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Despite the fact that the Alabama Crimson Tide have absolutely throttled its opponents all season long, it appears as though the Ohio State Buckeyes are up to the task on Monday evening — early on at least. With Alabama quickly taking a 7-0 lead over Ohio State, the Buckeyes bounced back in a hurry, thanks […]

The Jim Harbaugh era at Michigan seemed to be coming to a screeching halt after the 2020 season, but the Wolverines have apparently had a change of heart. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Harbaugh and Michigan have officially reached an agreement on a contract extension. Michigan HC Jim Harbaugh isn’t going to the NFL or […]

Rumors have started to form that the NCAA could move the National Championship matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Alabama Crimson Tide due to the former reportedly having issued with players testing positive for Covid. Luke Robinson, one of the hosts for the daily Locked On Bama podcast, had a message on the show […]

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence released a video on Wednesday morning thanking the Clemson community and looking ahead to his promising future. Lawrence finished runner-up in the voting for the Heisman Trophy (to Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith) on Tuesday, capping off a remarkable career with the Tigers. Despite his disappointing performance in the Allstate Sugar […]

Alabama Crimson Tide receiver DeVonta Smith made history on Tuesday evening, becoming the first at his position to win the Heisman since Desmond Howard. The news was announced all over God’s green Earth, but for the sake of showing proof of such fun, here’s a tweet! DeVonta Smith: Best Player in College Football @DeVontaSmith_6 #RollTide […]

There are reports that Ohio State is dealing with COVID-19 issues this week, which could prompt the NCAA to postpone the National Championship Game versus Alabama. In response to the news of the alleged situation, Nick Saban’s daughter took to Twitter—in a since-deleted tweet—to call out the Buckeyes. Nick Saban's daughter, in a tweet she's […]

The Los Angeles Chargers list of targets for the team’s head coaching vacancy just keeps on growing. The latest reported addition to the pool of potential candidates? Urban Meyer. “Hearing that the #Chargers also have some interest in Urban Meyer for their head coaching vacancy,” Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports tweeted on Tuesday. Los Angeles […]

The College Football Playoff National Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes could be in danger of postponement. John Talty of al.com reports the Buckeyes might be without key position players next Monday as a result of COVID-19 issues, and OSU has informed “key parties” of the matter. Talty adds the home […]

The Texas A&M Aggies wanted to celebrate their 41-27 win over North Carolina in the Orange Bowl by giving head coach Jimbo Fisher a classic Gatorade shower. However, Fisher didn’t want any part of it and instantly turned on the jets as his players approached him with the Gatorade cooler in hand ready to bathe […]

The Texas A&M Aggies dominated the North Carolina Tar Heels 41-27 in the Orange Bowl, highlighted by Devon Achane’s 76-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. ESPN captured Achane’s phenomenal run, which featured flawless blocking from the Aggies’ offensive line and wide receivers. WHAT A RUN. DEVON ACHANE 76 YARDS FOR SIX. (📍 @CapitalOne) pic.twitter.com/Nk4CZ35Z3b […]

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh is expected to receive a contract extension through 2026, per a report by Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports. The contract negotiations would ensure that Harbaugh remains with the university rather than return to the NFL as had been previously rumored. SOURCE: There is optimism inside Michigan that Jim Harbaugh's […]

The Texas Longhorns parted ways with Tom Herman on Saturday as their college football head coach and they didn’t waste any time replacing him. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Longhorns are hiring Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian as their next head coach. Texas hired current Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian as its new head […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is not one to easily forget, especially when it comes to his favorite college football team, the Ohio State Buckeyes. After the Buckeyes blew out Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers in their Sugar Bowl matchup, 48-29, LeBron made sure to remind the head coach where he ranked his hometown team […]

Friday night featured the highly-anticipated Sugar Bowl matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Clemson Tigers. The Buckeyes dominated consensus 2021 NFL first overall pick Trevor Lawrence and the Tigers for pretty much the entire contest, which prompted an understandably hyped reaction from Ohio native LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. James took […]

Alabama is many people’s favorites to win the National Championship and they are one step closer to making that reality. After taking down Notre Dame with ease in the Rose Bowl on Friday, Alabama is now advancing to their fifth College Football Playoff Final. THE TIDE ROLLED 🌊 Alabama takes down Notre Dame 31-14 and […]

Alabama came into the Rose Bowl as heavy favorites over Notre Dame and a large reason why was DeVonta Smith. After catching two touchdown passes earlier in the game, Smith continued his dominance on Friday by catching another touchdown in the third quarter. THAT'S THREE FOR DEVONTA SMITH 😤 pic.twitter.com/Ugnf9D6xe5 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 1, […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide are showing why they are the No. 1 team in the country and in the Rose Bowl. Alabama took a commanding lead over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Friday’s Rose Bowl game. Star wide receiver DeVonta Smith got the Crimson Tide on the board after scoring on a 26-yard bubble […]

Alabama wide receiver and Heisman Trophy candidate DeVonta Smith got the Crimson Tide on the board early in their College Football Playoff semifinal against Notre Dame. Smith took a bubble screen from quarterback and fellow Heisman candidate Mac Jones, getting to the sideline and breezing past Fighting Irish defenders before getting into the end zone […]

The No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs converted on a go-ahead field goal with two seconds left, where they eventually beat the No. 8 Cincinnati Bearcats 24-21 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Down 21-19, Georgia kicker Jack Podlesny sent a career-long 53-yard field goal through the uprights, a moment he will never forget. DAWGS ON TOP 🔥 […]

Longtime ESPN reporter and network fixture Tom Rinaldi said his farewells on the set of “College GameDay” as he prepares to join FOX Sports, spending his last day breaking down the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups. The New Year’s Day slate of football games is loaded, with the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats taking on the Georgia […]

