Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter wins 2024 Heisman Trophy
NEW YORK — Two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, punctuating a tireless performance all season by a dynamic player…
Oregon to face winner of Ohio State vs. Tennessee in Rose Bowl
During a College Football Playoff Selection Sunday filled with drama, the undefeated Oregon Ducks had the luxury of sitting back and smelling the roses.While other…
Rose Bowl improvements: Eye on future while preserving past
An artist rendering shows how reconfigured seating would be a contiguous oval shape and have a more gradual slope. (Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation) The Rose…
USC vs. Notre Dame: D’Anton Lynn’s defense faces its toughest test
When D’Anton Lynn inherited one of the worst defenses in college football, the expectation was that even a middling performance would make a major difference…
How USC’s Eddie Czaplicki became the best punter in college football
A light rain fell over the Rose Bowl Saturday night as Eddie Czaplicki took his place just behind USC’s 45-yard line. He didn’t expect to…
Chaminade has become the school for kickers and punters
Kicker/punters are not like quarterbacks. They rarely transfer if they are backups. They like competing and waiting their turn, knowing there are lots of ways…
Why USC football games at Coliseum will have DirecTV on-field ads
When USC fans get their first, long-awaited glimpse inside the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Saturday night, they’ll be greeted by an unfamiliar sight at the…
Similar USC and LSU college football lineups face off Sunday
The two teams stared at each other from across the East Room of the White House, each waiting for its photo op, each convinced it…
USC out to prove its defense can win a ‘fistfight’ vs. LSU
Confidence was radiating from Will Campbell as Louisiana State’s towering left tackle and future first-round pick leaned back comfortably in his chair this week, declaring…
Stan Kroenke’s SoFi Stadium brought the NFL, Taylor Swift to L.A.
Stan Kroenke didn’t just build a football stadium. The Rams owner and billionaire developer solved a puzzle that had confounded the NFL for two decades.…
Snoop Dogg sponsors college football bowl game with Gin & Juice drink
Thirty years ago, Snoop Dogg was sipping on gin and juice, with his mind on his money and his money on his mind. These days,…
USC reveals the coaches tasked with revitalizing its defense
D’Anton Lynn’s fast makeover of UCLA’s struggling defense started slowly. So slowly, in fact, that when he was installing plays during spring practice last year,…
The Spirit of Detroit’ has made Matthew Stafford a city idol
DETROIT — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has spent his career lighting up scoreboards, but this one was more meaningful than most. It is beside a football…
Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles
Nick Saban, the stern coach who won seven national championships and turned Alabama back into a national powerhouse that included six of those titles in…
Tynes: The death of Alabama’s inevitability during the Nick Saban era
Yes, make no mistake, it did happen. I saw it with my own eyes. Just when things looked dour late, Nick Saban had no choice.…
After leading Michigan to glory, send Jim Harbaugh to the Chargers
“Hail! to the victors valiant…” On a magical night at the Rose Bowl, thousands of maize-and-blue decked fans sang it like they meant it because,…
Michigan vs. Alabama is Fox vs. ESPN and college football in 2024
During the postcard hour of last year’s Rose Bowl, when gray clouds covered the San Gabriels and rain peppered the Granddaddy’s glorious green turf, the…