College Football

Sep 28, 2019; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor (23) rushes with the football in front of Northwestern Wildcats linebacker Paddy Fisher (42) during the first quarter at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-404068 ORIG FILE ID: 20190928_jla_sh5_043.jpg The Northwestern Wildcats get set to face the Wisconsin Badgers in their makeshift …

Top-ranked Texas football hosts the recent standard bearer for the SEC on Saturday, when No. 4 Georgia visits Royal-Memorial for the first time since 1958. Texas  (6-0, 2-0 SEC) and Georgia (5-1, 2-1) entered the season as favorites to play for a national championship, and each remains on firm footing for one of the 12 spots in the College Football …

We’re reached the unofficial halfway mark of the season with college football entering Week 8. There are seven weeks down and there will be seven more after this Saturday. There have been lots of surprises so far with Florida State, Michigan and Oklahoma State among the teams having disappointing starts and Indiana, Iowa State and Pittsburgh leading a group of …

No. 11 Notre Dame travels to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium today marking the 38th college football meeting between the Irish (5-2) and Georgia Tech (5-2). It is Notre Dame’s first appearance at the home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and is officially a Georgia Tech home game. The Irish are 13-2-1 when playing the Yellow Jackets on the road. Last week, …

Hutto football overcame a shaky first quarter and the absence of their starting quarterback on Friday night to defeat Stony Point 35-21. Hippos (4-3, 3-2 in district) backup quarterback Hunter Frenette was in for an injured Kaden Stefek. Frenette threw for 130 yards and ran for 163 yards, including a 59-yard rushing touchdown. Stony Point (2-6, 1-5 in district) quarterback …

Rutgers football has a big opportunity today to gets its season back on track. But in the Big Ten, nothing comes easily, either. The Scarlet Knights will host UCLA at SHI Stadium looking to snap their two-game losing streak and regain their form after losses to Nebraska and Wisconsin. The Bruins are 1-5, but have played a tough schedule that’s …

IBERIA — Northmor made some history Friday night. Not only did the Golden Knights (9-0, 6-0) clinch the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship, they won their first football league title since 1982 when competing in the defunct Mid Ohio Conference. The latest crown happened after dispatching Morrow County rival Cardington 49-6 in Week 9. Jax Wenger returned an interception 83 …

Ball State football is back on the road for its last nonconference game of the 2024 season. The Cardinals (2-4, 1-2 MAC) will take on Vanderbilt (4-2, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday. The Commodores are enjoying a renaissance season in coach Clark Lea’s fourth year at the helm, highlighted by a shocking upset victory over then-No. 1 Alabama two weeks ago. …

BLOOMINGTON — Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn raved about Indiana football quarterback Kurtis Rourke’s development on Friday afternoon after a rehearsal for FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff. Quinn is one of the analysts on the show that will air from the South Lawn outside Memorial Stadium before IU’s game against Nebraska on Saturday. The former Maxwell Award winner did his …

Oct. 19—Jeffrey Randall connected with Lonnie Thomas for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 44.2 seconds remaining, lifting the Blue Devils (3-3) over the Eagles (2-5) in Windham. It was the third TD catch of the game for Thomas, who got behind Windham’s defense for a 51-yard reception that gave Lewiston a 28-15 lead in the third quarter. Windham answered with …

Jake Retzlaff passed to Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown as No. 13 BYU defeated Oklahoma State, 38-35. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps) No. 13 BYU remained undefeated and improved to 7-0, 4-0 in the Big 12 with a 38-35 win over Oklahoma State on Friday night in Provo, Utah. Jake Retzlaff hit Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown with 10 seconds …

Jake Retzlaff passed to Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown as No. 13 BYU defeated Oklahoma State, 38–35. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps) No. 13 BYU (7–0) remained undefeated and improved to 4–0 in the Big 12 with a 38–35 win over Oklahoma State on Friday night in Provo, Utah. Jake Retzlaff hit Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown with 11 seconds …

EUREKA — The Eureka Hornets had plenty of ups, but one too many downs in a showdown Friday for a conference championship. Eureka lost 29-12 as Downs Tri-Valley clinched the Heart of Central Illinois (Large) Conference championship in a battle between two teams unbeaten in conference play. Eureka was 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference as it hosted Tri-Valley …

Javonte Smith stood in the end zone, waiting for an overthrown pass to hit him between the 2 and the 5 on his jersey. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound North Side junior sprinted 100 yards into the other end zone for an interception return for a touchdown in North Side’s 28-7 home win over South Side on Friday. “When I saw him …

Like a pair of heavyweight fighters in the boxing ring, West Holmes and visiting New Philadelphia went toe to toe, exchanging blows, with the Quakers landing the final haymaker with a defensive score to pull out a 38-31 triumph over the Knights in Ohio Cardinal Conference action on Friday night. Quaker sophomore defensive back Kolston Fox pounced on a fumble …