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Where: AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) TV/Radio: ESPN/790 AM Records: USC 11-2; Tulane 11-2 Line: USC by 1.5 points Injury report: USC: OUT: WR Jordan Addison (ankle), EDGE Romello Height (shoulder), C Brett Neilon (leg), OT Andrew Vorhees (undisclosed); Tulane: N/A What's at stake? For USC, its first 12-win season since 2008 and first bowl win…

The 2022 college football season is sadly behind us, as Georgia repeated as national champions by clobbering TCU 65-7 on Monday night. Now that another season has ended, let's evaluate the year as a whole by looking at how each college football conference did in 2022. To gauge how each conference performed this season, we'll take a look at a…

DraftKings Sportsbook wasted no time following the Georgia Bulldogs' thrashing of the TCU Horned Frogs in the title game to open up the 2023-24 College Football Playoff championship odds. Unless you've been living under a rock, you can probably guess the leaders in the clubhouse for CFP title odds. Even though the top-three schools listed are all…

The Georgia Bulldogs captured their second consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday with a dominant 65-7 victory over the overmatched TCU Horned Frogs. Georgia became the first program to win back-to-back national championships since the Alabama squads of 2011 and 2012. It capped an incredible season for the undefeated…

The argument for Williams to repeat is pretty simple. For starters, he'll be operating for the third straight season in a Lincoln Riley offense. Riley has produced three Heisman Trophy winning QB's in the past six years. None of his winners captured the award more than once, but he did produce back-to-back winners in 2017 and 2018 (Baker Mayfield…

Total wise, the game opened at 63 and that's where the line remains. 64% of the over/under bets are currently on over 63, as is 83% of the handle. The Cotton Bowl is set to kickoff at 1 pm ET inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with ESPN providing the broadcast coverage. The biggest storyline heading into the Cotton Bowl is the health of…

No. 10 USC takes on No. 16 Tulane in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Monday. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET, and it will be televised on ESPN. USC (11-2) is making its third New Year's Day Six appearance in school history. First-year coach Lincoln Riley and Sporting News Player of the Year Caleb…

The Cotton Bowl is finally here to kick off 2023 as the Tulane Green Wave represents the Group of Five against the USC Trojans of the Pac-12. Let's check out our College Football odds series where our Tulane-USC prediction and pick will be revealed! After capturing one of the more successful seasons in Tulane's history, the 11-2 Green Wave last saw…

With Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams virtually the last man standing for the Trojans, our Cotton Bowl betting picks expect Tulane to put the finishing touches on an impressive Group of Five season - read more below. One win away from making the 2022 College Football Playoff, the USC Trojans (11-2) also fell short in the Pac-12 title game and…

MORGANTOWN - If you were to roll back the clock to the spring before West Virginia met Pitt in the first renewal of the Backyard Brawl in a decade to open the new football season, you might be expecting see a revitalization of Mountaineer football if someone told you: - West Virginia would defeat Oklahoma for the first time since joining the Big…

Sometimes, it's better not to overthink things. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee got it right earlier this month. No ifs, ands or but-we-would-have-been-favored-over-everybodies about it. Talking to you, Mr. Saban. The 2022-23 College Football Playoff is the first to be played without either Alabama or Clemson. TCU went from…

The Tulane Green Wave (11-2) take on the USC Trojans (11-2) in the Cotton Bowl, a New Year's Six bowl game in Bowl Season. Kickoff comes from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Monday, Jan. 2, at 12:00 p.m. CT. Can Tulane continue the recent trend of Group of Five upsets over Power Five powers in New Year's Six Bowls? Or does the Heisman Trophy…

By Chris Siers ~ [email protected] While the landscape of college football is in an ever-changing state, between NIL deals, transfer portals, realignment and expansion, one thing that hasn't changed is the fervor surrounding college football bowl games. The bowl season has certainly lost a bit of its luster over the years, with players opting out for…

The Oklahoma Sooners travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on a raucous crowd supporting the home-state Florida State Seminoles. The Oklahoma Sooners had a disappointing 2022 season, finishing 6-6. We knew there would be some transition with Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams moving over to the USC Trojans, but it seems Oklahoma never fully recovered.…

Tulane and USC meet in the Cotton Bowl Classic on January 2 in what is a projected coin flip matchup, despite the name brand difference between the two schools. Tulane is having one of the best seasons in school history, winning their first AAC Championship and first conference title since 1998. They head to the Cotton Bowl to face Heisman Trophy…

