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Published Sep. 11, 2023, 10:36 a.m.By Patrick LanniIt’s a crazy time for college football. That was the theme for this week’s bowl projections.Alabama? Out of a New Year’s Six Bowl.College Football Playoff? How about the Texas Longhorns for the first time.Three Pac-12 teams playing on New Year’s Day? Check.A decade-long streak of losing seasons for Rutgers? Snapped.Action Network’s Brett McMurphy went ...

There were people among the nearly 50,000 at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday night who were disappointed with what they were watching. It was Pitt’s second game of the season, and it turned into a 27-21 loss to Cincinnati, an unexpected result for many people.It also was quarterback Phil Jurkovec’s second game as a Pitt player after a successful and celebrated career at Pine-Richland. For much of the ...

Published Sep. 11, 2023, 9:48 a.m. ETThe biggest game of the past weekend, Texas-Alabama, lived up to the billing, as the Longhorns, entering the game as seven point road underdogs, pulled away in the fourth quarter to pick up a stunning 34-24 win over Nick Saban’s program.Every other team in the Associated Press Top 10 cruised to victories during Week 2 of the college football slate, including No. ...

Published Sep. 11, 2023, 9:44 a.m.By James CrepeaOregon will host Prime Time in the daytime.The No. 13 Ducks (2-0) will host No. 18 Colorado (2-0) at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 at Autzen Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ABC.It will be the first conference game of the season for both teams. It will also be the first Pac-12 game in the coaching career of CU coach Deion Sanders, also known as Coach ...

Published Sep. 11, 2023, 1:19 p.m.By James CrepeaBo Nix picked up his first conference weekly award of the 2023 season.Oregon’s quarterback was named Pac-12 offensive player of the week for helping lead the No. 13 Ducks to a 38-30 comeback win at Texas Tech.Nix went 32 of 44 for 359 yards and two touchdowns and had nine carries for 46 yards in the win. It was his eighth career 300-yard passing game ...

Coach Prime and his Colorado football team are coming to Autzen Stadium next week, and the expected top-25 matchup against Oregon will get marquee treatment.The No. 13 Ducks (2-0) and No. 18 Buffaloes (2-0) will kickoff at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and the game will be televised by ABC, the Pac-12 announced Monday. It will be the conference opener for both teams.Oregon, predicted to be a contender for the ...

Has Ohio State's quarterback competition finally been resolved?The battle between junior Kyle McCord and redshirt freshman Devin Brown has been the biggest plotline with the Buckeyes ever since C.J. Stroud's departure to the NFL left them without an obvious successor.According to coach Ryan Day, the two went back and forth in their competition, with neither truly separating himself.But someone had ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sam Hartman, no longer winless at Carter-Finley Stadium, was walking to the Notre Dame football team bus after a long, soggy, satisfying Saturday afternoon in the capital of his home state.Having led the 11th-ranked Irish (US LBM Coaches Poll) to a 45-24 win over his longtime nemesis, N.C. State, the sixth-year graduate transfer quarterback from Wake Forest had family and friends waiting ...

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 4:34 PMNorth Carolina athletic and administrative leaders huddled Monday in a closed session of the UNC board of trustees to discuss how to best handle the eligibility situation with wide receiver Devontez “Tez” Walker.UNC chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz called it an “important meeting” but offered few details following the 90-minute session.“We’re keeping all options on the ...

Omaha World-HeraldBefore each game — regardless where he’s at — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said he heads to middle of the field to ask for a pregame blessing. He asks that every guy who plays on the field comes off it without injury.In the hour before NU’s game at Colorado, Rhule went to CU Buffalo at midfield for the same prayer. When Buff quarterback Shedeur Sanders went in to break up the pregame ...