Something has weighed on Kirby Smart’s mind the last few weeks, troubling him as he prepares to face Texas in the Sugar Bowl. “It’s very complicated,” he said. “And it causes for a lot of sleepless situations.” The coach isn’t talking about planning strategy for the Longhorns. Like a lot of marquee...
For Pat Fitzgerald, Friday night lights will always conjure images of high school football. Yet Northwestern will play its biggest regular-season game of 2019 at home, on a Friday, under the lights. Ohio State will come to Ryan Field on Oct. 18 for a rematch of the Big Ten title game. So what gives?...
Darius Bradwell rushed for a career-best 150 yards and two touchdowns to lead Tulane to its first postseason victory in 16 years, a 41-24 win Saturday over intrastate rival Louisiana-Lafayette in the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Justin McMillan improved to 5-1 as the Green Wave's starting quarterback,...
The college football bowl season starts Saturday with six games: Celebration Bowl ALCORN STATE (9-3) VS. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (9-2) at Atlanta, 9 a.m. PST, Channel 7 North Carolina A&T is playing for its seventh Historically Black Colleges and Universities national title and third in four years....
UF football coach Dan Mullen admits he has little to do with scheduling, but he made it clear Friday he’s not ducking UCF. Ever since the College Football Playoff selection committee matched up the Gators and Michigan in the Peach Bowl and put UCF and LSU in the Fiesta Bowl, UCF fans have questioned...
There was no hint of vitriol in the statement released by Dana Holgorsen. No disapproval. Not even disappointment. The West Virginia coach seemed comfortable with the idea that his team will head for the Camping World Bowl minus star quarterback Will Grier, who has decided to skip the game as he...
Doctors called UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton's fourth surgery a success, according to a video posted on his mother's Instagram account. Teresa Milton posted a video featuring the medical staff from Jewett Orthopaedic Friday morning. She asked two medical staff members how his surgery went Thursday....
With the regular season over, the Los Angeles Times’ college football “experts” move to making their picks for the first week of bowl games. National college football writer David Wharton was the regular-season champion with a record of 100-40, just ahead of deputy sports editor Mike Hiserman (98-42)....
Injured UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton is going to the Fiesta Bowl. Milton was cleared to undergo another surgery after an ultrasound Thursday and is slated to travel to Arizona to cheer on the Knights in the Fiesta Bowl, according to a post by his mother on Twitter. Teresa Milton posted Thursday...
The Florida Gators’ series with the South Florida Bulls will begin in 2021, a year earlier than originally scheduled. UF announced Thursday the first meeting in the three-game series between the schools will be contested Sept. 11, 2021, in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. The Gators then will host...
Moments after he was officially introduced as Temple’s new head coach, former Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz — wearing a cherry-and-white tie and a Temple lapel pin on his suit — said he still had a bit of unfinished business in Miami. And so, when the Hurricanes take the field against...
UCF athletics director Danny White stood mostly alone for months. When asked why he declared the 2017 undefeated Knights national champions, he pointed to a Football Bowl Subdivision postseason model that never gave the Knights a chance to play for a championship. White vocally argued the playoff...
Manny Diaz has, in his three years in Coral Gables, helped transform the Miami Hurricanes defense. Now it appears Miami’s defensive coordinator will try to do the same — on a bigger scale — at Temple. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday night that Diaz had agreed to take over the Owls...