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      <news:title><![CDATA[The 90-minute pregame warmup clock is expected to start at 8:10 pm ET, according to an announcement just now here in the LSU press box. The game should begin after that, pending no further weather delays. ]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[LSU-Clemson is still in a lightning delay and the clock hasn’t started here yet. Teams are still expected to get their 90-minute warm-ups but the clock hasn’t started yet. The game isn’t expected to start until 9 pm ET at the earliest, according to a school spokesman. ]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Back for more: Vikings legend Harrison Smith is returning to Minnesota for a 15th season, per me and Mike Garafolo, getting a 1-year deal worth $12.25M.

The 6-time Pro Bowler & former All-Pro has a max value of $16.25M with playoff incentives in a deal done by Athletes First.]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Hank Brown will get the start at quarterback for Iowa against Northern Illinois, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Jeremy Hecklinski also will play, as coach Kirk Ferentz said this week that he needed more "evidence" in deciding between the two quarterbacks.

247 Sports first reported that Brown would start Saturday's game.]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-05T11:03:12.119Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Transfer supremo Richard Hughes steps down as Liverpool sporting director. Sources says Hughes is set to take similar role in Saudi Pro League]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-05T03:31:42.846Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[LSU has not added Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to the team’s roster for the Clemson game, per ESPN sources. They could potentially be added later in the year, as both are enrolled in school. LSU has 103 players on the roster submitted, and that leaves them two spots.

They received an injunction from a state court judge to pave the way for their eligibility. The SEC’s ability to punish them is unclear the wake of the court order and and any future litigation. Both signed NFL deals. ]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-05T01:41:33.486Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Southern Miss has named Illinois/Northern Illinois transfer Ethan Hampton the starting quarterback, per ESPN sources, and he’ll debut for them against Alcorn State. (Southern Miss travels to Auburn Sept. 12.) Hampton started 10 games at Northern Illinois back in 2024, including the program’s upset of Notre Dame.

Hampton has 2,595 career passing yards and 21 career touchdown passes. He played four games as a back-up at Illinois last year. 


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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T22:50:27.955Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[UConn will start Kalieb Osborne at quarterback, per ESPN sources. He's a transfer from Toledo who has thrown for 427 yards and three touchdowns in his career. He'll be first-year coach Jason Candle's first starter at UConn, as they open with Lafayette.]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[NEWS: A Indiana circuit court has issued a temporary restraining order for NCAA eligibility that includes Indiana defensive stars Stephen Dailey and Kellan Wyatt, per me and Mark Schlabach. "To be clear, it is the Court’s intention to place Plaintiffs in the position they were in at the end of their last college sports season."

The TRO also includes Malik Reneau, who played at Miami last year and led the team 18.9 points per game.]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nick Saban and former WVU president Gordon Gee are circulating a letter they wrote to Congress in support of the Protect College Sports Act with P4 leaders and others urging them to share it with their state lawmakers. It reads in part: “Congress rarely gets to strengthen an institution that has shaped generations of Americans. This is one of those moments.”]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Leaders of the College Football Playoff on Friday stopped short of implementing any new rules around eligibility or participation at this time but issued a statement that “strongly supports” the recent positions of conferences prohibiting players returning to college teams from the NFL. It read in part, “These conference rules are intended to protect the needs, interests, and integrity of the sport.” It was the second time this week they discussed the issue in a videoconference.]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T18:49:16.99Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Oklahoma WR Parker Livingstone has been cleared to play and will be available against UTEP tonight, per ESPN sources. He'd recently missed some practice time with a concussion, but he will make his debut for the Sooners against UTEP. This will be his first game since transferring from Texas. ]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T16:43:42.187Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Sources: Stanford will be without four projected offensive starters and a key defender against No. 7 Miami tonight in Palo Alto. Stanford has three projected offensive line starters out with injury – LT Niki Prongos, G Simione Pale and C Aidan Kilstrom. Wide receiver Nico Brown is out along with EDGE Gabe Kaminski, who had 1.5 sacks against Hawaii.]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T15:19:05.772Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Tulane projected starting running back Jamauri McClure (foot) is out for the game at Duke this weekend, per ESPN sources. McClure was a pre-season All-AAC pick who ran for 540 yards and two touchdowns last year.]]>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[One year after Bill Belichick got denied entry in his first year of eligibility, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has overhauled its selection process ahead of the 2027 election.

More at espn.com]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T15:05:20.68Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has decided to retire at the end of the season, sources tell ESPN.]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T14:48:36.824Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[BREAKING: WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert will be retiring at the end of the calendar year, sources tell ESPN. ]]>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-04T13:33:47.265Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Just in: Three-time All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Sacramento Kings, his agents Max Wiepking, Sean Tribe and Ryan Arney tell me and Marc Spears. The one-time All-NBA star is back in the NBA for a 10th season after sitting out 2025-26.]]>
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