Defensive lineman Fabien Lovett, who had responded to coach Mike Leach's now-deleted controversial tweet on Thursday, said he has entered the transfer portal and has three years of eligibility remaining.
Mike Leach said "he had no intention of offending anyone" when he posted a meme of a woman knitting her husband a noose during self-quarantine.
Quarterback Sawyer Robertson, ranked No. 51 overall in the ESPN Junior 300, chose Mississippi State on Tuesday, giving new coach Mike Leach one of his first big commitments. Robertson is also set to join the Bulldogs baseball team.
Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State might be the nastiest, most entertaining rivalry in college football. And now Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach are joining the party.
Missing the NCAA tournament and spring football? Well, here's an early look at what might happen if Mike Leach had his way and we had a 64-team college football playoff.
This is your one-stop shop for all the latest coaching moves, from hirings, hot seats and more.
New quarterbacks at LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma and familiar coaches in new places have us eager to kick off the 2020 season.
Quarterback KJ Costello, who started 25 games for Stanford, is joining Mississippi State as a grad transfer with one season of eligibility remaining.
Kevin Negandhi kicks off the podcast with ESPN.com senior college football writer Andrea Adelson, rundowning all of the big offseason coaching moves. They get into Ed Reed's hiring as chief of staff at Miami, the surprising hires of Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss and Mike Leach at Mississippi (11:57), Greg Schiano's return to Rutgers, Mike Norvell attempting to turn around Florida State (20:29), Nick Rolovich providing continuity at Washington State, Baylor picking a defense-oriented coach in Dave Arranda, and why Eli Drinkwitz going to Missouri is Andrea's most intriguing hire of the offseason. Later, Kevin and Andrea remember their friend ESPN college football reporter Ed Aschoff (31:51) with memories, the Ed Aschoff Memorial Fund at the University of Florida and his love for Godzilla.
In our second-to-last installment, we look back on a classic Rose Bowl, an impossible-to-believe Egg Bowl and everything in between.
Zach Arnett, who recently left San Diego State to accept the defensive coordinator spot at Syracuse, instead has opted to run the defense at Mississippi State for new Bulldogs coach Mike Leach.
The English bulldog is struggling to survive. That might be college football's fault.
De'Runnya Wilson, who played wide receiver at Mississippi State alongside future Cowboys QB Dak Prescott from 2013 to 2015, was found unresponsive in his Alabama home Tuesday, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
After saying he had planned on entering the NFL draft, RB Kylin Hill has decided to return to Mississippi State for his senior season. He rushed for 1,350 yards and 10 TDs this past season.
From Joe Burrow to Jeff Okudah, these are the players who performed best during bowl season.
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 7-1 | 12-2 |
| Florida | 6-2 | 11-2 |
| Tennessee | 5-3 | 8-5 |
| Kentucky | 3-5 | 8-5 |
| Missouri | 3-5 | 6-6 |
| South Carolina | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Vanderbilt | 1-7 | 3-9 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| LSU | 8-0 | 15-0 |
| Alabama | 6-2 | 11-2 |
| Auburn | 5-3 | 9-4 |
| Texas A&M | 4-4 | 8-5 |
| Mississippi State | 3-5 | 6-7 |
| Ole Miss | 2-6 | 4-8 |
| Arkansas | 0-8 | 2-10 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo'Quavious Marks | RB | Signed | 83 |
| Jordan Davis | DE | Signed | 82 |
| Lideatrick Griffin | ATH | Signed | 82 |
| Emmanuel Forbes | CB | Signed | 81 |
| Malik Heath | WR | Signed | 81 |
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | J. Banks | Jim Thorpe Award |
