#Senior Day

One missed kick (or 1 non-removed targeting flag, or 1 non-granted timeout before an OSU fake punt, etc., etc.). But for simplicity's sake, if Noah Ruggles's 50-yard try had sailed between the goalposts just as New Year's 2023 began, the Buckeyes would be playing TCU for the national title - a game in which Ohio State likely would have been…

At this time last year, Minnesota headed into the offseason needing to replace four starters on the offensive line. Now the Golden Gophers find themselves in a similar position this offseason, with three starting offensive linemen walking out the door with their diplomas in hand. The coaching staff has already looked to the transfer portal for help…

After escaping Ann Arbor with a thrilling 70-68 victory over Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge to remain undefeated, No. 3 Virginia returns home for its first ACC game of the season. This is the definition of a trap game, as Florida State brings in an unimpressive 1-8 record, but a respectable performance against No. 5 Purdue this week suggests…

Kickoff time: 8 PM ET (December 24, 2022) Location: Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex - Honolulu, HI TV: ESPN: Mike Monaco, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich According to DraftKings, San Diego State is a seven-point favorite with the over/under set at 47.5 points.* * Odds/lines subject to change. T&Cs apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for…

San Jose State vs. Utah State: Spartans Game Preview, How To Watch, Odds, Prediction Spartans travel to frigid Logan, look to bounce back after blowout loss Game 10: San Jose State Spartans (6-3, 4-2) @ Utah State Aggies (5-5, 4-2) When: Saturday, November 19th - 7:45 MT, 6:45 PT Where: Maverik Stadium; Logan, UT How To Watch: FS1 Odds: San Jose…

Barely a week after the 35th anniversary of their only prior meeting from the California Bowl in 1987, Eastern Michigan and San Jose State square off in another postseason matchup as they tangle on Tuesday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The matchup is one of only two bowl games on Tuesday and will have the afternoon slot to itself with a 3:30…

Bowling Green vs New Mexico State prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Quick Lane Bowl, Monday, December 26 Date: Monday, December 26 Game Time: 2:30 ET Venue: Ford Field, Detroit, MI How To Watch: ESPN Record: Bowling Green (6-6), New Mexico State (6-6) - - So, you want a bowl game with two teams that are really, really going to…

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…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Several preseason magazines tagged the University of Louisville football team with a sixth place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division. After the Cards started ACC play with losses in their first three league games, the talk show lines lit up with predictions Louisville would finish last. Hold all…

It's trendy to believe that the opening games of college football's bowl season are limp, lame, lackadaisical, and boring enough to make fans want a lobotomy. Barber shops and beauty salons are full of holiday-season complaints about how the lone football nerd in an extended family is monopolizing the TV with Jimmy Kimmel Bowl, Tangerine Bowl, Tea…

The 2022 college football regular season was anything but regular for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish: new head coach, new quarterback, new defensive coordinator, shocking unforeseen losses, and a win over a top-5 opponent for the second time in three seasons. And that's just a piece of the season in review. As the Fighting Irish get set to finish…

TCU has already secured a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. TCU is the first Big 12 school to start 11-0 since Texas started 13-0 in 2009. The Big 12 has not had a team finish undefeated in conference play since Oklahoma in 2016. TCU has five wins this season over ranked teams, which equals the combined total of the other undefeated teams…

The Deacs are set cap off the regular season with a Big Four rivalry matchup against the Duke Blue Devils. Both teams sit at 7-4 and will battle for in-state pride and bowl seeding. Check out our staff's predictions for the outcome along with other important gameday information below. Gameday info: Kickoff: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ACC…

NC State closes out the home portion of their 2022 schedule as an ACC Atlantic battle with Boston College looms on Saturday afternoon in Carter-Finley Stadium. It will be the final home game for a large contingent of the roster, as well as an opportunity for the team to set the program record for consecutive home victories. The Eagles head into the…

If Syracuse loses this game Dino Babers should be fired. Full stop. There is no excuse to lose this game and the Orange have some offensive momentum after the Wake game. But, it will be cold on Saturday night, and it's the last game at Alumni Stadium for a lot of BC's seniors, just like Wake last week on its senior day. But, SU just has too much…

college football odds series for our Michigan State Penn State prediction and pick. Penn State is heading for a 10-2 season in which the two losses were against Michigan and Ohio State. The Nittany Lions can't do anything about those two big games, but they can do something about this game against Michigan State, played for the Land Grant Trophy,…

Two weeks ago, James Franklin provided a lengthy 740-word answer in response to a question about his evolved approach to fourth-down decision-making, acknowledging that there's been "a pretty significant shift" in the coaching community. But really, all Franklin had to do to explain his stance was point at the numbers. With the regular season now…

