College Football

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 …

Sabino celebrates after winning the 3A state championship game. In a game dominated by a matchup of two star quarterbacks, it was a running back that made the difference as senior Mason Cade’s five touchdowns led the way for No. 4-seed Tucson Sabino in its 68-46 win over No. 3-seed Surprise Paradise Honors in the 3A state championship game held …

Two years ago, Florida football coach Billy Napier energized the fanbase with his mantra, “scared money don’t make money.” Before a sellout crowd on Saturday night at The Swamp, Napier continued his more recent trend of coaching scared. Those decisions came back to bite the Florida Gators, as UF was unable to hold an early 12-0 lead in an eventual …

Mission Viejo High’s Jack Matranga, right, gets a hug from teammate Grant Nichols after his five-yard touchdown catch on a fake field-goal attempt in the Southern Section Division 2 championship win over Servite. (Steve Galluzzo / For The Times) Ahead by 13 points late in the first half of Saturday night’s Southern Section Division 2 championship football game, Mission Viejo …

The Gophers football regular season is mercifully over, and it can be stated unequivocally that the campaign was a pig. That’s the extent of it. They won a bronze pig for the first time in forever. After that, meh. A real dud. Given a chance to salvage at least a modicum of positive vibes Saturday, they drop-kicked that into the …

His eyes red from tears and his voice cracking, Cody Lindenberg sat behind a table and offered his thoughts, as difficult as it was to do. The Gophers an hour earlier had lost 28-14 to Wisconsin on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium, seeing the Badgers parade off with Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the first time since 2020 and watching Minnesota’s …

College football never seems to disappoint and that has been true so far in 2023 as well. The regular season is now over, and with Ohio State losing to Michigan, there’s going to be a bit of a shakeup at the top that the College Football Playoff committee will have to sort out. It’ll be very telling on whether the …