College Football

With the arrival of bowl season comes an increased spotlight on the four teams — Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama — set to compete in the College Football Playoff. Still, the playoff participants account for merely a fraction of the bowl season field. Seventy-eight other schools will participate in non-CFP bowls over the next few weeks, and even if a …

The historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena will serve as a College Football Playoff semifinal between top-ranked Michigan and No. 4 Alabama. The Big Ten conference champion and the SEC champion clash, with the winner moving on to the national championship. ESPN’s Bill Connelly listed a top question or storyline for every bowl game (subscription required), including the playoffs. For the …

Star players continue opting out of college football bowl games due to the changing landscape of the sport, creating tricky decisions for people in 2023-24 bowl confidence pools. USC quarterback Caleb Williams is perhaps the most notable opt out, as he will be sitting out of the Holiday Bowl against No. 15 Louisville on Dec. 27. The Cardinals are subsequently …

Dec. 15—NEW ORLEANS — Former Scotland High and current North Carolina Central defensive back Manny Smith was picked to be in the Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl, to be played on Feb. 24, 2024, at 4 p.m. EST at Tulane’s Yulman Stadium. Smith, who graduated from Scotland in 2018, has played five seasons for NC Central, redshirting in his first season …

With all of the transfer portal and NFL declaration news, some good, some bad, the Oregon Ducks football team got some good news on this front Friday afternoon. In his first press conference during bowl prep, Oregon head coach Dan Lanning announced running back Bucky Irving was practicing and will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Liberty on New Year’s …

AUBURN — Auburn football won’t have to replace a hole in the middle of its defense next season. Following a breakout campaign that saw him register a team-high 84 tackles and pick up five sacks, linebacker Eugene Asante announced Friday that he plans to put the NFL on hold for one more year and return to the Tigers in 2024. …

The 2023-24 college football bowl season officially opens Saturday morning with Ohio and Georgia Southern facing off in the fourth-annual Myrtle Beach Bowl. This will be the first-ever meeting between the Bobcats and Eagles, though this is the second-consecutive year Georgia Southern will play a MAC program in a bowl game.  The Eagles come in at 6-6 after starting the …

After two seasons with the program, wide receiver Tyrell Henry made the decision to transfer away from the program. He has now found his new home. Henry, a Michigan native, will be staying in the Big Ten, making the move to transfer to Wisconsin, he announced. Henry had 24 catches for 195 yards and 3 touchdowns during his two seasons …

LSU’s secondary struggled mightily in 2023 and now one of the best defensive backs on the team has entered the transfer portal. Sage Ryan is a redshirt sophomore who has been in Baton Rouge for three years and this season was the best year of his career. In 12 games played, he made nine starts and made 35 tackles, 4.5 …

Texas Tech and Cal meet in the Independence Bowl on Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the final game of the day as the Bowl Season festivities begin. 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 …

The Alabama football program is annually represented at the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. This year will be no different. Seven Alabama commits will suit up for Team Alabama in this year’s classic. The seven Alabama commits that made the roster are Saraland wide receiver Ryan Williams, Clay-Chalkville cornerback Jaylen Mbakwe, Brookwood offensive lineman William Sanders, Gadsden City safety Dre Kirkpatrick Jr., …

Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers continue to pile up the honors this award season, this time making ESPN’s All-America team. It comes as no surprise given the numbers these two put up. Daniels led the country in total yards and touchdowns. Nabers’ 1,546 receiving yards led the country, over 100 more than Washington’s Rome Odunze in second place, despite playing …

Games aren’t played on paper, but if they were, Michigan football wouldn’t have to sweat playing Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal in the Rose Bowl. The Crimson Tide have won more national championships than any other team in history and Nick Saban is particularly formidable when it comes to winning in the postseason. But, with all the hype, …

The transfer portal has been open for a couple of weeks and delivered a lot of top-end talent. Michigan is rumored to be involved with five-star quarterback Dante Moore from UCLA but could be looking at another more recent offensive entry into the portal in former Alabama wide receiver Ja’Corey Brooks. The biggest factor for Michigan and Brooks is the …

On the eve of the Maryland game, the penultimate contest of the 2023 regular season for Michigan football, the Wolverines got some alarming news: prodigal son and coaching favorite Chris Partridge was dismissed from the program due to the NCAA investigation. While the details of his firing were unclear, it was deemed that Partridge’s role while NCAA investigators interviewed people …