College Football

All Alabama football quarterback Jalen Milroe wanted to do was give Ryan Williams a chance. Trailing by a point with fewer than three minutes to go, Milroe saw the one-on-one matchup he wanted with Williams, who had already exploited the Georgia secondary with a bobbled, circus catch for 54 yards in the third quarter. Milroe looked the safety off, threw …

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman, Jack Knowlton from TideIllustrated.com and Nikki Edwards of CUSportsReport.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Jackson Arnold will start again this season for Oklahoma CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

Just when Florida State football looked like it was taking a step forward, it took 42 steps back at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Saturday’s loss to SMU. The Seminoles suffered a 42-16 beatdown in their first-ever ACC meeting against the Mustangs. They went back to their losing ways with three turnovers, being out-physical by SMU’s offense and out-coached by …

There’s a broad selection of descriptors that could be applied to Colin Simmons’ performance for the Texas football team Saturday, in which he collected two sacks and three tackles for loss in a 35-13 win over Mississippi State. Outstanding. Dominant. Energizing. Take your pick. But Simmons himself went in a different direction. “It felt normal,” the true freshman edge rusher …

Sep. 29—CALDWELL, Idaho — Andy Peters threw for 419 yards with two touchdowns and the College of Idaho won in overtime 45-37 to hand Montana Tech their first loss of the season on Saturday. Peters accounted for two more touchdowns on the ground, running for 90 yards as the Coyotes gained 586 total yards of offense. Montana Tech’s Landers Smith …

Sep. 29—BOISE — All it took was four touches and 89 seconds for Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty to find the end zone. On four carries, the Broncos’ Heisman hopeful accounted for all 75 yards on Boise State’s opening drive, the first of his four touchdowns and over 250 yards. No. 25 Boise State used Jeanty’s fourth career 200-yard …

The Big 12 was subject to multiple upsets in Week 5 of the college football season. The biggest, in terms of difference in rankings, came Saturday night as unranked Arizona upended No. 10 Utah 23-10 in Rice-Eccles Stadium, dropping the Utes from the ranks of the unbeaten. But they weren’t the only previously undefeated teams to suffer their first loss …

STATE COLLEGE – Penn State’s problem with penalties continued Saturday night in a 21-7 victory over Illinois at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions committed six penalties for 63 yards and increased their season total to 28 for 264, an average seven flags and 66.0 yards per game. “We have a reputation for jumping offsides and they (opponents) know it,” Penn …

STATE COLLEGE – Penn State football coach James Franklin asked the fans for White Out energy Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. The sellout crowd of 109,911 delivered, and so did running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton and a swarming defense. Allen and Singleton combined to rush for 196 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 Penn State opened Big …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Sept. 29, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Williams Harris set a record for the football program’s …

MANHATTAN, Kan. — With a bag of ice wrapped tightly around his left knee and a big bandage on his right, Ollie Gordon II backed up against an outside wall of Bill Snyder Family Stadium to answer questions from the approaching media. It was a metaphor representative of Oklahoma State’s season following the painful 42-20 loss to Kansas State on …

Nobody in college football has punched above its weight in the name, image and likeness era more than Ole Miss. For years and years before it was within the rules to pay players, Ole Miss would catch the suspicious glare of opposing fans and pique the interest of NCAA investigators every time it landed a big-time recruit. That was the …

Week 5 of the college football schedule further clarified the Big Ten Conference and which teams stand above the others. For yet another week, No. 3 Ohio State proved to be the class of the conference, beating Michigan State 38-7 in East Lansing. Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard, who was hurt vs. the Spartans before returning, finished the day completing 21 …

Alabama football put on a show for special guest Donald Trump in Saturday’s 41-34 underdog win over Georgia at Bryant-Denny Stadium. As Kalen DeBoer’s Crimson Tide established a 30-7 lead over the Bulldogs before the former president’s halftime exit, it may seem as though Trump was a good luck charm. Georgia scored 21 unanswered points to make it a ballgame …

ORLANDO — College football narratives shift on a week-to-week, perhaps even drive-by-drive, basis. For UCF, the heroics of its 35-34 comeback victory at TCU two weeks ago overshadowed a potentially troubling trend revealed for all to see in Saturday’s 48-21 shellacking at the hands of Colorado: The Knights are struggling to get a grip on Big 12 Conference games and …