A lot happens on college football Saturdays. It’s hard to keep up with everything. So this season, in an attempt to bring everybody up to speed — while taking a chance to provide you with some takes in the process — I’m going to rattle off over-arching thoughts from the previous weekend. I’ll also do my best to spring thoughts forward, not …
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Penn State entered this season ranked No. 2. The Nittany Lions returned a boatload of stars, led by hyped quarterback Drew Allar and a whopping 20 players with starting experience. They were supposed to be a true national championship contender, a team capable of winning the Big Ten. Penn State head coach James Franklin reacts against Oregon during the fourth …
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No. 3 Penn State lost to No. 6 Oregon 30-24 in double overtime Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. James Franklin recapped the first loss of the season for the Nittany Lions (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten). Below is a transcript of Franklin’s postgame press conference. JAMES FRANKLIN Opening Statement First of all, obviously, you got to give …
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Jake TrotterSep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM ET Close Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other college sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. Trotter resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and three kids and is a fan of his hometown Oklahoma City Thunder. He covered the Cleveland Browns and …
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No. 6 Oregon walked into Happy Valley and pulled off a major upset against No. 3 Penn State, a 30-24 victory to launch itself to the forefront of the national title conversation. Safety Dillon Thieneman reeled in a ridiculous interception in double-overtime to pull a stunner. Penn State went on a furious run to end the fourth quarter, eliminating a …
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EUGENE — It is the most hostile road environment in the Big Ten and one of the most iconic atmospheres in college football: The Penn State White Out. A tradition that began with the student section in 2004 morphed into an annual full-stadium, 100,000-plus visual effect that began in 2007. When No. 6 Oregon kicks off against No. 3 Penn …
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A pair of new studies presented at the Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS) suggest the European Space Agency’s (ESA) upcoming Mars rover mission, Rosalind Franklin, may have better odds of detecting ancient organic material than previously realized. It all comes down to natural processes that occurred at the rover’s landing site: …
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We had our first wave of significant fantasy football injuries. Unfortunately — especially for SuperFlex leagues — most came at the quarterback position. Don’t worry, as I’m here to offer waiver wire options, both for quarterback streamers and some running back and wide receiver pickups. In fact, we have a few must-add options in Week 3. Heads Up Players must …
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The waiver wire is lively heading into Week 3 with breakout wide receivers at every turn. As always, every player I list here is available in over half of all Yahoo leagues unless otherwise noted. Quarterback Daniel Jones, Colts The breakout quarterback of 2025 kept the ball rolling in Week 2 with 316 yards and one score through the air …
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The undocumented father shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, only had a history of minor traffic violations, not a criminal record, according to his attorney. The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday their agents were targeting Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez for arrest Friday. They said he was a criminal who was …
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