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ATLANTA — Baylor Bears safety Jacob Redding will miss the 2026 season with a torn ACL, Grayson Grundhoefer of SicEm365 reported Saturday, hours before the Bears opened against Auburn at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald confirmed the report. Per Grundhoefer, Redding tried to play through the injury...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kirk Herbstreit said Thursday that the national conversation has written Clemson off ahead of tonight’s opener at LSU. He expects coach Dabo Swinney to have his team playing with something to prove. Herbstreit answered during a press session at Raising Cane’s “The Mothership,” where he had...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kirk Herbstreit said Thursday that Penn State will win 10 games this season and reach the College Football Playoff. The reason is the schedule. The Nittany Lions miss the three Big Ten teams he rates highest. Herbstreit worked through the conference at Raising Cane’s “The Mothership”...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Oregon is one of the two Big Ten rosters Kirk Herbstreit called loaded on Thursday. The quarterback who chose to stay is the reason he expects a jump. Herbstreit took the question at Raising Cane’s “The Mothership” on Highland Road, where he had spent part of...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte turned down an all-black uniform concept for the Texas Longhorns on X on Tuesday morning, four days before the season opener against Texas State. The rendering he replied to put the Longhorns in a black helmet, a black jersey, and black...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In an interview PEOPLE published Saturday, Texas quarterback Arch Manning said his uncles Peyton Manning and Eli Manning told him to enjoy college and worry about the NFL when the time comes. PEOPLE spoke with Manning trackside at the Red Bull Energy Station during the Miami...

ATLANTA — Tim Tebow said Saturday on SEC Nation that Arch Manning needs to block out the attention around him to become one of the best quarterbacks in the country. The former Florida quarterback made the comments during the show’s season-opening broadcast from International Plaza outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where Auburn...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Desmond Howard picked Texas to win the national championship Saturday on ESPN’s College GameDay. The former Michigan receiver and 1991 Heisman Trophy winner made the pick during the show’s season-opening broadcast from the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La., when the desk was asked which two...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Nick Saban said Saturday on ESPN’s College GameDay that he expects Texas to have better leadership this season than it had in 2025. The former Alabama coach made the comments from the show’s season-opening set on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La., in a clip...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kirk Herbstreit said Thursday that the 12-team College Football Playoff has broken the sport’s old order. He could not name a title favorite he would put money on. Herbstreit spent part of the morning working at the original Raising Cane’s on Highland Road with owner and...