College Football

SAN ANTONIO − Tonight’s game between Colorado and BYU in the Alamo Bowl might be the most attractive college football bowl game that is not part of the College Football Playoff. Count the reasons: It’s a prime-time Saturday night game on ABC. It features the reigning Heisman Trophy winner from Colorado, Travis Hunter. It also features flamboyant Colorado coach Deion …

Eric Canha-Imagn Images New North Carolina coach Bill Belichick got a good look at what he’s set to inherit in Chapel Hill on Saturday. UNC entered its Fenway Bowl matchup against UConn as a 2.5-point favorite under interim head coach Freddie Kitchens but fell into a 20-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter and suffered its fifth straight …

. A reunion between DJ Lagway and former high school teammate Jermaine Bishop Jr. could happen in Gainesville. Jermaine Bishop Jr., a four-star athlete out of Willis High (Texas), narrowed down his options to eight programs on Friday — Florida, Houston, Michigan, Penn State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M and USC — according to 247Sports. Bishop plays on both sides of …

USATSI Former Mississippi State running back Dontae Walker has died, the university announced Saturday. Walker was a Mississippi high school football star who played 41 games for the Bulldogs over four seasons, finishing with 1,875 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns. Walker’s best seasons with the Bulldogs came during his sophomore and junior campaigns, and the most memorable play from his …

Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski answer questions from the local news media during the first press conferences for the 2023 football season on August 1, 2023. The Texas Longhorns secured a spot in the Peach Bowl by defeating the Clemson Tigers at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. However, with every win, lessons are still to be learned, and defensive …

No. 13 Miami and No. 18 Iowa State will clash in one of only three bowl games outside the College Football Playoff including two ranked teams. As you’d expect in this situation, it’s also a battle between two teams who came up just short of their goals. Miami began its season with nine straight wins. It was a favorite to …

Dec 7, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; ESPN announcer Jordan Rodgers before the 2024 SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images It’s college football bowl season in 2024! Woohoo! And in the 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl taking place in Orlando, we’ve got Iowa State playing against Miami — the Hurricanes are ranked No. 13 in the country, and …

More than 60% of Power Four quarterbacks were transfers at one point in their career. That percentage has carried over into the College Football Playoff, where five of the eight starters in the quarterfinals — everyone but Gunner Stockton (Georgia), Drew Allar (Penn State) and Maddux Madsen (Boise State) — are former transfers.  So how did their portal recruitments go …

Photo: Isaiah Hole TAMPA, Fla. — Everyone was waiting for the ‘O.G.’ of the Michigan football defense to show up as he had in his previous roles, and as Wink Martindale tells it, things started to click for the Wolverines defensively in the second half of the Oregon game. That led to closer-than-expected games against Indiana and Ohio State, with the …

Cam Ward might be playing in Miami’s Pop-Tarts Bowl, but it seems he’ll be without his favorite receiver. Xavier Restrepo announced hours before the slated bowl game kickoff against Iowa State that he was declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft. Though he didn’t mention the game in his post, it likely means he has opted out of the Pop-Tarts Bowl. …

The No. 22 Army Black Knights and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs are set to square off in the 2024 Independence Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 28. Army enters at 11-2 but is coming off a loss in the historic Army vs. Navy Game, falling 31-13, on Dec. 14. Louisiana Tech enters at 5-7 and coming off a 33-0 win over Kennesaw State …

ESPN College GameDay set was live inside Ohio Stadium prior to the football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. ESPN may not have a television contract with the Big Ten any longer, but now that the postseason has begun, the sports media giant seems to be just fine with …

Getty Images Georgia quarterback Carson Beck has played his last college football game. The redshirt senior announced his intentions to enter the 2025 NFL Draft on his Instagram account, foregoing a final year of eligibility.  Beck’s season was cut short during the SEC Championship Game against Texas when he sustained an injury to his right elbow on the final play before …

Carson Beck is leaving Georgia and entering the 2025 NFL draft, the Bulldogs quarterback announced on Saturday. The 23-year-old Beck took to Instagram to thank his teammates and coaches at Georgia and wrote that he will remain around the Bulldogs as they head to the College Football Playoff quarterfinals against No. 7 Notre Dame in Wednesday’s Sugar Bowl. First off …

Bragging rights are on the line in the 2024 New Mexico Bowl on Saturday as a Group of Five team will match up with a Power Four program. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference will take on the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12, in the first-ever meeting between the schools. Louisiana is 10-3 and won …