Category: Team Sports

UCF remains focused on the overall process despite recent stumbles

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nobody wants to see UCF football succeed more than Scott Frost. It’s one of the reasons that Frost left the obscurity of an analyst job in the NFL to step back into the spotlight of being a head football coach again. To return to a program that he previously led to the mountaintop, only to leave prematurely. And while things haven’t gone as well as some would have liked, Frost isn’t worried. …

Hurricanes’ Mario Cristobal, Syracuse’s Fran Brown spar over whether Miami was ‘ready to quit’

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… When the Hurricanes and Orange came back from halftime in their game on Saturday, ESPN sideline reporter Kris Budden said Syracuse coach Fran Brown believed UM was on the verge of giving up before halftime. “His message to the team, Bob (Wischusen), at half was, ‘We had Miami ready to quit, and we let them off the hook,’” Budden said on the broadcast. The Orange and Hurricanes were locked in a …

Lane Kiffin issued a 'challenge' to his team against The Citadel. Ole Miss accepted it.

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… OXFORD – Prior to Saturday’s matchup against The Citadel, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin made sure his team understood their standard of excellence didn’t change just because of the level of competition. The Rebels understood the assignment. In a 49-0 victory over The Citadel, No. 6 Ole Miss (9-1, 5-1 SEC) outgained the Bulldogs 603-106 and racked up a whopping 30 more first downs. Senior …

A football town: River Falls Wildcats and Falcons reaching new heights

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… It was a historic football weekend in River Falls. On Friday, the Wildcats high school team beat Oshkosh North 52-38 to secure the program’s first 11-win season and sectional title. River Falls will meet Notre Dame Academy in the Division-2 state semifinals Friday at 7 p.m. at D.C. Everest High School. Wildcats quarterback Tino Massa threw for 323 yards and four scores in the win over Oshkosh …

UConn Football Notes: Bryun Parham, Huskies’ defense comes up big in critical moments to beat Duke

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… EAST HARTFORD – Entering Saturday’s game, Duke was one of the most successful two-minute offensive teams in the country. Every time the Blue Devils got the ball with less than two minutes before the end of a half since their season-opener, they had scored. Not at Rentschler Field, where the largest UConn crowd since 2013 – 38,106 – created an environment unlike any other since coach Jim Mora …

FOOTBALL: Wilhite powers No. 9 Inola to first home playoff game since 2016

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Huston Wilhite made sure Inola’s long-awaited playoff homecoming became reality Thursday night. Wilhite turned just 5 carries into 148 yards and 2 touchdowns, averaging a staggering 29.6 yards per rush, and even added a 40-yard touchdown pass as the Class 3A No. 9 Longhorns rolled past Cleveland 35-13 to close the regular season. The win, combined with Cascia Hall’s victory over Berryhill, …

Gateway football wraps up season of ups, downs

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 9—The Gateway football team edged Latrobe, 27-24, in its Big East Conference finale Oct. 17. The Gators finished in a three-way tie for third place with Armstrong and Kiski Area at 3-3. A 42-35 loss to Class 6A Hempfield in what ended up being the team’s final game of the season set Gateway at 3-7 overall. Tiebreakers kept the Gators from grabbing one of the three automatic playoff berths …

Five things we learned in Miami Hurricanes’ needed win over Syracuse

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Miami Hurricanes bounced back from their disappointing loss to SMU with a four-touchdown win over a struggling Syracuse team, keeping their playoff hopes alive. Miami needed the win, and ultimately got the victory. Here are five things we learned from Saturday evening’s win: The offense started poorly . . . Hurricanes fans were getting restless in the first half of the game, as Miami’s …

Five things learned from UF loss at Kentucky: Trammel Jones Jr.’s time arrives as DJ Lagway, Gators’ D collapse

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Florida’s 38-7 loss at Kentucky was a collapse of epic, unexpected and historic proportions. UF was a four-point favorite facing a coach on the hot seat (Mark Stoops), but suffered its third consecutive loss in Lexington and fourth in five games in the series. The last time the Wildcats beat the Gators by more, Bear Bryant was Kentucky’s coach during a 40-6 win in 1950. Here are five things …

Griz survive Eagles, 29-24

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 9—MISSOULA — Saturday was a retelling of the classic, “Tortoise and the Hare,” if the tortoise turned turtle at the finish line. Eastern Washington, whch trailed 22-0 Saturday, was 5 yards from upsetting the No. 2 Montana Grizzlies at Washington-Grizzly Stadium when quarterback Jake Schakel mishandled a snap under center as the clock ticked under 5 seconds. The ball squirted loose and was …