College Football

🏈 The Football Five Entering this weekend, the Buccaneers controlled their playoff destiny. Then Sunday night happened. Tampa Bay lost to Dallas, 26-24, handing the NFC South lead to the Falcons. The Buccaneers out-gained the Cowboys 411-317 but had two turnovers, including a devastating Rachaad White fumble to seal the loss. Tampa Bay and Atlanta are both 8-7 after Michael Penix Jr. …

When are the College Football Playoff quarterfinal games? The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff continues with the quarterfinal round, with No. 6 Penn State taking on No. 3 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, No. 5 Texas playing No. 4 Arizona State in the Peach Bowl, No. 8 Ohio State facing No. 1 Oregon in the Rose Bowl and No. …

Dec. 23—CUMBERLAND — After producing one of the best offensive seasons in local history in 2023, Jabril Daniels outdid himself in his senior campaign. The Fort Hill back delivered the area’s eighth 2,000-yard rushing season and tied the city touchdown record again with 34 scores. Daniels was also a true two-way standout, racking up 106 tackles as a linebacker. Daniels …

The scoreboard shows the current temperature prior to the College Football Playoff first round game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Tennessee Volunteers at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Dec. 21, 2024. Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Tennessee’s (10-3, 6-2 SEC) 2024 football season came to an end on Saturday in the College Football …

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – DECEMBER 20: Head coach Marcus Freeman of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrates with the team after defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 27-17 in the Playoff First Round game at Notre Dame Stadium on December 20, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Now that the first-round of the College Football Playoff has been …

Nov 29, 2024; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr. (2) scores a touchdown against the Georgia Bulldogs during overtime at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images LSU swung and missed on one of the top players in the transfer portal as he chose another SEC school. Wide receiver Eric Singleton committed to Auburn …

Sep 7, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte 49ers quarterback Deshawn Purdie (15) looks to pass as DUPLICATE***North Carolina Tar Heels linebacker Amare Campbell (17)***North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Michael Merdinger (17) pressures in the third quarter at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images The Georgia Bulldogs lost another transfer target to the Florida Gators. This time, …

The Fresno State Bulldogs (6-6) and Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5) will try to end the season on a high note when they square off in the 2024 Idaho Potato Bowl on Monday afternoon. Fresno State lost three of its final four games, including a 20-13 setback at UCLA in its finale. The Bulldogs are playing in their last game under …

Guiding the Oregon football team to a No. 1 seed and the College Football Playoffs in just his third year as a head coach comes with good benefits for Dan Lanning. Along with several milestones through the season, Lanning and his staff earned hefty bonuses after winning a Big Ten championship earlier this month, and qualifying for the College Football …

Ryan Day will not be fired. It never should have even been an honest talking point among the media and parts of the Ohio State fanbase that ABC’s Kirk Herbstreit labeled as the “lunatic fringe,” Saturday night in a sardonic spiel at the end of Ohio State’s 42-17 curb-stomping of Tennessee in the first round of the College Football Playoff.  …

Dec 16, 2023; Conway, SC, USA; General view of the Champions Trophy prior to the Georgia Southern Eagles and Ohio Bobcats game at Brooks Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will host the UTSA Roadrunners on Tuesday inside Brook Stadium for the 2024 Myrtle Beach Bowl. If you are looking to watch the mid-week college …

While Iowa football was one of the finalists in his transfer portal recruitment, former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula committed to the Missouri Tigers on Sunday. Pribula visited Iowa last week and the 6-foot-2, 207 pound signal-caller was considered a top priority for first-year Hawkeye offensive coordinator Tim Lester and Iowa in their transfer portal pursuits. Though Pribula also visited …

The 2024 Myrtle Beach Bowl features the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-6) and the UTSA Roadrunners (6-6) squaring off on Monday morning. The Chanticleers got back in the win column in the last week of the regular season. On Nov. 30, Coastal Carolina dominated Georgia State en route to a 48-27 victory. Meanwhile, UTSA had its three-game win streak put to …

We now know the eight quarterfinalists still alive in the College Football Playoff. Alas, we still have to wait for a little over a week before whittling the field down to four. But fret not, college football fans. There are plenty of bowl games in the meantime to keep us interested. Monday’s bowl slate features another pair of matinee contests …

The first thing we learned from the opening round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is there really aren’t 12 teams good enough to compete for a national title. Indiana, SMU, Clemson and Tennessee were all sizable underdogs in their first-round road games, and all proved they weren’t up to the task of competing on the big stage. That …