10:00 PM ET ATLANTA — THE PARTY started weeks ago. In Louisiana, this was all a foregone conclusion. A national championship game is to be played, in New Orleans of all places, and so of course LSU would be there. This was destiny. The Tigers players knew it, too. They spent the past two weeks
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1:36 AM ET The dream season for LSU and quarterback Joe Burrow will end about 80 miles from campus in New Orleans, which will provide the ultimate home-field advantage. Clemson will try to spoil the party, win back-to-back national titles and further cement its claim as the nation’s most dominant program. 2 Related After a
10:01 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ohio State starting cornerback Shaun Wade was ejected for targeting in the second quarter against Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Playstation Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night. Wade blitzed off the edge and sacked Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence, making helmet-to-helmet contact with him. Wade drew the
9:58 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — J.K. Dobbins, who romped for 141 yards in the first quarter Saturday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, broke Eddie George’s Ohio State school record for most rushing yards in a season. George rushed for 1,927 yards during his Heisman Trophy-winning 1995 season.
8:40 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason will be hiring new coordinators after the Commodores went 3-9 this season. Mason said in a statement Saturday that the process had started to replace offensive coordinator Gerry Gdowski and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver. “I’d like to express my appreciation of the commitment
7:38 PM ET USC defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast and special teams coordinator John Baxter both are out, a day after the Trojans finished their season at 8-5. The team announced Saturday that neither coach will return to Clay Helton’s staff in 2020. Both moves had been expected for several weeks. USC lost to Iowa 49-24
6:33 PM ET ATLANTA — Forget about a Heisman jinx. LSU quarterback Joe Burrow picked up where he left off against Oklahoma in the first half of Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy earlier this month in the most lopsided vote in
6:33 PM ET ATLANTA — Forget about a Heisman jinx. LSU quarterback Joe Burrow picked up where he left off against Oklahoma in Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy earlier this month in the most lopsided vote in history, threw seven more
6:44 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — In the week leading up to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons seemingly told anybody who listened that he was going to win the game’s defensive player of the game award. He told defensive coordinator Brent Pry. He told running back Journey Brown, jokingly jawing
5:58 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Oklahoma defensive back Brendan Radley-Hiles was ejected from Saturday’s Peach Bowl for a brutal hit on LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. With Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow scrambling toward the sideline, Radley-Hiles delivered the blindside shot to Edwards-Helaire coming out of the backfield. The officials did not throw