9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald looked a little punch-drunk. Asked about the adjustments Ohio State made or the surprises it threw at the Wildcats’ defense while the Buckeyes were racking up 52 points and 7.6 yards per play, Fitzgerald interrupted and said, simply, “No, I […]
It began two weeks ago and is not bound to stop anytime soon: attrition of the remaining undefeated teams is upon us. Wisconsin got knocked from those ranks on Saturday in one of the most surprising results of the season, a 24-23 defeat at Illinois. On the other side of the conference, Penn State established […]
9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald looked a little punch-drunk. Asked about the adjustments Ohio State made or the surprises it threw at the Wildcats’ defense while the Buckeyes were racking up 52 points and 7.6 yards per play, Fitzgerald interrupted and said, simply, “No, I […]
CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Ohio State remains No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Re-Rank 1-130 while two fellow Big Ten contenders, Wisconsin and Michigan, tumbled in the Top 25. The Badgers are down eight spots to No. 14 after losing 24-23 at […]
Carmen Mandato/Getty Images At this point, you have to start wondering about Jake Fromm. You’d be wrong to think the Georgia signal-caller will tumble past the second round, but it’s fair to question whether he’s a first-round talent right now. Last weekend in a major upset loss to South Carolina, Fromm had one of his […]
It took enduring 14 surgeries and months of chemotherapy for University of Minnesota football player Casey O’Brien to experience the most euphoric 10 seconds of his life on Saturday. The four-time cancer survivor had his head coach and teammates in tears when he made his dream of playing in his first college football game come […]
Where it had allowed four touchdowns all season, none relevant to outcomes, it allowed three to Illinois on plays of 29 yards or more, all relevant to the outcome. It missed a 37-yard field goal late in the third quarter. It couldn’t score a touchdown from first down at the 3-yard line with 10 minutes […]
CLOSE Jim Harbaugh says Michigan showed great character and “fought really hard” in 28-21 loss at Penn State, Oct. 19, 2019 in University Park, Pa. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. — The margin for error was so thin and Michigan football spent Saturday night teetering back and forth along its edge, perversely taunting […]
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Both Alabama and LSU were able to pull off comfortable wins this week, but it’s the next group of SEC teams that are this week’s winners. Georgia, Florida and Auburn all avoided what would’ve been a disastrous second loss of their respective seasons, meaning the conference remains deep with contenders ready to […]
CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg provides his opinion of the top three programs in the history of college football. USA TODAY The last time most college football fans paid serious attention to Oregon, the Ducks were blowing a nice lead against Auburn. After that season-opening loss, it was easy to cast Oregon into […]
