College Football

Auburn players gather at midfield for a prayer as they arrive for the Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday December 28, 2021. Pre13 The Vanderbilt Commodores and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are set to face off in the Birmingham Bowl this Friday afternoon as the week’s college football schedule rolls along, and if you want to …

The 2024 Holiday Bowl will take place on Friday, featuring the No. 21 Syracuse Orange against the Washington State Cougars. Syracuse is coming off an impressive 9-3 season that included a marquee win over Miami (FL) to end the season that kept the Hurricanes out of the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, Washington State went 8-4 with a win over Washington …

Dec. 27—”Carry him to the media!” Washington State offensive line coach Jared Kaster shouted as four underclassmen lifted senior left tackle Esa Pole off the field on Saturday following his final practice in Pullman. Pole said the operation was Kaster’s idea. “Coach Kaster said I’m the only senior on the O-line, and it’s my last time off the field,” Pole …

The stage is set for the 2024 Birmingham Bowl as the Vanderbilt Commodores take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday. Georgia Tech had the better regular-season record (7-5) and has won each of its last six matchups against Vanderbilt, but is 1-4 in road games in 2024. Meanwhile, the Commodores look to get back into the win column after finishing …

STILLWATER — Mike Gundy opened all the gifts under the Transfer Tree and found that Portal Santa had delivered quite a haul for his Oklahoma State football team. With his rebuilt coaching staff in place, Gundy and the Cowboys are up to 16 transfer portal additions this offseason, plus a few more from the junior college ranks and a late …

The 2024 college football bowl season continues to gift fans with rare matchups. One such game will feature Texas A&M football (8-4) taking on USC (6-6) in the Las Vegas Bowl on Friday. This will be the fourth-ever meeting between the programs, and the first since 1977. Following a 7-1 start to the season and a chance to compete for …

Georgia running back Roderick Robinson II (0) breaks away for a big gain during the second half of a NCAA college football game against Ole Miss in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Georgia won 52-17.Syndication: Online Athens Georgia Bulldogs running back Roderick Robinson has reportedly suffered a lower body injury ahead of the Sugar Bowl. Robinson suffered the …

. While Notre Dame football prepares to take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, it doesn’t mean they aren’t doing its job recruiting. The Irish are off to a great start in its 2026 class, with six commitments already. There is still room for plenty of other players to join them and in a …

Former Wisconsin and current Indiana offensive tackle Trey Wedig accepted an invitation to play in the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl on Thursday. The UW alumnus, who last played in Indiana’s College Football Playoff loss to Notre Dame, is among nearly 100 of college football’s most prolific upperclassmen to accept an invitation to the contest. In 2024, Wedig proved to be one …

The college football bowl season kicks into high gear over the next couple of days as the new year approaches. The Friday lineup features five contests with the so-called power four leagues well represented. The slate includes one Top 25 squad, although that one could be involved in one of the day’s biggest mismatches. The action today is primarily in …

When Navy football coach Brian Newberry announced a change at offensive coordinator after the 2023 college football season, the Midshipmen’s coach was looking for a new voice and spark for his offense. He seems to have found one in first-year offensive coordinator Drew Cronic. Cronic — a college football journeyman, who has served in various roles throughout all levels of …

He was in the transfer portal for 24 hours, and it didn’t take long to choose a new home and underscore the reality of today’s college football. That was John Mateer last week in an Instagram post from 1Oklahoma, staring in the camera while the graphic asked, “Sooner Nation, what are you asking Santa for this season?” The No. 1 …

LAKELAND — On the first play of the game, a Lakeland defensive player was streaking toward the end zone after picking off a pass near the line of scrimmage to give the Dreadnaughts a quick 7-0  lead in less than a minute into its regional final game against Tampa Bay Tech. Who was that player? It’s hardly a difficult guess …

When several senior members of the Louisiana Tech football team received a phone call from their position coach a few days ago asking if they’d be available to play in a bowl game, the question was met with skepticism. “The seniors thought it was a crank phone call,” Tech coach Sonny Cumbie said recently. “They were in disbelief. But they …

PHOENIX – They walked back toward the locker room in the bowels of Chase Field with stunned looks on their faces. Members of Rutgers football team left frustrated and disappointed after a Rate Bowl victory slipped right through their grasp. Up 17 points in the second half, only for Kansas State to stage a comeback that ended with a 44-41 …