NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A year ago, Corbin Vinglish glanced at the scoreboard at Norwin High School’s Knights Stadium on a snowy, frigid late-November Friday night. District 6 champion Penn Cambria’s historic season had just ended in a 16-6 loss to District 7 winner Avonworth in a PIAA Class 3A semifinal – one week shy of the state championship game. “I’m not a guy that likes to look in the past,” …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The list of scenarios for the Big 12 Championship game was lengthy heading into the past few weekends, but that picture is now very straightforward in the final week of the regular season. Only four teams remain in the hunt for a berth in the Dec. 5 title game – Arizona State, BYU, Texas Tech and Utah – with Texas Tech and BYU holding the clearest paths. If the No. 5 Red Raiders win at West …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Central Connecticut was agonizingly close to staying alive in the FCS playoffs, four yards from tying the game at Rhode Island. Brady Olson was sacked, and the Blue Devils settled for three points. When Olson got his hands on the ball one last time, with only 43 seconds left, his final pass of the season was intercepted. He walked from Meade Stadium with a point proven, having transferred from …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A berth in the Big 12 championship game and a chance to win its first league title. A spot in the College Football Playoff. National title aspirations. All of those possibilities are still ahead for Texas Tech. And those dreams could start going sideways if the Red Raiders aren’t focused on West Virginia. Texas Tech (10-1, 7-1 Big 12, No. 5 CFP) can grab a spot in the Dec. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… COLLEGE STATION, Texas — No. 3 Texas A&M is on the verge of reaching heights the Aggies often tease but usually squander. They are undefeated. They could reach the Southeastern Conference title game and the College Football Playoff for the first time. Quarterback Marcel Reed is a Heisman Trophy contender and the school has rewarded coach Mike Elko with a blockbuster contract extension. Aggies …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—New Mexico linebacker Jaxton Eck will make a play — a safety, a sack, a timely tackle — and head coach Jason Eck will hear the question in a postgame press conference. Was that more of a proud coach moment, it usually goes, or a proud dad moment? The question has been a constant because, well, there’s a lot to be proud of. On the field, Jaxton Eck is a near-lock for All-Mountain West …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—MORGANTOWN — Texas Tech faced a second-and-goal just a few yards from the end zone. In the wildcat was linebacker Jacob Rodriguez. You can quickly tell that it was quarterback Behren Morton because the player was wearing the neck pad that most old-school linebackers used to wear. He rushed through the gap and scored his first offensive touchdown of the season. Rodriguez was surrounded …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—FARMINGTON, Utah — He’s not a Walter Payton Award finalist, but he is a Big Sky Conference MVP. Montana junior running back Eli Gillman was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the Big Sky Conference, which released its football honors teams Wednesday. Montana State junior safety Caden Dowler was the Defensive Player of the Year; the Bobcats’ Brent Vigen was named Coach of the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—Following a standout season when he led the league in interceptions, Eastern Washington safety Jaylon Jenkins was named a first-team All-Big Sky selection on Wednesday, when the league announced its season accolades. Jenkins, a redshirt sophomore, started all 12 games for the Eagles and finished with five interceptions, tying him with Sacramento State defensive back Koa Akui, who was …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Daily Journal caught up with Mississippi State beat writer Colin Damms of The Dispatch to see what he considers the keys to the Ole Miss-Mississippi State matchup. Is Jeff Lebby on the hot seat in any way, shape or form? It’s hard to imagine his job being at risk given the current state of the college football head coaching market, and there is still clear progress from a year ago. There …