College Sports
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Irish OL Anthonie Knapp won't play in CFP championship game; Buckeyes CB Denzel Burke good to go
Jan 12, 2025 3:57 pm - Notre Dame's Anthonie Knapp has been ruled out of the College Football Playoff championship game against Ohio State with an ankle injury, but coach Marcus Freeman said Su...
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Freemantle scores 20 as Xavier knocks off DePaul 77-63Jan 11, 2025 8:30 pm - Zach Freemantle scored 20 points off the bench to lead the Xavier Musketeers over the DePaul Blue Demons 77-63.
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Ohio State, Notre Dame to meet for title, long after upset lossesJan 11, 2025 3:33 pm - Two upset losses stood out among the rest in college football this season. Notre Dame suffered one of them. Ohio State the other. In years past, that might have been enough to knock both teams out of the hunt for a national title.
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Desmond Claude scores 31 to lead Southern California over No. 13 Illinois 82-72Jan 11, 2025 3:19 pm - Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead Southern California to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois. Wesley Yates III had 15 points — shooting 7 of 8 from the field — while Rashaun Agee had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Trojans on Saturday.
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Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has diedJan 11, 2025 11:02 am - ill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died "after a courageous journey with dementia," according to a family statement. His family announced in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's.
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Independent streak helped build Notre Dame into football’s historic and now modern behemothJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don't like Notre Dame. Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it.
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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Ohio State getting shot at 6th national title after 28-14 win over Texas in CFP semi Cotton BowlJan 10, 2025 10:52 pm - Quinshon Judkins ran for two touchdowns before Jack Sawyer forced a fumble by his former roommate and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers that he returned 83 yards for a touchdown with 2:13 left as Ohio State beat Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl.
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How a loss to Northern Illinois set the table for Notre Dame’s run to the CFP title gameJan 10, 2025 5:40 pm - The toughest game Notre Dame will play this season is Jan. 20, the College Football Playoff national championship game against either Ohio State or Texas.
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Notre Dame gets late pick and field goal to make title game with 27-24 win over Penn StateJan 09, 2025 10:34 pm - A diving interception off an ill-advised pass set up Notre Dame's trip to play for the program's 12th national title after a thrill-a-minute 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday night in the semifinal at the Orange Bowl.