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College playoffs looks for good matchups after snoozy first round of blowouts
For those who dozed through it, or flipped to more compelling fare in the NFL, here's a brief recap of the rollout of the much-anticipated College Football Playoff. Average final score: Winners 36, Losers 17. In four games, not a single one was closer than a 10-point...
Jeremiyah Love overcomes injury and illness to propel Notre Dame into 1st Sugar Bowl since 2007
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love wasted no time sending a message to his teammates Friday night. Nothing was going to derail the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff. Not chilly weather, not a motivated opponent ready to prove...
Playoff QBs include a hometown recruit, a prep title rematch and some 1-year hired guns
Kevin Jennings wasn't even the player that Rhett Lashlee was going to watch when he went to his first Texas high school playoff game a week after becoming SMU's coach. Three years later, Jennings is the only quarterback starting for his hometown team in the debut of the expanded...
More playing time? A fresh start? Extra cash? The transfer portal produces winners and losers
Some were upset about playing time. Others just needed a change of scenery. In a lot of cases, it was a matter of cold, hard cash — either the money they would get by going elsewhere, or the money they never got at the place they were at. With the transfer portal open, and more...
Georgia QB Carson Beck's status for Sugar Bowl uncertain as he considers treatment options on elbow
ATLANTA (AP) — Quarterback Carson Beck's status for No. 2 Georgia's Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal is uncertain after he suffered an elbow injury in Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game win over Texas. Georgia announced Monday there is no timetable...
AP Player of the Week: Arizona State's Cam Skattebo put up big numbers again in Big 12 title game
The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 15 of the season: Cam Skattebo, Arizona State Cam Skattebo continued his late-season tear with 170 yards rushing, 208 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in Arizona State's 45-19 win over...
College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out
The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the...
Indiana at Notre Dame in CFP will be teams' 1st meeting since '91, winner gets Georgia in Sugar Bowl
Indiana will turn in its calling card as the nation's biggest basketball state and become a college football hot spot the week before Christmas. The College Football Playoff bracket released Sunday sends No. 10 seed Indiana to No. 7 Notre Dame for a first-round game on Dec. 20 with...
An Oregon win, a Clemson upset, and 'now what?' for Alabama in the College Football Playoff
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Undefeated Oregon pulled off the expected and grabbed the top spot in the College Football Playoff. Underdog Clemson pulled off a last-second stunner and stole one of the last ones. In between, Georgia’s quarterback got hurt, Alabama’s hopes grew murkier and...
No. 5 Georgia pulls off another overtime stunner, beating No. 2 Texas 22-19 for SEC title
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Bulldogs were struggling to get anything going against Texas, and there was little reason to be hopeful of a turnaround with their quarterback crumpled on the turf. Enter a guy who had barely played in his college career. Little-used backup Gunner...
