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College playoffs looks for good matchups after snoozy first round of blowouts

By EDDIE PELLS
Dec 22, 2024 5:46 pm - For those who dozed through it, or flipped to more compelling fare in the NFL, here's a brief recap of the rollout of the much-anticipated College Football Playoff. Avera...
Kasparas Jakucionis scores 21, lifts Illinois over Missouri in 80-77 thriller

By The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2024 3:38 pm - ST. LOUIS — Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 28 seconds left and Illinois defeated Missouri 80-77 on Sunday in the annual Braggin'...
Howard throws 2 TD passes to Smith to help Ohio State rout 42-17 in College Football Playoff

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2024 11:17 pm - Will Howard threw two touchdown passes to freshman Jeremiah Smith and Ohio State routed Tennessee 42-17 on Saturday night in a first-round College Football Playoff game, setting up a New Year's Day rematch with No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl
Northwestern grows into neighborhood bully role in win over DePaul

By Mike McGraw
Dec 21, 2024 8:59 pm - Northwestern’s forward tandem of Nick Martinelli and Brooks Barnhizer overwhelmed DePaul in a nonconference victory at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Saturday.
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.

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