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The Texas Longhorns are back in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, where they’ll face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns fell to the Washington Huskies in last year’s four-team playoff. For Ohio State football, this marks their first trip back to the semifinals since 2022, when they […]

The Notre Dame football team is set to take on Penn State in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl on Thursday night, and it’s looking like running back Jeremiyah Love will be good to go. Love went down with a knee injury in the third quarter of the Sugar Bowl against Georgia, […]

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State, seven seed Notre Dame and eight seed Ohio State. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish will do battle first as they […]

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian understands the pressure that comes with leading the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff. Sarkisian doesn’t want to fail Texas fans, after losing in the semi-final during the 2023 season. “The history of what a place is and how it became what it is, is the very reason you want […]

Penn State football coach James Franklin is trying to enjoy the experience of having a team in the College Football Playoff. After two rounds, the Nittany Lions are one of the final four teams standing. Penn State’s football coach says there is a story underneath all of the football action. “I think that much of […]

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State, seven seed Notre Dame and eight seed Ohio State. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish will do battle first as they […]

Smack in the middle of the school year and amid the Texas Longhorns’ College Football Playoff run, university president Jay Hartzell is leaving the school to take the same position at Southern Methodist University. It’s a shocking move, not necessarily because of the timing but because of the job. UT is the flagship public university […]

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State, seven seed Notre Dame and eight seed Ohio State. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish will do battle first as they […]

College football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is tired of hearing critics complain about ESPN’s analysis of the College Football Playoff. Herbstreit is firing back at people who say ESPN commentators have a bias for the SEC. He thinks it makes no sense to have four SEC teams in the semi-finals. .@KirkHerbstreit sets the record straight on […]

The College Football Playoff semifinals will involve four red-hot teams coming off of consecutive wins in the twelve-team bracket. The bye week for all of the top four seeds did not serve them well as every game looked like it was going to be a rout after the first quarter. Some teams, like Arizona State, […]

Before the 12-team College Football Playoff, Penn State was often the perennial bridesmaid, never the bride. In recent years, the Nittany Lions have frequently been on the outside looking in when it came to the four-team playoff, while their Big Ten rivals Ohio State and Michigan earned top-four spots. Now, with a win over Notre […]

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State, seven seed Notre Dame and eight seed Ohio State. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish will do battle first as they […]

It is the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals as Ohio State takes on Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Ohio State-Texas prediction and pick. Ohio State-Texas Last Game – Matchup History Ohio State comes into the game at 12-2. In the regular season, they lost […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes have already exorcised a number of demons in just two College Football Playoff games this postseason. A win over the Tennessee Volunteers in the opening round… that snapped a winless streak against the SEC dating back to 2015. A win over the Oregon Ducks in the CFP quarterfinals… that avenged a […]

On Thursday, Georgia football’s season came to an end. The Bulldogs fell to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, with the final score being 23-10. The late-game magic that propelled Georgia in their last two games was nowhere to be found. Down by more than two scores early in the third quarter, Georgia’s attempt at […]

The narrative coming into the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday was that Notre Dame still couldn’t beat the big boys and knock off a traditional powerhouse. Marcus Freeman and the Irish put all of that noise to bed with a convincing 23-10 win over Georgia to advance to the semifinals. […]

The questions swirling around Georgia entering its College Football Playoff matchup against Notre Dame turned into concrete, bitter answers on Thursday. An inconsistent offensive line stumbled at crucial moments and the defense could not stop the run, as head coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs saw their season meet its end in a 23-10 Sugar […]

During their record-setting 23-10 victory over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, Pat McAfee gave Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard the ultimate endorsement on X. “Man… I very much underestimated how much of a DAWWWGGG Riley Leonard is,” McAfee wrote, reaching nearly 500,000 X users in three hours. As a major name in the college […]

Georgia football established itself as a yearly perennial contender for the national title under Kirby Smart. Notre Dame, however, pummeled Smart’s Bulldogs 23-10 in the Sugar Bowl Thursday — eliminating them from the College Football Playoffs. Smart watched Riley Leonard run through his defense with his legs. The Notre Dame defense also forced Georgia into […]

Notre Dame football turned to more than defense to run over Georgia 23-10 in the Sugar Bowl Thursday. Head coach Marcus Freeman watched his quarterback Riley Leonard carry the team on multiple occasions. Leonard faced a barrage of pressure from the Bulldogs. Georgia bottled him to a dismal 90 passing yards. Leonard, however, became a […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish made history in their 23-10 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl. The win that secured Notre Dame football a spot in the College Football Playoff Semifinals was its 13th win of the season, the first time that has been accomplished in program history. In addition to setting […]

