Category: Amateur Sports

Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: UConn hasn’t lost appetite for bowls, Sun’s possible parting gift and more

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The question is being asked, with good reason, from coast to coast. With coaches moving around, the College Football Playoffs expanded to 12 teams, the ever-lurking transfer portal, player opt-outs, money and more money, why are they still playing these 40-odd bowl games? “I understand guys that opt out, things happen and people have got to make decisions for themselves,” UConn tight end Louis …

Mike Bianchi: College Football Playoff has arrived but sport’s soul is gone

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid the spectacle of the College Football Playoff’s opening weekend — and the nagging sense that we’re watching a sport we no longer love — here’s the uncomfortable question no one in power seems eager to answer: Is college football slowly turning off the very fans who built it? The other day on our radio show, we asked a simple poll question: “What’s your excitement level for …

Dave Hyde: Miami wins tough game in tough manner — and validates CFP berth

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Are we straight on Miami in the College Football Playoff now? Could it state the case any more clearly with Saturday on the line? Sometimes you get an ending that says everything better than months of debate. The only debate after Miami’s 10-3 win is which play was bigger: Miami running back’s Mark Fletcher’s 56-yard run up with four minutes left to loosen a Texas A&M defense that hadn’t …

Ada well represented on 4A-4 district awards list

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Ada High School football team claimed six of the top honors when the District 4A-4 awards were announced. Inside linebacker Kelton Stipe was named the district’s Defensive MVP, while quarterback Brock Boyles earned co-Offensive MVP honors alongside Hilldale’s Brady Scott. Stipe led the Cougars’ defense, leading the team with 106 total tackles. He added one sack, two tackles for loss and an …

Fletcher carries Hurricanes to win at Texas A&M in College Football Playoff debut

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Neither Miami nor Texas A&M could muster much offense in their College Football Playoff debuts. The combination of a strong wind and excellent defense kept both teams out of the end zone — until running back Mark Fletcher Jr. put the team on his back. The junior running back notched a massive, 56-yard run that set up an 11-yard pop pass from Carson Beck to Malachi …

Bianchi: College Football Playoff has arrived but sport’s soul is gone

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Amid the spectacle of the College Football Playoff’s opening weekend — and the nagging sense that we’re watching a sport we no longer love — here’s the uncomfortable question no one in power seems eager to answer: Is college football slowly turning off the very fans who built it? The other day on our radio show, we asked a simple poll question: “What’s your excitement level for this year’s …

Coach Timmy Chang and the Warriors are ‘dialed in’ for Bowl

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Neither dark clouds nor flash-flood alerts could dampen the University of Hawaii football team’s collective enthusiasm on Friday. “We’re just getting dialed in, ” said coach Timmy Chang, whose Rainbow Warriors checked into a Waikiki hotel in advance of Wednesday’s Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at the Ching Complex. Cal—led by interim head coach Nick Rolovich, a former UH quarterback and head coach—was …

UConn All-American receiver Skyler Bell to suit up for final time in Fenway Bowl

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STORRS – UConn’s star wide receiver Skyler Bell will suit up to play in his final collegiate game as the Huskies look to reach 10 wins for the first time as an FBS program at the Fenway Bowl against Army. Bell, the program’s first-ever consensus All-American after his historic 2025 regular season, shut down speculation that he may opt out of the game when speaking with local media after …

Can Hurricanes finally silence critics with playoff win at Texas A&M?

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The first loss of Mario Cristobal’s tenure with the Hurricanes came at Kyle Field. The Aggies won a sloppy, 17-9 game. It was the first of seven losses for UM that season. That first season under Cristobal included embarrassing home losses to Middle Tennessee State, Duke and Florida State. It concluded with an uninspiring, blowout loss to Pittsburgh. Miami missed a …

Lunney, staff put their clever caps on ahead of Nashville game

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 19—CHAMPAIGN — Last time Barry Lunney Jr. called plays in a game was Nov. 29. Next time will be Dec. 30. That’s a month and a day between gigs, Plenty of time for the four-year Illinois offensive coordinator to get his creative juices flowing. “You always try to not be too predictable, but not get outside of who you are,” Lunney said Thursday at the Smith Center. “I think that’s a fine …