9:47 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Clemson starting linebacker James Skalski was ejected from Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl for targeting on a hard hit to Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields in the second quarter. Skalski went to tackle Fields and appeared to lower the crown of his helmet as
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9:25 PM ET After falling to No. 1 Alabama 31-14 on Friday in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly bristled at questions about what the Irish need to do to win a national championship. “I guess everybody needs to continue to carry this narrative that Notre Dame is not good enough,”
8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen has fired two defensive assistants in the wake of the unit’s worst season in more than a hundred years, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Mullen parted ways with secondary coaches Ron English and Torrian Gray, as first reported by 247Sports. The
7:35 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours after the College Football Playoff selection committee cemented the top four teams, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was asked the million-dollar question: How do you stop or limit the Alabama offense? Kelly equivocated, noting his staff hadn’t evaluated the Crimson Tide game plan-wise, since he had just learned
7:05 PM ET No. 3 Ohio State will be without two starters and several other key reserves against No. 2 Clemson in Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Starting guard Harry Miller and running back Master Teague III both are out, according to the team’s availability report. Defensive end Zach Harrison,
5:35 PM ET BYU quarterback Zach Wilson will enter the NFL draft, he announced Friday. A likely first-round pick, Wilson is the No. 3-ranked draft-eligible quarterback and the No. 14 overall player, according to ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. COUGAR NATION pic.twitter.com/pEa9RUMCTQ — Zachary Wilson (@zachkapono) January 1, 2021 In three years, Wilson
5:20 PM ET Alabama’s Najee Harris made his presence felt immediately in the College Football Playoff, hurdling a Notre Dame defender and never breaking stride en route to a 53-yard run that set up another Tide touchdown. THIS NAJEE HARRIS HURDLE 😱 #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/3qiYJq9wPi — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 1, 2021 Maybe Harris just wanted to
11:44 AM ET Auburn leading rusher Tank Bigsby will not be able to play in Friday’s VRBO Citrus Bowl matchup with Northwestern because of issues related to COVID-19, sources confirmed to ESPN. Bigsby, a freshman, rushed for 834 yards and averaged 6.0 yards per carry this season for the Tigers. AL.com first reported that Bigsby
9:40 AM ET Alabama is favored by more points than any team in the College Football Playoff’s brief history, but the majority of bettors have been undeterred by the historic point spread. The Crimson Tide are consensus 19.5-point favorites over Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, the first of two CFP semifinals on Friday (4
8:00 AM ET Don’t look now, but the Ohio State Buckeyes and their fan base are feeling disrespected. They are agitated, irritated and aggravated. They are taking inventory of all the names of those who have attempted to diminish the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff invite, from sportswriters and Dabo Swinney to sports radio jocks and