Michigan State’s Aidan Chiles throws a pass against Iowa in the first quarter on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Michigan State football came out of the bye week with the mentality that it was a new season, where they had a fresh 0-0 record and six games to show who they are as a team. …
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How every Alabama football coach since Bear Bryant fared in first Tennessee game
Oct 20, 2018; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers and Alabama Crimson Tide meet in a game at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports First-year Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer lost his first ‘Third Saturday in October’ rivalry game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, 24-17. The loss dropped Alabama to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in …
Read More »‘Got to have big dreams’: Indiana football’s win over Nebraska a big step on decades-long climb to relevance
BLOOMINGTON — Some fans scrolling through results from Saturday might do a double-take when they see the final score of Indiana football’s game against Nebraska. Or as running back Justice Ellison put it: ”It definitely will make them choke on their water a little bit.” The No. 18 Hoosiers (7-0; 4-0 Big Ten) trounced their Big Ten rival in a 56-7 win …
Read More »SEC issues statement on officiating in Texas-Georgia game, fans throwing debris
The Southeastern Conference released a late-night statement on Saturday following an ugly scene from No. 1 Texas’ SEC matchup against No. 4 Georgia at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The No. 4 Bulldogs pulled off the 30-15 road upset of the No. 1 Longhorns, but an incident involving Longhorns fans following a controversial pass interference became the biggest storyline from …
Read More »The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Sooners loss to South Carolina
Oct 19, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway (91) tackles Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold (11) during the first half at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The Oklahoma Sooners fell to 4-3 on the season with their loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. In the offseason, most observers would have chalked …
Read More »Florida Atlantic suffers another second-half collapse in loss to Texas-San Antonio
Florida Atlantic quarterback Cam Fancher was sacked six times and lost a fumble in the red zone Saturday against Texas-San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS —Florida Atlantic suffered a fate Saturday against Texas-San Antonio that the Owls have suffered numerous times in 2024 – a second-half collapse. Even with FAU quarterback Cam Fancher playing magician despite playing on a sore foot …
Read More »USC football report card for another late collapse against Maryland
. This is getting very depressing, very mind-numbing, and very repetitive. Another week, another late-game collapse by USC football. It is a broken record. The same story just keeps repeating itself again and again with no end in sight. USC comes within one play of winning but doesn’t make that play. The Trojans get several chances to finish off an …
Read More »Georgia coach Kirby Smart rips SEC referees after win over Texas: ‘They tried to rob us’
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian was more than satisfied with the reversal of Jahdae Barron’s defensive pass interference call. Georgia coach Kirby Smart, on the other hand, was not, despite his team winning 30-15. “Nobody gave us a chance. Your whole network doubted us. Nobody believed us. And then they tried to rob us with calls, in this place,” Smart …
Read More »As Kirby Smart dines on doubt, Georgia feasts on Texas. Now, should we question Longhorns?
AUSTIN, Texas — For a guy who says he doesn’t watch the ESPN talking heads, Kirby Smart sure seemed to know a lot about what those talking heads said regarding his team this week. Mostly, they said Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs wouldn’t beat No. 1 Texas. Georgia bottled up that doubt and turned it into fuel. “Our whole program was being …
Read More »Huskers coach Matt Rhule caught off guard by loss
Oct 5, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule talks with officials during a review in the second quarter against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule was shocked by his team’s 56-7 loss to Indiana on Saturday. He admitted as much in his postgame press …
Read More »College football grades for Week 8: Indiana crushes Nebraska, FSU flops vs. Duke
The report card is back this week after a well-deserved break, and some teams need a break as well (hi, friends in Norman and Lincoln). But all is not lost for other teams that like not giving the ball to opponents or can complete a pass if their lives depended on it, as we inch closer to the reveal of …
Read More »Kirby Smart roasts officials after controversial call in UGA’s win
AUSTIN, TEXAS – OCTOBER 19: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs reacts during the second half against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images) Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart did not hold back on his criticism of officials following Georgia’s 30-15 win over …
Read More »WR Elijhah Badger emerging as deep threat and what else Florida football learned from its win over UK
Florida football is getting closer to playing the complementary football head coach Billy Napier has been striving for since he first took over as coach. The Florida Gators (4-3, 2-2 SEC) scored 14 points off turnovers, established the run and generated big plays downfield in the pass game from freshman quarterback DJ Lagway in its 48-20 win over Kentucky at …
Read More »Kickoff time, TV info announced for Alabama football vs. Missouri
The view from the Million Dollar Band’s perspective in Bryant Denny Stadium. Million Dollar Band The SEC has announced final kickoff times and TV designations for Week 9 games, including the Alabama Crimson Tide’s matchup against the Missouri Tigers on Oct. 26 in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide and Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT at Bryant-Denny …
Read More »College football rankings: Big Ten teams in updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25 after Week 8
Week 8 of the 2024 college football season was another fruitful one for the Big Ten conference. No. 2 Oregon kicked off the week with a dominant victory over Purdue on the road, picking up its first road shutout victory since 1992. Elsewhere, Indiana football continued its magical start to the 2024 season with a 56-7 win on the road …
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