Adam Rittenberg

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Adam Rittenberg

ESPN Senior Writer

College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.

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Max Olson

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Max Olson

ESPN Staff Writer

Covers the Big 12

Joined ESPN in 2012

Graduate of the University of Nebraska

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Eli Lederman

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Eli Lederman

ESPN Staff Writer

Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.

Oct 24, 2026, 07:27 PM ET

Dave Doeren's tenure at NC State was too long and too consistent to distill down to one moment or turning point. But his final year with the Wolfpack will be remembered for what happened at Vanderbilt on Sept.…