College Football

ARLINGTON, Texas — The call came from Bill Parcells. The crusty old coach had seen it a million times. A sterling-minted football program expected to win somehow letting that entitled mentality seep into the locker room.  So Parcells, then the Dallas Cowboys head coach, did Mack Brown a favor. He told the Texas coach that’s exactly how the No. 2 …

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – DECEMBER 20: Comedian Shane Gillis reacts on the field prior to the Playoff First Round game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on December 20, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) It’s not uncommon for ESPN to bring comedians on College GameDay as a …

The College Football Playoff semifinals are here. Just four teams remain, and the winners of this week’s Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl will play for the national title. It’s the most hard-earned final four in college football history after the CFP expanded to 12 teams for the first time this season. The action gets underway on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. …

It’s down to the final four in the first annual 12-team College Football Playoff. The semifinal action begins tonight, with the No. 6 seed Penn State (13-2) facing No. 7 seed Notre Dame (13-1) in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. To get to this point, Penn State defeated No. 11 seed SMU, 38-10, in the first …

The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule began on Dec. 14 and continues with the College Football Playoff semifinals this week and the title game on Jan. 20. This year’s bowl schedule features the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket, with the CFP quarterfinals now complete. For the semifinals, No. 5 seed Texas will take on No. 8 Ohio State in the Cotton …

Somewhere in the Miami area is a youth football coach who unknowingly fueled the rise of a record-breaking wide receiver. This is the coach who told Jeremiah Smith he didn’t make the Miami Gardens Ravens after the 7-year-old tried out to play football for the first time. Much like the high school basketball coach who cut Michael Jordan or the …

Something has to give in the 2025 Orange Bowl on Thursday as No. 6 Penn State faces No. 7 Notre Dame. Not only is a spot in the CFP National Championship Game on the line, but these programs are deadlocked in all-time matchups. The series is tied 9-9-1, and this will be their first-ever meeting with both teams in the …

Jan. 9—The Vandal football program has changed quite a bit with new coaches, new players and even a scheduling change in the weeks since new coach Thomas Ford Jr. returned to Moscow as Idaho’s next football coach after former coach Jason Eck took the helm at New Mexico. Here is a look at the coaches and players new to Moscow, …

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Sep 28, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Germie Bernard (5) runs the ball during the first quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-Imagn Images One of the biggest NFL draft decisions remaining on the Alabama Crimson Tide’s roster has now been made, as wide receiver Germie Bernard officially announced Wednesday …

Drew Allar entered the Penn State campus with significance. He was a five-star recruit and the No. 1 quarterback in the high-school class of 2022 per 247 Sports, making him the most sought-after quarterback recruits to play for the Nittany Lions in a very long time. In mid-December, the still-not 21-year-old Allar announced he planned to return to Penn State …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman has three predictions on Cam Sparks’ recruitment, Tennessee’s offensive line recruiting and USC’s running back room. MORE PREDICTIONS: FutureCast for USC, CFB Playoff, elite QB Trae Taylor CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Top …

Dec 29, 2023; Arlington, TX, USA; A pylon with a Cotton Bowl logo on the field before the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Missouri Tigers at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports It’s been fun already but there’s still work to do. Ohio State has looked absolutely fantastic so far in the first-ever, 12-team College Football …

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers looks to pass against Arizona State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Jan. 1. In the summer of 2021, the nation’s top-ranked high school football recruit, Quinn Ewers, arrived on Ohio State’s campus in what represented a recruiting coup. Less than a year earlier, the teenage quarterback from the Dallas suburbs …

Transfer news Ohio State football is a couple of days away from taking on the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl for the right to move on to the College Football Playoff National Championship game, but that hasn’t slowed down the transfer portal news. Current Buckeyes are still evaluating their futures and one freshman has just opted to find opportunity elsewhere. Sam Williams-Dixon …