1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz off should they decide to make a coaching change if he can't show true progress in 2023. After…

The Oklahoma Sooners will square off with the Florida State Seminoles on Thursday evening in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando. It's time to continue our college football odds series with an Oklahoma-Florida State prediction and pick. Oklahoma has struggled in their first season under Brent Venables, going an even 6-6 including a disappointing 3-6…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 10 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Alex Symonds, Stadium Senior Producer: UAB (+100) over UTSA. UAB lost a crucial…

The 2022 Holiday Bowl promises to provide plenty of excitement as this year's game features two of the top offenses in the country led by two of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the nation as No. 15 Oregon squares off with North Carolina. While the game serves as an exciting conclusion for two nine-win teams in 2022, the battle also serves as a way…

Oklahoma's season was anything but productive, and now it finds itself in the Cheez-It Bowl missing a ton of players due to opt-outs. The Seminoles will be more motivated, and that's why our college football betting picks are rolling with them. The amount of food-sponsored bowls seem to grow by the year, but they don't get any cheddar than this as…

Game week for Clemson football and the Orange Bowl against the Tennessee Volunteers is finally here. We have one more chance to watch our beloved Tigers before the year is over, both figuratively and literally. After opening as 6-point favorites and then seeing it move to 6.5, the spread is now down to 5.5 in favor of the Tigers. The total remains…

Will the final two weeks of the College Football Playoff race be chalk or total chaos? There are seven legitimate contenders remaining and the scenarios start with the four remaining unbeaten teams in No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 TCU. The Buckeyes and Wolverines play on Saturday, so that trim that list down to at most…

His teammates called him a gamer, a winner, Superman. After a nationally televised, primetime rivalry win over UCLA in which Caleb Williams threw for a career-high 470 yards and clinched USC's spot in the Pac-12 championship game, the Trojans hope to add another title: Heisman. USC officially launched the quarterback's Heisman platform this week,…

Caleb Williams entered Saturday's game against Notre Dame with an unexpected additional storyline swirling around him. With C.J. Stroud and Ohio State losing to Michigan, it seemed like the Heisman Trophy was suddenly Williams' to lose. And he did nothing to relinquish his grip in USC's 38-27 win over Notre Dame. Williams was sensational,…

Statistics are a core piece of sports analysis. Whether you're in a debate with friends or writing an article, these numbers have a constant presence in our minds. Football fans love discussing yards per play, points per game, third-down conversion rates, red-zone touchdown percentages, turnover margin and much more. There are dozens of common and…

Redshirt senior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson rushes down the field in a game against USC in 2021. Thompson-Robinson and No. 16 UCLA football will face off against No. 7 USC on Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo) No. 7 USC Saturday, 5 p.m. Rose Bowl FOX The Victory Bell won't be the only thing on the line Saturday. With bragging rights, a…

In 2022, Tulane finished the season 11-2, a near inverse of a miserable 2-10 campaign from a season ago. USC had its eyes on the College Football Playoff before faltering in the Pac-12 championship game against Utah. But the Cotton Bowl is a healthy postseason destination for the Trojans to cap off Lincoln Riley's first season on the West…

The NCAA Tournament has Cinderellas and buzzer-beaters. Madness belongs to bowl season. A record 43 bowl games will be played over the next few weeks - more than double the number of bowl games held in 1997 - and 17 of them will feature at least one team without a winning record. A dizzying number of coaches and coordinators have already ditched…

Mike Leach brought innovation, personality and humor to college football, traits that are not always in great abundance. He will be missed. Name, image and likeness and the transfer portal dominated conversations last week at the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, presented by Learfield, but I'm not sure there was a more important session than the…

Sporting News' 2022 All-American team features four players from the reigning national champions. Georgia leads all schools with three first-team selections - led by defensive tackle Jalen Carter - and four total selections across our two teams. USC also had four total selections - with Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams leading two first-team…

FanDuel is giving bettors the opportunity to bet on any of Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State to win the National Championship at -340 odds, which is an implied probability of 77%. History portends one of these three teams will hoist the CFP trophy on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Only six schools - Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Clemson, Ohio State…

Many of the major individual awards for the 2022 college football season were handed out Thursday night at the "Home Depot College Football Awards." Here are the big award winners for 2022, excluding the Heisman Trophy (which will be handed out Saturday): Maxwell Award (player of the year): Caleb Williams, USC QB Walter Camp Award (player of the…

