College Football

Georgia football schedule: Is Georgia playing today?

Georgia takes the field for the first half of the SEC championship game against Texas in Atlanta, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. Will the Georgia be on the field today on Saturday Dec, 14. of the college football season? Following a 22-19 overtime win over the Texas Longhorns in the SEC championship, the Georgia Bulldogs are on a bye week …

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Army football best seasons: Top finishes, win totals for Black Knights

Army football is in the midst of perhaps its best ever season as a program, even winning the American Athletic Conference championship game in its first season in the league. The No. 18 Black Knights (11-1, 8-0 in AAC) — whose only loss this season came to Notre Dame — are hoping to cap off their outstanding season with a …

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Does Texas play Saturday? Longhorns schedule for College Football Playoff

There will be some college football action Saturday but Texas football will not be playing. The Longhorns have some time to recover physically and mentally after a taxing loss to Georgia in the Southeastern Conference championship. Their next game will be Dec. 21 against Clemson in the first round of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian appreciates …

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Five reasons Notre Dame football turned its CFP dreams to reality

SOUTH BEND — How did that happen? How did the No. 3 Notre Dame football team find its way back from oblivion — and the most embarrassing loss this season in Division I — to reach the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Noie: College Football Playoff selection a perfect fit this season for Notre Dame football The obvious answer is the …

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Zanor column: High school hoops are here

Just thought I’d empty out my reporter’s notebook while thinking that with their new head coaching hire, the University of North Carolina football team has a decent shot to win their first ACC title since 1980. Hoop Dreams I’m looking forward to getting back inside high school basketball gymnasiums, where the goal and mantra for every Connecticut team is “Run …

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Top-seeded Montana State thumps Idaho 52-19 in FCS quarterfinals

Dec. 13—”Yellowstone” is coming to an end this month. And while the TV series is set to go off the air, a different group of Montanans was trying to avoid spoilers. The top-seeded Montana State Bobcats did that and then some, turning away eighth-seeded Idaho 52-19 in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision Friday night in Bozeman. Montana State …

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American Heritage defeats Orlando Jones to capture Class 4A state football championship

MIAMI — Late in Plantation American Heritage’s Class 4A state championship victory Friday night, the jubilant black and gold clad fans in the stands began chanting their running back’s name. “By-ron Lou-is! By-ron Louis!” they repeated. Quarterback Malachi Toney put on an offensive show in the first half. The second half of the Patriots’ wild 40-31 win against Orlando Jones, though, belonged to Louis, who broke a 31-all tie with a scintillating 80-yard touchdown run with 8:54 left. Louis rushed for 221 yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns …

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