2:31 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — The oft-asked question about Texas football got an emphatic answer on Tuesday night, at least as far as sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger was concerned. Ehlinger, who was named MVP in the No. 15 Longhorns’ 28-21 win over No. 5 Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, stood on stage during
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12:00 AM ET PASADENA, Calif. — With 40 seconds left in the 105th Rose Bowl, Urban Meyer emphatically pumped his fists in the air one last time as Ohio State’s head coach with a victorious 28-23 score beaming on the north end zone scoreboard. As the clock ticked down to zero and Washington’s late comeback
1:16 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN I had read about Purdue University student Tyler Trent in Gregg Doyel’s moving columns in the Indianapolis Star and reached out to tell the young man that I admired his tenacity and courage. I had learned that he had wanted to be a sportswriter and knew we had that in
12:33 AM ET NEW ORLEANS – About 45 minutes before kickoff of Tuesday night’s Allstate Sugar Bowl, Bevo XV got a little aggressive. As his handlers tried to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the Uga X, the 62-pound English bulldog that serves as Georgia’s live mascot, Bevo sent all 1,600 of his pounds forward, over
10:46 PM ET As one one-sided semifinal bled into another Saturday, as 12 months of anticipation, fueled by three months of regular season, fell apart like a sand castle at high tide, all I could think was this: Thank goodness. Maybe this will quiet the talk of playoff expansion. The playoff semifinals fit in nicely
10:38 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Edward Aschoff Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN.com SEC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2011. Graduated from the University of Florida. PASADENA, Calif. — In the wake of Ohio State‘s victory in the Rose Bowl, Buckeyes coach
9:57 PM ET Tyler Trent, the former Purdue student who inspired countless sports fans with his gratitude and grace, died from a rare form of bone cancer on Tuesday. He was 20 years old. Trent first earned the admiration of the Boilermakers football team by camping outside the stadium last September prior to the team’s
9:36 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Before Georgia and Texas squared off in Tuesday night’s Allstate Sugar Bowl, the teams’ respective mascots had a tense pregame meeting. As the handlers for Bevo XV and Uga X tried to position the pair for a pregame photo op, Bevo charged in Uga’s direction, knocking down the metal
9:50 PM ET PASADENA, Calif. — If this really was the end of Urban Meyer’s storied coaching career, it was one heck of a way to go out. No. 6 Ohio State’s 28-23 win against No. 9 Washington on Tuesday in the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual wasn’t exactly the instant classic the
7:21 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — A few UCF players responded with tears. Others with silence. And still more with looks of satisfaction. The scene in the Knights’ locker room offered a full range of emotions on Tuesday after their 40-32 loss to LSU in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl that snapped a 25-game winning streak