College football bowl season reaches its apex over the next four days with some of the biggest matchups and more storied bowls on the schedule. We’ll see the first of the New Year’s Six matchups, and by Monday, it will be time for the highly anticipated CFP semifinals to determine which two of four teams (Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama) …

A Notre Dame football season that began 3,600 miles away all the way back on Aug. 26 will come to a close this week, with the start of a new year only days away. The No. 16 Fighting Irish (9-3) will wrap up their 2023 season on Friday with an appearance in the Sun Bowl against No. 19 Oregon State …

At one point in the third quarter, it looked like the Oklahoma Sooners were going to run away from the Arizona Wildcats in their Alamo Bowl matchup. But the turnover bug that hurt the Sooners in the first quarter, reared its ugly head toward the end of the third. Instead of potentially going up 31-13 late in the third, the …

SAN ANTONIO — In their first bowl appearance in six years, the 14th-ranked Arizona Wildcats had just as many takeaways to knock off No. 12 Oklahoma 38-24 in Valero Alamo Bowl Thursday at the Alamodome. Arizona’s triumph is the first postseason win for the Wildcats since 2015. The Wildcats finish 10-3 and are the fourth team in program history to …

The Sun Bowl, currently known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to be accurate, is the second-longest running bowl game in college football, trailing just the Rose Bowl. For just the second time in program history Notre Dame is set to play in the game as they take on Oregon State on Friday in El Paso, Texas. A 10-win …

Turnovers were the name of the game in the Oklahoma Sooners loss to the Arizona Wildcats in the Alamo Bowl. Oklahoma turned the ball over six times, including four by true freshman Jackson Arnold, who was making the first start of his collegiate career. Arizona jumped off to a quick start on the back of two Arnold interceptions in the …

The chants rained down throughout the Browns’ 37-20 rout of the Jets that was in no way as close as the score might indicate. Fans packed inside the building once affectionately nicknamed the Factory of Sadness needed their savior to feel their appreciation — so they screamed his name over and over and over. Flacco … Flacco … Flacco. The 38-year-old Browns …

Getty Images Former USC cornerback Domani Jackson is transferring to Alabama, 247Sports reports. Jackson, the No. 25 prospect overall and No. 3 cornerback in 247Sports’ transfer rankings, was on hand to watch No. 4 Alabama’s practice Thursday as it prepares for its College Football Playoff semifinal showdown against No. 1 Michigan.  A highly-regarded prospect out of high school, Jackson started …

It’s a Christmas miracle. And it will be more than a miracle if the NFL doesn’t try to build on its current December 25 momentum. The NFL has issued a press release declaring that the trio of 2023 Christmas games attracted average viewership of 28.7 million. That was an increase of 29 percent over the three Christmas games in 2022. …

Former Oklahoma linebacker Brian Bosworth joined the broadcast of Alamo Bowl during the Sooners’ game against the Arizona Wildcats on Thursday night. Bosworth, who played for OU in the 1980s, has been known for his outspoken nature both during and after his playing career. He joined the ESPN broadcast in the third quarter and was asked about the impact of …

Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud got back on the practice field on Wednesday for the first time since suffering a concussion against the Jets in Week 14 and Thursday brought even better news about his recovery. Stroud held a press conference on Wednesday and said that hew was cleared to exit the league’s concussion protocol by an independent neurologist. Stroud …

Dec. 28—ATLANTA — Anthony Poindexter could be bitter about James Franklin overlooking him for the Penn State defensive coordinator job a second time. He could be resentful towards Tom Allen, the former Indiana coach who Franklin hired to replace Manny Diaz earlier this month. Poindexter is neither, which is no surprise to those who know the Nittany Lions’ safeties coach …

Wilks voices confidence in veteran 49ers DBs Verrett, Ryan originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers’ secondary has evolved over the course of the 2023 NFL season, with two in-season additions slated to have a major role on the back end of San Francisco’s defense as the team makes a push toward the playoffs. While speaking to reporters …

It seems like it was just a couple of weeks ago that Notre Dame was in Ireland kicking off the 2023 season.  It was a year full of promise but that also featured many frustrations. Notre Dame started 4-0 before dropping an all-time heartbreaker to Ohio State.  They followed that up with a last second win at Duke before getting …

Getty Images The connection between Joe Flacco and David Njoku was on full display right out of the game in Cleveland’s Week 17 matchup with the Jets. In just the first quarter alone, the tight end reeled in all four of his targets for 113 yards. That’s the most receiving yards by a tight end in the first quarter since …