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No. 24 UNLV defeats Cal in LA Bowl, secures 11-win season
Jacob De Jesus caught a touchdown and gained 142 all-purpose yards to lead No. 24 UNLV to a 24-13 win over Cal in the LA Bowl on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif.,UNLV clinched their first 11-win season since 1984 with the victory, although all those wins were later vacated after the NCAA penalized the...

James Madison earns first bowl win in Boca Raton Bowl vs. Western Kentucky
Billy Atkins threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Thompson to break a fourth-quarter tie as James Madison won a bowl game for the first time, topping Western Kentucky 27-17 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Wednesday at Boca Raton, Fla.,JC Evans had a touchdown run and touchdown pass and George Pettaway...

Alabama S Malachi Moore to miss ReliaQuest Bowl with injury
Alabama All-American safety Malachi Moore will undergo surgery and miss the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan on Dec. 31 in Tampa, Fla.,Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer didn't reveal the nature of the surgery, but indicated Moore has been playing through it most of the season.,"He's been going through...

Coastal Carolina preps untested QB for UTSA, Myrtle Beach Bowl
Coastal Carolina will enjoy an extra home game of sorts when it faces UTSA on Monday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, S.C. ,It marks the Chanticleers' (6-6) first appearance in the bowl game held on their campus. But they'll do so without their first- and second-string quarterbacks, Ethan Vasko a...

Elite run games clash as Jax State meets Ohio in 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...
Best Non-College Football Playoff Bowl Games to Watch in 2024
Only 12 teams can make the college football playoff, but these bowl games will be just as exciting to watch as we conclude the 2024 college football season....

No. 25 Memphis unstoppable in 42-37 win over West Virginia
Seth Henigan passed for 294 yards and two touchdowns and No. 25 Memphis never trailed while notching a 42-37 victory over West Virginia on Tuesday night in the Frisco Bowl in Texas.,DeMeer Blankumsee had four catches for 120 yards and one touchdown and Roc Taylor added five receptions for 116 yards ...

Backup QB guides Tulane into Gasparilla Bowl vs. Florida
Florida wasn't always sure it was going to win enough games to become bowl-eligible.,Tulane flirted with the possibility of playing its way into the College Football Playoff.,Eventually a late-season surge by the Gators (7-5) and consecutive losses by the Green Wave (9-4) landed them both in the Gas...

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...

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...

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 (...

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: 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...

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...

Former FCS powers Sam Houston, Georgia Southern meet in New Orleans Bowl
Sam Houston will make its first-ever bowl appearance against Georgia Southern in the New Orleans Bowl on Thursday, but the Bearkats will do it with a new head coach.,Sam Houston will be led by interim coach Brad Cornelsen, the team's offensive coordinator. He takes over for K.C. Keeler, who resigned...

Seth Henigan, No. 25 Memphis chase strong finish in Frisco Bowl vs. WVU
Seth Henigan has major credentials, but you never hear him mentioned among the top quarterbacks in the nation.,He is surprisingly invisible considering he has four consecutive 3,000-yard seasons and has thrown more than 100 career touchdown passes.,The often-overlooked Henigan will look to end his c...

South Alabama, WMU kick off bowl season in Montgomery
South Alabama and Western Michigan will face each other in football for the first time when they meet Saturday night in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery, Ala.,However, the men leading both programs do have some familiarity with one another: Both were on Nick Saban's first staff at Alab...

Deion Sanders: Zero Colorado players will opt out of Alamo Bowl
The full complement of Colorado players and Sanders Family can be counted on for the Alamo Bowl this month. ,Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders said the game against BYU in San Antonio will be steeped with emotion as the final time he'll coach his sons -- quarterback Shedeur Sanders and safety Shilo...

New Orleans stars to perform at Super Bowl pregame
Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans next February will have a hometown feel before the game gets underway.,Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Ledisi will perform pregame on Feb. 9, the NFL announced Thursday. All four artists are Louisiana natives.,"We're honored to work with this year's preg...