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NASHVILLE — The Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl was originally predicted to be a battle between two offensive juggernauts. In reality, Illinois’ defense had one of the most highlight-worthy plays of the game early in the third quarter. It all started with a strip sack from sophomore linebacker Joe Barna at around the Tennessee 15-yard […]
From The Champaign Room | 2 months ago | 0 reads
Real Madrid continue to set the benchmark in European football, sitting atop the latest UEFA club coefficient rankings ahead of Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. The standings, calculated based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons, once again underline Madrid’s sustained dominance on the continental stage. According to the figures published by […]
From Managing Madrid | 2 months ago | 0 reads
Yesterday, Matt Campbell reportedly filled his defensive coordinator vacancy with D’Anton Lynn. Today, Matt Campbell is reportedly filling the special teams coordinator role by retaining Justin Lustig from the previous staff. Lustig is a highly-respected special teams coordinator who just completed his second season with the Nittany Lions. In a year that was marred by […]
From Black Shoe Diaries | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Arizona is set to take on SMU in the Holiday Bowl on Friday, and with the win the Wildcats would finish out the season with 10 wins. It’s been a complete turnaround for Brent Brennan in just his second year. Of course a bowl win brings great meaning to a program. It means that the […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | 2 months ago | 1 read
Of the non-CFP bowls so far, the staff is 10-8. We were 8-16 in the CFP games. The standings also got shaken up as Andrew got a game up on the field and Cole jumped into a tie for 2nd with Import. Tom is making a last gasp towards .500 while I missed the chance […]
From Anchor Of Gold | 2 months ago | 5 reads
Louisiana Tech only had to drive 70 miles on Tuesday afternoon to win their first bowl game in six years as they scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Coastal Carolina 23-14 in the 2025 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl. The first quarter was a sloppy one as each team missed a pair of […]
From Underdog Dynasty | 2 months ago | 3 reads
The North Carolina Tar Heels are just moments away from facing off against Florida State in their first ACC game of the season. The Heels come into this one hot off a one-loss non-conference schedule, while the Seminoles were eaten alive by Power Four competition during that stretch. Will that be the case tonight as […]
From Tar Heel Blog | 2 months ago | 1 read
The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Milwaukee Panthers in their final game of 2025, as well as their final conference game, on Tuesday, with tip-off slated for 6:00 p.m on Big Ten Network. The Badgers enter Tuesday with an 8-4 record, having yet to secure a Quad 1 win during their non-conference slate despite […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | 2 months ago | 0 reads
Tristan joins me to discuss the film on Oregon’s win over James Madison, and Texas Tech’s 2025 season to preview the Orange Bowl.
From Addicted To Quack | 2 months ago | 2 reads
The first-place Chicago Bears are coming off a heartbreaker in San Francisco, but they are also coming off a weekend that saw them clinch the NFC North. This Sunday, they have a chance to secure the two seed, and the following weekend, they’ll play in the first playoff game at Soldier Field since 2018. It’s a glorious […]
From Windy City Gridiron | 2 months ago | 1 read
AAC play on Wednesday will see the the Tulane Green Wave (9-4, 0-0 AAC) visit the East Carolina Pirates (5-8, 0-0 AAC) at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, beginning at 12 p.m. ET. In its previous game, Tulane defeated Portland State on Saturday, 63-61. Asher Woods scored a team-high 21 points (and contributed three assists and three rebounds). In its most recent game, East Carolina fell to North Carolina on Monday, 99-51. Its high scorer was Giovanni Emejuru with 21 points. When is Tulan...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Army Black Knights (6-7, 0-0 Patriot League) hope to extend a three-game winning streak when they visit the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (4-9, 0-0 Patriot League) on December 31, 2025 at Stabler Arena. The game airs on ESPN+. On Sunday, in its last game, Lehigh lost to Monmouth 76-62. With 20 points, Joshua Ingram was its top scorer. In its previous game, Army topped Binghamton on Tuesday, 95-85 in OT. Its high scorer was Jaxson Bell with 24 points. When is Lehigh vs. Army and when does it st...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 2 months ago | 0 reads
