College Football

Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football had only lost one game in the big game blues before this season, the 2021 College Football Playoff against Georgia. But the Wolverines wore them again and were trounced by Texas in Week 2. The maize and blue have a chance at redemption with USC coming to town to open up Big Ten play, and …

Aug 31, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer leads his players onto the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium for his first game as head coach. The Crimson Tide played Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports After an undefeated 3-0 start to the season, the Alabama Crimson Tide will not play this weekend …

Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard (13) celebrates after scoring a touchdown Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, during the NCAA football game against the Purdue Boilermakersat Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Notre Dame will hope to avoid a second at-home letdown against an underdog Mid-American Conference team when it hosts Miami of Ohio at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. …

OU softball coach Patty Gasso strikes a pose last June 20 after her Sooners won their fifth national title. JUMP The pageantry leading up to Oklahoma’s first appearance in Norman for ESPN “College GameDay” since 2020 has been incredible. Norman is preparing for an electric atmosphere, and the show is packed with some notable Sooner names and legends and a particular …

. Florida football hits the road in Week 4 of the college football schedule for its first game away from home this fall against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, and if you are looking to watch the game live you have come to the right place. The Gators have struggled to a 1-2 record so far, dropping their Southeastern …

BLOOMINGTON — Charlotte football coach Biff Poggi told reporters this week his players need to be ready for a “15-round fight” against Indiana football. That’s probably a bit optimistic with the way the Hoosiers are playing. Indiana (3-0; 1-0 Big Ten) is earning national attention for its performance through the first quarter of the season. The Hoosiers offense is firing on all cylinders …

Sep. 20—BEMIDJI — Nine minutes can feel like a lifetime in a football game. In 2023, Bemidji State averaged 26 minutes of possession per game. This season, the Beavers’ average time of possession is over 35 minutes — an improvement of more than nine minutes. “I think that’s probably the biggest glaring stat of the year,” head coach Brent Bolte …

Florida State football is looking to avoid a disastrous 0-4 start to the season. Welcoming Cal to Doak Campbell Stadium for the first meeting between the two programs, the Seminoles (0-3) are coming off another disappointing performance in a 20-12 loss to Memphis. Cal (3-0) enters the game after a 31-10 win over San Diego State in week three. It’s …

After a tough loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last week, the Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) hope to right the ship Monday night when the team hosts the Washington Commanders (1-1) at Paycor Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. The Bengals have a 5-5-1 all-time record against Washington. When the two teams met last in 2020, Bengals quarterback Joe …

Sep. 20—Who: Marshall at No. 3 Ohio State When: 12 p.m., Saturday Where: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio TV/Radio: FOX/1410 Series history: Ohio State leads 2-0 with wins in 2004 and 2010. Centerville native Mike Nugent made a 55-yard field goal at the buzzer to beat the Thundering Herd in ’04. The Buckeyes are 3-0 against current members of the Sun …

Go West, young man. Surely, you’ve heard the phrase before. It’s been in American existence since the mid-1800s, credited to author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, who, in an 1865 edition of the New York Daily Tribune, wrote those words as a way to encourage Americans to migrate away from the country’s founding territories in the East. “Washington (D.C.) is …

AUBURN, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 14 : Running back Jeremiah Cobb #23 of the Auburn Tigers runs the ball downfield during the first half of their game against the New Mexico Lobos at Jordan-Hare Stadium on September 14, 2024 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) Auburn football bounced back in a big way in its week three 45-19 victory …

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia breaks down Michigan football’s 2024 Big Ten opener and Week 4 matchup vs. No. 12 Southern Cal on Saturday in Ann Arbor: Fast facts Matchup: No. 17 Michigan (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. No. 12 USC (2-0, 0-0). Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Saturday; Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor. TV/radio: CBS; WXYT-FM (97.1), WTKA-AM (1050). Line: Trojans by 5½. Michigan edge rusher …

Lee Corso gives the thumbs up after picking Ohio State to win while, from left, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Archie Griffin, and Kirk Herbstreit sit on the set of ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from the campus of Ohio State prior to the NCAA football game against the Michigan State Spartans in Columbus on Nov. 21, 2015. (Adam Cairns / The …

SOUTH BEND — As Notre Dame football running back Jadarian Price took the field with 41 seconds left in a one-sided first half last Saturday at Purdue, Deland McCullough made a request. “Go in and bust one,” said the associate head coach for the Irish. Moments later, Price was rambling 70 yards for yet another Notre Dame touchdown to make …