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Tucker Gleason runs and passes for 5 OT scores as Toledo beats Pitt 48-46 in bowl-record 6 overtimes

Dec. 26, 2024 19:23 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Tucker Gleason ran for one overtime score and threw for four more as Toledo beat Pittsburgh 48-46 in a bowl-record six overtimes at the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field on Thursday. The game surpassed the previous mark set 48 hours earlier when South Florida beat...

No. 22 Syracuse looking for 10 wins in 1st year under Fran Brown against depleted Washington State

Dec. 26, 2024 18:41 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Syracuse coach Fran Brown and Washington State acting coach Pete Kaligis shared a heartfelt hug after their Holiday Bowl news conference on Thursday. Kaligis can certainly use all the support he can get, especially an embrace and some encouraging words from the...

Michigan defensive lineman Kenneth Grant declares for NFL draft

Dec. 26, 2024 18:00 PM EST

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — Michigan defensive lineman Kenneth Grant is skipping his final college season to enter the NFL draft. Grant, a key part of the Wolverines' 2023 national championship team, announced his decision Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter. ...

Penn State offensive coordinator Kotelnicki's creativity has the Nittany Lions humming in the CFP

Dec. 26, 2024 14:56 PM EST

Andy Kotelnicki likes to tinker. It's just kind of his way. The Penn State first-year offensive coordinator is wary of growing stagnant. No matter how deep into the season it gets, there's always time for a new wrinkle, a new play, anything to give an upcoming opponent a little...

Pavia leads Vanderbilt against King, Georgia Tech in Birmingham Bowl

Dec. 26, 2024 14:34 PM EST

Georgia Tech knocked off two Top 10 teams while Vanderbilt toppled then-No. 1 Alabama. The two opponents in Friday's Birmingham Bowl have each taken highly ranked teams into multiple overtimes. They're also led by mobile quarterbacks who throw few interceptions. ...

USC and Texas A&M once had playoff hopes but instead will meet in the Las Vegas Bowl

Dec. 26, 2024 13:44 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Southern California opened its season at Allegiant Stadium with a victory over LSU that set up the Trojans for early contention for the College Football Playoff, but instead will end the year where they started. Texas A&M also had high hopes for a playoff spot,...

Full-circle moment for Navy coach Brian Newberry against Oklahoma in Armed Forces Bowl

Dec. 26, 2024 13:23 PM EST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Navy coach Brian Newberry grew up only a few miles from the University of Oklahoma campus, and the first college game he attended as a kid was to watch the Sooners. His parents still live in his childhood home in Moore, Oklahoma. Now in his...

Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire ready for Liberty Bowl eager to quiet Arkansas fans

Dec. 26, 2024 10:43 AM EST

Joey McGuire grew up on the Texas-Arkansas border with his family season-ticket holders for the Razorbacks, a team known locally as the Hogs. The number for his first landline telephone as a teenager literally ended in 1464 — or 1HOG. McGuire is now wrapping up his third season as...

Pitt is facing Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl after a 7-0 start

Dec. 25, 2024 14:33 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — At the beginning of November, the Pittsburgh Panthers were 7-0 and dreaming of finishing the season in the College Football Playoff. Instead, they were spending their Christmas in Detroit. Pitt went 0-5 in November, losing to SMU, Virginia, Clemson,...

Kansas State returns to desert to face Rutgers in the Rate Bowl

Dec. 25, 2024 14:05 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Kansas State did not finish the regular season the way it wanted to. Not by a long shot. In the thick of the Big 12 race — potentially the College Football Playoff — heading into the final month, the Wildcats stumbled to three losses in their...