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Notre Dame protects home field in new postseason era with 1st playoff win, 27-17 over Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcus Freeman learned the hard lessons from all those big losses as well as the inexplicable ones. On Friday night, in the first game in college football’s new playoff era, the Notre Dame coach celebrated the most significant victory of his career — in...
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...
Brr! Winter adds an old-school challenge to the CFP. Visiting teams insist it's 'snow' problem
Asked if playing in near-freezing weather at Ohio State might pose a challenge for his team, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel quickly noted that it wouldn’t be the Volunteers’ first rodeo with the cold. Kicker Max Gilbert even posted a photo last week standing with teammates as light...
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...
College Football Playoff begins new era with No. 3 Notre Dame hosting No. 9 Indiana
No. 9 Indiana (11-1, No. 10 seed) at No. 3 Notre Dame (11-1, No. 7), Friday, 8 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN). BetMGM College Football Odds: Notre Dame by 7 1/2. Series record: Notre Dame leads 23-5-1. What’s at stake? The simple answer is win and...
No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 9 Indiana take one last spin with 1-year QBs Kurtis Rourke and Riley Leonard
Indiana coach Curt Cignetti pored through the transfer portal last December, looking for a proven quarterback with a winning resume who could quickly become the cornerstone in another rebuilding project. He landed on 23-year-old Kurtis Rourke, the 2022 Mid-American Conference MVP. ...
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...
UCLA officially names Tino Sunseri as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA officially announced Tino Sunseri's hiring as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday. Sunseri replaces Eric Bieniemy, who was fired on Dec. 5 after fielding one of the nation’s worst offenses this season. Sunseri spent one...
AP All-Big Ten: Oregon's Gabriel, Penn State's Carter and Indiana's Cignetti take top honors
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is defensive player of the year and Indiana's Curt Cignetti is coach of the year. Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson and Penn State tight end Tyler Warren...
Eric Bieniemy out as UCLA's offensive coordinator. AP source says Tino Sunseri tabbed as replacement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Bieniemy's return to UCLA lasted only one season. The Bruins let go of Bieniemy on Thursday after fielding one of the nation's worst offenses this season. It didn't take head coach DeShaun Foster long to find a replacement. ...
