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How to Watch the 2025 Music City Bowl (Illinois vs. Tennessee) Game Time: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday TV Channel: ESPN Online Streaming: ESPN+ Odds: ILL +6.5, O/U 61.5 Quick Hits: Illinois Fighting Illini (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) Head Coach: Bret Bielema (5th season) Last Game: Illinois 20, Northwestern 13 Gameday Reading: Tennessee Volunteers (8-4, 4-4 SEC) Head coach: Josh […]
The Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-5) closed out the 2025 season with a 20-17 overtime win over the New Mexico Lobos (9-4) in the Rate Bowl at Chase Field in Arizona on Friday. The Elite Anthony Smith. No one shone brighter under the lights of Chase Field than the Gophers’ All-Big Ten defensive end, who was […]
Why this game? Don’t ask questions, that’s why. Pinstripe Bowl Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Clemson Tigers11am | ABC | Clemson -2.5 | O/U 47.5at Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York, New York) misdreavus79: Here’s something neat: James Franklin’s first loss at Penn State was to Northwestern. His last loss was… to Northwestern. James Franklin’s first […]
How to Watch Illinois vs. Southern (Non-Conference Finale) Game Time: 2 p.m. Monday TV Channel: BTN Online Streaming: FoxSportsGO Odds: N/A (Illinois 98.7% Chance To Win – ESPN Matchup Predictor) Quick Hits: Illinois Fighting Illini (9-3, 1-1 Big Ten) Head Coach: Brad Underwood (9th season) Last Game: Illinois 91, Missouri 48 Gameday Reading: Southern Jaguars (4-8, 0-0 SWAC) Head […]
The Gator Bowl hosted a fireside chat Friday morning with Eli Drinkwitz and Virginia head coach Tony Elliott, beginning with a talk between the two and a moderator before opening up to questions from the press. Here’s what Drinkwitz said about the matchup, who would play for the Tigers against the Cavaliers, and more: Eli […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — After Illinois thrashed Missouri on Monday night, Illini fans have started to wonder what this group can look like when it commits to head coach Brad Underwood’s “daily vitamins.” During their nine-day practice week, Illinois stressed what Underwood calls their “daily vitamins,” consisting of defensive communication, attention to the small details and […]
While Brett Bielema’s squad prepares for Tennessee and the Music City Bowl, for six players, it will not be their final college game. Some will have a week or two to prepare, others a month. Here is who to watch and where to find them. First up will be the Hula Bowl, played not in […]
The Wisconsin Badgers had a nice 88-61 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas on Monday, getting back in the win column after back-to-back losses over the last two weeks. It was a good day offensively, as Wisconsin shot 53.7 percent from the field, hit 13 three-pointers, and had a whopping 25 assists on 29 made […]
Duke (8-5) heads to El Paso, TX to face Arizona State (8-4) in the 92nd Sun Bowl on Wednesday December 31, 2025 at 2 pm EST. Television coverage is provided by CBS. The Blue Devils are currently favored by three points. Duke is riding a three game win streak with wins over North Carolina, Wake […]
On this episode of the Five Heart Podcast, the hosts will take a long look at the upcoming Las Vegas Bowl match-up with the Utah Utes. It was announced on Friday that Utah’s coach Kyle Whittingham was in the works to be the new head coach at the University of Michigan. Would Whittingham coach Utah […]
The one where we’re asking if it matters once the playoff spot is locked in. Anyone who’s watched at least half a dozen Buffalo Bills games during the 2025 NFL season understands that they struggle to stop the run, and that Josh Allen is still incredible, somehow still putting up stats with a less-than-supportive cast […]
The outgoing portal count is up to 16 for the Wisconsin Badgers, as tight end Tucker Ashcraft announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal on Friday. Ashcraft, a junior in 2025, was Wisconsin’s top returning tight end for next season as Lance Mason was out of eligibility. Mason is fighting for an extra year […]
Northwestern and Minnesota both win their bowl games, and isn’t that the nicest thing we can say about the whole endeavor. A win in a third rate cold weather bowl game is still better than no bowl invite, or a loss in a third rate bowl game.—Midnight Rambler GameAbove Sports Bowl Northwestern Wildcats 34, Central Michigan Chippewas […]
During Brent Brennan’s first season, Arizona was heavily reliant on the players who stuck around after the sudden coaching change. And while that included future NFL draft picks Tetairoa McMillan and Jonah Savaiinaea, as well as a veteran secondary, the lack of young talent to provide depth contributed to the poor results. The Wildcats are […]
It may be bowl game day, but more importantly, it’s our final chance to watch Haynes King lead the #19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets against BYU in one more game, one that hopefully will see Tech win their 10th game of the 2025 season and mark their first 10-win season since 2014. On the injury […]
Good morning, BBN! Bowl season really takes off today with some great matchups. Check out each one below: Some big-name schools take the field, led by a top-25 matchup between BYU and Georgia Tech. I’ll also be watching that LSU vs Houston game to close out the night. While Lane won’t be coaching on that […]
It wasn’t long ago these teams were starting the season in the top 5 with national title hopes. It’s not the ending we were hoping for, but it’s one last time to watch the 2025 Nittany Lions. Let’s hope for a fun game in the snow with the good guys in blue and white coming […]
BYU Football has one more game to play – The Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, FL against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Saturday afternoon. After losing to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Title Game, BYU was left out of the College Football Playoff. The Cougars have an 11-2 record, with both of those losses […]
Pop the kettle on, load up a sarnie full of Christmas leftovers and stick your headphones in as we look forward to Sunderland vs Leeds United at the Stadium of Light – and joining us to give us his expert views on our opposition is popular YouTuber Conor McGilligan from the One Leeds Fan Channel! […]
Game notes Setting the scene Get ready to Drop It Like It’s Hot. The 2025 Arizona Bowl is here, and Snoop Dogg is serving as the host for the second-straight year as a promotion for his Gin & Juice brand. Only one college football team has shared a podium with the legendary rapper, and that […]
The Stanford Cardinal (10-2) will look to continue a three-game winning streak when they host the CSU Northridge Matadors (8-5) on December 27, 2025. The Matadors have won four games in a row. In its previous game, Stanford beat Colorado on Saturday, 77-68. Its top scorer was Ebuka Okorie with 32 points. CSU Northridge was victorious in its most recent game against Sacramento State, 100-88, on Monday. Josiah Davis led the way with 22 points, and also had four boards and 10 assists. When is...
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Game notes Setting the scene Houston and LSU are two of the biggest fanbases residing in the nation’s 4th-largest city, making the 2025 Texas Bowl a perfect crowd matchup. It also pits together two teams that haven’t squared off in a quarter of a century. The Houston Cougars (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) enjoyed a spectacular […]
Grading the hire of Kyle Whittingham to replace Sherrone Moore as head coach of Michigan Wolverines football. Michigan has signed outgoing Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham to the same role, per ESPN and Brett McMurphy and Jeff Passan and Shams Charania and probably MLive dot com and/or TMZ, too. The deal lasts five years, […]
In the 2025 First Responder Bowl, the game was all about response. The UTSA Roadrunners stared down an immediate 14-0 deficit to the FIU Panthers, as their streak of winning seasons stood in peril. But UTSA rebounded in calm and collected fashion in Dallas, piling on 38 unanswered points in an eventual 57-20 victory over […]
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