“Some years we have a dilemma of deciding which Buckeye to celebrate,” Jerry Emig, a spokesman for Ohio State, wrote in an email. “And that’s a good thing! Waiting until season’s end allows this decision to be decided at the grass roots/playing field level.” Last December, for instance, Ohio State sent out a poster extolling […]
Teachable moments come in rapid succession after losses in college football. Ohio State coach Ryan Day hopes to nitpick his team’s issues after a win on Saturday against Wisconsin, a previous unbeaten who overlooked Illinois last time out. “Sometimes after a loss, they’re a little bit more attentive to those things, something […]
No. 16 SMU heads out on the road on a short turnaround as it looks to continue its unbeaten start to 2019 in pursuit of an American Athletic Conference championship and a spot in the New Year’s Six. The Mustangs are coming off a huge 45-21 win at home against Temple, and now they’re going […]
CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY The 2019 college football season is only halfway done, so the coaching carousel hasn’t really started to spin. Rutgers, which fired Chris Ash last month, has been the only Power Five school to make a change at head coach — but […]
When you least expect it, that’s when they strike. LSU coach Ed Orgeron has to be on pins and needles this week in anticipation of Saturday’s game against Auburn, a matchup pitting Top 10 teams that has seemingly flown under the radar nationally in lieu of Tua Tagovailoa’s surgically-repaired ankle and the second-ranked […]
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Everyone plays everyone in the Big 12, thanks to the conference’s round-robin football philosophy. Not all schedules are created equal, though, as the 2020 schedule released Tuesday illustrated. Consider TCU, which has its conference schedule basically reduced to one testing four-game stretch. From Oct. 24 to Nov. 14, the Horned Frogs play at Baylor, host […]
Quarterbacks have dominated the conversation much of college football season and rightfully so considering the numbers handed out by the elites. But when the competition strengthens and Playoff selection are sorted out at season’s end, teams with solid foundations defensively might be best-suited to win it all on Jan. 13 in New Orleans. […]
CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Shortly after signing a bill that will allow college athletes in California to profit off their name, image and likeness beginning in 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he believed it was important to talk about coaches. During his time as a […]
