Getty Images The Boise State Broncos are clear underdogs in Friday’s College Football Playoff Quartefinal at the Fiesta Bowl. Not many people are picking Boise State to upset Penn State, but one rhino at the Phoenix Zoo is standing with the Broncos. Prior to kickoff between the Broncos and Nittany Lions, the Phoenix Zoo let one of its rhinos, Chutti, …
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Tim Prangley, Trojans Wire Plain and simple, USC recruiting has not been good enough under Lincoln Riley. The Trojans have signed several top-15 classes, but he has yet to deliver the top-five ones that were expected when USC paid over $100 million to hire him away from Oklahoma. Much of that falls on the Trojans not having a true general …
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USATSI The 12-team College Football Playoff continues on New Year’s Eve when (6) Penn State faces (3) Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. The expanded format creates a more challenging path to the CFP title game, and the bracket will shrink from eight teams to four as we enter the new year. New Year’s Day begins with (5) Texas facing …
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A consequence of this modern opt-out, transfer-portal era of college football is bowl games have gone from a crowning apex of a season to a launch pad for players getting their first real shot on a big stage. At the 2024 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, the Louisville Cardinals and Washington Huskies, for different reasons, are doing that at the …
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Cameron Ward’s halftime exit of the Pop-Tarts Bowl created a media firestorm. Everyone from Ringer NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay to College Football Hall of Fame head coach Steve Spurrier criticized the move, joining thousands of others on social media as Ward stood on the sidelines during the second half a 42-41 loss to Iowa State. From one perspective, looked …
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Nov 16, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly against the Florida Gators during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images LSU football will look different in the Texas Bowl. Opt-outs and the transfer portal changed the complexion of the roster, leaving LSU without its two starting tackles and three …
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The College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to eight teams as we continue moving through the first-ever 12-team bracket. Across New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, those teams remaining will do battle at traditional New Year’s Six bowl sites for the right to move on to the semifinals as we inch closer toward crowning a national champion …
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NEW ORLEANS — About three inches in diameter, the blue metal pin-back button is still safely kept in the Jacksonville home of Marc Edwards, the treasured item only unearthed for special occasions. Scrawled around the edges of its face are four words, all in capital letters: NOTRE DAME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. At its center is a green shamrock emblazoned with the …
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The sixth-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions will battle the third-seeded Boise State Broncos in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the 2024 Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. The winner of the game will then face the winner of seventh-seeded Notre Dame and second-seeded Georgia in the semifinals. The Nittany Lions (12-2), who are coming off a 38-10 win over SMU …
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Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The 2025 recruiting class is pretty much in the rearview mirror now but Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes a look at 10 decommitments that could shape this class for years to come in this edition of Tuesdays With Gorney. RUMOR MILL: Class of 2026 in full focus as calendar turns over CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …
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The 2024-25 college football postseason brings in a new era for the sport as the 12-team College Football Playoff is underway. The four higher-seeded home teams won in the first round, setting up the CFP quarterfinals beginning on Dec. 31. That evening, No. 6 seed Penn State takes on No. 3 Boise State, and the Nittany Lions are 10.5-point favorites …
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Dec 27, 2024; Las Vegas, NV, USA; The Bowl Season logo on the field at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The LSU Tigers are on a collision course with the Baylor Bears on New Year’s Eve in the 2024 Texas Bowl held in Houston, and if you want to see some of the best college postseason action on …
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The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule began on Dec. 14 and continues through January, culminating with the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 20. This year’s bowl schedule features the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket, with the College Football Playoff quarterfinals taking place on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. No. 6 seed Penn State is an 11.5-point favorite in the …
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LOS ANGELES — The Oregon football offensive line on Monday didn’t sugarcoat issues it had at the beginning of the season ahead of its Rose Bowl and College Football Playoff quarterfinal tilt against Ohio State on New Year’s Day. The No. 1 Ducks gave up seven sacks through the first two weeks of the season against FCS Idaho and No. …
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The No. 15 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini are set to square off in the 2024 Citrus Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31. South Carolina enters at 9-3, most recently defeating No. 12 Clemson, 17-14, on Nov. 30 for its sixth straight victory. Illinois enters 9-3, most recently defeating Northwestern, 38-28, on Nov. 30 for its third …
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