COLUMBIA - South Carolina football has beaten all the odds in the final two weeks of the season, upsetting then- No. 5 Tennessee and No. 8 Clemson as multiple-touchdown underdogs. The Gamecocks (8-4, 4-4 SEC) successfully ruined the College Football Playoff hopes of both the Tigers (10-2) and the Vols (10-2), earning themselves a No. 20 ranking in…

The offseason has officially begun for the Arizona Wildcats. A season after finishing 1-11 and last place in the Pac-12, the UA in Year 2 of the Jedd Fisch era went 5-7, knocked off a ranked opponent in 12th-ranked UCLA (and did it on the road in what could've been the last game at the Rose Bowl for Arizona), and ended a five-game losing skid to…

There is plenty on the table for James Franklin's Penn State football team when it faces Michigan State this afternoon at Beaver Stadium. A 10-win regular season. The Land-Grant Trophy. A victory on Senior Day. A potential top-10 ranking. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions have won their last three games and a triumph over the Spartans would give PSU a…

The Battle Line Trophy will be on the line on Black Friday, as the Arkansas Razorbacks and Missouri Tigers meet in Columbia for their annual end-of-season SEC crossover matchup. It's definitely been a season of peaks and valleys for Arkansas. Last Saturday night's 42-27 upset victory over then-No. 14-ranked Ole Miss is a perfect example of just…

No. 1 Georgia (11-0) returns home to Athens for the latest edition of'Clean Old Fashioned Hate' versus in-state rival Georgia Tech on Saturday. UGA is coming off of a tough 16-6 win at Kentucky to finish an undefeated SEC season for the second year in-a-row. The Yellow Jackets are coming off of an upset win over No. 13 North Carolina and have a…

Boise State vs Utah State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Friday, November 25 Date: Friday, November 25 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID How To Watch: CBS Record: Boise State (8-3), Utah State (6-5) - Will Boise State care? Of course it would like to win on Senior Day, and of course it wants to keep the…

SOUTH BEND - As he does each Tuesday, Notre Dame football writer Mike Berardino spent time answering reader questions in a live chat format. A complete transcript, edited lightly for clarity and length, appears below: Auburndale Harry: I am a little confused about USC. They seem to allow about 40 points per game which makes their defense suspect.…

Happy Egg Bowl to all who celebrate! The Mississippi State Bulldogs will take on their in-state rival Ole Miss Rebels on Thanksgiving night. It's time to continue our college football odds series with a Mississippi State-Ole Miss prediction and pick. Mississippi State has gone 7-4 this season, including a 3-4 SEC record. The Bulldogs stomped East…

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Its fate in its hands, Iowa plays host to Nebraska Friday in the regular-season finale for both teams. A Hawkeye victory means a return trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship Game. A loss by the home team opens the door for Purdue and Illinois. The Hawkeyes (7-4 overall, 5-3 Big Ten) are riding a four-game winning…

It's been a tale of two widely different halves of the 2022 campaign for Syracuse football, as the Orange will head to Massachusetts this Saturday night to face long-time rival Boston College in the regular-season finale for the'Cuse. After racing out to a 6-0 start in 2022, Syracuse football found itself highly ranked in the major top-25 polls. In…

Arkansas vs Missouri prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Friday, November 25 Date: Friday, November 25 Game Time: 3:30 ET Venue: Faurot Field, Columbia, MO How To Watch: CBS Record: Arkansas (6-5), Missouri (5-6) - Can the Arkansas offense do that again? Just when it seemed like the team was in big, big trouble when it came to bowl…

Today's Penn State football news headlines feature a look at the latest bowl forecasts following the Lions' win over Rutgers, plus an early point spread for Saturday's season finale against the Michigan State Spartans. Signs are beginning to point toward Penn State slipping just outside the New Year's Six bowl picture and perhaps toward Florida for…

Saturday marks Wake Forest's final home game of the season, a matchup against the 6-4 Syracuse Orange. Both teams have hit the skids and are looking to bounce back from tough losses. Check out our predictions for the outcome of the game along with other important gameday information below. Gameday info: Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET, ACC Network Weather:…

It was a wild week in the ACC, with close games aplenty and a couple outcomes no one predicted. Plus, the Deacs got back in the win column. Check out how the conference shakes out after Week 12: 1. Clemson (10-1) Last Week: 1 Game Result: 40-10 win over Miami After a tough stretch of games, quarterback DJ Uiagalelei looked pretty good through the…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Joe Alt may never have a chance to celebrate a Senior Day. At the very least, the way the Notre Dame sophomore offensive left tackle is playing and ascending, he'll have a difficult choice to make next December/January about when the right time is to wade into the NFL Draft pool. How good is Alt right now? In just one measure,…

