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Minnesota beats Virginia Tech 24-10 in Duke’s Mayo Bowl for 8th straight bowl victoryVideo
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 graderVideo
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 BowlVideo
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 semifinalsVideo
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 lossVideo
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,...
Surging Ohio State to face tenacious Texas in the Cotton Bowl for a spot in the CFP title gameVideo
PASADENA, Calif. — Texas will be a whole lot closer to home than Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. The Buckeyes appear to be a whole lot closer to Atlanta. That’s where the winner of the Cotton Bowl, which doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal this year, will be...
No. 6 Ohio State blasts top-ranked Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, advances to CFP semifinalsVideo
PASADENA, Calif. — Second chances don’t come around often in life, Ohio State coach Ryan Day told his players in a team meeting before the Rose Bowl. After a season in which they fell short at too many key moments, the Buckeyes knew they had one of those second chances...
Jaxson Dart’s final college game comes in Gator Bowl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaxson Dart never considered skipping Ole Miss’ bowl game. Not after the Rebels were eliminated from College Football Playoff contention, and not after Dart announced he was leaving school early to enter the NFL Draft. Now, the first-team All-SEC quarterback will suit up for the 16th-ranked Rebels...
Texas avoids huge upset, beats Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime in Peach BowlVideo
ATLANTA — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State, 39-31, in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic Wednesday. Skattebo led...
Penn State defense stuffs Ashton Jeanty short of record
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ashton Jeanty took the handoff on Boise State’s first play and made it just a few steps before being greeted by a wall of dark blue Penn State jerseys that swallowed him up and shoved him backward for no gain. A dream season was about to end...
Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack
NEW ORLEANS — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed a day because of an attack about a mile away from the Superdome early Wednesday, when authorities say a truck driver deliberately plowed into a New Year’s crowd and killed 15...
Future of sports world integrates technology advancement, soaring revenue, fan experienceVideo
Editor’s note: One-fourth of the way through this century, TribLive is looking ahead to the next 25 years, using the events of the past 25 as a road map of what possibly is to come. This installment of the occasional series looks at the future of sports. Payment to college...
