The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team had just one last week, a 63-58 loss to Purdue and that loss was reflected in the latest USA TODAY Coaches poll. Oregon dropped down a spot to No. 15, but the Ducks are still 15-3 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten action. On the other side of things, the Boilermakers jumped up three …

College football’s champion will be crowned when the eighth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes battle the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday. Ohio State advanced with a 28-14 win over Texas in the semifinals, while Notre Dame defeated Penn State 27-24. The Buckeyes (13-2, 7-2 Big Ten), who placed fourth in the …

The curtain comes down Monday night on the longest, strangest college football season anyone has ever seen. About the only thing that feels normal about it are the teams playing for the title: Ohio State and Notre Dame. Two of the country’s most storied programs are set to meet in a title game that wraps up the sport’s first 12-team playoff. The Jan. 20 …

Only one game remains in the longest college football season in history. It started way back on Aug. 24, 2024, when Georgia Tech upset then-No. 10 Florida State 24-21 in Ireland and that contest in Week 0 certainly set the tone for what would be a wild college football season that will go down in the memory banks.  Now, nearly …

Former UConn head football coach Bob Diaco is expected to join Bill Belichick’s staff as linebackers coach at North Carolina, according to multiple reports. Diaco, who Huskies fans will remember for creating the ‘Civil ConFLiCT,‘ and for coming up with the idea for football games to be broadcast on Nickelodeon (which actually happened), spent last season as a defensive analyst …

Ohio State legend Cris Carter’s program record of eight touchdown receptions by a freshman stood since 1984. In the time since, the Buckeyes have been a factory that consistently churns out All-Americans and first-round NFL Draft picks at the wide receiver position, including the likes of Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Marvin Harrison Jr.  But no one could break Carter’s …

Jan. 20—ATLANTA — One could barely turn around at the media day for College Football Playoff National Championship Game without running into a player from southwest Ohio. “One hundred percent I could definitely see myself playing here some day,” said C.J. Hicks, a junior reserve linebacker for Ohio State. “Going to Alter, playing for Coach (Ed) Domsitz, competing at the …

Elite defenses will clash on Monday night when Notre Dame faces Ohio State in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game. The Buckeyes are aiming for their first national title in 10 years after winning their first three playoff games by 14-plus points. They advanced to the championship with a 28-14 win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Notre …

Jan. 20—ATLANTA — For Ohio State football, the national championship game against Notre Dame comes down to one question. Can the Buckeyes finish the job? “There are great stories on this team individually,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said. “There’s great stories on this team collectively, but I’ve said this before: The only way those stories get told is …

Getty Images There are only two teams left standing with a chance at the College Football Playoff National Championship as the inaugural 12-team tournament has almost reached the finish line. No. 7 seed Notre Dame is set to take on No. 8 seed Ohio State for all the marbles on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.  Both teams …

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The College Football Playoff expanded from four teams to 12 this season and now an exciting postseason will culminate with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Ohio State cruised to victories of 14 points or more over Tennessee, Oregon and Texas to make the title game, while Notre Dame beat Indiana, Georgia and …

As Notre Dame has rolled through the College Football Playoff and advanced to Monday night’s national championship game against Ohio State, it has done so while straying ever so slightly from its traditional uniforms. Unlike many of their peers across FBS football, the Fighting Irish don’t usually have nameplates on the back of their players’ jerseys, with the space above …

And then there were two. The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football’s most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face …

The moment of truth is finally here. The first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff has been whittled from 12 to eight to four and now just two worthy contenders. Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet Monday for all the marbles in the national championship game. Ohio State is going for its first title since the end of …