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The third-ranked Wolverines withstood the absence of star running back Blake Corum to score a dominant 45-23 victory over No. 2 Ohio State. Michigan outscored the home team 28-3 in the second half to send the Buckeyes packing. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy, running back Donovan Edwards and wide receiver Cornelius Johnson were the stars of the show, as the former completed 12 of 24 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns (adding another score on the ground)....

Where to start? That would be No. 8 Michigan vs. Colorado State or No. 13 N.C. State at East Carolina, the first nationally televised games involving top-25 teams. Of course, the biggest games don’t start until 3:30 p.m. when defending College Football Playoff champion Georgia, ranked No. 3, takes on No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. There’s also College Football Playoff buster No. 23 Cincinnati at No. 19 Arkansas in that time slot, and No....

Stanford vs. No. 9 Texas (-10.5) The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has Texas (10-1 SU, 7-2 ATS) laying 10.5 points at home, the fifth time they’ve been a double-digit favorite. The Longhorns won each of those games outright and covered three of the five. The total will be worth watching in this case as Texas is 5-0 to the UNDER. Texas will be Stanford’s second ranked opponent of the season....

“Welcome to College basketball season. I promise our post season will be better.” Indeed, March Madness has delivered few title-game clunkers like Georgia over TCU that ended the College Football Playoff. Eight of the past 10 NCAA championship games have been in doubt into the final minute. Kris Jenkins delivered a buzzer-beater for Villanova to beat North Carolina in 2016. Virginia beat Texas Tech in overtime in 2019. And this past March, Kansas survived a 3-point attempt from Carolina’s Caleb Love that would have forced OT....

LSU lost two of three to Florida in Gainesville during the regular season. Despite being the top two seeds in the SEC tournament, the two teams did not meet in Hoover, Alabama. No. 1 seed Florida was upset by No. 4 Arkansas in the conference semifinals befoe No. 2 seed LSU the knocked out Arkansas 4-2 in the championship game. Now Florida and LSU will get their rematch with a national title on the line....

The pipe’s operators were reported to have paid a ransom to the hacking group, known as DarkSide, to end the attack, but not before large parts of the East Coast were left with gasoline shortages. The ransom, widely reported to have been worth around $5 million, was paid in bitcoin. On June 7, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco confirmed investigators had recovered 64.7 of the bitcoins—valued at around $2.3 million at the time—back from the hackers by gaining access to a bitcoin wallet that contained them....

What Is Colorectal Surgery? Colorectal surgeries are procedures that are done to correct a damaged or disease section of your lower intestinal tract. This may be a result of cancer, a malformation, another disease process, or some sort of injury or infection. Colorectal surgeries can be done using a variety of surgical techniques. Your surgeon will work with you to decide which option is best given your overall health and specific medical condition....

Now going by the title Colossal Cave - Reimagined by Roberta Williams, the remake was originally announced as a VR-focused title that will be released for Mac, PC, and Meta Quest 2. However, it looks like it won’t be strictly exclusive to VR, because developer Cygnus Entertainment has confirmed that the game will be coming to the Nintendo Switch as well. RELATED: Return to Monkey Island Gets the Perfect Release Date and Hilarious Pre-Order Bonus...

The Colts’ first step in becoming “the man,” i.e. winning the Super Bowl, started on Sunday with a 26-10 victory over the Bengals. The team still has a ways to go before it reaches the mountain top. A date with the Broncos on Sunday is next, but the Colts are well on their way. MORE: Must-see playoff photos | Bengals bicker on the sidelines | Luck’s beautiful throw Safety Sergio Brown honored the man responsible for that saying, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, by celebrating the playoff win like the leader of “The Four Horseman....

Irish eyes weren’t smiling, and neither were those in Georgia. Tennessee snapped its 11-year losing streak against Florida while Wisconsin punched Sparty in the mouth. In the Pac 12, Stanford and Washington both found a way to win on the road. Here are the top playoff contenders from each conference as we head into monster matchups in Week 5. MORE: Week 5 bowl projections ACC Top Contenders: No. 3 Louisville, No....

The college playoff semifinals will be played in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2021, and the national championship will be January 11, 2021 in Miami. (Note: The Rose Bowl will be played in Arlington, Texas this year) CFP Semifinal #1 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One No.1 Alabama vs No. 4 Notre Dame AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas 5 p.m. • ESPN CFP Semifinal #2 Allstate Sugar Bowl No....

Several teams in the top 10 of the most recent AP and Coaches polls suffered — or were the reason behind — first losses in Week 7. That starts with No. 3 Alabama, whose back-and-forth battle with No. 6 Tennessee ended in a 52-49 defeat for the Crimson Tide. It was their first loss in the rivalry since 2006. No. 5 Michigan overcame a comeback attempt by No. 10 Penn State and ended up demolishing the Nittany Lions 41-17....

Auburn snagged the No. 6 spot in the AP rankings with its own lopsided victory over Georgia on Saturday, while the Bulldogs fell to No. 7. Wisconsin’s home win over previously 20th-ranked Iowa kept the Badgers undefeated at No. 4 in both the AP and Coaches polls. Oklahoma’s statement win over TCU put the Sooners well in control in the Big 12 and lifted them to No. 3 in the AP Poll....

USC is the answer. The Trojans are No. 7 in the third set of College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday. The Trojans are the lone one-loss Pac-12 team heading into the highest-visibility Week 12 game at No. 17 UCLA. USC (9-1) is the second highest one-loss team in the rankings behind No. 5 Tennessee (9-1). Do the Trojans have what it takes to give the Pac-12 its playoff team since Washington in 2016?...

Mere hours after the Buckeyes demolished Michigan State 56-7, Oregon — the one team that can claim a head-to-head victory over Ryan Day and Co. — suffered its second defeat of the season, a 38-7 loss at No. 23 Utah. MORE: College football rankings: What MSU’s loss to Ohio State means for Alabama, Michigan and more With the troublesome Ducks out of the way, Ohio State now is in complete control of its destiny (though you could argue the Buckeyes claimed that ability following their win over the Spartans)....

What if I could take off three months and travel the country for an entire season, stopping to admire some of college football’s best teams, stadiums and traditions? To be honest, planning the itinerary could be quite overwhelming — there are so many ducks to put in a row: making sure certain teams play at home when you’re in the area, keeping travel time manageable, hitting town when there’s a good opponent on the schedule....

You know what upsets the top 10 apple cart more than anything else? Upsets. And that’s the world we live in here at the Underdog Challenge, where your merry band of prognosticators forecast the very upsets that make college football so special. Last week as a group, we nailed 6 of 12 predicted upsets, a hit rate gamblers drool over. Our contest works this way – each expert predicts three upsets per week....

So which schools have pulled the most upsets in 2021? According to our friends at TeamRankings.com, there have been 12 schools that have pulled three upsets this season. Michigan State and UTSA have done it three times in just three chances. San Diego State and Minnesota are 3-1 as underdogs. Purdue and Utah State are 3-2, Washington State and Northern Illinois are 3-3 and Syracuse is 3-4. Which brings us to our last group....

The Hawkeyes (3-0) get the primetime spotlight at 8 p.m. against No. 18 Wisconsin, which lost to BYU in Week 3. Iowa can take control of the Big Ten West Division with a win, jump into the top 25 and pick off another ranked Big Ten power at Kinnick Stadium. Michigan and Ohio State learned the hard way the last two seasons, and Penn State needed a last-second touchdown last year to avoid the same fate....