NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Fernando Mendoza was yelling straight into the Fox Sports camera Saturday night, tears in his eyes, voice cracking. Indiana had won the Big Ten football championship for the first time in 58 years, and the crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis roared in the background for the home-state team. “We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, the great coaches, great …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 9—*** Half of this year’s Heisman Trophy finalists come from schools that know all about what it’s like the win the biggest individual award in the sport. Only Southern California with eight all-time winners owns more Heismans than Notre Dame and Ohio State. This year, the two schools will be represented by Irish tailback Jeremiyah Love and Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin. If Vanderbilt …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHICAGO — The great farce that’s playing out in the College Football Playoff is likely to do lasting damage to Notre Dame’s relationship with the rest of the world. But not everyone liked “Rudy” to begin with, so the idea that everyone would agree Notre Dame was unfairly bounced from the playoff field when the CFP committee changed its mind at the last minute was far-fetched to begin with. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Schuylkill Haven senior Niko Castillo officially signed to play football at the University of Minnesota on Monday morning alongside family and friends. Castillo — who played running back and linebacker for the Hurricanes — verbally committed to Minnesota on Friday, Nov. 28 and is the 29th of 31 total commits in the Golden Gophers’ 2026 recruiting class. He’s one of 28 commits from out of state …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GAINESVILLE — Florida basketball coach Todd Golden sees some of himself in new football coach Jon Sumrall. The fellow Gators and fast friends hope it leads to more national-title success in Gainesville. Golden is confident Sumrall has the right stuff to resurrect a football program picking up the pieces after four sub-par seasons under Billy Napier. “He seems great,” Golden said Monday on the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State isn’t offering a public timeline on the hire of a new football coach, but the people leading the charge are operating with “a sense of urgency.” That’s the word from WSU interim athletic director Jon Haarlow, who said on Sunday afternoon that he and school brass are working quickly to find a replacement for coach Jimmy Rogers, who decamped for the same job at …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Illinois and Northwestern each accepted bowl bids Sunday afternoon, among 12 Big Ten teams playing in the postseason. In addition to playoff participants Indiana, Ohio State and Oregon, also headed to bowl games are Washington (LA Bowl vs. Boise State), Minnesota (Rate Bowl vs. New Mexico), Penn State (Pinstripe Bowl vs. Clemson), USC (Alamo Bowl vs. TCU), Iowa (ReliaQuest Bowl vs. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Notre Dame‘s unexpected decision to forgo a bowl game after being left out of the College Football Playoff surprised many in the college football world. This move had significant repercussions, leading the ACC and bowl executives nationwide to scramble to fill open spots late into Sunday afternoon. While the Fighting Irish were rumored to be a possible candidate for the Pop-Tarts Bowl, that …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… LEXINGTON — It took nearly four decades, but Owensboro High School earned another state football championship. OHS dropped Pulaski County 35-7 in the UK HealthCare Sports Medicine Class 5-A State Football Finals on a chilly first Saturday night in December. It was the first time OHS won a state football title since 1986. OHS had played in four state championship games from 2000 to 2020, and …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The UConn football program announced Jason Candle as its next head coach on Saturday morning. The former Toledo head coach, who recently completed his fifth-consecutive winning season and his ninth in 10 years with the Rockets, was in Storrs over the weekend to work out a six-year deal through 2031. Candle, 46, will be tasked with continuing the program’s momentum, which has been steadily …