The transfer portal, coaching carousel and College Football Playoff all present issues that are tough to fix.
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Fresh off a three-sack outing, USC Trojans commit Luke Wafle accepts the 2026 Navy All-American Bowl MVP award, sharing why he and the East All-Star Team's defense were always confident matching up against the West.
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The moves come after Marcus Freeman decided to remain Notre Dame’s head coach on a restructured contract.
James Madison, Miami and Alabama are in. Notre Dame and Duke are out. This is shocking news, considering the Fighting Irish were ranked better than the Hurricanes just last week.
Regarded as one of the fiercest rivalries in college football history, the Trojans and Irish have played 96 times since first meeting in 1926.
One of college football’s biggest and longest rivalries, Notre Dame-Southern California, appears to be off next season after the Fighting Irish filled their last 2026 open date with a trip to Brigham Young.
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Seven of eight teams with first-round byes have lost their quarterfinal games through the first two years of the 12-team College Football Playoff.
For College Football Playoff head coaches Joey McGuire, Curt Cignetti and Kalen DeBoer, experiences in equipment rooms, at high schools and at the NAIA and Division II levels are paying dividends at the highest level.
Nicole Auerbach explains how the first-round results will carry over to the next set of CFP games.
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Curt Cignetti has the Hoosiers one win away from cementing their place atop college football’s new world order.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry recap Indiana’s dominant win over Oregon in the college football semifinal, punching their ticket to the national championship.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry debate how Miami’s front seven is the biggest indicator for how the national title game will go for both teams.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry share their first thoughts on an unlikely national championship game between Indiana and Miami.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry discuss Dan Lanning’s record in big games as Oregon’s head coach with some tough losses in recent seasons.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry discuss how Ole Miss’s season will be remembered with the drama of Lane Kiffin’s departure and an historic season the Rebels had winning the SEC championship and making the CFP semifinal.
Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry react to the “crazy” college football transfer portal, recapping the big moves so far and explaining why this has taken attention away from the College Football Playoff semifinal games.
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Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry discuss the factors into the SEC not getting a team into the national title game in the last three seasons.
Liberty coach Jamey Chadwell is recovering from surgery for a “serious but treatable medical condition” that was detected before the season, the school said Friday.
The Rebels star quarterback just finished his fifth year of college football in a 31-27 loss to Miami in the College Football Playoff semifinals on Thursday night.
Miami coach Mario Cristobal gathered his offensive linemen together during a pressure-packed, fourth-quarter drive in the Fiesta Bowl and delivered a message to the big, beefy guys he knows so well.
Miami is flying home on Friday from the Fiesta Bowl. It’ll be the last flight for the Hurricanes this season. They’ll get to the next game — the last game — by bus.
