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Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lights
Marcus Freeman spent his first two seasons as the Notre Dame coach chasing the playoff dream. This year, he's living it — at home. After closing the regular season on a 10-game winning streak and getting two weeks to prepare for the most meaningful postseason game of...
Curt Cignetti named AP Coach of the Year after leading a remarkable turnaround at Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Curt Cignetti took the Indiana job last fall, he promised immediate success. It wasn't boastful bluster. After daring the doubters to Google his winning pedigree, the son of a Hall of Fame football coach delivered on his word by leading the...
West Virginia sets aside $7.5M for assistant coaches, support staff as part of Rich Rodriguez pact
Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia 17 years ago in part because he was frustrated over the school’s refusal to give him more money for his assistant coaches. He’ll have plenty for them this time around. Under his memorandum of understanding signed Dec. 11 and...
Clemson's Swinney can't wait for Belichick's positive impact on the Atlantic Coast Conference
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Practice plans. Film breakdowns. Travel bookings. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney had his focus split several ways getting ready to face No. 4 Texas in the College Football Playoff. Still, Swinney had enough time to follow how Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick...
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...
Big Ten wins playoff selection derby, followed by SEC despite notable Alabama omission
College football's conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field. They weren't totally unfounded or 100% borne out. The Big Ten, not the Southeastern Conference, was the biggest winner Sunday. The ACC scored, too. The Big Ten...
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...
Bill Battle, former Tennessee coach and Alabama AD who founded licensing company, dies
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant's first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers and founded the Collegiate Licensing Company, has died. He was 82. ...
SEC title hopes dashed, No. 13 Alabama hosts Auburn team seeking bowl eligibility in Iron Bowl
Kalen DeBoer and Hugh Freeze have discovered how hard it is to win in the Southeastern Conference these days. Now, they can try to beat each other. DeBoer caps his first regular season with the 13th-ranked Crimson Tide (8-3, 4-3 SEC. No. 13 CFP) Saturday against...
SMU’s Jennings is making a name for himself with the Mustangs one win away from the ACC title game
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kevin Jennings plays quarterback away from the spotlight of the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten. His season numbers aren’t gaudy because it took him three games to win the starting job. His SMU Mustangs haven’t played in many prime TV windows this year. ...
