Category: National Collegiate Athletic Association Sports

‘The ball finds his hands:’ Miami freshman safety Bryce Fitzgerald seizing key opportunities

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MIAMI — The Miami Hurricanes desperately needed a stop. The Aggies were driving toward the end zone, and now only 5 yards separated them from tying the game in the final seconds of the College Football Playoff first-round game against Miami last weekend. Enter Bryce Fitzgerald. The freshman safety intercepted Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed once earlier in the game. Fitzgerald watched Aggies …

Dom Amore: On day not worth price of admission for UConn fans, one Husky star earned his payday

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… BOSTON — There was really only one positive takeaway from UConn’s latest trip to a bowl game: If it’s about money, get Cam Edwards the money. … Find a way. In a world that is now all business, some of the the stars among Edwards’ teammates made business decisions not to play in the Fenway Bowl on Saturday. Edwards, the running back from Norwalk, also had interests to consider, but made a …

Gophers pull off walk-off win in Rate Bowl, 20-17 over New Mexico

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… PHOENIX — A part of Brian Urlacher must have appreciated the defensive rock fight the Rate Bowl turned into on Friday at Chase Field. But the outstanding ex-New Mexico and Chicago Bears linebacker, who was on the Lobos’ sideline, wanted a better outcome. The Gophers edged New Mexico 20-17 in overtime, with quarterback Drake Lindsey throwing a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Smith on the last …

‘The ball finds his hands:’ Hurricanes freshman safety Bryce Fitzgerald seizing key opportunities

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Hurricanes desperately needed a stop. The Aggies were driving toward the end zone, and now only 5 yards separated them from tying the game in the final seconds of the College Football Playoff first-round game against Miami last weekend. Enter Bryce Fitzgerald. The freshman safety intercepted Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed once earlier in the game. Fitzgerald watched Aggies tight end …

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 …

WKU earned a big win in The Big Easy

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… There are college football victories and they are program-defining college football victories. Western Kentucky experienced the latter on Tuesday night — rallying past Southern Miss 27-16 in the New Orleans Bowl at the Caesars Superdome. It was the eighth FBS bowl victory for the irrepressible Hilltoppers since 2014, lifting WKU into rarefied air with Ohio State, Alabama, and Georgia on that …

Cats building roster for '26 and beyond

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… With the NCAA transfer portal window set to open in less than two weeks, new Kentucky football head coach Will Stein has been hard at work building his roster for the future — but he’s far from finalizing the Wildcats’ players for 2026. Stein, who’s still serving as Oregon’s offensive coordinator through the Ducks’ run in the College Football Playoff, wasted little time getting to work despite …

Penn State assistant Deion Barnes resigns to take job at South Carolina

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Deion Barnes, who had been on the Penn State football coaching staff since 2020, resigned earlier this week to become the defensive line coach at South Carolina. A Philadelphia native, Barnes is a former Penn State defensive end who played from 2012-14 and was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2012. He joined James Franklin’s staff as a graduate assistant in 2020 and was promoted to …

Five matchups that will determine Miami vs. Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Hurricanes secured a trip to the Cotton Bowl with a statement victory over Texas A&M last weekend. Their reward? They get to face the No. 2 seed, Ohio State, which was ranked first in most polls for most of the season. Only a three-point loss to the current No. 1 seed, Indiana, in the Big Ten Championship Game unseated the Buckeyes. Ohio State is a 9.5-point favorite in the Cotton Bowl, …

Gophers football vs. New Mexico: Keys to game, how to watch, who has edge

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… MINNESOTA vs. NEW MEXICO What: Rate Bowl When: 3:30 p.m. CDT Friday Where: Chase Stadium, Phoenix TV: ESPN Radio: KFAN-FM 100.3 Betting spread: Minnesota minus-2.5 Records: Minnesota (7-5) is bowl eligible for the sixth time in eight non-pandemic seasons under P.J. Fleck. New Mexico (9-3) is bowling for the first time since 2016. History: This is the first matchup between the two programs and …