College Football

BYU coach Kalani Sitake celebrates a punt return for a touchdown by Parker Kingston during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News BYU isn’t playing with a hand tied behind its back anymore. Big 12 membership, P4 money, resources to establish and take care of assistants and staff and …

Getty Images The first College Football Playoff semifinal round of the 12-team era is set. The Cotton Bowl will host (8) Ohio State and (5) Texas, while (6) Penn State and (7) Notre Dame will travel to the Orange Bowl with a spot in the national championship game on the line. All four teams with a first-round bye lost in …

Jan 2, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive lineman Junior Tuihalamaka (44) sacks Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) during the second half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images The Georgia Bulldogs lost 23-10 in the 2025 Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff quarterfinal) to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Georgia played well defensively, but …

The byes are bad! The byes are bad! Do yourself a favor. If you hear somebody talking about a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff being a disadvantage because all four teams with a bye lost in the format’s inaugural season, smack them upside the head. Or, if you’re a pacifist, politely correct them. The byes aren’t bad. You …

Kirby Smart had something to say to Sugar Bowl officials. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) Georgia’s season is over after a 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, but the single moment that really ended them came with a little less than eight minutes in the fourth quarter. Facing 4th-and-1 with a 23-10 lead, the Fighting Irish pulled …

The Texas State Bobcats and North Texas Mean Green are set to take center stage on Friday when they meet in the 2025 First Responder Bowl in Dallas. Texas State finished the regular season with a 7-5 overall record, including a 5-3 record in Sun Belt Conference play. North Texas enters with a 6-6 overall record, including a 3-5 record …

The time has come for the SEC’s fans, its media machine and especially its commissioner to fess up to the reality that has simmered under the surface this entire college football season. The world has changed significantly. And the old, reliable narrative that there’s a different quality of football in the SEC than other leagues is now more myth than …

After a thorough dismantling like the one Notre Dame inflicted upon Georgia on Thursday night, it’s easy to want to blow it up. And with the way Georgia was out-played and out-coached in its 23-10 Sugar Bowl loss to the Fighting Irish, clearly something has to change. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be at the quarterback position.  A lot will …

Jan 2, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Xavier Watts (0) Fighting Irish defensive lineman Howard Cross III (56), Fighting Irish linebacker Jack Kiser (24), and Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard (13) celebrate with the Sugar Bowl trophy after their game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Notre Dame …

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket has now evolved into the semifinals with the first 12-team version of the tournament progressing quickly. With the quarterfinals now in the books — and only four teams remaining — we are closer than ever to crowning a national champion. Let’s take a look at how we got to this point. The first round …

The semifinals of the 12-team College Football Playoff are set. And there are no conference champions remaining. All four of the teams still alive in the playoff hosted games in the first round of the playoff. And all four have been favored in their first two games. Favorites are 8-0 straight-up so far this postseason and are 7-1 against the …

Getty Images Notre Dame kick returner Jayden Harrison took the opening kickoff of the second half back 98 yards to cap off an unbelievable stretch of 17 points in 54 seconds against 2-seed Georgia in the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal on Thursday. The return gave the Fighting Irish a commanding 20-3 lead in the third quarter, though Georgia …

Tyler Booker, one of the top offensive line prospects in the country, is heading to the NFL. Booker, an Alabama football junior offensive guard out of New Haven, Connecticut, announced Thursday he would forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility and enter the 2025 NFL Draft. According to ESPN’s Dec. 11 NFL mock draft, Booker is the only Alabama player …

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark called for the College Football Playoff to address national officiating standards after a controversial targeting no-call during Arizona State’s 39-31 loss to Texas in the Peach Bowl.  Facing third-and-15, Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt dropped a pass to receiver Melquan Stovall, who was hit hard while catching the ball by Texas All-American safety Michael Taaffe. …

Notre Dame football ended the first half with a momentum-changing play. Then, Jayden Harrison opened the second half of the Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal with a monster return to keep that momentum with the Fighting Irish. With No. 7 Notre Dame coming out of the halftime tunnel with a 13-3 lead over No. Georgia, Harrison returned a kickoff …