No. 8 Alabama’s 27-24 win over No. 1 Georgia in Atlanta for the 2023 SEC Championship has the nation talking about how this impacts the College Football Playoffs. Does the Crimson Tide deserve to be in the top four? Questions will be answered at noon ET when the College Football Playoff Committee reveals its final rankings, setting the stage for …
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Bowl projections: Texas gets College Football Playoff bid over Alabama with Michigan moving to No. 1
Claire Komarek, CBS Sports It was a wild Championship Week with Alabama taking down Georgia in the SEC Championship Game punting the Bulldogs from competing for a third straight national championship and putting the Crimson Tide in a head-to-head debate with the one team that defeated them this season, Texas. The Longhorns, which thoroughly took down the Tide by 10 points …
Read More »College Football Playoff – How Final Four Should Be
College football’s conference championship weekend has come and gone. With it came Alabama ending Georgia’s extensive winning streak. Did the Tide kill the Bulldogs chance of a College Football Playoff berth in doing so? Will Alabama get in with the SEC championship, even though they were rated eighth in the most recent rankings? Will Texas get credit for the early …
Read More »Georgia football bowl projection after conference championships
The (12-1) Georgia Bulldogs lost to the (12-1) Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC championship. Thanks to wins from (13-0) Florida State and (13-0) Michigan, the SEC is expected to be left outside of the College Football Playoff. The College Football Playoff is expected to look like this: 1. Michigan Wolverines 2. Washington Huskies (13-0) 3. Florida State Seminoles 4. …
Read More »Predicting what the final College Football Playoff rankings will be
After a wild championship week in college football, all of the games and results are now complete that will be used in determining which four teams will make the College Football Playoff. And boy are there some hard decisions to make. In some ways, it might be fitting for chaos to be a part of the ending equation to this …
Read More »No. 2 Michigan shuts out No. 16 Iowa to punch 3rd straight Playoff ticket
Iowa had nothing against the Michigan defense in the Big Ten championship game. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Funnily enough, everyone could have told you what was coming from No. 2 Michigan and No. 16 Iowa in the Big Ten title game. The Wolverines participated in the Big Ten tradition of overwhelming the Iowa offense in a 26-0 win …
Read More »Watch St. Elmo sauce bring ex-NFL Pro Bowl running back, Heisman winner Mark Ingram to tears
Mark Ingram couldn’t handle the heat. Before the Big Ten Championship game between Michigan and Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium, Fox analyst Mark Ingram tried a shrimp cocktail from St. Elmo’s in Indianapolis. It didn’t go well. “I’m breathing smoke out of my nose, dawg,” said Ingram, who won the 2009 Heisman Trophy playing for Alabama. “Straight dragon.” “Big Noon …
Read More »Jalen Milroe quotes Jalen Hurts after Alabama’s SEC championship win: ‘I had my purpose’
Alabama football quarterback Jalen Milroe channeled former Crimson Tide great Jalen Hurts both during and after his team’s 27-24 victory over No. 1 Georgia in the SEC championship game on Saturday. After powering the Tide to its ninth SEC championship under coach Nick Saban, Milroe reiterated a line that Hurts said days before his Philadelphia Eagles took on the Kansas …
Read More »Roger Goodell reportedly strongly against tush push, wants play banned
The legality of the “tush push” – or “brotherly shove” – has been debated for well over a year as the Philadelphia Eagles have found great success running the play. However, if the NFL’s most important voice gets his way, the debate could end soon. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants the play to be permanently banned from the league, according …
Read More »More than 60 players knew only wins with UGA football until Saturday. ‘It sucks to lose’
ATLANTA—This was unfamiliar territory with Georgia football for 67 players. The sophomores, redshirt freshmen and true freshmen had only known winning for a program that won back-to-back national titles and entered Saturday on an SEC-record 29-game winning streak. Names most Georgia fans recognize — Mykel Williams, Malaki Starks, Dillon Bell, Brett Thorson, Oscar Delp and Peyton Woodring. Others that those …
Read More »‘A million different emotions.’ Former G-Prep standout Devin Culp rewarded in UW title game win over Oregon
Dec. 2—LAS VEGAS — No longer needed for catching footballs from Washington’s Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback or shoving around defensive linemen to clear paths in the run game, Devin Culp found another purpose for his hands as the Washington tight end and Spokane native stood on a podium near the north end zone at Allegiant Stadium, moments after the third-ranked …
Read More »Jalen Milroe named Roll Tide Wire’s Player of the Game
The Alabama Crimson Tide are once again the SEC champs after their incredible 27-24 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta on Saturday. Alabama was once again led to victory by star quarterback Jalen Milroe who earned this week’s Roll Tide Wire Player of the Game honor. Milroe tallied 192 passing yards along with an additional 29 rushing yards and …
Read More »Eagles star believes 49ers QB Purdy deserves big payday, MVP votes
Eagles star believes 49ers QB Purdy deserves big payday, MVP votes originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Since taking over as the 49ers quarterback in Week 14 of the 2022 NFL season, Brock Purdy has been one of the league’s premier signal-callers. However, “Mr. Irrelevant” doesn’t receive the same respect as other top quarterbacks, nor is he routinely in …
Read More »If not for ‘The Alliance,’ college football’s muddled playoff picture would be much clearer this year
ATLANTA – They called it a “gentleman’s agreement.” In August of 2021, leaders from three of the five Power Five conferences — the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 — formed a pact built around their educational and athletic missions. They called it “The Alliance.” They struck a verbal agreement to stick together on major decisions surrounding the future of college …
Read More »NFL Week 13 odds, expert picks, best bets, teasers, spreads, survivor picks, TV, streaming, more
The Thanksgiving holiday is in the rearview mirror and just six weeks remain in the 2023 regular season, which means we’re about to embark on a mad dash towards the playoffs. That begins in Week 13, where the NFL boasts a number of huge matchups, including what could be an NFC Championship preview between the 49ers and Eagles. As we …
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