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Tim Cowlishaw: First 12-team College Football Playoff reminds fans to be careful what they wish for
DALLAS — From the “Be Careful What You Wish For” Department, we bring you this week in college football. Congratulations to all those who argued so strongly and loudly for so many years to bring a tournament to the postseason. The first final four of the expanded (and soon to...
Former star Pa. running back turns down Bill Belichick, transfers to SEC school
Former Pottsgrove running back Rahsul Faison had options to where he would play his senior season, including for Bill Belichick at North Carolina. Ultimately, Faison announced this week he would be suiting up for South Carolina. Faison spent his first three years at Pottsgrove before becoming a two-star recruit by...
Big kicks, big misses and big returns: special teams creating game-changing moments in the CFP
AUSTIN, Texas — Missed kicks and makes. Big returns. Shaky nerves. Special teams have produced some nerve-wracking, game-changing and game-clinching moments so far in the College Football Playoff. The potential for more blink-of-an-eye touchdowns and knee-knocking pressure on late game field goals gets even bigger heading into the semifinals with...
Penn State grad Al Golden back in Miami, trying to bring Notre Dame a CFP title shotVideo
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday’s Orange Bowl. He’ll be coaching against Penn State, his alma mater and the school where he was a captain. He’ll be coaching again at Hard Rock Stadium, where Miami fans booed him off the field in his final game...
No more unbeatens: No. 8 Florida topples top-ranked Tennessee
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee, 73-43, on Tuesday night to knock off the last unbeaten team in Division I basketball. Alex Condon chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season as...
James Franklin, Marcus Freeman look to become 1st Black coaches to win national titleVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In college basketball, the scene of a Black coach cutting down the nets on their way to a national title is not new, even if it is still a relative rarity. John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984, the first of four Black coaches...
Ohio State QB Will Howard gets one more chance against old nemesis Texas, this time in CFP semifinalVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Second chances are not easy to come by. One victory over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals would more than make up for years of frustration for Ohio State quarterback Will Howard. Howard lost all three of his starts against Texas when he was at Kansas...
Tough, old school defense a calling card for all four teams left in the national championship huntVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — The expanded College Football Playoff has a decidedly old-school feel: Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship. If you want offense, look elsewhere this weekend. The defenses, with All-Americans spread throughout the lineups, are the story of the...
Big Ten, SEC each have 4 top 10 teams in AP women’s poll as UCLA, South Carolina still lead way
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference both have arguments to be considered the top league in women’s basketball. Each has seven teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday, including four apiece in the first 10. Both leagues have been bolstered this season by conference realignment,...
Tennessee, nation’s lone unbeaten, strengthens grip on No. 1; WVU, Michigan, Utah St. enter AP Top 25
Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball. The Vols picked up four more first-place votes and...
Knoch grad Kennedy Christy finishes volleyball career at Juniata with 3rd consecutive national title
As she segued from her final collegiate volleyball season to the holiday season, Kennedy Christy accompanied some friends to Hawaii. And if anybody deserved to relax on the warm beaches of the 50th state, it was Christy. Every college athlete dreams of going out a champion, and the Knoch grad...
With Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning, Texas could be Quarterback UVideo
DALLAS — Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian, if you haven’t noticed, is busy, surely too preoccupied amid his team’s College Football Playoff run for a one-on-one phone interview. Somehow, though, Sarkisian between team meetings and broader media obligations found a few minutes to talk, anyway, seemingly because he’d been told...
Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love expected to be ready for Orange Bowl vs. Penn StateVideo
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to operate at — or near — full capacity in the first College Football Playoff semifinal. Love reinjured his ailing right knee late in the...
Kicker Upton Bellenfant, LB Red Murdock lead Buffalo past Liberty in Bahamas BowlVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — Upton Bellenfant kicked four field goals, linebacker Red Murdock led a dominant defense with 13 tackles and a pick-6 and Buffalo completed a turnaround season with a 26-7 win over Liberty in the Bahamas Bowl on Saturday. The Bulls, 3-9 last season, finished 9-4 under first-year coach...
Minnesota beats Virginia Tech 24-10 in Duke’s Mayo Bowl for 8th straight bowl victoryVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Max Brosmer threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, Darius Taylor ran for 113 yards a TD and also threw for a score and Minnesota extended its bowl winning streak to eight with a 24-10 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl....
Ohio State coach Ryan Day offered Texas QB Quinn Ewers scholarship as 8th graderVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day has been eyeing Quinn Ewers since he was in eighth grade. He will get another look at his former recruit from the opposing sideline at the Cotton Bowl soon. Now, Ewers is set to wrap up his third year as starting quarterback for the Texas...
Lincoln Pare rushes for a 73-yard TD late and Texas State beats North Texas in First Responder BowlVideo
DALLAS — Jordan McCloud threw for 307 yards and a touchdown, Lincoln Pare ran for a 73-yard touchdown with 2 minutes, 25 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and Texas State held off North Texas, 30-28, on Friday night in the First Responder Bowl. Texas State (8-5) secured eight wins...
College football turns upside down, but this final 4 is a collection of the sport’s big programs
In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again. The moral of this story: Who knows? Other than something doesn’t totally add up when not one of the top four teams, all of which received the...
Notre Dame dispatches Georgia in Sugar Bowl, will face Penn State in CFP semifinalsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday that sends the third-ranked Fighting Irish into the semifinals of the...
Alabama QB Jalen Milroe, LB Jihaad Campbell declare for NFL Draft after bowl lossVideo
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe and linebacker Jihaad Campbell are entering the NFL Draft. Milroe and Campbell announced decisions to skip their final seasons Thursday on social media, two days after the Crimson Tide fell to Michigan, 19-13, in the ReliaQuest Bowl. “Football has always been my passion,...
Surging Ohio State to face tenacious Texas in the Cotton Bowl for a spot in the CFP title gameVideo
PASADENA, Calif. — Texas will be a whole lot closer to home than Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. The Buckeyes appear to be a whole lot closer to Atlanta. That’s where the winner of the Cotton Bowl, which doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal this year, will be...
No. 6 Ohio State blasts top-ranked Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, advances to CFP semifinalsVideo
PASADENA, Calif. — Second chances don’t come around often in life, Ohio State coach Ryan Day told his players in a team meeting before the Rose Bowl. After a season in which they fell short at too many key moments, the Buckeyes knew they had one of those second chances...
Jaxson Dart’s final college game comes in Gator Bowl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaxson Dart never considered skipping Ole Miss’ bowl game. Not after the Rebels were eliminated from College Football Playoff contention, and not after Dart announced he was leaving school early to enter the NFL Draft. Now, the first-team All-SEC quarterback will suit up for the 16th-ranked Rebels...
Texas avoids huge upset, beats Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime in Peach BowlVideo
ATLANTA — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State, 39-31, in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic Wednesday. Skattebo led...
Penn State defense stuffs Ashton Jeanty short of record
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ashton Jeanty took the handoff on Boise State’s first play and made it just a few steps before being greeted by a wall of dark blue Penn State jerseys that swallowed him up and shoved him backward for no gain. A dream season was about to end...
