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Lane Kiffin Got Left Behind After The National Championship Game

Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin might have just won a title, but the team bus waits for no one. The coach found himself scrambling for a ride after Monday’s National Championship Game....

Here's The Luxury-Box Booze Menu For The National Championship Game

You’re in Glendale. You’re so ready for what should be a great National Championship Game. You’re cozy and comfortable in your corporate suite, either because you know the right people or you’re rich as hell. You want to get bent. ...

Deshaun Watson Deserved Better

It’s not right to call any part of Alabama’s 45-40 victory in last night’s national championship game fluky, but there’s no denying that they were carried to the win by precisely the kind of wild, momentum-swinging plays that we usually see buoying an underdog’s chances. ‘Bama was of course the favo...

How Alabama Pulled Off The Perfect Onside Kick

Alabama, it will not surprise you if you know Nick Saban’s near-sociopathic attention to detail, had been practicing precisely that onside kick every week since August. But it wasn’t until long film study had identified a potential weakness in Clemson’s kick return coverage, and firsthand observatio...

Clemson Doomed Themselves By Giving Up Too Many Big Plays

On most plays during the national championship game, it seemed that the outcome favored Clemson. Their defensive line sacked Alabama QB Jake Coker five times and harried him endlessly, while Clemson QB Deshaun Watson frequently had all day to stand in the pocket. Besides a 50-yard TD scamper (we’ll ...

North Dakota State University Is Your True College Football National Champion

The North Dakota State Bisons put a royal whooping on the Jacksonville State State Gamecocks to win their record fifth consecutive FCS national championship. They dominated the game, with over 40 minutes of possession and almost twice as many total yards....

Rose Bowl Officials Condemn Stanford Band For Mocking Iowa During Halftime Show

The Stanford Marching Band—a performatively quirky group of college musicians currently banned from road games for “sexual hazing”—is continuing its truly remarkable run of pissing everyone off. They got to go to the Rose Bowl because it was a neutral site game, and they commemorated their trip by t...

The College Football Playoff's Idiotic Scheduling Is Screwing Over ESPN

ESPN, just like everyone else, knew the TV ratings for this year’s College Football Playoff semifinal games would be down from last year’s. But ESPN was still way too optimistic—the games didn’t come close to the numbers they promised advertisers, and now ESPN owes tens of millions of dollars in fre...

Houston Coach Tom Herman Yells On Radio Show Over Kyle Allen Report

John Lopez of Houston station Sports Radio 610 published a report on Dec. 13, 2015, that claimed Houston Cougars football coach Tom Herman had met with former Texas A&M quarterback Kyle Allen in Houston. Nothing came of it until Jan. 5, when the Houston Chronicle reported that Allen was transferring...

Christian Hackenberg Thanks Everyone But His Coach While Declaring For NFL Draft

Penn State lost to Georgia in a bowl game this afternoon. It was an ugly game made uglier by star Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg leaving the game in the second quarter with an injury. His backup threw a cool touchdown, but other than that, nah....

Report: This Is The Trevone Boykin Bar Fight Video

TMZ Sports claims that this is video of the bar fight that got TCU star quarterback Trevone Boykin arrested and suspended from tonight’s Alamo Bowl against Oregon. Boykin apologized for the incident via Twitter, and coach Gary Patterson had the scathing take that, “Everybody makes decisions.”...

This Is Worse Than That ESPN Ad That Had A Michigan Fan And Ohio State Fan Making Out With Each Other

Reports: ESPN College Football Playoff Game Ratings Went Into Toilet [UPDATES]

Three months of annoying, Kimmel-led promos and awkward corporate tie-ins weren’t enough to keep ESPN’s college football playoff semifinal TV ratings from plummeting on a New Year’s Eve, the traditions of which have never featured watching college football at home....

Report: Baylor Settles With Former Student Sexually Assaulted By Football Player 

In August, then-Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to 180 days in jail. And now the woman he was found guilty of assaulting, a former Baylor student, has settled with the university, the Dallas Morning News reported today....

Even Disney Jr. Can't Escape The College Football Playoff Cross-Branding

We noted last night that ESPN corporate parent Disney shoved a bunch of hilariously bad references to the college football playoff games on New Year’s Eve into yesterday’s episode of General Hospital. Commenter JortReform noted that even Disney Jr. had been running tie-in promos, and we caught one o...

Ball-Snatching Memphis Player Autographs His Prize, Instagrams It, Gets Dismissed

The Memphis Tigers lost to Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl yesterday, but safety Reggis Ball wanted a souvenir to commemorate his two interceptions in the game. So, he wrestled an equipment staffer for a game ball and ran. The school dismissed the redshirt senior from the team a few hours after the in...

Trevone Boykin Arrested After Allegedly Striking A Police Officer

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested in San Antonio, Tex. last night after police say he struck a bike cop who was attempting to break up a bar fight that Boykin and his teammates were involved in....

Louisville's James Burgess Ejected 11 Seconds Into Music City Bowl For Targeting 

Louisville senior linebacker James Burgess was ejected just 11 seconds into the final game of his career, after officials ruled this hit on Texas A&M receiver Damion Ratley constituted targeting. The NCAA rule book defines ejection-worthy targeting as:...

Jimbo And Candi Fisher Are Divorced

Jimbo Fisher and his wife of 22 years, Candi, are officially divorced, GossipExtra.com’s Jose Lambiet reported today. The process didn’t take long; Lambiet reported that the Florida State football coach filed for the split less than five months ago and the couple has been separated since May. ...

Confusing Reports: After Loss, Memphis Player Steals Game Ball, Flips Off Auburn, Flees [UPDATE]

Auburn just put the finishing touches on a 31-10 victory over Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl, but according to some dispatches from reporters on the scene, the real drama started after the game. Get ready for some good drama!...