College Football

Dec. 27—SOUTH BEND — Marcus Freeman didn’t jump around it Monday. The significance of the loss of fifth-year graduate defensive tackle Rylie Mills was not minimized. “You can’t replace Rylie Mills,” Freeman said. “I mean, yes, the production, but the leadership, a captain, very similar to the things I said about Benjamin Morrison when he was out. You feel awful …

The 2024 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl is set for Saturday, with the Colorado State Rams taking on the Miami (OH) RedHawks. The RedHawks’ impressive regular season season was followed by a disappointing 38-3 loss to the Ohio Bobcats in the MAC Championship game, and they must now take the field without several players due to the transfer portal. Meanwhile, the …

Dec 14, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head football coach Bill Belichick is introduced during half time at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images After an up-and-down regular season in which the North Carolina Tar Heels finished 6-6, they are preparing to play one final football game on Saturday morning. UNC will …

The 2024 Pinstripe Bowl features the Boston College Eagles (7-5) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-6) battling on Saturday afternoon. The Cornhuskers enter this matchup having lost five of their last six games following a promising start to the season. Meanwhile, Boston College ended the regular season on a two-game win streak, wrapping up the regular season with a 34-23 win …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football tight end Brody Kosin is entering the transfer portal after redshirting in 2024 as a true freshman. Kosin announced his decision on Friday night. “After a long conversation with my family I’ve decided to enter the transfer portal with 4 years of eligibility left, thank you to everyone at Indiana University who helped me out on …

No. 21 Syracuse and Washington State will finish their 2024 seasons in beautiful San Diego, California, home of the Holiday Bowl. It’s a solid matchup of two teams who exceeded expectations this season. There were plenty of questions surrounding Syracuse in Fran Brown’s first season, and the Orange performed as well as anybody could reasonably expect. They finished their regular …

MEMPHIS — The Arkansas football offense got off to a great start against Texas Tech in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl . The latest big Razorbacks play with 2:43 left in the first quarter Friday made history. With the ball at Arkansas’ 6-yard line, Razorbacks junior quarterback Taylen Green cooly took a shotgun snap on third down. Green, standing in his …

The USC Trojans and Texas A&M Aggies are set to square off in the 2024 Las Vegas Bowl on Friday, Dec. 27. USC enters at 6-6, most recently falling to Notre Dame, 49-35, on Nov. 30 after winning back-to-back contests. Texas A&M enters with an 8-4 record, most recently losing to Texas, 17-7, on Nov. 30. The Aggies have lost …

FORT WORTH, Texas — After raising the Armed Forces Bowl trophy, Navy coach Brian Newberry descended from a makeshift stage into a mob of fans waiting to congratulate him on the field. Among them was a rowdy cohort of Westmooreites. Old teammates and coaches of Newberry’s — Westmoore High School class of 1992 — who greeted him with back-cracking hugs after Navy’s 21-20 …

A former Southwest Conference rivalry is rekindled with the matchup of Arkansas and Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl, bringing two great fanbases and programs to the Memphis area for this SEC-Big 12 showdown.  In terms of the all-time series, Arkansas leads 29-8, but this game marks the first time that the two programs have squared off in a bowl …

Dec. 27—FORT WORTH — With seconds remaining and a decision to be made, Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables made no hesitation — he wanted to go for the win. “We made that decision earlier in the drive,” he said. “Liked our look, liked our opportunities there.” The Sooners (6-7) lined up for a two-point conversion attempt, but would be stopped …

The NCAA Football Oversight Committee is expected to consider allowing Army and Navy to each play an extra regular-season game prior to the American Athletic Conference championship game in early December, multiple sources told CBS Sports. Not counting that championship game, such a move would mean both service academies would play 13 total games, including their traditional rivalry game the …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Running back Tahj Brooks and cornerback Bralyn Lux, both seniors, aren’t expected to play in the Texas Tech football season finale Friday night at the Liberty Bowl. Tech athletics made the announcement shortly before Tech (8-4) and Arkansas (6-6) square off at 6 p.m. at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. Tech said Brooks, Lux and wide receiver Josh …

The 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl will pit a pair of former conference rivals against each other on Friday as the Arkansas Razorbacks face the Texas Tech Red Raiders. These two went head-to-head in the old Southwest Conference for 35 straight seasons, but this will be their first meeting since 2015. Arkansas (6-6) is searching for its second winning season since …

FORT WORTH, Texas — R Mason Thomas still has a decision to make. The junior defensive lineman spoke to OU’s in-house radio team following the program’s 21-20 Armed Forces Bowl loss to Navy and he shed some light on where his mind is at. “I’m still in deep thought right now,” Thomas said. “… I’m thinking about pros and cons.” …