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In one of the best games of college football in Week 2, the Texas Longhorns almost came out with an upset win over the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide. The contest was only decided in the waning moments, with Alabama hitting a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Despite the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats have emerged as a surprise team this college football season and supplied further evidence of this in their victory over 12th-ranked Florida in Week 2. This was a statement win for Kentucky in front of the Florida home crowd at The Swamp. The Wildcats have improved their record to 2-0 on the […]

Just when it seemed like the Notre Dame football season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start, things got worse on Monday when the program provided an injury update on quarterback Tyler Buchner. Buchner, who sustained a shoulder injury late in the team’s shocking loss to Marshall, will miss the rest of the season […]

Alabama narrowly escaped with a win over the Longhorns in Texas. However, one controversial play had the potential to drastically change the result of the game. This non-safety play drew criticism from people all over the college football world. Alabama head coach Nick Saban recently addressed the call, per Charlie Potter. “It never got explained really […]

Texas football just lost a tremendous heartbreaker to Alabama, 20-19. It was a crazy game for head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Texas football program that did not end well. On the flip side, Texas did give Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and his team everything they could take and then some. In […]

Scott Frost is out as the head coach of the Nebraska football team. With a 1-2 record following a stunning loss to Georgia Southern, the Cornhuskers kicked Frost to the curb after posting an overall record of 16-31. Ndamukong Suh came in with the jokes after the news broke of Frost being let go. Despite […]

Scott Frost was fired from his role as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sunday after a brutal start to the year. Following the unthinkable loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Nebraska football decided it was best to change course and fire Frost. Part of his firing will feature a massive $15 million buyout, […]

The Texas Longhorns came so close to shocking the college football world on Saturday. Hosting top-ranked Alabama, the Longhorns went blow-for-blow with the Crimson Tide all afternoon. Texas took the lead with less than 90 seconds to go, needing just one more stop to pull off the stunning upset. Unfortunately for the Longhorns, Alabama escaped […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers got off to an abysmal start to the 2022 college football season, and as a result, the program has finally pulled the plug on the Scott Frost experiment. On Sunday, after Nebraska was shockingly routed 45-42 by Georgia Southern, the team’s second humiliating loss of the season, Frost was informed that he’d […]

The second college football Saturday of the season is in the books, and what a day it was. Week 2 featured stunning upsets and near-upsets, including three top 10 teams losing. No loss, though, was anywhere close to shocking as Texas A&M’s. The Aggies played host to Appalachian State, a school they paid $1.5 million […]

Ohio State football upended Arkansas State, 45-12, this weekend to move to 2-0 on the season. On Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes were projected to win by at least 44 points against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Many thought that spread was too much, which was actually was the case. Still, the Buckeyes outscored the […]

Week two of the 2022 college football season is in the books, and the sport’s landscape looks quite different. Three teams in the top 10 lost on Saturday, two of them to unranked opponents. While Alabama football, the top-ranked team in the nation, was not among the teams to fall, the Crimson Tide came scarily […]

When he’s not working on film projects and maybe running for governor of Texas, Matthew McConaughey is a true, blue – or should I say Orange – fan of the Texas Football Longhorns. He’s been a visible fixture of the team’s games since before Vince Young was under center competing in some of the best […]

Clemson football signed coach Dabo Swinney to a new 10-year, $115 million contract earlier this week. It was not a mistake to do so. The news of Dabo Swinney’s new deal broke quickly and fiercely this past Thursday. Not surprisingly, it yielded reactions ranging from contempt and derision to support and enthusiasm. With someone like […]

This is not the Texas A&M team college football fans were hoping to see. The sixth-ranked team in the country was supposed to be one of the better teams in the league. Their offense had question marks, yes, but their defense was stacked with talent. As long as the Aggies offense didn’t sputter, they should’ve […]

After securing a 31-0 win over Sam Houston in Week 1, Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M squad was dished an absolutely heartbreaking loss at the hands of Appalachian State in front of their home crowd. Some fans went overboard declaring that the season is over, others joked that the school paid App State $1.5 million to […]

Andrew Luck rarely finds himself under the spotlight these days. After all, his days of playing football are way behind him now. But on Saturday, the former Indianapolis Colts had football fans’ attention all on him again as he was honored by the Stanford Cardinal before the game against the USC Trojans at Stanford Stadium […]

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers family showed redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Bresee all the love they could. During the Tiger Walk Saturday, Bresee was together with Swinney and his Clemson football teammates walking into the team’s home opener against the Furman Paladins, each wearing an “E11a Strong” shirt in a show of support […]

This has been a wild day for college football, hasn’t it? In a sport where upsets are hailed as the greatest thing ever, Saturday night saw major upsets across the board. One of these upsets came at the expense of Texas A&M, who lost to Appalachian State’s football team in surprising fashion. So, how did […]

Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney believes quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is a major reason why the team is off to its first 2-0 start since the 2020 season after defeating the Furman Paladins, 35-12, on Saturday. “DJ has played with a lot of toughness. What you saw out there is what he’s shown in practice. Been […]

