There are four bowl games scheduled for Jan. 1, including both College Football Playoff Semi-Final games, with No. 1 Alabama facing No. 4 Notre Dame at 4 p.m. and No. 2 Clemson facing No. 3 Ohio State at 8 p.m. to cap off the evening. Fans will also get to see undefeated No. 8 Cincinnati go up against No. 9 Georgia in the Peach Bowl at noon, along with No....
In a largely disappointing Rivalry Week, No. 9 Stanford notched arguably the biggest win with a 38-36 upset over No. 6 Notre Dame on a 45-yard field goal as time expired. The Cardinal win sets up a Pac-12 Championship Game against an inconsistent USC team next weekend. The Trojans certainly have the talent to push David Shaw, Kevin Hogan and the rest of the Stanford team, and maybe enough of a nothing-to-lose mentality to put the final nail in Stanford’s College Football Playoff hopes....
The playoff rankings are crowded at the top, and some outsiders have a shot to get in with some upsets in this weekend’s games. Washington and Clemson are in with a win, but a loss could cause some chaos. Both the Tigers (vs. No. 23 Virginia Tech) and Washington (vs. No. 8 Colorado) have tough tests, and the winner of the Big Ten title game (No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No....
We moved Ohio State into the College Football Playoff championship game against Alabama, which would be an incredible rematch from the 2015 Sugar Bowl. It’s not a bad pick, considering their respective point differentials through seven games. Ohio State (plus-292) and Alabama (plus-225) have the best marks in that statistic among the eight remaining unbeatens in the Power 5. Of course, Tua Tagovailoa’s health will be a major factor over the next few weeks....
In the text overlay on the video user @Leahckaplan wrote “when you get covid at tulane so they get you a luxury hotel suite and a prepaid visa for doordash.” Students and faculty at Tulane University recently received a letter from the school alerting undergraduate students that they would be allowed to work remotely for the remainder of the semester due to a rise in COVID cases on campus, WDSU reported Monday....
All the more reason for the Indiana Pacers to be glad Collison plays for them now. Collison scored 22 points, highlighted by his 3-pointer and 20-foot jumper over 6-foot-11 center Jahlil Okafor during the final two minutes, and the Pacers held off the depleted Pelicans 109-107 on Monday night. “It’s always good memories of when I first got drafted,” Collison said. “And coming back here, you always want to have a good game against the team that drafted you....
LONDON (Reuters) - Some Premier League clubs have shown how desperate they are to improve by spending colossal sums of money in the close season on new players, according to Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino. After this week’s signings of Paul Pogba and John Stones, Manchester United and Manchester City’s summer expenditure accounts for almost half of the total outlay by top-flight teams, according to a recent study by Spreadex....
Richardson struggled with the Indianapolis Colts this season and his role has continually decreased. In the Colts’ first postseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals, he was active but didn’t get any touches. In the team’s second game against the Denver Broncos, he was not on the active roster. Earlier this week he said the benching was ’never going to happen again.' He was wrong. According to Kevin Bowen of the Colts’ website, the running back didn’t travel with the team to New England because of “personal reasons....
Cunningham, who played at South Carolina, was the 254th and last player picked in April's draft, making him the 38th player honored as Mr. Irrelevant —although possibly the first to have his name read wrong when he was picked. (Paul Salata, creator of the annual "Mr. Irrelevant" ceremonies, is given the honor of announcing the pick, and he told the Radio City Music Hall crowd that the last pick was "Justice Hamilton....
From Saturday’s Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 17 through the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 9, it’s OK to watch bowl games. MORE: SN college football All-Americans Here’s a quick spin through that bowl schedule with Sporting News’ pick for every bowl game. Don’t even say it. Just watch it. 2016-17 college football bowl picks Gildan New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico vs. UTSA When: Dec. 17, 2 p....
Before booking their tickets, Alabama has a date with Auburn before a potential trip to the SEC title game; Oregon plays its Civil War game at Oregon State before heading to the Pac-12 championship; Florida State hosts rival Florida before facing off for the ACC crown. Assuming that trio handles its business, we’d be down to several one-loss teams vying for the last remaining invite into college football’s first final four....
While it no longer comes with the flurry of activity that characterized it in the past, as most of the FBS prospects are signed up in December, it retains multiple storylines worth following and each with its own level of intrigue. A host of four-star prospects are still to finalize their decision, while a five-star talent remains unsigned— and in the midst of all that Georgia and Alabama battle it out to be the No....
There are just two matchups between ranked teams in Week 14. No. 8 BYU travels to No. 14 Coastal Carolina in a battle of unbeaten teams, and No. 10 Indiana faces No. 18 Wisconsin. There are sure to be more schedule changes along the way because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. MORE: College football bowl projections after Week 13 The second set of College Football Playoff rankings will be unveiled Tuesday, and that is sure to add to the excitement....
SEC titans No. 1 Alabama meets No. 3 Georgia Jan. 10 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Sporting News broke down the CFP semifinals, which have been subject to one-sided blowouts, last week. Now, we take a closer look at the CFP championship game and its seven-year history. Yes, Alabama, LSU and Clemson have won the last three championship games in blowout fashion. Will that trend continue? How does the CFP championship game compare to the BCS championship?...
We’re not saying No. 19 N.C. State, No. 20 Colorado, No. 23 USF and No. 25 Cincinnati can’t join that group, but all those teams will be underdogs at some point this season. Colorado already is against USC. So we’ll stay focused on the top 10 — especially with the usual hypotheticals that pop up wondering if four or more teams will go undefeated — with just two weeks until the first set of College Football Playoff rankings are revealed....
The Saturday slate includes three New Year’s Day 6 bowl games between No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 9 Oklahoma State (Fiesta), No. 6 Ohio State and No. 11 Utah (Rose) and No. 7 Baylor and No. 8 Ole Miss (Sugar). The Outback and Citrus bowls also present fascinating Big Ten-SEC matchups that will go a long way in determining which of those conferences is stronger in 2021. BENDER: Picks, predictions for all bowl games in 2021-22...
Consider that the top five teams in Sporting News’ preseason top 25 — Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma — have combined for 15 of the 20 Playoff appearances (75 percent) the last five years. Is there room for a party crasher this season? Here are five teams, one from each Power 5 conference, that could generate a discussion in 2019. MORE: Using preseason polls to predict 2019 CFP...
To the surprise of no one, Clemson sits atop the poll, one spot ahead of No. 2 Alabama. The Tigers garnered 59 of a possible 65 first-place votes after finishing off the first 15-0 season in the modern college football era. The Crimson Tide took up the six remaining first-place votes. MORE: SN’s preseason top 25 Rounding out the top five is No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Oklahoma and No....
That hair is incredible. MORE: SN Power Poll | AP Top 25 | FIRST-AND-10: Step right up, get your new QB Biggest Bully Temple could get some more love here for sacking Penn State QB Christian Hackenburg 10 times, but Eastern Washington linebacker John Kreifels takes the cake this week for this late hit on Oregon QB and former EWU player Vernon Adams and for taunting the crowd in Eugene after being ejected....
Brooks Koepka is making his way to the LIV Golf tour according to reports, but he wasn’t the only PGA Tour heavy hitter who was rumored to join the golf circuit. MORE: Who is playing LIV Golf? Brooks Koepka latest to reportedly join tour Collin Morikawa, the 25-year-old PGA Tour dynamo, had been attached to LIV Golf after recently removing “PGA Tour” from his social media bios. On Tuesday, Morikawa said in no uncertain terms that he remains loyal to the PGA Tour and won’t be jumping ship....
