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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 1, 2025, 11:57 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions PASADENA, Calif. — Jeremiah Smith, a rose stem planted firmly in his mouth, glared confidently into the scarlet-coated section of the Rose Bowl stands Wednesday as he exited

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 1, 2025, 11:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PASADENA, Calif. — As the time on the clock dripped away and the winner’s podium full of red roses was being wheeled onto the field, Oregon was experiencing something it hadn’t faced all season: a loss. After going 13-0 in the regular season, beating

J.J. Post, ESPNJan 1, 2025, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After a thrilling College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between Texas and Arizona State, Wednesday’s second quarterfinal offered as decisive of a result as you’ll find in the Ohio State Buckeyes‘ blowout win over the Oregon Ducks. Editor’s Picks 2 Related

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJan 1, 2025, 10:48 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. NEW ORLEANS — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said his team met Wednesday morning after learning of the attack on Bourbon Street that killed 15 people and injured dozens more, working

ESPN News Services Jan 1, 2025, 08:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PASADENA, Calif. — Jeremiah Smith caught two of Will Howard’s three long touchdown passes during Ohio State’s sensational 34-point first half, and the No. 6 Buckeyes roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 41-21 victory over No. 1 Oregon in the

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 1, 2025, 09:03 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Kenny Dillingham, Cam Skattebo and Sam Leavitt tried their best to hold back tears as they attempted to process what their Arizona State squad had

Jan 1, 2025, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On New Year’s Eve, Penn State became the first team to lock up a spot in a College Football Playoff semifinal when it beat Boise State 31-14 in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Texas needed double overtime to escape a gritty Arizona State team 39-31 on New

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 1, 2025, 08:13 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers sat at his locker long after a thrilling 39-31 double overtime win over Arizona State had ended Wednesday, his heart rate back to

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 1, 2025, 07:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PASADENA, Calif. — Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart, who did not see the field in the first half of Wednesday’s Rose Bowl against Ohio State, was “dinged up during warmups,” coach Dan Lanning told ESPN Radio in a halftime interview. Stewart was in uniform

ESPN News Services Jan 1, 2025, 05:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a