College Football

Two head coaches who are longtime friends square off when Greg Schiano and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights face Mario Cristobal and the Miami (FL) Hurricanes in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday. Both Schiano and Cristobal were members of the Miami coaching staff beginning in 1999 and during Schiano’s first stint as coach of Rutgers (2001-11), Cristobal …

DANIA BEACH – With Florida State football already facing at least 25 opt-outs offensively and defensively for Saturday’s Orange Bowl against Georgia, the anxiety surrounding player availability is high. When defensive tackle Braden Fiske made his way to his media availability ahead of the game Thursday at Le Méridien Dania Beach at Fort Lauderdale Airport, he did so walking in …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ohio State sold less than two-thirds of its allotment of tickets for the Cotton Bowl against Missouri. Brett Scarbrough, the school’s associate athletic director for ticketing and premium seating, said Wednesday that approximately 7,500 out of its 12,000 allotted tickets were sold or set aside for guests of the team. The demand to see the Buckeyes in …

The four-team College Football Playoff era comes to a close this season — one season after it should have ended. It was far from perfect and left us with plenty of controversy over the years, but it’s safe to say it was a better postseason format than the BCS that preceded it. While there’s an expanded 12-team field to look …

The four-team College Football Playoff era comes to a close this season — one season after it should have ended. It was far from perfect and left us with plenty of controversy over the years, but it’s safe to say it was a better postseason format than the BCS that preceded it. While there’s an expanded 12-team field to look …

Everyone knew that Miller Moss was a loyal USC Trojan, and that the quarterback sacrificed a lot to stay with the program when many others would have left town. Moss stayed when Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy and came back for the 2023 season. Moss wanted to be a USC Trojan. This was what he wanted. Coaches noticed. Teammates …

No. 23 Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) will play No. 17 Iowa (10-3, 7-2 Big 10) in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2024 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST and ABC will televise the postseason matchup. Tennessee will make its sixth appearance in the Citrus Bowl. Tennessee is 4-1 in Citrus …

The 24th-ranked SMU Mustangs will look to close out the season on a 10-game winning streak when they face the Boston College Eagles on Thursday in the Fenway Bowl. The Mustangs (11-2, 8-0 AAC), who last lost on Sept. 23 at TCU 34-17, cruised to the American Athletic Conference championship, even after losing starting quarterback Preston Stone to a broken …

Aaron Witt might be back, finally. Evan Flood of 247Sports shared on ‘X’ that the veteran is back at practice for the first time since the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in 2020 as the Badgers get ready for a ReliaQuest Bowl matchup against LSU. Witt joined the Badgers as a three-star recruit in the class of 2020. He played five games …

Throughout the 2023 college football season, it became clear that the Oregon Ducks were among the best teams in the nation, and they ultimately had some of the best betting odds to win the national championship before falling short of the Pac-12 Championship Game against the Washington Huskies. Along the way, though, Dan Lanning and his team proved that they’ve …

Dec. 28—CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The West Virginia Mountaineers didn’t play quite like themselves, but found a way to win Wednesday night, defeating North Carolina 30-20 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in front of what was essentially a home crowd at Bank of American Stadium. The Mountaineers (9-4, 6-3 Big 12) did not run the ball as effectively as they usually …

Georgia Bulldogs freshman outside linebacker Damon Wilson Jr. is out for the Orange Bowl against the Florida State Seminoles after undergoing knee surgery. Wilson Jr. had meniscus surgery, which means he should be ready for the start of the 2024 college football season. Damon Wilson Jr. played in 12 games and recorded two tackles and 0.5 sacks as a true …

SAN ANTONIO — Jackson Arnold probably isn’t going to plant a flag in the middle of the Alamodome field should his University of Oklahoma squad beat Arizona in the Alamo Bowl on Thursday night. He’s not likely to deliver a fiery pregame speech that makes it onto the ESPN broadcast ahead of the 8:20 p.m. kickoff. And that’s just fine with …

Bowl season will deliver a first-time matchup Wednesday when USC and No. 15 Louisville meet in the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park in San Diego, California. The Trojans, making their fourth Holiday Bowl appearance and first since 2019, are out to salvage their second season under coach Lincoln Riley after losing three straight games to end the regular season. At …

Thursday’s college bowl lineup features a quartet of games culminating in the first pairing of ranked teams this postseason. We also get to explore burning questions like whether it’s a good idea to stage football games in venues built for baseball in cold-weather cities, and if wearable toaster pastries will become the next great wave in fashion for mascots. In …