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5x All-Pro WR DeAndre Hopkins has joined @GeorgiaTechFB as assistant WR coach 👀

"We can win, and we can win now." @GatorsFB's Jon Sumrall on the culture that's being built in Gainesville 🐊

Texas Longhorns ... Assemble 🔥

Brian Burns Spider-Man celly 🕷️🔥 @FSUFootball

Mood knowing that tomorrow is August, and August means college football and tailgates 😏

A new season is on the horizon for college football 👏 @ESPN_BillC looks at teams who could build off their 2025 successes, as well as teams who could bounce back after struggling last season ➡️ spr.ly/6011BEFLyB

Which players are the x-factors for the top teams in college football? 🤔 spr.ly/6019BEFts5

The return of college football brings new excitement, new hope and of course, a new song 😮‍💨 "High Noon" by @ShaboozeysJeans featuring @1GunnaGunna is this year's anthem for College Football on ESPN 🔥

Northwestern's David Braun percolated with optimism over the "transformative" OC hire in Chip Kelly and "new-age Roman Colosseum" stadium in New Ryan Field. He tells ESPN: "There's no greater visual to what level of investment we're putting into football than that." espn.com/college-footba…

“If you start veering eyeballs to the postseason and devaluing the regular season, what’s the cost of that?” @PeteThamel breaks down coaches wanting to go to a 24-team playoff on the @PatMcAfeeShow ⤵️

"It was almost like the same people that built him up, wanted to tear him down because he let them down." Texas head coach, @CoachSark talks about Arch Manning and how he's blocked out the noise 🗣️ (via @RichEisenShow)

College football starts in 30 days‼️ According to ESPN Analytics, Ohio State is the favorite to win its first Big Ten Championship since 2020 👀

UCLA's Nico Iamaleava said he and new coach Bob Chesney immediately clicked, making the quarterback's decision to stay with the Bruins an easy one. "The transfer portal was never where I wanted to be," Iamaleava said at Big Ten media days Wednesday. spr.ly/6014BE0Bvi

"We've been having that chip on our shoulder, as a team, throughout the whole offseason." Buckeyes' Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith join SportsCenter at Big Ten media days 🏈

"The competition within [the SEC] is so difficult that 9 games of craziness week in and week out, a little different than other parts, other conferences. … Furthermore, they’re gassed.” @LauraRutledge explains the SEC’s tough path to the CFP on the @PatMcAfeeShow 👀

Ole Miss is seeking close to $1 million in penalties from former players Princewill Umanmielen and Devin Harper, who signed revenue sharing contracts to return to the Rebels this season before joining former coach Lane Kiffin at LSU. spr.ly/6017BELlFd

Throwback to this in-house college football beef 😂 (via @TheTJKing7)

"This is a team that could be a surprise contender for the College Football Playoff because the schedule is so manageable." —@CFBHeather on the expectations for Penn State this season 🏈

"He's got a motor that never stops. He plays the game the way it's supposed to be played." Kyle Whittingham breaks down what Michigan fans should expect from John Henry Daley and the defense on the @RichEisenShow 💪

"I think we've been crippled by leaning into potential as some sort of metric for success." USF has never won a league title in football. Can new coach Brian Hartline and a $410 million on-campus stadium unlock the perpetual cycle of potential as the realignment clock ticks? espn.com/college-footba…