Mississippi State and Tulsa squared off in a New Year’s Eve edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, though the two schools are making headlines for something other than their play. A full-on brawl broke about between the two teams Thursday, with players and coaches getting involved in the fracas. The brawl spilled onto the sidelines, […]

Wednesday night’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic marks the final collegiate game for Florida Gators quarterback Kyle Trask, along with his last competitive national television showcase before the 2021 NFL Draft. Unfortunately for Trask, things have gone about poorly as he could have imagined. The Florida passer tossed three first-quarter interceptions in the matchup against the […]

The Cheez-It Bowl made the wrong U-turn for the Miami Hurricanes and D’Eriq King against Oklahoma State. It has been quite and up and down week for the Hurricanes football team and King. With King transferring to Miami from the Houston Cougars program ahead of the 2019 campaign, the veteran signal caller just recently announced […]

The 2020 Heisman Trophy finalists were announced on Thursday evening: Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, teammate and wide receiver DeVonta Smith, Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, and Florida QB Kyle Trask. And the winner is….? pic.twitter.com/B6v7ASFr1Q — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 25, 2020 This year’s Heisman race is considered to be especially tight, as no clear front-runner […]

The Auburn Tigers made moves in the College Football world when they announced the hire of Bryan Harsin from Boise State. On the daily Locked On Auburn podcast, Zac Blackerby, Michael Pappas, and Lance Dawe discussed the news. Pappas pointed out the ridiculous improvement that quarterbacks saw at Boise State while Harsin was the head […]

Los Angeles Lakers star and Ohio native LeBron James is dumbfounded by Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney’s disrespect for his Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes will play Swinney’s Tigers in one of the College Football Playoff semifinal games after the selection committee awarded Ohio State the No. 3 spot. Swinney, however, hardly believes the Buckeyes […]

Texas A&M will be on the outside looking in during this season’s College Football Playoff. Cole Thompson, the host of the daily Locked On Aggies podcast, vented about how nothing mattered to the college football playoff committee this weekend. Thompson: I’ll tell you right now, we have spoken this into existence for weeks now and […]

The four teams that will play in the College Football Playoff have been revealed, causing some controversy among fans. Despite losing in lopsided fashion to Clemson on Saturday, Notre Dame was selected to the College Football Playoff, snubbing Texas A&M and Cincinnati. Ahead of Saturday’s slate of games, the top four teams were Alabama, Clemson, […]

The Clemson Tigers (10-1) won the ACC Championship in impressive fashion on Saturday, dominating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) 34-10 in the conference championship game in Charlotte. Star QB Trevor Lawrence was obviously the driving force behind the thrashing. In November, Notre Dame handed Clemson’s its only loss of the season, 47-40 in overtime, […]

Trevor Lawrence to Amari Rodgers has been a special connection for Clemson this season and that continued on Saturday in the ACC Championship Game. Following a missed field goal by Notre Dame, Lawrence threw a 67-yard strike to Rodgers to capture an early lead over the Fighting Irish. Trevor Lawrence 67-yard DIME to Amari Rodgers […]

Ohio State running back Trey Sermon ran for a stupefying 331 rushing yards and two touchdowns Saturday afternoon, as the Buckeyes overcame an early deficit to beat Northwestern. In pacing his team to the Big Ten Championship, Sermon not only set a school record for rushing yards with his performance, but added to his stock […]

Northwestern leads Ohio State heading into halftime during the Big Ten Championship Game, thanks to one of the best interceptions you are likely to see for awhile. Check out the heroics from defensive back Brandon Joseph for yourself, below: https://twitter.com/simpsonhomerj1/status/1340366818339393538 pic.twitter.com/IY8vQfS1jH — @davidblattman (@hxjakss) December 19, 2020 On the cusp of losing their four-point lead […]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly and the rest of his team might sit out if they find themselves in the position of contending in the upcoming Rose Bowl. The veteran tactician recently claimed that he wants the players’ families to be in attendance should they make it to the Grandaddy of them […]

On Sunday, Auburn fired their head football coach, Gus Malzahn. On the daily Locked On Auburn podcast, Zac Blackerby and Michael Pappas discussed how Malzahn made the program relevant and what several critics say is incorrect. Pappas: One of the complaints that people love to throw out there is that Gus has made Auburn irrelevant, […]

In one of the most bizarre endings to an NCAA football game you are likely to see for a while, the match between Ball State and Western Michigan saw both sidelines rush the field in apparent celebration. With each squad believing they were the victor of the final regular season game–following a flurry of lateral […]

Sarah Fuller became part of college football history for Vanderbilt after attempting a kickoff in the team’s last game versus Missouri. Following her impressive feat two weeks ago, Fuller has now scored her first career point after converting an extra-point attempt, via Jordan Heck. Sarah Fuller, the first woman to play in a Power 5 […]

ESPN is reporting that the game between Washington and Oregon, which would have decided the winner of the Pac-12 North, has been cancelled due to an outbreak of Covid-19 amongst Husky players. Saturday's game between Oregon and Washington has been canceled, the Pac-12 announced. Washington is below the required 53 scholarship players available to play, […]

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is establishing a growing affinity for conspiracy theories. The former Ohio State star took to the Internet with another theory after the Buckeyes’ regular season finale with the Michigan Wolverines was canceled due to Michigan’s issues with COVID-19. https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1336407576456650753 The Buckeyes stand the most to lose from the […]

There was optimism in the College Football world that Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes would be able to play the Big Ten regular-season finale after the Wolverines had to cancel last weekend’s game against the Maryland Terrapins. The Wolverines were cleared to resume limited workouts on Monday, seemingly putting the team back on track […]