The College Football Playoff Preview Continues-TCU. I will be previewing all four CFP teams this week. Next up, the TCU Horned Frogs. Despite losing the Big 12 Championship Game in overtime to Kansas State, the Horned Frogs stayed at 3 in the rankings and made the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. TCU reached the…

The college football world is making a drastic change at the beginning of the 2024 season. A 12-team College Football Playoff has been agreed upon by the Board of Managers and directors of bowl games across the country. While there's still time to cherish the critical four-team playoff, it's interesting to see how the expanded postseason would have…

The end of the 2022 season is a bittersweet moment. While bowls and the College Football Playoff are still on the horizon, our weekdays are quieter and Saturdays aren't as chaotic. But a season's worth of excellent work always deserves recognition, and All-American teams do just that. Bleacher Report's panel of writers-Max Escarpio, David Kenyon,…

Colorado made the biggest splash of the 2022-23 college football coaching carousel by hiring Deion Sanders from Jackson State as its next head coach. Coach Prime went 27-5 with the Tigers from 2020-22 and succeeded at raising the profile (and talent) of Jackson State. But going from the FCS to the Pac-12 is a significant jump for any coach. Also,…

Sometimes, it's better not to overthink things. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee got it right. No ifs, ands or but-we-would-have-been-favored-over-everybodies about it. Talking to you, Mr. Saban. Now, onto the actual deserving Football Four: This is the first College Football Playoff without either Alabama or Clemson. TCU went from…

7. Clemson 8. Utah 10. USC 11. Penn State 12. Washington 15. Oregon 16. Tulane 17. LSU 19. South Carolina 20. Texas 24. Troy 25. UTSA Georgia Overview Georgia emphatically won the SEC Championship to move to 13-0, defeating the LSU Tigers 50-30. The offense was explosive, and the defense in the first half limited the Tigers to just seven…

Rivalry week provides gamblers with tantalizing odds for college football week 13 player props. USC quarterback Caleb Williams leads the passing yardage total for Saturday's slate at 319.5 yards. While Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is expected to have a huge game in the Iron Bowl as his passing yardage total sits at 289.5. Since taking over for…

It's tough to know when to take a team seriously, when to treat it as a true contender. Several teams climb up the polls each season, but nearly every College Football Playoff ultimately ends up with the usual suspects. Only one team in the playoff era, LSU in the 2019 season, has crashed the party and come out on top. I've been slow to see…

TAMPA - People who have worked with Alex Golesh seem to love him. When you wonder why USF hired another coordinator to be head football coach, that's important to remember. A succession of schools also put Golesh in charge of their recruiting efforts at a fairly young age. That, too, is a consideration if you have questions about his resume. And a…

This year's Cotton Bowl will feature a Pac-12 vs. AAC matchup, as USC takes on the surprising Tulane Green Wave, who won the American Athletic Conference title game against UCF on championship weekend. For the Trojans it's a somewhat disappointing result, as they were hoping to be playing in the College Football Playoff. Their loss to Utah in the…

What a gutsy performance by Caleb Williams, but USC goes down again against a tough physical Utah football team. Williams proved he is a strong Heisman Trophy contender because without him healthy USC is just an average, poor-tackling team with a porous defense. All season long Williams kept USC in games by extending play after play but not this…

With the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I College Football regular season coming to a close, the College Football Playoff is fast approaching. Although there are less than ten teams with a realistic shot at clinching one of the four coveted playoff spots at this point, a lot could happen in the coming weeks that could…

Friday night gives No. 4 USC and No. 12 Utah the chance to shine in the national spotlight as the two meet in a highly anticipated rematch of their regular-season thriller in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Trojans are seeking to avenge a 43-42 loss at Utah from Oct. 15 that remains their only blemish under first-year coach Lincoln Riley, while…

Let's take a look at our best bet for this Friday's college football conference championship showdowns. And let's take a look at this weekend's other college football conference championship games: UTSA vs. North Texas UTSA has won nine-straight since starting 1-2 (losses were to Houston and Texas). Don't put much stock into last week's sluggish…

Can you believe it? December - and Conference Championship Week - is already here. That also means it's my final Triple Option of 2022. So, with the college football season winding down and the holiday season just around the corner, what could be a better gift than a play on each and every one of this weekend's 10 conference championship…

For USC football, what does being "back" mean? The definition differs by program and in the eye of the beholder. At Texas, for instance, being "back" has become a national punchline among plugged-in, meme-happy fans - to the point that the Longhorns nearly losing to Iowa State in Austin on Saturday meant they are "back" just as much as them…