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Ohio State gets shot at 6th national title after beating Texas in CFP semifinal

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jack Sawyer had the kind of moment that will live on long past his playing days with Ohio State. Of course, one more victory would make it that much sweeter. Sawyer stripped Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers — his former roommate — and returned the fumble 83 yards...

How a loss to Northern Illinois set the table for Notre Dame's run to the CFP title game

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The toughest game Notre Dame will play this season is, obviously, going to happen on Jan. 20, the College Football Playoff national championship game. The toughest game the Irish played to date probably was the Orange Bowl against Penn State. There were plenty of tough games...

Former Georgia quarterback Carson Beck says he has committed to Miami for 2025 season

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Carson Beck has pushed his NFL plans back a year and is committed to play next season at Miami, making the announcement known Friday and becoming another huge transfer portal acquisition for the Hurricanes. Beck, the now-former Georgia quarterback, delivered the news on social media with...

Ohio State and Texas enter CFP semifinal at Cotton Bowl with a chance to end title droughts

ARLINGTON, Texas — There is still a sense for some Ohio State players that they haven’t done anything yet, even after winning twice already this postseason to get into the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl against Texas. “Absolutely. I have been here for four years, and I...

Briefly a Buckeye, QB Quinn Ewers returned to roots to lead Texas' resurgence

AUSTIN, Texas — Long before Quinn Ewers was a key part of Texas’ resurgence as a college football power, he bolted north for Ohio State, lured by money and a chance to play in a program already competing for national championships. After landing on campus in the middle of training...

Tim Cowlishaw: First 12-team College Football Playoff reminds fans to be careful what they wish for

DALLAS — From the “Be Careful What You Wish For” Department, we bring you this week in college football. Congratulations to all those who argued so strongly and loudly for so many years to bring a tournament to the postseason. The first final four of the expanded (and soon to...

Former star Pa. running back turns down Bill Belichick, transfers to SEC school

Former Pottsgrove running back Rahsul Faison had options to where he would play his senior season, including for Bill Belichick at North Carolina. Ultimately, Faison announced this week he would be suiting up for South Carolina. Faison spent his first three years at Pottsgrove before becoming a two-star recruit by...

Big kicks, big misses and big returns: special teams creating game-changing moments in the CFP

AUSTIN, Texas — Missed kicks and makes. Big returns. Shaky nerves. Special teams have produced some nerve-wracking, game-changing and game-clinching moments so far in the College Football Playoff. The potential for more blink-of-an-eye touchdowns and knee-knocking pressure on late game field goals gets even bigger heading into the semifinals with...

Penn State grad Al Golden back in Miami, trying to bring Notre Dame a CFP title shot

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday’s Orange Bowl. He’ll be coaching against Penn State, his alma mater and the school where he was a captain. He’ll be coaching again at Hard Rock Stadium, where Miami fans booed him off the field in his final game...

No more unbeatens: No. 8 Florida topples top-ranked Tennessee

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee, 73-43, on Tuesday night to knock off the last unbeaten team in Division I basketball. Alex Condon chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season as...

James Franklin, Marcus Freeman look to become 1st Black coaches to win national title

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In college basketball, the scene of a Black coach cutting down the nets on their way to a national title is not new, even if it is still a relative rarity. John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984, the first of four Black coaches...

Ohio State QB Will Howard gets one more chance against old nemesis Texas, this time in CFP semifinal

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Second chances are not easy to come by. One victory over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals would more than make up for years of frustration for Ohio State quarterback Will Howard. Howard lost all three of his starts against Texas when he was at Kansas...

Tough, old school defense a calling card for all four teams left in the national championship hunt

AUSTIN, Texas — The expanded College Football Playoff has a decidedly old-school feel: Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship. If you want offense, look elsewhere this weekend. The defenses, with All-Americans spread throughout the lineups, are the story of the...

Big Ten, SEC each have 4 top 10 teams in AP women's poll as UCLA, South Carolina still lead way

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference both have arguments to be considered the top league in women’s basketball. Each has seven teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday, including four apiece in the first 10. Both leagues have been bolstered this season by conference realignment,...

Tennessee, nation's lone unbeaten, strengthens grip on No. 1; WVU, Michigan, Utah St. enter AP Top 25

Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball. The Vols picked up four more first-place votes and...

Knoch grad Kennedy Christy finishes volleyball career at Juniata with 3rd consecutive national title

As she segued from her final collegiate volleyball season to the holiday season, Kennedy Christy accompanied some friends to Hawaii. And if anybody deserved to relax on the warm beaches of the 50th state, it was Christy. Every college athlete dreams of going out a champion, and the Knoch grad...

With Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning, Texas could be Quarterback U

DALLAS — Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian, if you haven’t noticed, is busy, surely too preoccupied amid his team’s College Football Playoff run for a one-on-one phone interview. Somehow, though, Sarkisian between team meetings and broader media obligations found a few minutes to talk, anyway, seemingly because he’d been told...

Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love expected to be ready for Orange Bowl vs. Penn State

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to operate at — or near — full capacity in the first College Football Playoff semifinal. Love reinjured his ailing right knee late in the...

Kicker Upton Bellenfant, LB Red Murdock lead Buffalo past Liberty in Bahamas Bowl

NASSAU, Bahamas — Upton Bellenfant kicked four field goals, linebacker Red Murdock led a dominant defense with 13 tackles and a pick-6 and Buffalo completed a turnaround season with a 26-7 win over Liberty in the Bahamas Bowl on Saturday. The Bulls, 3-9 last season, finished 9-4 under first-year coach...

Minnesota beats Virginia Tech 24-10 in Duke's Mayo Bowl for 8th straight bowl victory

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Max Brosmer threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, Darius Taylor ran for 113 yards a TD and also threw for a score and Minnesota extended its bowl winning streak to eight with a 24-10 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl....

Ohio State coach Ryan Day offered Texas QB Quinn Ewers scholarship as 8th grader

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day has been eyeing Quinn Ewers since he was in eighth grade. He will get another look at his former recruit from the opposing sideline at the Cotton Bowl soon. Now, Ewers is set to wrap up his third year as starting quarterback for the Texas...

Lincoln Pare rushes for a 73-yard TD late and Texas State beats North Texas in First Responder Bowl

DALLAS — Jordan McCloud threw for 307 yards and a touchdown, Lincoln Pare ran for a 73-yard touchdown with 2 minutes, 25 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and Texas State held off North Texas, 30-28, on Friday night in the First Responder Bowl. Texas State (8-5) secured eight wins...

College football turns upside down, but this final 4 is a collection of the sport's big programs

In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again. The moral of this story: Who knows? Other than something doesn’t totally add up when not one of the top four teams, all of which received the...

Notre Dame dispatches Georgia in Sugar Bowl, will face Penn State in CFP semifinals

NEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday that sends the third-ranked Fighting Irish into the semifinals of the...

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe, LB Jihaad Campbell declare for NFL Draft after bowl loss

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe and linebacker Jihaad Campbell are entering the NFL Draft. Milroe and Campbell announced decisions to skip their final seasons Thursday on social media, two days after the Crimson Tide fell to Michigan, 19-13, in the ReliaQuest Bowl. “Football has always been my passion,...

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