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Interim coaches guide Jacksonville State, Ohio into Cure Bowl
Jacksonville State won its first Conference USA championship in only its second year playing FBS football. Now the leader and architect of the program's transition from the FCS level is off to West Virginia.,The Gamecocks will move forward without Rich Rodriguez and face Ohio in a battle of conferen...

Cowboys VP: CB Trevon Diggs likely out until start of '25 season
Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is out for the season to undergo knee surgery and might not be ready to suit up until after training camp ends in August 2025, Dallas executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday. ,Jones said Diggs, 26, was playing with fluid in his knee and did everything possi...

No. 24 UNLV, Cal aim to focus on LA Bowl amid upheaval
The LA Bowl on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif., will feature two teams in flux, as No. 24 UNLV aims to secure an 11-win season against Cal after losing its head coach -- and hiring a new one in the same week. ,Purdue announced Dec. 8 that UNLV's Barry Odom would become the Boilermakers' 38th head coa...

James Madison vying for first bowl win, faces W. Kentucky in Boca Raton
Western Kentucky has made a habit of winning the Boca Raton Bowl, while James Madison is pretty much a newcomer to the Football Bowl Subdivision postseason scene.,The teams will clash in the bowl game Wednesday in Boca Raton, Fla.,It will be the second bowl game for James Madison, which first became...

Quick start carries Northwestern past Georgia Tech
Brooks Barnhizer scored 20 points and Nick Martinelli and Jalen Leach added 16 apiece to lead Northwestern to a 71-60 victory over Georgia Tech in a nonconference game Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee.,Northwestern (8-3) scored the first 11 points of the game and never trailed. The Wildcats led 31-26 a...

Browns coach: RB Nick Chubb breaks foot vs. Chiefs
Cleveland running back Nick Chubb broke his foot during the host Browns' 21-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said.,Chubb was injured during the third quarter and did not return to the game. He finished with nine carries for 41 yards and one fumble, and no rece...

Cooper Rush throws 3 TD passes as Cowboys beat Panthers
Cooper Rush threw for two of his three touchdowns in the third quarter as the Dallas Cowboys pulled away from the Carolina Panthers in a 30-14 victory Sunday afternoon at Charlotte.,CeeDee Lamb had 116 receiving yards on nine catches with a touchdown and Rico Dowdle rushed for a career-high 149 yard...

Patrick Mahomes injures ankle in Chiefs' win over Browns
Patrick Mahomes threw for a pair of touchdowns before injuring his ankle as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the host Cleveland Browns 21-7 on Sunday afternoon.,Mahomes completed 19 of 38 passes for 159 yards but had to be replaced by veteran signal-caller Carson Wentz after getting caught up under Cleve...

Owen Freeman fuels Iowa to convincing win over New Orleans
Owen Freeman scored 22 points and Brock Harding had 13 points and six assists to lift Iowa to a 104-57 rout of visiting New Orleans on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa.,After suffering narrow losses to Michigan and No. 3 Iowa State over the past eight days, the Hawkeyes rebounded with a comfortable win. Th...

Nyla Hampton lifts No. 17 Michigan State past No. 21 Iowa
Nyla Hampton scored all 13 of her points in the fourth quarter and No. 17 Michigan State hung on to edge No. 21 Iowa 68-66 in East Lansing, Mich., in the Big Ten opener for each team on Sunday afternoon.,Julia Ayrault led the Spartans (10-0, 1-0 Big Ten) with 19 points and Grace VanSlooten added 14 ...

Keshon Gilbert fuels No. 3 Iowa State in rout of Omaha
Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting, and No. 3 Iowa State cruised to an 83-51 win over Omaha in a nonconference matchup Sunday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.,Milan Momcilovic and Joshua Jefferson added 13 points apiece for Iowa State (9-1), which won its sixth game in a row. Tamin Lipsey f...

Michigan RB Donovan Edwards opts out of bowl
Running back Donovan Edwards is the latest Michigan player to opt out of the ReliaQuest Bowl against Alabama.,Already, defensive tackle Mason Graham, tight end Colston Loveland and cornerback Will Johnson have said they won't play for the Wolverines (7-5) on Dec. 31 against the No. 11 Crimson Tide (...

Sam Godwin's big day helps No. 13 Oklahoma dominate Bedlam rival Oklahoma State
Sam Godwin registered game highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds Saturday night, while Kobe Elvis added 15 points as No. 13 Oklahoma improved to 10-0 with an 80-65 thumping of Bedlam rival Oklahoma State in Oklahoma City.,In the first nonconference game between the two since 1958, it was all Sooners as...

Marshall pulls out of Independence Bowl, replaced by Louisiana Tech
Marshall opted out of playing Army in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 because of losing a large number of players to the transfer portal, and was replaced by Louisiana Tech.,The Thundering Herd went 10-3 and defeated Louisiana 31-3 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game on Dec. 7. Head coach ...

Reports: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs to have season-ending knee surgery
The Dallas Cowboys ruled out All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs for Sunday's road game against the Carolina Panthers, with multiple outlets reporting Saturday that he is expected to have season-ending knee surgery.,Diggs, 26, was questionable for the game after returning to action last Monday in a 27-2...

Jayden Epps, Georgetown get by Syracuse in 100th meeting
Jayden Epps scored a season-high 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the floor on Saturday as visiting Georgetown nipped Syracuse 75-71 in the 100th all-time meeting between the longtime rivals., ,Thomas Sorber contributed 16 points, seven rebounds and two blocks and Micah Peavy added 12 points and ...

Reports: Marshall pulls out of Independence Bowl game vs. Army
The Marshall football team opted out of the playing Army in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 because of losing players in the transfer portal, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.,The Thundering Herd went 10-3 and defeated Louisiana 31-3 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game on De...

Iowa upbeat heading into matchup with New Orleans
While Iowa may be smarting from consecutive narrow defeats to conference and in-state rivals, the Hawkeyes have learned to smile at the same time.,As they pause from facing fellow high-majors with Sunday's visit from New Orleans, the Hawkeyes feel encouraged about their progress five weeks into the ...

No. 3 Iowa State puts win streak on line vs. Omaha
No. 3 Iowa State continues to gain recognition as a likely national championship contender after a stellar start to the season., ,Tamin Lipsey is gaining more and more recognition, too. The Cyclones' guard is one of the glue players on one of the hottest teams in college basketball., ,Lipsey and Iow...

Blues acquire veteran D Cam Fowler from Ducks
The St. Louis Blues acquired veteran defenseman Cam Fowler from the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.,The Blues also secured a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft in exchange for a second-round selection in that draft and defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka. ,The Ducks will retain 38.5 percent of Fowler's r...