College Football

Notre Dame and LSU both saw their seasons come to an end a week ago as many projected the two to meet in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa. However, despite the two not playing this weekend, outcomes elsewhere may have put an end to the dream of a Marcus Freeman vs. Brian Kelly showdown in a bowl game. According to …

The Georgia Bulldogs currently hold the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. The Bulldogs will look to sign another elite class with the 2024 recruiting cycle. Georgia had won 29 straight games entering the SEC championship. Alabama edged Georgia 27-24 in a tight SEC title game. Georgia will miss the College Football Playoff. The Dawgs will now turn their …

Today is the day the College Football Playoff will be set in stone by the selection committee, and they have some big discussions to sort through following the results of the conference championship weekend. Georgia’s loss in the SEC Championship Game to Alabama puts the selection committee in a unique position that could leave the SEC out of the playoff …

Dec. 3—MOSCOW — It doesn’t matter how it looks; a win is a win. The fourth-seeded Idaho football team needed an extra period to secure its first postseason win in 30 years as ol’ reliable senior kicker Ricardo Chavez nailed a 28-yard field goal to solidify a 20-17 win over Southern Illinois in the second round of the Football Championship …

Dec. 3—CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Graham High School’s football team played lights-out defense during Saturday’s VHSL Class 2 state semifinal football game with Radford at Christiansburg High School. Unfortunately for the defending Class 2 state champs, Radford’s swift, swarming and hard-tackling defensive unit did a slightly more thorough job turning the G-Men’s offensive lights out. Defending VHSL Class 2 Player of …

I think I couldn’t be prouder of a bunch of guys on a team that has come so far from where we were second, third game of the season. I think this is a great example for a lot of people who want to be successful in terms of the perseverance that these guys showed, the character they had to …

Getty Images Entering championship weekend, the top eight teams in the College Football Playoff Rankings consisted of four undefeated teams and four with a single loss. Three of those one-loss teams had fallen to one of the other teams in the top eight. That is a closely bunched group of teams. So, when No. 8 beats No. 1, it is …

Dec. 3—It will be the biggest robbery in College Football Playoff history if the CFP committee decides to move Florida State out of the top four after its ACC championship victory on Saturday night. I predicted this exact scenario in my column earlier this week. My final CFP prediction was: 1. Michigan 2. Washington 3. Florida State 4. Alabama And …

INDIANAPOLIS — Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia grades Michigan football on a scale of A to F after the Wolverines’ 26-0 victory over Iowa in Saturday’s Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium: Offense: D-minus WINDSOR: Michigan football earned confetti with Big Ten title. But questions remain for biggest stage Iowa’s defense is one of the best in the nation. …

The regular season may be over, but that doesn’t mean the 2023 college football season is. Following Alabama’s 27-24 upset over Georgia in the SEC championship game on Saturday, there remains the exceptionally more difficult matter of determining where each of the conference’s bowl-eligible teams will play in the postseason. Nine SEC teams finished with a record of 6-6 or …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders looks on as players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Southern California Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has had a busy week. The trailer for the second season of “Coach Prime,” a six-episode docuseries that takes fans behind the scenes of the …

Today’s the day, Jacksonville State football and Rich Rodriguez will found out where they will play their first bowl game in their first FBS season. Waiting over a month, after hitting the six-win mark to know if they would be bowling or not, it became official during the final week of the regular season. The Gamecocks had to wait to …

Mission Oak’s Head Coach Marty Martin with the championship trophy against Rio Hondo Prep during their CIF State South Division 4-A Football Championship Regional Bowl Game in Tulare, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Mission Oak won the game 29-14. Former legendary Redwood High head football coach John Yavasile had a fun message for Marty Martin on Saturday night at Bob …

With Alabama’s win over top-ranked Georgia, College Football Playoff madness has reached its absolute peak. The committee will reveal its final rankings at noon ET and the national will know who is in, and who is out, of the playoffs. The ability to compete for a national championship will soon be granted to only four teams, and the committee has …

Led by a quarterback who will go down as one of the most prolific passers in New York history and spearheaded by a group that continuously answered the call Saturday night, one of Section 4’s top football programs now has a state title to add to its trophy case. Waverly joined the sizable list of Section 4 state champions with …