Good day! And Merry Christmas! EDIT: Took me so long to finish this that I can also say Happy (almost) New Year! For just the third time in the last two decades, your Washington State Cougars football team can call itself a bowl champion! Can you tell that we are excited???!!! Not only did the […]
From CougCenter | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Joiin us at 8pm CST for what might the last Huskers Happy Hour of the season. We know all the storylines, the Huskers are supposed to get slaughtered, etc. But what the heck? Why don’t we let them play the game, eh? I’ll also chat about the trip out here, some of the goings on, […]
From Corn Nation | 2 months ago | 3 reads
LOS ANGELES – On September 9, 2024, Curt Cignetti previewed his team’s trip to the Rose Bowl. A then-unknown Indiana team would make the program’s first trip to Pasadena since the 1968 Rose Bowl Game to face UCLA in a ... The post IU football unfazed by Rose Bowl pageantry, keeps eyes on the ‘here and now’ appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
From Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis | 2 months ago | 0 reads
You know what? We wait all year long for Nebraska football and are only guaranteed 12 games. Then we make our selves miserable because of over inflated expectations. Or maybe they are reasonable expectations but Nebraska just fails to meet them. Getting embarrassed by Penn State and Iowa certainly does not help. But even after […]
From Corn Nation | 2 months ago | 3 reads
BYU is one of the most historic programs in college football history. They are the last program in college football to win a national championship as a “non-power” team in 1984. They are the last program to have a Heisman Trophy winner as a “non-power” team. LaVell Edwards is one of the greatest football coaches […]
From Vanquish The Foe | 2 months ago | 7 reads
Bill O’Brien fills out his final open staff position, hiring his former colleague Ted Roof as the new defensive coordinator. Roof previously worked with O’Brien at Penn State, Duke, and Georgia Tech so the two have a lot of familiarity. Roof was the DC at Georgia Tech as O’Brien was first moving up the ranks […]
From BC Interruption | 2 months ago | 3 reads
Ohio State didn’t take the field this past weekend, but the playoff picture sharpened anyway. Bowl season churned on, narratives shifted, and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals came into full focus. For the Buckeyes, the pause served less as a break and more as a final recalibration point before New Year’s Eve, when Ohio State […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | 2 months ago | 7 reads
The New England Patriots are officially AFC East champions for the first time since 2019, while Drake Maye finds himself in the driver seat to take home the league’s MVP award. Now, eyes turn to the regular season finale where playoff seeding and matchups will be determined. So, submit any Patriots questions — or whatever […]
From Pats Pulpit | 2 months ago | 1 read
The transfer portal officially opens on Friday in what promises to be a day (and month) filled with complete chaos. The powers that be decided that there will not be a spring portal cycle this year which means we get it all jammed into two weeks right now. It also means that there officially haven’t […]
From UW Dawg Pound | 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Pioneer Press’s Andy Greder is reporting that special teams coordinator Bob Ligashesky will not return to Minnesota next season. He has spent the last two years with the Golden Gophers. Kicking was a persistent sore spot under Ligashesky, who inherited the Big Ten’s Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year in his first year with the […]
From The Daily Gopher | 2 months ago | 1 read
As the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) prepare for the 2026 College Football Playoff and to defend their national championship, they will head to Dallas, Texas, and the Cotton Bowl to take on the 11-2 Miami Hurricanes. Here are five things to know about the Miami Hurricanes. They have one of the best defenses […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | 2 months ago | 0 reads
Indiana football could be getting some good recruiting news in the coming days. Turbo Richard, a sophomore running back out of Boston College who entered his name into the transfer portal this week, has received a crystal ball prediction to commit to Indiana, with 247Sports’ Tony Morrell logging it on Tuesday morning. Morrell is an […]
From The Crimson Quarry | 2 months ago | 1 read
Well… that was fun. Yes, the final score still stings, but not in the same way it used to. Not anymore. And I think — at least for me — that shift is rooted in something the Bears haven’t had in a very long time: trust. Trust that Caleb Williams can flip the script the next time he gets the ball with the game on the line. Ben Johnson has been pretty clear about where his second-year quarterback is in the developmental arc. The “operational” phase is over. The foundation is set. Now c...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 2 months ago | 0 reads