NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 29—*** Next up on the Big Ten’s cavalcade of bowls: Illinois. Bret Bielema’s team is a 2 1/2-point underdog Tuesday against Tennessee at the Music City Bowl in Nashville. Later Tuesday, Southern California is a 6 1/2-point favorite over TCU in the Alamo Bowl. Both Illinois and the Trojans have a high bar to clear thanks to the rest of the conference. The league is off to a 5-0 start in …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Hurricanes are back in Texas. Eight days after upsetting Texas A&M at Kyle Field, Miami returned to Texas in advance of Wednesday’s College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup with Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. “I’m excited for the opportunity,” safety Jakobe Thomas said. “Love the environment, but, you know, here to be 1-0 taking everything day by day and just ready …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Florida is typically where people go when they’ve decided to call it a career. For Kyle Whittingham, the Sunshine State is where he’ll begin the next chapter of his illustrious college football career. It’s where the 66-year-old was formally introduced as the 22nd Michigan Wolverines coach on Sunday. “What an honor it is to be here, what a privilege it is to be able to coach this football …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …