College Football

The College Football Playoff national championship game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes will take place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Notre Dame won the CFP semifinal Sugar Bowl against Penn State with a game-winning field goal with 12 seconds left. As for the Buckeyes, they …

Jan. 19—Centerville football’s new coach is John Puckett. The school announced Saturday that Puckett has been hired to replace Brent Ullery, who stepped down in December after leading the Elks to the state semifinals. “Since I joined Centerville in 2010, becoming the head football coach has been my dream,” Puckett said in a news release. “We have an ideal combination …

Jan. 19—Who: No. 8 seed Ohio State vs. No. 7 seed Notre Dame When: 7:45 p.m., Monday Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga. TV/Radio: ESPN/1410 Series history: Ohio State leads 6-2 with six consecutive wins. The Fighting Irish won the first two games in the 1930s, but the Buckeyes won a home-and-home series in the mid-90s, beat ND in the 2006 …

Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports The Minnesota Gophers finished their 2024 season with a somewhat underwhelming 8-5 record. They won a fifth-straight bowl game, thanks to a top 15 defense and revamped pass-first offense, but couldn’t get all pistons firing harmoniously enough to be a factor in a now 18-team Big Ten. But since the regular season ended, PJ Fleck & …

ATLANTA — They bought into everything. And everybody. One week into the 2024 regular season, Notre Dame football did what it absolutely couldn’t do after opening with a win at Texas A&M. It listened to everything that everyone said about them. It accepted every handshake and high-five and back slap across campus. Noie: Normal doesn’t work for Notre Dame football …

Where do you even begin with this Ohio State team? Do you start with its unwavering resilience? Maybe the determined leadership of a senior class who returned to the squad to chase something greater than personal goals? Or perhaps the best starting point is to focus on the brotherhood—one that has carried through every win or loss to bring the …

Comedian Shane Gillis was barely a year old when Notre Dame football last won a national championship. The 37-year-old Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, native prayed for a Fighting Irish win on Monday against Ohio State in a recent social media video. “Hey, God. It’s me Shane. I know I haven’t been here in a while, but I have a pretty big prayer …

ATLANTA – Injuries decimated the one unit on Ohio State’s team that seemed least equipped to handle it. The most important test is Monday, of course, but the Buckeyes’ offensive line has held up better than almost anyone outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center believed. When left tackle Josh Simmons and then center Seth McLaughlin were lost for the season …

ATLANTA — Jim Knowles is at his most comfortable hiding in an office, door closed, with a cup of coffee as he dissects plays and draws up game plans. He’s not a mystery in the Ohio State football facility, but when that door is closed, there’s plenty of intrigue outside the defensive coordinator’s office. “I always called him Batman,” Buckeyes …

Lou Holtz appears to be back at it again. Someone alert Ryan Day. Last week, the former Notre Dame coach renewed his “friendship” with Day with a jab in a quote tweet from ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show.” Holtz also appeared to announce his plan to be in attendance for Monday’s CFP championship game vs. Ohio State. “If Notre Dame …

Ohio State and Notre Dame battle Monday in Atlanta in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. The 7-seed Fighting Irish and 8-seed Buckeyes had to play three rounds of playoffs to reach the finale. Either Marcus Freeman or Ryan Day will capture their first national championship as a coach. The Buckeyes lost two regular-season contests and missed the Big …

Tennessee football landed Duke running back Star Thomas out of the transfer portal to help reload its backfield. Thomas made the announcement Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing “Rocky Top! Let’s do it.” The Vols must replace SEC Offensive Player of the Year Dylan Sampson, who declared for the NFL Draft, and rebuild their depth after reserve running …

ATLANTA — If you’ve watched any Ohio State football this fall, you know about phenom Jeremiah Smith and you’re probably familiar with his running mate Emeka Egbuka.  The 1-2 punch at wide receiver makes the Buckeyes difficult on most days, impossible on others. But think about this: If you would have told any Texas Longhorns fan that Smith would finish …

ATLANTA — There have been performances throughout the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff that should remind us all that players want to play on the biggest stages and at the biggest moments.  In an age where the prevalent theme of December and January in the sport is complaining about who isn’t playing — opt-outs of the full-game and halftime variety …

This story was updated to add new information OXFORD — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin has added another weapon from the transfer portal to his offense next season. Former Penn State wide receiver Harrison Wallace is transferring to Ole Miss. He announced the move in a social media post Sunday. Wallace was Penn State’s top statistical wide receiver this …