself for his

The first time the college football world was introduced to Tua Tagovailoa, he was coming off the bench during the second half of the 2018 national championship game in Atlanta. Out went a struggling Jalen Hurts, who had gone 26-2 as a starter and had once been named SEC Offensive Player of the Year, and

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is scheduled to have hip surgery Monday after being evaluated in Houston, team orthopedic surgeon Lyle Cain said in a statement released Sunday night. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip in the Crimson Tide’s 38-7 win over Mississippi State on Saturday, ending his season. Sources confirmed to ESPN that he also suffered a

With convincing victories on Saturday by No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson and a tough road win by No. 4 Georgia, there shouldn’t be any change this week in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s top four. That doesn’t mean, though, that the fourth spot will be a lock on

Defending national champion Clemson has won 26 games in a row, but the 11 teams the Tigers have topped this season haven’t exactly been Murderers’ Row. At least Trevor Lawrence & Co. are absolutely destroying their opposition. Ohio State might be the most complete team in the FBS, but it’s hard to gauge exactly how

College football, by its nature, is meant to be enjoyed in the moment. Sure, the history and traditions endure, but the sport is inherently fleeting. Today’s star is tomorrow’s NFL draft pick. A season-defining win can evaporate amid a brutal loss a week later. For all the consistency of Alabama and Clemson, every Saturday manages

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Mississippi State with a hip injury. He was airlifted back to Birmingham for CAT scans and MRIs. Tagovailoa was injured with three minutes remaining before halftime when he was brought down by two Bulldogs defenders while rolling to his left

South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp isn’t going anywhere, athletic director Ray Tanner said Friday in a show of support after the Gamecocks’ chances to make a bowl game took a serious hit following a loss to Appalachian State last week. “Today, I want to make it clear that Will Muschamp is our football coach

Even as Alabama stumbled, the SEC grew stronger. Thanks in part to Penn State’s surprising loss to Minnesota and Oklahoma’s near-loss to Iowa State, it is now more likely than not that the SEC will put at least two teams into the playoff, according to the Allstate Playoff Predictor. How will Saturday’s top games affect

Oklahoma has made its mark lighting up the scoreboard. Baylor has gone unbeaten by limiting teams’ ability to do that. When the top teams in the Big 12 meet on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) in the league’s most important and consequential 2019 game to date, it’ll be a classic “something’s gotta give” clash with

Around this time of the college football year, we start to get tunnel vision. Most every story you read, nearly every segment you see or hear, is about either the national title race or the coaching carousel. Sprinkle in some Heisman talk here and there, too. There’s good reason for this, of course — who’s

WICHITA, Kan. — A scathing report following an independent investigation into the heatstroke death of a 19-year-old football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice at a Kansas community college found “a striking lack of leadership.” Braeden Bradforth, a 315-pound defensive lineman for the Garden City Community College, was found unconscious outside

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued new guidelines that will allow athletes attending the nation’s military academies to seek waivers to delay their service and play professional sports immediately upon their graduation. A memo signed Friday by Esper requires athletes going pro to get approval from the defense secretary. It says they must

Ohio State star defensive lineman Chase Young will miss one more game for an NCAA rules violation before returning next week against Penn State, the Buckeyes announced Wednesday. Young sat out last week’s game against Maryland and will miss Saturday’s game at Rutgers. He admitted last week that he accepted a loan last year from

Whether Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be able to play Saturday at Mississippi State remains a game-time decision, coach Nick Saban said Wednesday. Tagovailoa had surgery to repair a high ankle sprain roughly three weeks ago. He was said to be a game-time decision in advance of last weekend’s game against No. 1 LSU

With a little more than five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter against Illinois on Saturday, Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke took a hit to the head from Fighting Illini linebacker Dele Harding‘s knee. Lewerke stayed down for a moment while a teammate motioned for the training staff to come on the field. Lewerke got

Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: This whole town can slow you downPeople takin’ the easy wayBut I know exactly where I am goingGettin’ closer ‘n’ closer every day And I am almost thereI’m almost therePeople down here think I’m crazyBut I don’t care Trials and tribulationsI’ve had my shareThere ain’t nothin’ gonna stop

Alabama is sitting at No. 5 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, and even though that appears oh-so-close to the top four, the very real possibility exists that the Crimson Tide could end the season where they sit right now. On the outside looking in. After the Tide lost at home to LSU on