College Football

Getty Images The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is nearing its conclusion. After all the anticipation throughout the season, the semifinals have come and gone and now there are only two teams remaining as we get set to crown a national champion for the 2024 campaign.  Now that the dust has settled, it’ll be No. 7 seed Notre Dame squaring …

ARLINGTON, Texas — It felt like forever. The run felt like forever. The jaunt. The trot. Call it what you want. A rumble. It looked like forever, too. All 260 pounds of Jack Sawyer racing — is that the right word? — down the sideline. In the stands, his family watched. Run, Jack. Run. Ruuuun. The 20, the 30, the …

Getty Images After three exciting rounds, just two teams are left standing with a shot at the College Football Playoff National Championship. 7-seed Notre Dame is set to take on 8-seed Ohio State for all the marbles on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.  Both teams reached the title game via hard-fought semifinal wins over brand-name opponents. The …

Ohio State Buckeyes fans celebrate following the Cotton Bowl Classic College Football Playoff semifinal game against the Texas Longhorns at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 10, 2025. Ohio State won 28-14. Well, it wasn’t the smooth ride like the first two games were, but maybe a little more meaningful. After embarrassing Tennessee and Oregon, Ohio State found itself …

USATSI The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship is set as (8) Ohio State and (7) Notre Dame will face off for the sport’s most illustrious prize. This will be Notre Dame’s first shot at a national championship since 2012, while the Buckeyes are back in the national title game for the second time under coach Ryan Day.  Ohio State …

It wasn’t as easy as the two weeks prior in the College Football Playoff, but. Ohio State made enough plays to win a tough battle against the Texas Longhorns in a CFP semifinal Cotton Bowl on Friday night. It was a nip and tuck affair that went into the fourth quarter until the OSU defense again made a goal-line stand, …

A little more than a year ago as its archrival won a national championship in Houston, Ohio State landed a commitment from former SEC Freshman of the Year Quinshon Judkins.  It may have struck some as desperate at the moment, a way of trying to steal the tiniest of shine away from Michigan’s big moment, but what it really signaled …

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian watches from the sideline during the first half of the Cotton Bowl Classic College Football Playoff semifinal game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 10, 2025. Ohio State won a tough battle with Texas in the Cotton Bowl and came away with a 28-14 victory in the …

Getty Images Ohio State and Notre Dame are set to add another chapter to their storied history Jan. 20 when they face off in the College Football Playoff National Championship. This will be the ninth meeting all-time between two of college football’s premier program, and the third season in a row that they’ll take the field against one another.  Ohio …

Ohio State will play Notre Dame for the national title after beating Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night. The Buckeyes scored 14 straight points in the fourth quarter to seal the game after Texas had tied it in the third quarter. Here are the five plays that defined the game as Ohio State will try to win …

Getty Images Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer ran a fumble back 83 yards for a touchdown to seal the Buckeyes’ 28-14 win over Texas on Friday night in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Sawyer hit Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers before he could throw before scooping up the bouncing football and housing it for a game-defining play in a tightly …

ARLINGTON, Texas – The monstrous video board inside AT&T Stadium showed a Texas fan at a loss for words, unable to accept what she’d just seen. Finally, she spoke. “Holy (expletive),” she said, in a daze, while Ohio State fans celebrated. That just happened. A Texas drive that reached the 1-yard line ended in a Buckeyes touchdown going the other …

Jan. 10—PULLMAN — A day after Jimmy Rogers was formally introduced as Washington State’s next football coach, he reeled in his biggest catch yet. Junior college transfer wide receiver Devin Ellison is transferring to WSU, he announced on social media Friday morning, giving the Cougars their highest-profile transfer since Rogers took the job in late December. A three-star prospect, Ellison …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas quarterback Arch Manning entered the Cotton Bowl on Friday on fourth-and-1 in the second quarter against Ohio State on Friday, and the crowd went wild. The five-star backup converted the run, although his star status has ascended beyond short-yardage situations despite not yet becoming Texas’ full-time starter as a redshirt freshman. The familiar last name helps. …

Getty Images The hard deadline for college football underclassmen to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft is Jan. 15, but even into late January, players will be making decisions about their future. Thanks to the expanded College Football Playoff, players participating in the national championship on Jan. 20 in Atlanta have until the Jan. 24 to declare and until Jan. …