The University of Texas is grateful to football coach Steve Sarkisian for his efforts in bringing them – back – to the land of respectability. Very grateful. Very. Very. Grateful. They’re so grateful, in fact, that the university’s board of
In another couple of days, it will be three weeks since Jim Harbaugh and his Michigan Wolverines won the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, the school’s first since 1997. Prior to the title game against Washington, we believed his
Last one out of Ann Arbor, turn out the lights. Michigan, you better really enjoy that national championship, because the key members of that run to the title look to be saying goodbye. Both quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running back
We have the Nick Saban retirement story on the site (Nick Saban retires | The Football Beat), and there will be a Saban-possible-replacement story coming soon. But we thought everyone might like to read, in one place rather than scattered,
Nick Saban, the only coach in college football to pass Paul “Bear” Bryant in national championship wins, took the sports world in the palm of his hand one last time on Wednesday, announcing his retirement from the University of Alabama.
Michigan has reached the College Football Playoff three years in a row. Like you, I wonder if the third time really is the charm? Tonight’s the first time they’ve reached the championship game, so yeah it is … and it
It’s not Christmas morning – that was a week ago – but to the college football fan, it might feel like it. The College Football Playoff semifinals are today, with No. 1 Michigan (13-0), the Big Ten Conference champion, taking
No, honestly, I don’t have a hangover watching most of the eight bowl games, beginning Friday morning in the run-up to the College Football Playoff semifinals this afternoon. With next season’s expanded playoff format, I wonder what happens to all
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Football Beat has had a presence at most of this year’s bowl games, including today’s Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl at Atlanta. Photographer Dennis Jacobs was on hand to shoot the matchup between the Ole Miss Rebels and Penn
Lane Kiffin vs. James Franklin, Auburn takes on Maryland minus Tua’s little bro, and we’ll see if Florida State can back up all that talk – that’s what’s on the bowl slate for Saturday. And an Associated Press writer broaches