Texas Tech football’s win over the Houston Cougars wasn’t exactly an upset, but it didn’t stop the Red Raiders fans from celebrating the victory. After Joey McGuire’s men eked out a 33-30 victory over the Cougars on Saturday, the home fans quickly stormed the field to celebrate with the team. The goal post even went […]

There are countless uncomfortable people in South Bend following a massive upset loss for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to unranked Marshall Thundering Herd right in front of Notre Dame football home fans. Coming off a loss in Week 1 to the no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes on the road, Notre Dame football head coach […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant had front-row seats to watch his alma mater, the Texas Longhorns, face off against the no.1-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday. Kevin Durant pulled up to the Texas-Alabama game 🤘 KD played one season of college basketball with the Texas Longhorns. (via @TheWilderThings) pic.twitter.com/nFOJsHO4OG — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) September 10, 2022 […]

For the longest time, the first few weeks of the college football season were effectively looked at as a tune-up, where powerhouse programs would go toe-to-toe against non-Power-5 Conference foes in order to get ready for their conference schedule. Sure, there would be the occasional marquee contest in order to drum up national attention for […]

It’s time to give Appalachian State football the respect they deserve. After their epic showing against the North Carolina Tar Heels that ended in a loss last week, head coach Shawn Clark and his Mountaineers returned with a vengeance and pulled off a huge upset over Texas A&M. Naturally, Clark was hyped up about the […]

It is an ugly day for the Notre Dame football. Expected to have a strong rebound after a season-opening loss to no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, Tyler Buchner and the Fighting Irish instead suffered a devastating blow to their College Football Playoff chances with a 26-21 home loss at the hands of unranked Marshall Thundering […]

Sam Hartman didn’t miss a beat in his return to the field for Wake Forest football. Not only did Hartman, who missed the start of the season due to a blood clot condition, lead the Demon Deacons to a 45-25 win over Vanderbilt, but he also had his fingerprints all over the contest. The Wake […]

Marshall football is on a roll, and sure enough, head coach Charles Huff couldn’t be any prouder as the Thundering Herd go 2-0 to start the collegiate season. After dismantling Norfolk State 55-3 last weekend, Marshall football took down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this time around in what’s easily one of the biggest upsets […]

A wild and stunning day of college football continues. The Marshall Thundering Herd did the unthinkable, defeating Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football in a shocking upset, their first win over a top-10 program since 2003. Not only was it a huge upset win for Marshall, but it was a loss that sealed Freeman’s spot […]

Utah football rebounded nicely following their narrow Week 1 loss with a convincing 73-7 victory over Southern Utah on Saturday. The Utes dominated throughout the affair and were clearly in complete control. They also extended an impressive streak in the win. ESPN’s Porter Lawson shared the following report after Utah posted a pick six during […]

Ohio State football defeated Arkansas State on Saturday. Ryan Day provided positive updates on wide receivers Jackson Smith-Njigba and Julian Fleming after the game, per Adam Rittenberg. “We’d like to get them in the game next week, if possible, but we won’t do that until they’re 100 percent. … They’re getting closer.” Ohio State football […]

Alabama football is 2-0 in the 2022 season after narrowly beating Texas. They held on for the win by a score of 20-19 thanks to Bryce Young’s magic to keep the Crimson Tide going in the fourth quarter, allowing Will Reichard to kick the game-winning field goal. With the Crimson Tide taking the win over […]

In football, there are winners and losers in every game. Sure, a game can end in a tie, and a player can have a star-making performance in a losing effort, but as a general rule, the term “moral victory” is about as memorable as being the fourth-place finisher in the Olympics who will eventually fade […]

Now you see them, now you don’t. Bryce Young and Alabama football pulled off the ultimate magician act in Saturday’s 20-19 win over the Texas Longhorns. The Crimson Tide couldn’t get out of their own way for much of the game and needed a heroic effort at the end. Luckily for them, Young was there. […]

Anthony Richardson’s college football legend is only just beginning. The Florida football quarterback led his team to an impressive home victory over 13th-ranked Utah in Week 1 of the 2022 season, completing 17-of-24 passes for 164 yards while doing most of his damage on the ground, finishing with 106 yards and three scores on just […]

Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers suffered an injury during Texas football’s heartbreaking 20-19 loss against Alabama on Saturday. Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian provided an update on his QB after the game, per Pete Thamel. “Sark on Ewers: He has a clavicle sprain. They don’t know the severity. He’s going to have an MRI.” This […]

Nick Saban and the Alabama football program survived a massive upset in its second game of the season. Texas football gave them a huge scare and forced them to execute a game-winning drive. Bryce Young and the offense did just that, giving the No.1 ranked Crimson tide a 20-19 victory. After the final whistles sounded […]

Bryce Young led Alabama football to an incredible final drive of the game to defeat the Longhorns in Texas. Texas football put up quite the fight and led 19-17 with just over a minute remaining prior to the Crimson Tide’s final drive. But Young, the reigning Heisman winner, stepped up when it mattered. Alabama ultimately […]

Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. had quite a performance in his team’s home win against Arkansas State. Harrison was C.J. Stroud’s go-to target in the contest, as the versatile wideout simply made the most out of his receptions. Overall, he logged seven receptions for 184 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns on the […]