Penn State's Rose Bowl chances received a slight boost Saturday from a surprising SEC result, though that game also might have blocked the Lions' path to other New Year's 6 bowls. Penn State continued its surge to the top 10 with a 55-10 win over Rutgers on Saturday, a game in which the Lions scored 48 unanswered points after a sluggish start. Penn…

The Missouri Tigers host the New Mexico State Aggies in college football 2022 action Saturday, November 19, at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. The game will be live streamed via fubo TV. Missouri is 4-6 this season, while New Mexico State is 4-5. The Tigers have never played the Aggies in football. Missouri is a 29.5-point favorite in the game, per…

Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET, ACC Network Weather: Clear, high of 51 degrees, low of 30 degrees Moneyline: Wake Forest (-350), Syracuse (+275) Over/under: 58.5 Spread: Wake Forest -9.5 Betting Trends: The OVER has hit in 3 of Wake Forest's last 5 games Syracuse is 3-2 against the spread in their last 5 games The UNDER has hit in 3 of Syracuse's last 5…

Action Network college football handicapper Taylor McGrath steps in for Thomas Casale. It has been an unbelievable run for TCU, which has won nine consecutive big-time matchups. But it's time for a letdown game, and this is a very tough spot for TCU to overcome. The last time these two teams played, in November 2021, TCU knocked off Baylor (which…

There's only two weeks left in the college football regular season, meaning this is one of your last chances to throw together parlays and teasers for the huge Saturday slate. We've hit four of our past five college football parlays by throwing together the teams with the best value to win outright. We also smashed our two-team teaser with ease…

Notre Dame honors its seniors Saturday, and may let up late in a blowout. But the Irish have dominated to close recent first halves, and our college football picks see more value in that frame against Boston College in Week 12. Coming off their first Top-25 win since 2014, the Boston College Eagles have a chance at a second straight such victory…

As the clock hit zero on Sept. 10 in College Station, App State took down another top 10 team on the road, 15 years after the historic win against Michigan. As the season nears its end, players and fans have since gotten a chance to look back at the game that shocked the college football world and how the Mountaineers carry the legacy. "I would say…

We are five games away from crowning a National Champion and the Michigan Wolverines are still in the hunt. A tough road lies ahead as the maize and blue welcome the Illinois Fighting Illini before heading to Columbus for The Game. There is some looking ahead that could impact some teams, and a huge game in the Pac-12 that highlight some of the…

Well, well, well...could this be a PROGRAM WIN on the horizon? We all know what's at stake for Michigan State football on Saturday versus Indiana- a trip to a bowl game that might be in Detroit, Charlotte or some other place without palm trees. But who cares? If you told me this team gets to six wins after the Michigan game, I would've ended any…

It's dress rehearsal week for No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan as the Big Ten East rivals make their final preparations for their all-important showdown next week. The Buckeyes travel to Maryland as 27.5-point favorites while the Wolverines host Illinois as 18-point favorites in a game that, unfortunately, has lost some of its luster over the…

The college football regular season is just about over, but a lot of important games are left. The College Football Playoff picture needs some clarity. Some conference championship games are already set, but others are not, and a chance to play for a conference crown is a big goal for most programs. A bowl game appearance is usually one of the bare…

Mississippi State vs East Tennessee State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Saturday, November 19 Date: Saturday, November 19 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS How To Watch: ESPN+/SEC Network Record: Mississippi State (6-4), East Tennessee State (3-7) - The Buccaneers have just enough of an offense to at…

Syracuse football travels to Wake Forest this Saturday evening for an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown where both squads are mired in relatively long losing streaks. The Orange (6-4, 3-3), after getting smoked by top-25 Florida State over the weekend during senior day on the Hill, by a final count of 38-3, has fallen four straight times. The…

LOGAN - The end of the year is nigh, although the Aggies are desperate to extend it by one game. With a win on Saturday, Utah State could turn what is looking like a 12-game season into a 13-game one. USU IS mathematically out of the race for any Mountain West division title or even a share of it. So all of the focus now turns to reaching a bowl…

The Nebraska football team faces quite a conundrum on Saturday morning. The Wisconsin Badgers have likely never been weaker since the Huskers joined the Big Ten than they are this year. The only problem is that the Huskers have likely never been weaker since joining the Big Ten than they are this week. The Cornhuskers are down Casey Thompson again.…

The Florida Gators host the South Carolina Gamecocks in SEC football 2022 action Saturday, November 12, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. The game will be live streamed via fubo TV. Florida is 5-4 overall, 2-4 in the SEC this season, while South Carolina is 6-3, 3-3. The Gamecocks won the last meeting between the two teams, beating…

The Stanford Cardinal take on the Utah Utes. Check out our college football odds series for our Stanford Utah prediction and pick. The Utah Utes have a lot of players banged up, but the good news for them is that they are going through the softer part of their schedule before the big one at Oregon on Nov. 19. Utah hosted Arizona this past weekend.…