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Greg Sankey at a press conference

Greg Sankey addresses College Football Playoff expansion talks

Rumors have swirled lately about the College Football Playoff expanding to a 24-team field. With the SEC spring meetings set to take place in Miramar Beach, Fla., conference commissioner Greg Sankey addressed those discussions, but he doesn’t …

Mario Cristobal looks on from the sideline

Miami HC Mario Cristobal has honest take on College Football Playoff expansion

Talks have surfaced lately about the NCAA expanding the College Football Playoff field from 12 teams to 24 teams. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said on Tuesday that ACC coaches have expressed their support for the expansion, but Miami Hurricanes head …

Dan Lanning in a headset

Everyone said the same thing about Dan Lanning during Oregon’s blowout CFP loss

Dan Lanning drew an unflattering coaching comp with Oregon’s no-show during Friday’s CFP semifinal. Lanning and the Ducks were blown out by Indiana in Friday’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The Hoosiers went up 35-7 by halftime, and it …

Eli Manning with a stressed look on his face

Eli Manning becomes a meme during Ole Miss-Miami CFP game

Eli Manning was really going through it during Thursday night’s CFP game. The retired former Pro Bowl quarterback Manning was in attendance for Thursday’s CFP semifinal between Ole Miss and Miami at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. …

Urban Meyer in a jacket

Urban Meyer’s prediction about Ohio State did not go well

The No. 10-seed Miami Hurricanes continue to defy expectations in the College Football Playoff. They are also making a lot of people look bad, especially their doubters, including former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer. Before Miami took …

Michael Irvin holding a belt

Michael Irvin took the belt to Ohio State after CFP win

Just like the No. 10-seed Miami Hurricanes, former NFL star Michael Irvin was unstoppable on Wednesday night. The Pro Football Hall of Famer was back at it again with his shenanigans amid the College Football Playoff, as he had quite a way to …

Dan Lanning in a headset

Dan Lanning shares his plan to fix the college football schedule

Oregon coach Dan Lanning is one of a number of coaches who is having to deal with the awkward college football schedule and assistant coaches accepting jobs elsewhere before their seasons are over. He thinks he knows how to fix it. Lanning argued …

Fernando Mendoza giving his Heisman Trophy ceremony speech

Fernando Mendoza uses 4 words to sum up CFP journey 

The No. 1 seed Indiana Hoosiers are about to play in their first game in the College Football Playoff on Thursday against the No. 9 seed Alabama Crimson Tide at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.  It’s a huge game that only a few probably …

Alabama's Deontae Lawson during Rose Bowl media day

Alabama LB has head-turning take on Fernando Mendoza before Rose Bowl

The No. 9 seed Alabama Crimson Tide know they will have their hands full against the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in Thursday’s Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif., and Fernando Mendoza is a big reason why. Crimson Tide senior linebacker Deontae Lawson even …

Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire talking

Texas Tech head coach had words for CFP-snubbed Notre Dame

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have enough heartbreak after missing the College Football Playoff, but Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire added to it with some words. As the Red Raiders prepare for their  Capital One Orange Bowl matchup against No. 5 …

Dan Lanning in a headset

Dan Lanning rips ‘messed up’ College Football Playoff format ahead of Oregon-Texas Tech

Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are preparing for the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game in the Orange Bowl on January 1 against Texas Tech. No. 5 seed Oregon defeated No. 12 seed James Madison, 51-34, on December 20 at Autzen Stadium in …

Trinidad Chambliss in Ole Miss uniform

Ole Miss dug deep to get Trinidad Chambliss academically eligible

The No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels are headed to the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff after defeating the No. 11 seed Tulane Green Wave in the first round on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss., to the tune of a 41-10 …

Nick Saban on set

Nick Saban has great explanation for why JMU, Tulane should not be in CFP

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished 10-2 and somehow were left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff field with James Madison and Tulane getting bids. The exclusion of the Irish has been a massive talking point. Former Alabama coach Nick …

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College Football Playoff approves major change to seeding for 2025

One of the biggest complaints about the first 12-team College Football Playoff last season was the way seeding was determined, and that is already set to change in 2025. The College Football Playoff’s management committee reached a unanimous …

JD Vance dropping the College Football Playoff trophy

JD Vance drops College Football Playoff trophy during White House visit

Vice President JD Vance had a pretty big issue with the College Football Playoff trophy during Ohio State’s visit to the White House on Monday. The Buckeyes football team met President Trump at the White House on Monday and were honored for …

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Everyone had the same complaint about national championship game

Not everyone was satisfied with how this year’s College Football Playoff has shaken out. Several fans voiced a similar complaint in the lead-up to Monday’s championship game between Notre Dame and Ohio State at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in …

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