ESPN's College GameDay crew had plenty of marquee games to choose from to kick off the 2016 college football season, landing on historic Lambeau Field for an encounter between the No. 5 LSU Tigers and the Wisconsin Badgers. With Alabama vs. USC, Florida State vs. Ole Miss, Clemson vs. Auburn and Notre Dame vs. Texas also on tap to kick off the season, the fact College GameDay chose Green Bay added a heightened sense of importance ...

Jerry Maguire would be a big fan of these college basketball players. Playing off Tom Cruise's famous line to Renee Zellweger, there are certain players in the game who manage to do a little bit of everything while on the court. They may not be the best at anything, but they don't have any glaring weaknesses, either, and thus meet our criteria for being considered a "complete" player. Being able to contribute both offensively and defensively, from ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No matter how embarrassing the season opener for No. 9-ranked Tennessee almost was Thursday night, you won't hear any apologies for a 20-13 overtime win over a scrappy Appalachian State team. Not from a relieved Volunteers team that is thrilled to get to watch an ugly game film without a blemish on its record. "I've never been a part of a frustrating win," Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. "A win is a win. In this ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lane Kiffin knows the drill: Don’t make waves. Not this week. There have been no tweets. No interviews granted. Nothing on the Alabama side to draw attention to the fact Kiffin will be facing the last program that fired him as a head coach—Southern California. So far it’s been similar to when he went back to Tennessee for the first time in 2014—uneventful—but that will change. “I know it sounds strange; I really have not ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four years ago, J.T. Barrett contemplated ending his college football career before it ever began. For those of us who follow the sport—and especially Ohio State fans—thankfully he didn't. As the 2016 season approaches, you'd be hard-pressed to find a college football player who's taken a more unique path to superstardom than the Buckeyes redshirt junior quarterback. And if Ohio State is going to remain a national championship contender, Barrett will be the primary reason ...

I picked Tennessee to win the SEC East. I picked Tennessee as a dark-horse contender to make the third edition of the College Football Playoff. I picked Tennessee to take the logical next step after falling one play short of the SEC East title last year and reignite the glory days that have been absent on Rocky Top for a decade. After 60 minutes (and an overtime) of football against Appalachian State on Thursday night in Neyland Stadium, ...

The No. 9-ranked Tennessee Volunteers averted disaster Thursday night with a 20-13 overtime win over the Appalachian State Mountaineers at Neyland Stadium. On the first possession of overtime, quarterback Josh Dobbs attempted to scramble into the end zone on 3rd-and-goal, but a defender stood him up and he fumbled. However, teammate Jalen Hurd recovered the ball in the end zone for the go-ahead score. Fox Sports 1's Clay Travis tried to play it off as normal: AL.com's Brent ...

USC Trojans linebacker Osa Masina is reportedly being investigated for drugging and raping a woman on two separate occasions in July. According to TMZ Sports, Masina is alleged to have first raped the woman at the apartment of linebacker Don Hill on July 14 after giving her "a couple Xanax pills throughout the day" while she was drinking.  Masina is also alleged to have raped the woman July 26 after smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol in Utah—where ...

Wofford Terriers linebacker Michael Roach reportedly collapsed on the sideline during Thursday's season opener against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Continue for updates.  Latest on Roach's Status After Collapse Friday, Sept. 2 Nick Bromberg of Yahoo Sports reported Roach was kept overnight at the hospital for observation.  "Roach went down on [the] sideline and needed emergency help," the Spartanburg Herald-Journal's Todd Shanesy reported on Thursday. "They stripped him to [his] bare chest, pumped his heart." After an ambulance picked up Roach, Shanesy reported ...

Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson had quite a first half Thursday night against UNC-Charlotte.  In the first 30 minutes of his sophomore season, Jackson accounted for eight touchdowns to spark his team to a 56-0 halftime lead. He went 17-of-23 for 286 yards passing with six touchdowns to go with 119 yards on the ground and two rushing scores.   Per ESPN College Football, he has already set a school record, with the second half yet to come: Less ...