College category, Page 10

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Penn State coach James Franklin believes college football needs a commissioner, and he even has a candidate in mind: former Alabama coach Nick Saban. “I think he’s the obvious choice, right?” Franklin said. Franklin — who joked that Saban wouldn’t be thrilled with his comment — made...

AUSTIN, Texas — Scan the rosters of Texas and Arizona State ahead of the Peach Bowl, and the usual names pop out. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron. Arizona State All-American running back Cam Skattebo. Another Longhorn who draws a lot of attention from Sun Devils...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Kevin Davis had a career-high 148 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just nine carries Saturday, and Jordan Brunson also ran for two TDs to help Miami (Ohio) beat Colorado State, 43-17, at the Arizona Bowl. Davis scored on a 4-yard run with 12 minutes, 35 seconds...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rocco Becht scored from a yard out on fourth-and-goal with 56 seconds remaining, and No. 18 Iowa State capped the best season in school history by rallying past No. 15 Miami, 42-41, in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Saturday. Becht finished with 270 passing yards and three touchdowns...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Josh Hoover passed for four touchdowns to help TCU beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 34-3, on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Hoover was 20 for 32 for 252 yards with an interception. Eric McAlister had eight catches for 87 yards and a TD for the Horned Frogs (9-4). TCU’s...

NEW YORK — Dylan Raiola passed for 228 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska built an 18-point lead through three quarters and hung on to beat Boston College, 20-15, in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday for its first bowl victory since 2015. After Nebraska built a 13-2 lead in the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Taylen Green threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards in Arkansas’ 39-26 victory over Texas Tech on Friday night in the Liberty Bowl. Green completed 11 of 21 passes, and Arkansas (7-6) had 573 yards of total offense. J’Koby Williams rushed for...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Diego Pavia threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, and Vanderbilt secured its first winning season since 2013 with a 35-27 victory over Georgia Tech on Friday in the Birmingham Bowl. The Commodores (7-6) capped the season with yet another big win led by...

The last time Nebraska sat out the bowl season for seven years in a row, the Big 12 was still the Big 8, the 10 schools in the Big Ten didn’t include the Cornhuskers and Yankee Stadium was still the House that Ruth Built. That slump ended with an appearance...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame’s defense set a dominating tone early in its College Football Playoff opener against Indiana. The Fighting Irish stuffed the highest-scoring team in the CFP field for a 14-3 halftime lead, but then Notre Dame suffered a gut punch. Defensive lineman Rylie Mills sacked Indiana...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4 minutes, 34 seconds left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and stopped a late 2-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma, 21-20, in the Armed Forces...

PHOENIX — Dylan Edwards ran for 196 yards and scored his third touchdown on a 36-yard run in the fourth quarter, helping Kansas State rally past Rutgers, 44-41, in the Rate Bowl on Thursday night. The Scarlet Knights (7-6) led by 10 at halftime and went up 34-17 on Ja’shon...

Georgia Tech knocked off two top-10 teams, and Vanderbilt toppled then-No. 1 Alabama. The two opponents in Friday’s Birmingham Bowl have taken highly ranked teams into multiple overtimes. They also are led by mobile quarterbacks who throw few interceptions. There’s a reason that Vandy coach Clark Lea calls the teams...

Joey McGuire grew up on the Texas-Arkansas border with his family season-ticket holders for the Razorbacks, a team known locally as the Hogs. The number for his first landline telephone as a teenager literally ended in 1464, or 1HOG. McGuire is wrapping up his third season as coach at Texas...