College Football

NEW ORLEANS — No one knew what to do in the fog of uncertainty and fear, so they sought normalcy. The jovial party city of New Orleans was upended early on New Year’s Day when a man intentionally rammed a pickup truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more shortly after 3 …

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JANUARY 01: Texas Longhorns players hold up a sign after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 39-31 during the second overtime in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 01, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) No team has ever done it … until New Year’s Day 2025. The Texas Longhorns are …

Getty Images Ohio State star receiver Jeremiah Smith needed barely more than one quarter to set a new career high in receiving yards as part of a record-setting performance in the Buckeyes’ 41-21 Rose Bowl victory over Oregon on Wednesday. The freshman phenom finished with seven receptions for 187 yards and two touchdowns and was lethal early as the (8) …

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning looks down during the second half as the Oregon Ducks face the Ohio State Buckeyes Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in the quarterfinal of the College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The Ohio State football team is playing its best ball at the end of the season, and that’s great for a …

Blowouts were inevitable in the expanded College Football Playoff as 12 teams reached the postseason for the first time. Certainly, no one expected the No. 1 overall (and undefeated) Oregon Ducks would be among those getting blasted out of the field. But in a lopsided 41-21 rout at the hands of Ohio State, Oregon looked the part of a sacrificial lamb.  In …

Dec 29, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus reacts to a missed field goal by place kicker Jayden Fielding during the third quarter of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against the Missouri Tigers at AT&T Stadium. Ohio State lost 14-3. Texas emerged victorious in a double overtime thriller against Arizona State on Wednesday, securing a 39-31 win. …

USATSI Oregon was without second-leading receiver Evan Stewart for its Rose Bowl contest with Ohio State on Wednesday. Stewart got “banged up” while warming up before the game, Ducks coach Dan Lanning told ESPN radio at halftime.  There were several reasons why the Ducks fell behind 34-0 to the Buckeyes in the first half, but the unexpected absence of a …

Nov 11, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Michigan State Spartans defensive back Brandon Lewis (36) warms up before the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports Brandon Lewis joined the Michigan State football program in 2023 as a walk on. The Lansing Catholic product spent two seasons as a reserve defensive back before …

The first College Football Playoff semifinal is set as (8) Ohio State and (5) Texas will meet in the Cotton Bowl on Friday, Jan. 10 with a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship on the line. This will be just the fourth meeting all-time, and the first since 2009, between two of the sport’s most storied program.  Texas …

Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (4) celebrates a touchdown with otight end Gee Scott Jr. (88) during the first half of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against the Oregon Ducks at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 1, 2025. The Ohio State Buckeyes are moving onto the College Football Playoff semifinals. Ohio State dominated the previously …

Three years or three decades? It’s tough to tell sometimes with Quinn Ewers’ Texas career. Billed a generational prospect as the No. 1 recruit out of high school, Ewers picked up his Longhorn offer nearly six years ago. Since then, there’s been a commitment, a flip, a seven-figure NIL deal that sent him off a year early to Columbus, a …

Kickoff for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday has been moved from 6:30 p.m. CT to 7:05 p.m., bowl organizers announced on Wednesday night. Ole Miss (9-3) plays Duke (9-3) in Jacksonville, Florida, at EverBank Stadium. ESPN has the broadcast. The change in the kickoff is due to the Sugar Bowl being rescheduled to 3 p.m. on Thursday. Watch the …

Arizona State trailed by 16 points in the waning minutes of the Peach Bowl against the heavily-favored Texas Longhorns. The Sun Devils’ star running back Cam Skattebo was largely stifled and found himself vomiting on the sideline.  The Longhorns ultimately pulled off a 39-31 victory over the Sun Devils in double-overtime, but the final minutes of the 2025 Peach Bowl …

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian raises the trophy as the Texas Longhorns celebrate their 39-31 double overtime win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025. Texas has had a hard time putting teams away in the second half of the season. UT let …

Conference realignment has forever changed the college football landscape, and the Rose Bowl will no longer be played between the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-12 because the latter no longer exists (at least not in a recognizable form). Still, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  In the first year of the 12-team College Football …