Alabama’s 2023-23 season came to a disappointing end on Monday night with a 27-20 overtime loss to No. 1 Michigan in the semifinal Rose Bowl matchup of the College Football Playoff. Alabama held the lead with around four minutes remaining in the contest but was unable to hold on to the lead and make the plays down to stretch to …

1. Ravens (13-3, last week No. 1): To rest or not to rest starters in Week 18? (It didn’t turn out well when they rested four years ago.) 2. 49ers (12-4, No. 3): Anyone who beats them in Santa Clara in January will have earned it. 3. Bills (10-6, No. 4): The third best team in the league still could …

After Texas scored a touchdown with 7:23 remaining in the Sugar Bowl on Monday, Washington got the football back leading by just six points and in need of one last drive from from Michael Penix Jr. It was far too early for the Huskies to try and run out the clock, and with the Longhorns one score away from the …

The Michigan Wolverines lost in each of their previous two College Football Playoff semifinals. This time, they got the job done. It wasn’t easy, but they rallied to force overtime and beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in an extended-length Rose Bowl to make their first College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Michigan 27, Alabama 20. Wolverines Wire wrote: “Michigan got …

The 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship is set. No. 1 Michigan will square off with No. 2 Washington at NRG Stadium in Houston on Monday, Jan. 8. It’s a battle of future Big Ten opponents as the Wolverines seek to win their first national title since 1997 and the Huskies look to win their first since 1991 as well …

NEW ORLEANS — Over the course of its 14-game season, Texas accumulated 6,685 yards of offense. The Longhorns needed 13 more. Stationed at the Washington 13-yard line in the waning seconds of Monday night’s Sugar Bowl, No. 3 Texas threw three straight incomplete passes, including two into the end zone, a sequence that closed out a 37-31 loss to No. …

As 2023 comes to a close, Alabama women’s basketball began the season with a 13-2 record, including a victory against its first ranked opponent since 2021, in Louisville on Nov. 24, and a perfect 9-0 record at home. As the Crimson Tide enter SEC play the rest of the season, the team looks to continue its best start since the …

The existence of Pac-12 football might technically have ended, due to Washington State and Oregon State officially being “Pac-12” members. In any meaningful sense, though, the history of Pac-12 football has been halted by the exodus of 10 schools to two other conferences. That history might be revived in several years, but for now, the road is hitting a dead …

USATSI Washington starting running back Dillon Johnson exited late in the Huskies’ 37-31 Sugar Bowl win against No. 3 Texas with an apparent leg injury, which occurred with just under a minute to play as the No. 2 Huskies attempted to drain the clock. After being tackled from behind on third down, Johnson was seen writhing in pain on the …

A season that began with many prognosticators calling for a maximum of five wins for Rutgers football ended with seven victories, a Pinstripe Bowl win and the program’s best campaign in a decade. By nearly every measure, it was a successful 2023 for the Scarlet Knights. Coach Greg Schiano and his coordinators received contract extensions. Most of the team’s most …

No. 2 Washington is bound for the College Football Playoff National Championship after surviving a 37-31 thriller against No. 3 Texas in the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl, giving the Huskies one last chance to represent the Pac-12 on the gridiron. The Huskies are among 10 Pac-12 teams set to depart for other conferences this summer — Washington is …

Michigan booked their first trip to an outright national title game in program history with a huge win over Alabama in the Rose Bowl. The 27-20 overtime thriller will go down as an instant classic, and serves as the latest installment in a long line of signature Harbaugh wins. Michigan will face off against the Washington Huskies in Houston, Texas …

NEW ORLEANS — Texas’ first offensive snap gave a quiet indicator of how things would go in the biggest bowl game since the 2009 championship loss to Alabama. Center Jake Majors was whistled for an illegal snap infraction. It cost Texas five yards, but what we didn’t know at the time was that the Horns would play one of their …

The Michigan Wolverines and Washington Huskies have advanced to the College Football Playoff National Championship where they’ll face off in Houston on January 8 in the title game. In Monday’s two semifinals, No. 1 Michigan edged the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in overtime 27-20 in the Rose Bowl while No. 2 Washington defeated the No. 3 Texas Longhorns 37-31 in the …

Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. passes against Texas during the first half of the Sugar Bowl CFP semifinal. Penix will lead the Huskies’ explosive offense against Michigan’s stout defense in the CFP championship game on Monday, Jan. 8 in Houston. Michael Penix Jr. hasn’t faced a defense like Michigan’s, and the Wolverines certainly haven’t faced a quarterback like the Heisman …