NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 23—HELENA — Kaden Huot threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns in 14th-seeded Carroll College’s 42-35 victory over No. 17 St. Thomas (Fla.) in the NAIA Football Championship Series on Saturday afternoon at Nelson Stadium. Saints (9-2) running back Peter Minnaert led all rushers with 115 rushes and one score. Four different receivers caught touchdown passes for the Saints. Bobcats’ (7-4) …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… STATE COLLEGE – Many in the announced crowd of 105,038 Saturday night at Beaver Stadium chanted their support for interim head coach Terry Smith in the fourth quarter Saturday night. Then, once Penn State’s 37-10 rout of Nebraska ended, players carried printed signs that read, “Hire Terry Smith.” “I saw them in the stands and then on the field after the game,” quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer said. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GAINESVILLE — A pregame talk from championship coach Urban Meyer, long-awaited return to the Swamp and visit from rival Tennessee did little to slow Florida’s season-ending free fall. The Gators actually hit new lows Saturday night, while the Vols pummeled them 31-11 to end a 10-game, 22-season losing streak in Gainesville. On a night to celebrate Meyer’s Dec. 9 induction into the College …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 22—HARRISONBURG, Va. — The purple and yellow streamers descended onto the field and scattered near Jimmy Rogers, whose Washington State team prides itself on limiting big plays on defense. The Cougars had done it so well all season, blossoming into one of the nation’s best units, a brick wall at all the right times. So when No. 21 James Madison surged through it, using a long touchdown …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 22—Three drives into Saturday’s game in San Luis Obispo, California, the first start of Kaden Rolfsness’ college football career wasn’t off to a great beginning. His first pass attempt was intercepted, and Eastern Washington’s next two drives ended in three-and-outs. But the true freshman rallied, and when he crossed the end zone late in the third quarter for his third rushing touchdown …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 22—For the third time this season, Washington State traveled across the country and gave itself a chance to knock off a ranked team. And once again, the Cougars couldn’t find enough plays in the later stages of the game and suffered a heartbreaking defeat, losing narrowly to a heavily favored opponent. WSU gave up the lead in the fourth quarter and got stopped on its final drive, falling …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Hurricanes needed to beat Virginia Tech on the road and try to do it in convincing fashion so they could stay alive in the College Football Playoff. No. 13 Miami (9-2, 5-2 ACC) accomplished that — despite a messy fourth quarter — beating the Hokies (3-8, 2-5 ACC) 34-17 at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. Miami had the lead for nearly the entire game after scoring on …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 22—The eight-game Big Ten slate is a mix of matchups with College Football Playoff implications, bowl eligibility at stake and maybe even Matt Rhule’s place on Penn State’s wish list. Beat writer ranks all eight games and provides his favorites for Illinois MVP, Big Ten MVP and a postseason Illini projection: Best of the bunch Who’s on the call: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ORLANDO, Fla. — Can we please stop pretending college football is anything other than a billion-dollar clown show held together by buyout checks, booster fantasies and athletic directors who negotiate contracts with all the fiscal discipline of a drunken lottery winner? And nowhere is the absurdity louder, dumber, or more perfectly distilled than in the latest coaching mania surrounding Lane …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 21—Only a few minutes after his Washington State team fell apart in the fourth quarter of a loss to Virginia, which came about a month ago, coach Jimmy Rogers sat at a table and discussed the result with reporters. The crowd noise had clearly bothered the Cougars, who committed five penalties in the fourth quarter alone, leading to a late collapse. “The speakers must not be loud enough,” …