Before Friday night's game between SMU and TCU, five black students from the Mustangs marching band took a knee while playing the national anthem from Ford Stadium in Dallas.  They were joined by a contingent of supporters in SMU's student section on a night in which the school was honoring Dallas police and first responders who have been killed in action, per Max Olson of ESPN.com.  Rattle and Hum Sports showed four of the five members of ...

Quarterback Troy Williams hit Tim Patrick for an 18-yard game-winning touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in the game to give the No. 24 Utah Utes a 31-27 win over the USC Trojans on Friday night from Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah Athletics showed the game-winning score: Utah overcame a two-touchdown, third-quarter deficit to pull out the win and improve to 4-0 on the season, while USC dropped to 1-3. It left former Atlanta Braves great Dale Murphy floored: Williams led the ...

A group of Eastern Michigan students are protesting during Friday's game between the Eagles and Wyoming Cowboys at Rynearson Stadium.   Philip Lewis of the Huffington Post tweeted out images from the stadium as well as the students' motivation for the protest: MLive provided video footage of students chanting during the protest: Ben Kercheval of CBS Sports reported more details on Friday's night's demonstration: The protest group was seen near the field during the second half of the game on CBS ...

Washington added a potential difference-maker on Friday when athlete Salvon Ahmed committed to its 2017 recruiting class. Brandon Huffman of Scout.com provided an image from the scene where Ahmed made his pledge to the Huskies: The 6'0" and 186-pound Ahmed is a 4-star prospect, per 247Sports’ composite rankings, and the No. 98 overall player, the No. 2 athlete and the No. 2 prospect from the state of Washington in the 2017 class. Being from Washington, Ahmed generated plenty of ...

Utah 31, USC 27—Final The Utah Utes scored two touchdowns in the game's final 10 minutes for a comeback 31-27 victory over the USC Trojans. Quarterback Troy Williams was impressive in the second half, throwing for 202 of his 270 yards. The Utes got the ball back with a little over five minutes remaining, and Williams led a 15-play, 93-yard drive to put Utah ahead 31-27.  Williams finished the game 21-of-34 passing for 270 yards and two ...

Texas Longhorns offensive lineman Kent Perkins was arrested Friday morning and charged with DWI, according to the Austin American-Statesman's Mark D. Wilson. The Dallas Morning News' Chuck Carlton relayed a statement from head coach Charlie Strong regarding Perkins' arrest:  Anwar Richardson of Rivals.com passed along Perkins' mugshot: Perkins has played both right guard and right tackle during his time in Austin, but he was recently shifted over to left guard, according to the Dallas Morning News' Chris Siron.  All told, Perkins has started ...

Winning the college football national championship is a program's ultimate goal, and stringing together an undefeated season almost guarantees that opportunity for power-conference teams. Group of Five schools almost positively require an unblemished record to receive consideration for a chance, but together, the two factions of the Football Bowl Subdivision offer several programs with zero-loss potential. Heading into Week 4 of the campaign, 37 teams have not yet dropped a contest. Conference play is about to begin, ...

After watching Louisville dismantle Florida State, the ESPN College GameDay crew returns to SEC country Saturday for a showdown between the No. 19 Florida Gators and No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers. Florida-Tennessee is a popular ESPN College GameDay destination, as this particular matchup in 2012 was the last time Rece Davis, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and crew touched down back in Tennessee. The return figures to be a triumphant one with two ranked and undefeated SEC teams eying ...

Ohio State Buckeyes co-defensive coordinator Greg Schiano reportedly struck a bicyclist with his car on Thursday morning, per Jim Woods and Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus Dispatch. The accident occurred near Ohio State’s campus and football practice facilities. The 26-year-old male student was taken to the hospital after he suffered a head injury. Woods and Rabinowitz noted he was in stable condition and “expected to survive.” The crash is still under investigation, and an Ohio State spokesman ...

Looking back on Villanova's national championship, it's easy to credit the play of Josh Hart and Kris Jenkins for that successful run. But just as important to the Wildcats' title was the efforts of lesser-regarded players such as Ryan Arcidiacono and Daniel Ochefu, without whom those results probably wouldn't have been possible. Every team has at least one of those players who, on the surface, isn't looked at as a star, but when all is said ...