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Naperville’s North Central utterly dominant in 66-0 romp over Susquehanna to advance to fifth straight title game

By Stan Goff
Dec 21, 2024 8:55 pm - North Central College was in complete control while routing the Susquehanna University (Pa). 66-0 on Saturday. The numbers and the stats are staggering, as the hosts jumped ahead 21-0 after one quarter, led 49-0 at the half and finished the day with 9 touchdowns, 638 yards of offense and a shutout from a defense that has played well all year and has now allowed just 3 points in its last two playoff games.
Texas beats Clemson 38-24, advances to face to Arizona State in College Football Playoff quarters

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2024 7:23 pm - Jaydon Blue ran 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff. Blue's fourth-quarter touchdown came after Clemson rallied from down 31-10 to 31-24 on Cade Klubnik's third touchdown pass. Texas (12-2) advanced to the Jan. 1 Peach bowl to play Big 12 champion Arizona State.
Penn State steamrolls mistake-prone SMU in 38-10 rout

By WILL GRAVES
Dec 21, 2024 4:56 pm - Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory on Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.
Jim O’Donnell: Holiday fantasies include Troy Aikman as new high czar of Halas Hall

By Jim O'Donnell
Dec 21, 2024 1:29 pm - Chicago, Illinois — gateway city to sports futility. A town where championship teams get broken up, inept executives remain employed and four primary franchise titans operate with all the impunity of Vlad Putin on a local school board in suburban Moscow. But against that cheery backdrop, some Yuletide Ins and Outs to warm a pointless Bears Sunday:
Notre Dame protects home field in new postseason era with 1st playoff win, 27-17 over Indiana

By MICHAEL MAROT
Dec 20, 2024 11:12 pm - Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana 27-17 on Friday night.
Lakes grad Sullivan has been at heart of North Central’s defensive destruction

By Mike McGraw
Dec 20, 2024 6:28 pm - Being sent home from school during the pandemic actually helped Lakes High School grad John Sullivan become a star defensive lineman for North Central.
Penn State and SMU carry the weight of history into their CFP debuts. They're both trying to shed it

Will Graves
Dec 20, 2024 5:36 pm - Penn State and SMU head into the College Football Playoff with the weight of history on their shoulders. This is the Nittany Lions' best shot at making a run at a national title since the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal tarnished the program 13 years ago. SMU is still perhaps best known for being given the death penalty by the NCAA in the 1980s for illegally paying players. Former Nittany Lions give coach James Franklin credit for bringing the program back to prominence. Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee says the work to restore SMU's reputation began long before he arrived in 2022.
North Central QB Luke Lehnen wins top offensive honor on AP Division III All-America team

By ERIC OLSON
Dec 19, 2024 4:44 pm - Quarterback Luke Lehnen of North Central College is the offensive player of the year and first-team quarterback on The Associated Press Division III All-America team announced Thursday.
Ivy League football to compete in FCS playoffs beginning next season

By JIMMY GOLEN
Dec 18, 2024 8:48 pm - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League will compete in the FCS playoffs beginning next season, the conference announced on Wednesday, ending a century-long postseason ban orig...
Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lights

By MICHAEL MAROT
Dec 18, 2024 6:42 pm - Marcus Freeman spent his first two seasons as the Notre Dame coach chasing the playoff dream. This year, he's living it — at home. After closing the regular season on a 1...

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