College Football

The Georgia Bulldogs face the Alabama Crimson Tide this Saturday in the SEC Championship Game. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) The regular NCAA college football season is over, and now, it’s time for conference championship weekend, including the SEC Championship Game. This year, the Georgia Bulldogs (12-0) and Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) face off for the SEC title. The back-to-back champion Georgia …

Former Wisconsin quarterback and tight end Sean Lewis was named the head coach at San Diego State earlier this week. The former Badger had spent the year at Colorado with Deion Sanders, that after a highly-successful run at Kent State from 2018-2022. Lewis played at Wisconsin from 2005-2007. ESPN says he recorded one career catch for seven yards. He joined …

No. 4 Florida State will try to stay in the College Football Playoff picture when it hosts No. 14 Louisville on Saturday night. The Seminoles (12-0) completed a perfect regular season with a 24-15 win at Florida last week, but they are playing without starting quarterback Jordan Travis (leg) and potentially without backup Tate Rodemaker, who will be a game-day …

Penn State’s 2024 schedule may not feature a game on the schedule against this year’s Big Ten champion, whether it is Michigan or Iowa, but it will be highlighted by a home game against the 2023 Pac-12 champions. The Washington Huskies became a trivia answer on Friday night by winning what will in all likelihood be the final conference championship …

The Big Ten is set to add four schools from the now dismantled Pac-12 in 2024, and with it will come two solid rivalries. On the same day rivals Washignton and Oregon faced off for the final Pac-12 championship, at least as we know it, USC made headlines with its new defensive coordinator hire. USC hired former Penn State cornerback …

The 22nd-ranked Tulane Green Wave look to record their 11th consecutive victory when they host the SMU Mustangs on Saturday in the 2023 AAC Championship Game. Tulane (11-1, 8-0), which also is seeking its second straight conference title after defeating UCF last year, hasn’t lost since falling 37-20 to Ole Miss in its second game of the season. SMU (10-2, …

No. 2 Michigan football will take on No. 16 Iowa in a rematch of the 2021 Big Ten championship game,. Two years ago, the Wolverines thumped the Hawkeyes in a 42-3 beatdown, tied for the second-largest margin of victory in Big Ten championship game history. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and his team will look for a similar outcome on Saturday at …

After new Texas A&M Football head coach Mike Elko was officially hired last Monday, the status of beloved interim head coach Elijah Robinson, who had served as the program’s defensive line coach/ ace recruiter since the 2018 season under then-head coach Jimbo Fisher. While initial optimism regarding his continued tenure with the program under a familiar face in Elko, whom …

Boise State Broncos cornerback Kaonohi Kaniho and Boise State Broncos safety Rodney Robinson celebrate during the second half against the Air Force Falcons at Albertsons Stadium. Boise State defeats Air Force 27-19. Determining the teams that would compete for the Mountain West championship was no easy task. It was so difficult in fact that league officials needed computers to step …

Florida State Seminoles wide receiver Keon Coleman (4) rushes with the ball for a touchdown breaking the tackle from Florida Gators linebacker Scooby Williams (17) during the second half at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 25, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Conference championship week is here after college football regular season finale …

GAINESVILLE – The anchor down at midfield signaled the end for Buchholz. All season, the Bobcats ransacked opponents at Citizens Field, but as Trace Johnson’s final pass as a sophomore fell incomplete, the roles reversed. The defending state champions Lakeland stormed the field and threw their anchor down on the sandy grass. One side rejoiced in ecstacy, the other wept. …

SARASOTA — The celebration was just as good as the start for the Cardinal Mooney Catholic football team. The Cougars scored the first 27 points of the game and then celebrated like it was 1972 after defeating North Florida Christian Academy out of Tallahassee, 41-14, in the Class 1 Suburban state semifinal on Friday at John Heath Field at Austin …

LAFAYETTE, CA – “We’re going to be fine.” Those words echoed in every player’s, coach’s and fan’s brains on the Escalon football sidelines as the season started slipping away. The Cougars lost 49-14. Escalon traveled over an hour to take on Acalanes for the CIF State Division 3-AA Regionals and in a matter of minutes they found themselves down 14-0. …

OXFORD — Coaches always dream of bringing immediate success in their first year on the job. Making the playoffs and improving upon the previous regime are always part of it. Perhaps making a deep playoff run is, too. Heck, why not throw a state championship in there? Sure, it might be lofty, but there’s nothing wrong with dreaming, right? First-year …

Goodyear Desert Edge was down its starting tailback, starting left tackle, starting center, and, without timeouts, drove 90 yards for a touchdown as time expired. And after putting the ball in the hands of its best player, Deshawn Warner, to punch in the two-point conversion, players ran wildly around the field at Mountain America Stadium Friday night, believing they had …