College Football

[ad_1] USC’s Brenden Rice has formally been invited to the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl. That invitation was extended several days ago. The senior transferred to USC football in 2022 but struggled in his first year. It was a very different story in 2023, with Rice reeling in 45 catches for 791 yards and 12 touchdowns. He averaged over 17 yards …

[ad_1] Everyone is presuming that Caleb Williams won’t play for USC in the Holiday Bowl against Louisville. The obvious line of thought is that Williams will begin preparing for the NFL scouting combine and then the 2024 NFL draft, in which he is the likely No. 1 pick. Yet, until we have an official announcement, we are left to wait …

[ad_1] One year in, Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham is tweaking his coaching staff. He’ll head into his second year with a new offensive coordinator and a new defensive line coach. Diron Reynolds is headed to Tempe as defensive line coach after working in the same role last season at Michigan State. He is no stranger to the Pac-12 …

[ad_1] The Central Florida Knights, who went 6-6 overall, 3-6 in their first season in the Big 12, will be going to a bowl game – but they won’t be straying too far from their Orlando campus. UCF accepted a bid on Sunday to the Gasparilla Bowl, which will be played in Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 23 at …

[ad_1] Dec. 3—New Mexico State is getting the staycation it deserves. After a 10-win regular season that saw the Aggies reach the championship game of Conference USA, NMSU has accepted a bid to participate in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 16 in Albuquerque. The Aggies (10-4) will face Fresno State (8-4) out of the Mountain West Conference in …

[ad_1] Dec. 3—The end is near for the four-team College Football Playoff, and on Dec. 3 it showed it’s going out with a big bang — and not in a good way. Only in big-time college football — where for decades national championships were once awarded by sports writers and polls — can less than 1 percent of members FBS …

[ad_1] The Gophers on Sunday night landed a coveted quarterback for 2024 when New Hampshire’s Max Brosmer announced on the X platform that he has committed to Minnesota as a graduate transfer. Brosmer, a Roswell, Ga., native, led FCS in passing yards this season with 3,449 and threw 29 touchdown passes, which ranks second. He completed 64% of his passes …

[ad_1] The unprecedented move by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee to leave undefeated Florida State, 2023 ACC champion, from its four-team field was met with immediate, and justified, blowback. A 13-0 run that began with a three-touchdown win over LSU and ran through the ACC’s regular season unblemished, only to be tested by the devastating injury to quarterback Jordan …

[ad_1] Dec. 3—Penn State will make its fifth appearance in a New Year’s Six bowl in eight years when the 10th-ranked Nittany Lions take on No. 11 Ole Miss in the 56th Peach Bowl, it was announced Sunday. The game is scheduled for noon on Dec. 30 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and will be televised by ESPN. Penn State …

[ad_1] Rutges football head coach Greg Schiano and Miami head coach Mario Cristobal each have deep, intimate ties with the opponent programs they will be facing in three weeks in the Pinstripe Bowl. It is a relationship that might for one day in late December at Yankee Stadium be adversarial, but it is a relationship that has been built on …

[ad_1] Getty Images / USATSI The final edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings was released Sunday afternoon with a controversial top four that no doubt left one team (and its conference) immensely frustrated with the selection process. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama emerged as the four teams vying for the CFP National Championship with Florida State missing the cut despite …

[ad_1] Wisconsin football officially has their bowl game, and based on how this season went a New Year’s Day game against an SEC opponent sounds impossible. That, however, is exactly what the Badgers have in front of them as they take on No. 13 LSU in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Kickoff is set for 11:00 a.m. CT. LSU finished the season …

[ad_1] USATSI The 2024 College Football Playoff field is set after a wild finish to the season that left several teams staking a claim for inclusion in the final year before the four-team field expands to 12. Alabama beat out No. 5 Florida State for the final spot, despite the fact that the Seminoles are 13-0 and won the ACC …

[ad_1] Former Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder was hired Sunday at Tennessee Tech’s new football coach. Former Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder was named Tennessee Tech football’s new coach Sunday night. Wilder, 59, resigned at Old Dominion in 2019. A formal press conference introducing Wilder as Tech’s new coach will be Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Hooper Eblen Center. “I …

[ad_1] USATSI Rarely does Selection Sunday actually generate worthwhile uproar, but Alabama’s ascension to No. 4 fit the bill. Using a SEC Championship Game win over previously No. 1 Georgia as the last data point, the College Football Playoff selection committee brazenly bumped the Crimson Tide over undefeated (and ACC champion) Florida State from the field. The justification for such …