Trevor Lawrence passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2 Tigers, who claim second college football championship in three years.
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Bowl Roundup: LSU ends UCF's win streak at 25
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Joe Burrow watched the ball land in an opposing player’s hands and immediately gave chase. Locked in on preventing a pick six, LSU’s quarterback didn’t see Joey Connors, Central Florida’s 313-pound defensive lineman, bearing down on him. With a thunderous, blindside collision , Burrow found himself flat on his back, woozy […]
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The Hot Corner: For a college football champion, two can play at that game
Tell me again what multiple of four you’d like to see invited to a college football playoff? I only ask because four isn’t working. It’s a pointless exercise that takes the starch out of two bowl games and satisfies nobody. Since the start of the college football playoff, the average margin of victory has been […]
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College Football Playoff: Alabama and Clemson, again, for national title
The Crimson Tide and Tigers are meeting in College Football Playoff for fourth season in a row, and the third time for the national title.
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Alabama beats Oklahoma to reach title game
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns as No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl.
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Lawrence lights up Notre Dame, Clemson cruises into title game
Trevor Lawrence threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson beat No. 3 Notre Dame 30-3 in the Cotton Bowl to reach the College Football Playoff championship game for the third time in four seasons.
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College football: Maine vs. Jacksonville State matchup
WHAT: Second round of FCS playoffs WHERE: Alfond Stadium, Orono KICKOFF: Noon Saturday TV/WEB: ESPN3 ALL-TIME SERIES: First meeting LAST WEEK: Jacksonville State defeated East Tennessee State, 34-27; Maine had a bye WHEN MAINE HAS THE BALL: The Black Bears talk about doing the things they do. That means using the running game to set […]
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College football: Freshmen give Black Bears a boost
Michael Gerace didn’t come from Bel Air, Maryland, to Orono, Maine, to stay on the sidelines for the University of Maine football team. “It’s every kid’s dream to play at the Division I level,” said Gerace, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound freshman offensive lineman. “I came here and I wanted to contribute to the team, and get […]
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College football: Gamecocks have Black Bears’ ‘full attention’
The first thing you notice about the University of Maine’s opponent in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs is that Jacksonville State has a heck of an offense. The Gamecocks average 41.1 points and 499 yards per game. They’re led by sophomore quarterback Zerrick Cooper, a transfer from Clemson who has thrown […]
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College football: No restrictions for mended Maine QB Ferguson
Sophomore quarterback Chris Ferguson was back at practice for the University of Maine football team Tuesday morning, saying he had no restrictions on his right shoulder. Ferguson has missed parts of the last two games, each time aggravating a right shoulder injury he first suffered in the third game of the season. He missed two […]