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After beating Tennessee, Ohio State will finally get its rematch with Oregon
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State players had been thinking about a rematch with Oregon long before the Buckeyes crushed Tennessee in a first-round playoff game. Their first chance to avenge the Oct. 12 loss to the Ducks looked to be the Big Ten championship game, but that slipped...
Dylan Sampson's hamstring injury leaves Tennessee's offense struggling in CFP loss to Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tennessee reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in large part due to a rushing attack fueled by Dylan Sampson. On Saturday night, the Volunteers were without the services of their workhorse running back when they need him the most. ...
Howard throws 2 TD passes to Smith to help Ohio State rout Tennessee 42-17 in CFP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Will Howard threw two touchdown passes to freshman Jeremiah Smith and Ohio State routed Tennessee 42-17 on Saturday night in a first-round College Football Playoff game, setting up a New Year's Day rematch with No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl. Quinshon Judkins...
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...
Ohio State wants redemption, Tennessee seeks respect in first-round CFP matchup
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Coach Josh Heupel doesn't much care for the narrative that No. 7 Tennessee, with its checkered history over the past 15 years, is content just to have reached the College Football Playoff. The fourth-year coach knows that mindset won't work facing a team like...
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. ...
'Better than going to Disney World': Fans revel in CFP debuts at campus sites
Forget the cost, the frenzied planning and the timing around the holidays. SMU fan Will Howard is living the dream: His beloved Mustangs are in the 12-team hunt for a national championship, and he’s going to ride it to the end. “It’s better than going to Disney World,” Howard...
Ohio State’s Howard and Vols' Iamaleava dealing with playoff pressure from different perspectives
Nico Iamaleava has been learning on the job with each snap, and Saturday night will be his 14th start this year for the seventh-ranked Tennessee Volunteers. Will Howard's next start for No. 6 Ohio State could be his last in college. The quarterbacks in Saturday night's first-round...
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...
College football transfer portal opens as Oklahoma's Arnold, other top players look for a move
The college football transfer portal opened on Monday, a day after the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field was released. The portal period closes on Dec. 28. Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold, Texas State running back Ismail Mahdi, Miami (Ohio) wide...
