College Football

The Iron Bowl is the best rivalry in college football for a reason. Whenever Auburn and Alabama faceoff in Jordan-Hare Stadium something wild seems to happen and that was once again the case on Saturday. A week after losing to New Mexico State, the Tigers went blow for blow with the Crimson Tide and were one play away from pulling …

There are no excueses. Ohio State dug itself a hole and could not recover, losing a hard-fought game to Michigan 30-24. In the end, costly turnovers and a non-aggressive game plan did the Buckeyes in. Ohio State did play well enough to keep them in the conversation for the College Football Playoff, but it will need a lot of help …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Max Melton and Kyle Monangai both participated in the Senior Day celebrations for Rutgers football on Saturday afternoon, but neither player has made a decision about their future. At least, not a public decision. With the rise of players opting out of bowl games to jumpstart their NFL draft preparation, Melton and Monangai certainly have some big …

Brian Kelly is working hard on recruiting cornerbacks for the 2025 recruiting class. That search has led him to Cedartown, Georgia, where he found a four-star cornerback who is currently committed to Georgia. Tae Harris is a four-star, 6-foot, 180-pound cornerback from Cedartown, Georgia, where he plays for Cedartown High School. The Cedartown Bulldogs finished the 2023 season 8-4 with …

One player bet, the other one raised, the first player called, and the chips were pushed to the middle of the table. Flip the cards, let’s see what everyone has. Oregon Ducks QB Bo Nix and LSU QB Jayden Daniels have been deadlocked in a battle for the Heisman Trophy over the past few weeks, and with the regular season …

Nov. 26—SEATTLE — Behind the leg of a walk-on kicker, No. 4 Washington kept its undefeated season and national title hopes alive in its last regular-season game as a Pac-12 team after spending more than a century in the league. For Washington State, that 42-yard field goal by UW kicker Grady Gross as time expired ended its season and its …

Notre Dame v Stanford The numbers are the highlights. That was in some part because Stanford was so overmatched against Notre Dame, the Cardinal program in a deeper hole than at any previous point this century and its path back to mediocrity looking like a narrow one that will test all the ingenuity of first-year head coach Troy Taylor. But …

With the college football regular season coming to a close, the Texas A&M coaching search is coming into focus. And as we all expected, it’s a rollercoaster finding the next Aggies football coach. Though it appeared on Saturday that Texas A&M was ready to move forward with its top target, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, with an announcement imminent, Stoops instead …

College football has evolved quite a bit since the Misery Index came into existence a decade ago, but one thing about this sport hasn’t changed: The bigger the stakes, the bigger the misery. Is that still going to be the case next year and beyond? We ask that question as the 2023 regular season concludes because, 12 months from now, …

UCLA quarterback Dante Moore (3) is sacked by Cal linebacker David Reese (7) late in the fourth quarter at the Rose Bowl Saturday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) It felt like so much of what had come before it under Chip Kelly. A week after posting a riveting victory, UCLA sustained the sort of loss that made one question …

ESPN “College GameDay” will be at the Georgia-Alabama game on Dec. 2. Georgia and Alabama are playing against each other in the SEC championship game. GameDay will run from 9 a.m. until noon ET. GameDay picked the Georgia-Alabama game over Oregon-Washington and Michigan-Iowa. “College GameDay” previously attended the Georgia versus Ole Miss game this season, which the Bulldogs won in …

The mood had darkened like the skies above. It was quiet as a sanctuary inside the cavernous Big House with the home crowd subdued and on edge. Ohio State had just cobbled together its most impressive drive of the game, tearing through Michigan football’s defensive front on a 75-yard march to the end zone that left the score tied at …

Jeff Brohm used the term “ridiculous” five times and “disappointing” four times Saturday after his ninth-ranked Cardinals lost the Governor’s Cup for the fifth consecutive time. The sentiments summarized the frustrated, first-year Cardinals coach’s feelings after Kentucky rallied to defeat Louisville, 38-31, at L&N Stadium. U of L led, 24-14, late in the third quarter and had the momentum with …

Michigan football won The Game. The Wolverines, led by interim coach Sherrone Moore, were ranked No. 3 entering Week 13, and a 30-24 win over No. 2 Ohio State clinched their second consecutive 12-0 regular season and a likely No. 2 spot in the polls. Michigan, with Jim Harbaugh set to return for the Big Ten Championship Game, will face …

The Iron Bowl is the gift that keeps on giving. The Alabama-Auburn game has provided some of the most unbelievable finishes in college football history. The 2023 edition of the Iron Bowl featured Alabama connecting on a miracle fourth-and-31 play in the final second of the game to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive. Rivalry Week across the SEC …