The 2023 New Mexico Bowl features the New Mexico State Aggies (10-4) and the Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) battling on Saturday. The Bulldogs have dominated the series against the Aggies, logging a 7-1 record all-time. The most recent matchup happened in 2019 with Fresno State winning 30-17. Fresno State dropped its final three games of the season, while New Mexico …
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Appalachian State holds off Miami (Ohio) in soggy Cure Bowl
It took exactly 40 minutes and 14 seconds for the first touchdown at the rain-soaked Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl on Saturday, but it would be enough to give Appalachian State what it needed in the sloppy conditions. Mountaineers quarterback Joey Aguilar scored on an 8-yard keeper with 4:46 left in the third quarter and it was enough to power …
Read More »Predictions coming in for 2024 Michigan football EDGE target
Edge rusher has been an odd position for Michigan football in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The Wolverines have seen a lot of players come and go, while others who remain in the class have flirted with other schools in the process. Of current, the Wolverines have four-stars Devon Baxter and Jaden Smith, as well as three-stars Owen Wafle and Dominic …
Read More »Defensive tackle flips transfer commitment from Gophers to Louisville
Jordan Guerad, a defensive tackle from Florida International who gave a verbal commitment to the Gophers last Sunday, has changed his mind. On Saturday, Guerad posted on the X platform that he has committed to Louisville. The 6-3, 295-pound Guerad entered the transfer portal on Dec. 5 after completing his redshirt sophomore season with Florida International. He earned first-team All-Conference …
Read More »Texas Tech football report card after Independence Bowl victory
SHREVEPORT, La. ― The Texas Tech football team ended with a bowl victory for the third year in a row, beating California 34-14 Saturday night at the Independence Bowl. Behren Morton threw three first-half touchdown passes and Gino Garcia kicked a 25-yard field goal as Tech built a 24-14 lead by halftime. Tahj Brooks, who recently announced he will stay …
Read More »Vanderbilt football to hire New Mexico State’s Tim Beck as offensive coordinator
Vanderbilt football is expected to hire Tim Beck, currently the offensive coordinator at New Mexico State, to serve in the same capacity, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Beck helped lead the Aggies to a 10-5 record on the season following a 37-10 loss to Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. Beck has spent the majority …
Read More »Fresno State sharp on both sides of ball in New Mexico Bowl win over New Mexico State
ALBUQUERQUE – After losing three straight games to end the regular season, Fresno State was looking to reclaim its identity in Saturday’s Isleta New Mexico Bowl against New Mexico State. And the Bulldogs reclaimed their identity indeed. Fresno State controlled the action on both sides of the ball and defeated the Aggies, 37-10, at University Stadium on the campus of …
Read More »Five things to know about Miami
Rutgers football and Miami will head to New York in late December to participate in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The Scarlet Knights appeared two prior in the Pinstripe Bowl, taking on Iowa State in 2011 and Notre Dame in 2013. As for Miami, it will be the second appearance for the Hurricanes in the …
Read More »Penn State’s James Franklin is weary of current college football model [opinion]
Dec. 16—James Franklin almost always walks into a room carrying high wattage and positivity, like he asks Penn State football players to do. Friday was different, though. The 51-year-old Franklin looked drawn and weary when he sat down at Beaver Stadium for Peach Bowl media day. He and his assistant coaches had been on the road the last two weeks …
Read More »Notre Dame incoming freshman quarterback already practicing with team
Incoming freshman quarterback CJ Carr hasn’t even signed his national letter of intent yet but he’s already practicing at Notre Dame. That’s because a new rule allows early entrees to practice for bowl games with their squads. Carr, a four-star quarterback from Saline, Mich. has taken advantage of exactly that and the early returns are positive. “Today he was slinging …
Read More »Nick Saban says Michigan football presents ‘a lot of challenges’ to Alabama
Michigan football might be the No. 1 team in the country entering the College Football Playoff semifinal, but with Jim Harbaugh having lost the past two semifinals and going up against the most decorated head coach in the country, a lot of people think that Alabama will continue to do what it does in the postseason — win. But Nick …
Read More »UCLA vs. Boise State odds, line, spread: 2023 LA Bowl picks, predictions from expert on 11-2 roll
The 2023 Starco Brands LA Bowl features a battle of programs that ended their regular seasons trending in opposing directions as the UCLA Bruins face the Boise State Broncos. The Broncos (8-5) overcame a 3-4 start to their season that included a coaching change and ended the season as Mountain West Conference champions. They will look to finish their memorable …
Read More »Georgia football commit Dylan Raiola is enjoying his Nebraska official visit
This is not a happy update for Georgia football fans: It appears that Dylan Raiola’s official visit to Nebraska is going well. Raiola, a five-star quarterback, has been a Georgia football commit since mid-May. Last year, he was committed to Ohio State for roughly seven months. This weekend, he is on an official visit to Nebraska where he was spotted …
Read More »Texas Tech vs. Cal live stream, watch online, TV, Independence Bowl odds, prediction, pick
Texas Tech will meet Cal in the Independence Bowl on Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the night cap of the first day of Bowl Season festivities. This will mark the second all-time meeting between the programs and first since the Red Raiders upset an Aaron Rodgers-led Cal team in the 2004 Holiday Bowl. The Bears are back in a bowl …
Read More »ESPN says this is the biggest challenge facing Michigan football in the Rose Bowl
Michigan football is the No. 1 in the country for the first time in the College Football Playoff era and going back long before that in the AP Top 25 and US LBM Coaches Poll. Yet, the Wolverines aren’t spoken of much as being the top team in the nation. That’s probably because the maize and blue have made it …
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