College Football

The Independence Bowl has welcomed some significant attendance numbers over the years with schools like LSU, Notre Dame, Texas A&M and Oklahoma casting their lots in the 11th oldest bowl game in the country. But thanks to heavy rains that fell throughout the Shreveport-Bossier City area on Saturday, an announced crowd of 34,283 hardy souls watched as Army dominated late …

Texas A&M football’s loss Friday to USC in the Las Vegas Bowl night felt like the final month of the season encapsulated into one 60-minute game. From penalties continuing to be a persistent issue — adding eight more miscues against the Trojans, pushing their season total to 98 — to the defense’s inability to stop USC’s passing attack that scored …

Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Harrison Taggart (11) sacks the Colorado Buffaloes QB during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News The BYU Cougars cruised past the Colorado Buffaloes in the Valero Alamo Bowl Saturday night, winning 36-14 to finish the 2024 season with an 11-2 record. Here are three …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — If you’re already looking ahead to 2025 in college football, mark this season opener down: East Carolina at NC State on Aug. 30. The Pirates and Wolfpack began brawling in the final minute of East Carolina’s 26-21 victory in the Military Bowl on Saturday night — and the teams won’t have to wait long to see each …

Brigham Young Cougars defensive end Tyler Batty (92) douses BYU head coach Kalani Sitake during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. BYU won 36-14. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The attention on BYU’s football program, in terms of eyeballs and national recognition, had never been bigger than it was …

SAN ANTONIO – Colorado head coach Deion Sanders hopped on a golf cart next to his bodyguard and zoomed down a stadium tunnel on his way out of town. He had just answered questions from reporters about what happened here Saturday night in the Alamo Bowl – a 36-14 loss against BYU in his final game coaching his two youngest …

SAN ANTONIO — L.J. Martin rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Retzlaff passed for 151 yards, and No. 17 BYU beat No. 20 Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night. BYU (11-2, No. 17 CFP) scored in every quarter in rolling to its second straight bowl victory and third in its past four appearances after failing …

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders wipes gatorade off of Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake after the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. BYU won 36-14. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Even after losing to BYU in Saturday night’s Alamo Bowl, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders still has plenty of love for …

Army may not have the lengthy bowl history of some blue blood college football programs but the Black Knights have a recent string of success that makes it the envy of many. Head coach Jeff Monken has taken Army to six bowl games since 2016 and won five of them, the latest a 27-6 victory over a diminished Louisiana Tech …

Former Appalachian State quarterback Joey Aguilar has committed to UCLA and likely will succeed Ethan Garbers as the Bruins’ starting quarterback. (Jacob Kupferman / Associated Press) UCLA has landed its likely successor to quarterback Ethan Garbers. His name is Joey Aguilar, and he’s put up prolific numbers the last two seasons at Appalachian State while leading the Mountaineers to a …

BYU and Colorado both finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 standings, but neither team had the tiebreaker advantage to reach the Big 12 title game. That, among other factors, led Cougars quarterback Kedon Slovis to describe the Alamo Bowl matchup against the Buffaloes as “the people’s” Big 12 championship game. And while BYU lost …

BOSTON — Rante Jones was the first player Jim Mora met at the University of Connecticut in 2022. The former NFL coach, entering his first season leading the Huskies’ football team, walked into the training room that day and saw Jones, then a sophomore defensive back, rehabbing from injury. Mora, now in hindsight, recalled Jones being “scrawny” in frame at the …

Parker Kingston’s punt return TD gave BYU a three-score lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the Alamo Bowl against Colorado. (Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) BYU made the final game of Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders’ Colorado careers one to forget. The No. 17 Cougars blew out the No. 23 Buffaloes 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday …

Dec 28, 2024; San Antonio, TX, USA; Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) warms up before the game against the Brigham Young Cougars at Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Colorado did not have a great night in Saturday’s Alamo Bowl against BYU, falling 36-14 in what’s expected to be quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ last college game. During the fourth quarter, …

Screenshot: ESPN The final minute of the Military Bowl on Saturday between in-state foes NC State and East Carolina ended in chaotic fashion. After East Carolina took its first kneel-down to run out the clock to seal a 26-21 win over NC State, players from both teams engaged in a scuffle that left one of the officials with blood streaming …