8:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the biggest upset since the advent of the College Football Playoff, third-seeded TCU rode its underdog status to a 51-45 win over undefeated and No. 2 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The win continued TCU’s storybook season and made the Frogs the first Big
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5:58 PM ET The grandfather of Iowa star linebacker Jack Campbell died Friday night in Nashville, where he had traveled to watch the Hawkeyes play in the Music City Bowl. William Smith Jr., the father of Campbell’s stepmother, Jen, died following a pedestrian-vehicle accident involving one car, the school said in a statement. The 76-year-old
4:40 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — Bryce Young passed for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a game that other top NFL prospects might have skipped, and No. 5 Alabama responded to an early two-score deficit with 35 straight points to defeat 11th-ranked Kansas State 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday.
1:36 PM ET The College Football Playoff semifinals are finally here. Before we reach 2023, we’ll know one if not both of the teams that will play for the national championship. The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines face the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. 2
Dec 30, 2022 THE LEGEND OF Max Duggan, the stubborn overachiever who began the regular season as a backup quarterback and ended it as the Heisman Trophy runner-up leading TCU to a College Football Playoff berth, was born on the Fourth of July back in Iowa. Jim Duggan, Max’s dad and former high school football
11:46 AM ET Georgia remained the favorite against Ohio State in Saturday’s second College Football Playoff semifinal, but the point spread was moving toward the underdog Buckeyes on reports of big wagers by influential bettors. Multiple sportsbooks reported taking bets on Ohio State from professional bettors Friday, causing the line to move from Georgia -6.5
11:52 AM ET BYU offensive lineman Sione Veikoso died in a construction accident in his hometown of Kailua, Hawaii, on Friday. He was 22 years old. A total of six men were at the site when a 15-foot retaining rock wall behind a home partially collapsed and trapped three of them, the Honolulu Fire Department
12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The only thing that stopped Tennessee fans from singing “Rocky Top” as time was expiring Friday night was the need to serenade Joe Milton with something else. “M-V-P!” they chanted, over and over. With good reason. Milton, who regained the starting job only after his
8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 21 Notre Dame beat No. 19 South Carolina 45-38 in a wild TaxSlayer Bowl on Friday. The highest-scoring game in Gator Bowl history was filled with big plays and memorable
6:44 PM ET NC State radio broadcaster Gary Hahn was suspended indefinitely after referring to “illegal aliens” in El Paso during the Wolfpack’s 16-12 loss to Maryland in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Friday. Hahn made the comments as he relayed the score of the Sun Bowl, saying “down among all the illegal aliens in