Category: General Sports

UConn football to complete historic season against Army at Fenway Park on Saturday: How to watch

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… An historic season for the UConn football program will come to an end in a familiar venue as the Huskies look to complete their first 10-win season in the FBS with a second-consecutive Fenway Bowl victory as they meet Army in Boston on Saturday. With the exception of UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano, who is prioritizing prep for the next level, and a pair of starting offensive linemen in the …

UConn football, team in transition, will look to make Fenway Bowl a meaningful milestone

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BOSTON — Bowl games, for so long the goal of every college football player and coach, for so long an impossible dream for UConn, are becoming an awkward, ambivalent rite of the holiday season, at least to the onlooker. After so many years of struggling to get here, UConn has been preparing for its second straight trip to the Fenway Bowl with, shall we say, a lot going on. “It’s been honestly …

Gophers leaders chime in on tenuous future of bowl games

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… PHOENIX — The Rate Bowl no longer has the word “Guaranteed” in its name, and the concept of bowl games as a whole are no longer as promised. The expected expansion of the College Football Playoff from its current 12-team format up to 16, or perhaps 24, in upcoming years will mean fewer teams available for bowls. When Notre Dame was left out of this year’s playoff, the Fighting Irish’s decision …

Cambridge Springs senior Brandon Hoover makes all-state football team

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Cambridge Springs senior Brandon Hoover was selected to the 2025 PA Sports Writers all-state football Class 1A team, which was announced on Tuesday. Hoover made the all-state team as an athlete. He was named the District 10 Region 2 Player of the Year last month for his efforts. The senior played quarterback on offense. He passed for 406 yards and six touchdowns. On the ground, he ran for …

From the Fiesta to Fenway: A look at UConn football’s bowl history

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… In the late 1990s, UConn embarked on the world of top-level college football, a decision that has brought highs and lows. One of the rewards was the chance to play in a bowl game, which, before the playoff system was adopted and began expanding, was the ultimate destination. After a transitional period of two seasons as an independent, coach Randy Edsall led the Huskies into the Big East, …

From the Fiesta to Fenway: A look at UConn football’s bowl history

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… In the late 1990s, UConn embarked on the world of top-level college football, a decision that has brought highs and lows. One of the rewards was the chance to play in a bowl game, which, before the playoff system was adopted and began expanding, was the ultimate destination. After a transitional period of two seasons as an independent, coach Randy Edsall led the Huskies into the Big East, …

Former Minnesota Mr. Football, LOLP star finds new college home

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 23—Le ROY, Minn. — After one season at NCAA Division II power Minnesota State University, Mankato, a former LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli star and a former Minnesota Mr. Football award winner has found a new college home. Camden Hungerholt, who quarterbacked the L-O/LP Cardinals to a 12-1 record and the 9-Player state semifinals in 2024, will now play college football at Upper Iowa …

Three Eagles named to Class A All-State football team

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Line Mountain seniors Kaiden Maurer, Dalton Schadel and Bryce Smeltz all earned all-state honors from the Pennsylvania Sports Writers on Tuesday morning. The football writers are releasing three all-state teams on Tuesday and three more on Wednesday. The Class A, 3A and 5A teams are due Tuesday. The rest will be announced on Wednesday. Maurer, Schadel and Smeltz all earned honors in Class A …

Four locals on 3A all-state football team

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… District 4 champion Mifflinburg put three players on the Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class 3A All-State football team, released Wednesday morning. Quarterback Chad Martin, receiver Landen Murray and defensive back Jackson Griffith were recognized by the state’s football writers. Mount Carmel defensive lineman Max Karycki, a junior, was also named to the team. Martin, a senior, threw for 2,739 …

Game-themed pop-up bar, Citrus Bowl Lodge, debuts Friday for Bowl Week

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… A milestone moment in college football history has inspired an inception-like celebration in Orlando’s Thornton Park neighborhood. Debuting Friday at 4 p.m., the Citrus Bowl Lodge, what may be the nation’s first bowl-themed bar, is popping up inside the Reindeer Room, as it wraps its second year as the neighborhood’s twinkly holiday pop-up bar. It’s the latest in a string of celebrations by …