Ohio State football boasts the most explosive wide receiver in the College Football Playoffs in Jeremiah Smith. The freshman torched two straight power conference defenses, looking un-guardable against Tennessee and Oregon. Nick Saban is one who’s in awe of Smith. The seven-time national champion head coach even believes Ohio State can ride Smith to the […]

The Arizona State football team lost a heartbreaker in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl against Texas. The quarterfinal round of the CFP got going on Tuesday evening with Boise State battling Penn State, and then the Sun Devils and Longhorns did battle to start the day on New Year’s Day. This […]

When Texas failed to beat Georgia for the second time and failed to capture the SEC Championship, they still managed to secure a favorable No. 5 seed, courtesy of a quirky bracket system. The Longhorns looked dominant in their first-round matchup against Clemson, defeating the Tigers 38-24 at home. What awaited them next in the […]

After Quinn Ewers was offered millions to transfer from Texas football, one former Longhorns quarterback thinks that he’ll do just that. Chris Simms hopped on the Dan Patrick Show and explained where he thinks the quarterback will end up. “Yes, I would hope so because I don’t think he’s a guy that is going to […]

The Oregon Ducks had held the No. 1 ranking in the nation since the initial College Football Playoff rankings were revealed—and with an undefeated record, who could argue? However, after their Rose Bowl loss, the Ducks are no longer unblemished and out of the playoff hunt. The Ducks hoped Wednesday night’s showdown with Ohio State […]

The Arizona State football team came up a little short in the Peach Bowl against Texas on Wednesday, but the Sun Devils gave it their all. They were down 24-8 more than halfway through the fourth quarter, and it looked like the game was over. Arizona State needed a spark, and they got one from […]

In a game where Cam Skattebo made Peach Bowl history for Arizona State football, the senior running back was caught on the sidelines vomiting. During his appearance on the Dan Patrick Show, he explained what happened and why he was caught vomiting. “I think I was drinking a little too much water and Powerade at […]

The Arizona State Sun Devils lost the Peach Bowl to the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday. They fell 39-31 in double overtime after mounting a 16-point fourth-quarter comeback. The Sun Devils had a chance to take the lead in the fourth quarter but went three-and-out. But many thought Texas committed a targeting penalty that would have […]

The Georgia football team will take on Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday. These two teams were supposed to meet up on Wednesday night, but the game was postponed because of the tragic attack in New Orleans on Wednesday morning. The Bulldogs have had a lot of […]

In a society such as the one we live in, where sport — and particularly football — is engrained into fabric of our culture, it’s easy to forget about everything else until everything else puts an abrupt stop to sport. One of the most unforgettable moments of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic is when the NCAA […]

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals got started on New Year’s Eve as the Boise State football team took on Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Broncos were one of the four highest-ranked power conference champions, so they earned a bye into the quarterfinals. Penn State ended up getting the six seed after losing to […]

While the 2024 Peach Bowl gave college football fans everything they asked for on New Year’s Day, the Arizona State faithful felt shortchanged by the result. Despite the double-overtime result, many were irate at a potential game-changing targeting penalty against Texas being passed up by the officials. With the game being broadcast on ESPN, CBS […]

Ohio State football found the ultimate redemption in their Rose Bowl matchup against Oregon. After the Buckeyes stormed through the first quarter with a 14-0 lead, they kept the foot on the gas for the rest of the game, walking away with the convincing 41-21 win. Head coach Ryan Day had his team prepared, and […]

It is no secret that Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James is a big fan of Ohio State football. That is also why James particularly had a great night on Wednesday, as he got to see the Buckeyes demolish the No. 1 College Football Playoff seed Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl Presented by […]

Even in a heartbreaking loss to Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on Wednesday, Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo became a college football hero. Skattebo led a massive comeback by the Sun Devils in the fourth quarter and nearly did enough to get the win for his team. During […]

Despite coming into the game as the No. 1-ranked team in the country and the only undefeated team left in the College Football Playoff, Oregon’s biggest nightmares came to fruition on Wednesday. Dan Lanning and the Ducks got crushed in the CFP quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl 41-21 against Ohio State. This was a rematch […]

The Arizona State football team lost a heartbreaker in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl on Wednesday. The Sun Devils pulled off a miraculous comeback in regulation in this one as they were down 24-8 in the fourth quarter, but 16 points in the final seven minutes sent things to overtime. Arizona […]

Will Howard and the Ohio State football team emphatically punched their ticket into the College Football Playoff semifinals on Wednesday as the Buckeyes demolished top seeded Oregon. The Ducks never had an answer for Ohio State as things quickly got out of hand, and Oregon was never able to get back in it. The Buckeyes […]