Nick Saban hosts the ESPN College GameDay show before the first round of the College Football Playoff between Notre Dame and Indiana on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend. Legendary college football coach and analyst Nick Saban recently shared his thoughts on Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton ahead of the highly anticipated Sugar Bowl matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs …
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South Carolina football vs Illinois: Score prediction, scouting report for Citrus Bowl game
ORLANDO, Fla. — It all comes down to this for South Carolina football. The No. 14 Gamecocks (9-3) have one final game in the 2024 season as they face Illinois in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Tuesday (3 p.m. ET, ABC) at Camping World Stadium. If they defeat the No. 21 Fighting Illini (9-3) they will become the fifth team in South Carolina …
Read More »Everything Bill O’Brien said after Nebraska defeated Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl
Dec 28, 2024; Bronx, NY, USA; Boston College Eagles head coach Bill O’Brien reacts during the first half against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Boston College head football coach Bill O’Brien met with the media following his team’s 20-15 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Pinstripe Bowl. O’Brien opened his availability by complimenting …
Read More »Social media reacts to Nebraska winning the Pinstripe Bowl over Boston College
Dec 28, 2024; Bronx, NY, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers linebacker Gage Stenger (47) celebrates after the game against the Boston College Eagles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images For the first time since 2016, the Huskers played in a bowl game, and for the first time since 2015, they won a bowl game. Nebraska defeated Boston College 20-15 after …
Read More »Auburn football: 3 positions Tigers could still address via transfer portal
For now, transfer portal season is a wrap. The NCAA’s football transfer window closed at midnight Saturday, meaning players can’t enter the portal until the second offseason window, which opens April 15 and lasts 11 days. That also means Auburn football can’t see players depart until the spring, and with some stasis on roster movement, the program’s 14-man transfer class …
Read More »Riley Leonard knows what lies ahead in CFP quarterfinal. ‘This is why I came here.’
It was hard to escape the hype surrounding the Indiana-Notre Dame game last week. Everywhere you went, people were talking about the in-state bragging rights that were on the line between the Hoosiers and Fighting Irish in the first ever home College Football Playoff game. Classes were extended a week at Notre Dame so students could stay for the Friday …
Read More »Assessing the damages of Auburn football’s transfer portal losses
The first of two offseason transfer portal windows gave Auburn football a lot to like in regard to its additions. But in looking at the net gains and losses, it’d be easy to assume things didn’t go well for the Tigers transfer-wise. Hugh Freeze’s roster took a net loss during the winter portal window, with 18 players departing Auburn as …
Read More »Army dominates scoreboard, possession time in dispatching La. Tech in I-Bowl
The Independence Bowl has welcomed some significant attendance numbers over the years with schools like LSU, Notre Dame, Texas A&M and Oklahoma casting their lots in the 11th oldest bowl game in the country. But thanks to heavy rains that fell throughout the Shreveport-Bossier City area on Saturday, an announced crowd of 34,283 hardy souls watched as Army dominated late …
Read More »Texas A&M’s consistency issues hamper them in Las Vegas Bowl: ‘Story of our season’
Texas A&M football’s loss Friday to USC in the Las Vegas Bowl night felt like the final month of the season encapsulated into one 60-minute game. From penalties continuing to be a persistent issue — adding eight more miscues against the Trojans, pushing their season total to 98 — to the defense’s inability to stop USC’s passing attack that scored …
Read More »3 keys to BYU’s Alamo Bowl victory over Colorado
Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Harrison Taggart (11) sacks the Colorado Buffaloes QB during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News The BYU Cougars cruised past the Colorado Buffaloes in the Valero Alamo Bowl Saturday night, winning 36-14 to finish the 2024 season with an 11-2 record. Here are three …
Read More »Brawl mars end of Miltary Bowl as in-state rivals East Carolina and NC State square off
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — If you’re already looking ahead to 2025 in college football, mark this season opener down: East Carolina at NC State on Aug. 30. The Pirates and Wolfpack began brawling in the final minute of East Carolina’s 26-21 victory in the Military Bowl on Saturday night — and the teams won’t have to wait long to see each …
Read More »Analysis: BYU’s substance overpowers Colorado’s flash as No. 17 Cougars dominate No. 23 Buffs in Alamo Bowl
Brigham Young Cougars defensive end Tyler Batty (92) douses BYU head coach Kalani Sitake during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. BYU won 36-14. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The attention on BYU’s football program, in terms of eyeballs and national recognition, had never been bigger than it was …
Read More »‘It’s over’: Colorado lays egg vs. BYU in last game of Travis Hunter-Shedeur Sanders era
SAN ANTONIO – Colorado head coach Deion Sanders hopped on a golf cart next to his bodyguard and zoomed down a stadium tunnel on his way out of town. He had just answered questions from reporters about what happened here Saturday night in the Alamo Bowl – a 36-14 loss against BYU in his final game coaching his two youngest …
Read More »BYU stymies Sanders, Hunter in 36-14 victory over Colorado in Alamo Bowl
SAN ANTONIO — L.J. Martin rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Retzlaff passed for 151 yards, and No. 17 BYU beat No. 20 Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night. BYU (11-2, No. 17 CFP) scored in every quarter in rolling to its second straight bowl victory and third in its past four appearances after failing …
Read More »What Colorado head coach Deion Sanders said after facing BYU
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders wipes gatorade off of Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake after the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. BYU won 36-14. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Even after losing to BYU in Saturday night’s Alamo Bowl, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders still has plenty of love for …
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