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Penn State running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton are returning in 2025
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The running backs want to run it back at Penn State. Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen both announced Monday that they plan to return to the Nittany Lions for the 2025 season. The duo each topped 1,000 yards this season for Penn State, which went 13-3 and...
Texas' Banks and Blue head to NFL as Longhorns await final word from Ewers about his future
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas exodus for the NFL has begun. Two key Longhorns underclassmen, offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. and running back Jaydon Blue, declared for the NFL draft over the weekend after the Longhorns lost to Ohio State in a College Football Playoff semifinal. ...
Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84. The charismatic figure known as Coach Mac died Friday night “after a courageous journey with dementia,” according to a family statement. His...
Notre Dame, Ohio State in uncharted territory: They're playing 16-game seasons for the 1st time
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The year was 1894. Yale put together a football schedule that was daunting: Games on Wednesdays and Saturdays, basically every week from late September to late November, 16 contests in all. No major college football team — what we now call the FBS level...
The College Football Playoff championship game is set: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State
The first 12-team version of the College Football Playoff has reached the national championship game and it will be Notre Dame against heavily favored Ohio State. The tantalizing matchup comes after some wondered if the CFP selection committee got it right. The first-round games were...
Corey Hetherman finalizes deal to take over as Miami's defensive coordinator
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami finalized the hiring of Minnesota’s Corey Hetherman as its new defensive coordinator on Sunday. Hetherman was defensive coordinator for one season at Minnesota and led dramatic improvements. The Golden Gophers rank fifth nationally this season in...
Irish OL Anthonie Knapp won't play in CFP championship game; Buckeyes CB Denzel Burke good to go
Notre Dame's Anthonie Knapp has been ruled out of the College Football Playoff championship game against Ohio State with an ankle injury, but coach Marcus Freeman said Sunday Rocco Spindler is on track to play. The Buckeyes' Denzel Burke, who has been dealing with what coach Ryan Day...
Ohio State favored by 9 1/2 points over Notre Dame, 2nd-largest spread in CFP title game history
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ohio State ended the regular season with many questions about its program under coach Ryan Day after the Buckeyes were upset by rival Michigan 13-10 on Nov. 30. Now, the Buckeyes not only are in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Jan. 20...
Another bitter loss in 'The Game' didn't keep Ohio State from getting a national title shot
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There were some drastic contrasts for Ohio State after big defensive end Jack Sawyer's legend-making play in this Cotton Bowl, primarily that the Buckeyes won and now get to play for another national championship. The Buckeyes ended last season with a loss...
Texas short again of opportunity to end title drought in what might have been finale for Ewers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns again finished excruciatingly close to an opportunity to end their national championship drought. This might have been the last shot for the quarterback who helped them get to the College Football Playoff semifinals two...
