College Football

By Larry “Lightning” McCoy The Michigan Wolverines definitely can win their first four football games without Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines. The assistant coaches could lead them to wins over, in order, East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green and Rutgers. The only one of the bunch who could give the Wolverines a problem is ECU due…

By Danielle Daniels July 21, 2023 | Complete Release IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa’s 2023 home football season opener against Utah State, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Sept. 2 at Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium, is sold out. The announcement was made Friday by the UI Athletics Department.   It is the fifth Hawkeye game…

By Walker Tompkins July 20, 2023 | Complete Release   IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa’s 2023 home football contests against Western Michigan (Sept. 16, 2:30 p.m.), Michigan State (Sept. 30, TBA), Purdue (Oct. 7, TBA) and Minnesota (Oct 21, TBA), scheduled at Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium, are officially sold out. The announcement was…

By Walker Tompkins July 21, 2023 | Complete Release   IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa’s 2023 home football season opener against Utah State, scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT) on Sept. 2 at Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium, is sold out. The announcement was made Friday by the UI Athletics Department.   It is the fifth Hawkeye game this…

By Walker Tompkins NASHVILLE, TENN. (July 21, 2023) — The South Carolina Gamecocks have been picked to finish third in the SEC Eastern Division according to a preseason poll of the media covering the annual SEC Football Media Days this past week in Nashville, it was announced today. Georgia was selected to win the SEC…

By Larry ‘Lightning” McCoy FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Patrick William Fitzgerald Jr. (born December 2, 1974) is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats football program, until his 2023 termination in the aftermath of a hazing scandal. He was originally promoted to the position following the sudden passing of head coach Randy…

GAME NOTES https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2023/1/30/Loyola.pdf LISTEN LIVE https://www.whio.com/whio-radio/listen-live/ LIVE STATS http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=425045 DAYTON — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team renews a rivalry that began in 1928-29 when Loyola visits UD Arena Tuesday night.  The two teams have met 48 times, but this is the first meeting since Feb. 27, 1993 when both were members of the…

LOS ANGELES—College Football Hall of Famer, Charles White, USC’s 1979 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback and a member of the Trojans’ 1978 national championship team who then played 9 seasons in the NFL, died today (Wednesday, Jan. 11) in Newport Beach, Calif. of cancer.  He was 64. White was USC’s third Heisman Trophy winner and still is…

Bulldogs in the College Football Hall of Fame ATHENS — Former University Georgia head football coach Mark Richt has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame according to an announcement of the 2023 class Monday by the National Football Foundation. Richt is the fifth former UGA coach to be elected to the College Hall of…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs scored on their first six possessions, led by 31 at the half, and cruised to a 65-7 win over No. 3 TCU Monday night at SoFi Stadium to capture their second straight national championship. Unlike last season’s National Championship Game, in which the Bulldogs needed to rally to…

THE GAMEFor the second-straight season, the No. 8 University of Utah Football team is set for a top-15 battle in the Rose Bowl, taking on the No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions on Monday, Jan. 2. The 109th Rose Bowl Game will kick off at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT on ESPN. FOLLOW ALONGFans can…

109th Rose Bowl Game PASADENA, Calif. – No. 11 Penn State is set to play in the 109th Rose Bowl Game against No. 8 Utah on Monday, January 2. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET on ESPN. Heading into “The Granddaddy of Them All”, let’s take a look at some of the key numbers. 1…

GAME NOTES https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/12/30/Purdue_Game_Notes_-Cheez-It_Citrus_Bowl__2.pdf LISTEN LIVE ON LINE https://thevarsitynetwork.com/feed/source/oas-1457?audioPlayer=purdue%3Aallaccess-Live-3358 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After playing in the Big Ten Championship for the first time in program history, the Purdue Boilermakers head south to face LSU in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. The Big Ten West champs battle the SEC West champs at Camping World Stadium, Jan. 2. Kickoff…

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87th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic GAME NOTES https://usctrojans.com/documents/2022/12/26/usc-trojans-football-cotton-bowl-game-notes-tulane-green-wave.pdf TEXAS TIME *The No. 8 ranked USC football team (11-2) will face No. 14 Tulane (11-2) in the 87th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., at 12 p.m. CT on Jan. 2, 2023 on ESPN. *This will be USC’s third-ever appearance in the…

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane Football program, fresh off winning the 2022 American Athletic Conference Championship Game over UCF by a 45-28 count, learned Sunday afternoon that its opponent in the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic will be USC. The Green Wave (11-2 overall) moved up to 14th in the Associated Press Top 25, 16th in the…

For the first time since 2019, Illinois will compete in a 13th game, taking on Mississippi State in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday. After an 8-4 regular season that featured an unblemished nonconference record and five conference wins, their most since 2007, the Illini earned the opportunity to partake in bowl festivities. The program has…

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COMPLETE GAME NOTES https://georgiadogs.com/documents/2022/12/27/22FB_PostSeasonMediaGuide.pdf Game & Broadcast Info GEORGIA EXTENDS NATION’S LONGEST ACTIVE BOWL STREAKTop-ranked Georgia will face fourth-ranked Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 2022 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. on ESPN. The Bulldogs (13-0) will represent the SEC in their third CFP appearance…