College Football

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Texas Tech football team won eight games this season, but the Red Raiders weren’t perfect. Far from it. They were especially lacking on defense, and it cost defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and defensive passing game coordinator Marcel Yates their jobs. The vulnerability showed up again Friday night in the Liberty Bowl as Arkansas big-played Tech to …

The Oklahoma Sooners and Navy Midshipmen will clash in a battle of wagons and boats in the Armed Forces Bowl. Oklahoma enters the game off a disappointing first year in the SEC, finishing 6-6 and barely achieving bowl eligibility. While the Sooners’ season as a whole was disappointing, it did include the high point of knocking off Alabama 24-3 in …

McCord.jpg Kyle McCord of No. 22 Syracuse broke Deshaun Watson’s Atlantic Coast Conference single-season record of 4,593 yards passing on a 50-yard completion to Darrell Gill Jr. on the Orange’s first play of the second half of the Holiday Bowl against Washington State on Friday night. McCord came in with 4,326 yards, which was fifth on the ACC’s single-season list, …

The North Carolina Tar Heels (6-6) will play their final game without new head coach Bill Belichick on the sidelines when they face the UConn Huskies (8-4) in the 2024 Fenway Bowl on Saturday. North Carolina replaced former coach Mack Brown with Belichick, who led the Patriots to six Super Bowl wins. Interim coach Freddie Kitchens will remain with the …

Shortly after KJ Winston suffered a season-ending injury in September, Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen met with Jaylen Reed, another veteran safety on the team. Allen told Reed, who was already one of the Nittany Lions’ leaders, that he was going to have to take his leadership “to another level. You have to bring guys with you. Your role …

Bragging rights are on the line in the 2024 New Mexico Bowl on Saturday as a Group of Five team will match up with a Power Four program. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference will take on the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12, in the first-ever meeting between the schools. Louisiana is 10-3 and won …

Dec. 27—Bowl season is back in Albuquerque. TCU and Louisiana-Lafayette will square off in the 19th Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Saturday at 12:15 p.m. MT, the first-ever clash between the teams at University Stadium. The Horned Frogs (8-4) and Ragin’ Cajuns (10-3) both arrived on Christmas Day and have been preparing for the New Mexico Bowl — and, of …

Two of college football’s great programs are set to square off for the first time in 47 years, and just the fourth time ever, when Texas A&M and USC meet in the Las Vegas Bowl on Friday night. The Aggies and Trojans have combined for 14 claimed national championships (USC with 11, Texas A&M with 3) and rank among the …

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 …