USC receiver Kyle Ford said the emotions of an up-and-down career hit him after he caught the game-winning touchdown against Texas A&M during the Las Vegas Bowl Friday night. “I know we’re making progress.” By late December, any signs of that progress had disappeared and confidence in Riley had faded along with it, lost during a frustrating season that ended …
USC running back Bryan Jackson carries the ball against Utah State on Sept. 7. But Marks opted out of the bowl game, and Joyner entered the transfer portal, and suddenly, the keys to USC’s backfield for Friday’s Las Vegas Bowl against Texas A&M were in the hands of one of the youngest players on USC’s roster, a freshman with barely …
Las Vegas Bowl Bowl: Utah vs. Northwestern, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Line: Utah by 6½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook Series record: Northwestern leads 2-1. FACTS & FIGURES This is the probably the final Las Vegas Bowl with a Pac-12 tie-in given only Oregon State and Washington State remain in that conference.. Utah and Northwestern faced each other in the 2018 …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Adam Mihalek’s 40-yard field goal with 37 seconds left finally put the Gators on the scoreboard, one of Oregon State’s few disappointments in an otherwise dominant 30-3 Las Vegas Bowl victory. “If you were to look back five years ago and say, ‘Hey, you guys are …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Las Vegas Bowl: Arizona State vs. Wisconsin, Dec. 30, 10:30 p.m. EST Line: Wisconsin by 6, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. That is the second-longest streak in Big Ten history, trailing Michigan’s 33-year run from 1975-2007.. Arizona State is the only FBS defense not to allow a …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NOTABLE Wisconsin: The Badgers are no stranger to Las Vegas, having faced UNLV five times between 1986 and 2010 — setting records for the top three home crowds at Sam Boyd Stadium. Arizona State: It’s the highest bowl placement for the Sun Devils since the 1996 …
Chris Petersen’s last opponent at Washington will be the team that gave him his first head coaching job. Las Vegas Bowl organizers capitalized on circumstances Sunday that allowed them to invite Petersen’s Washington Huskies to square off against Boise State on Dec. 21. “It’s always our intention to take the outright champion of the Mountain West, and the Broncos beat …
6:30 p.m. Toledo is not headed to a bowl despite going 6-6 this season. But a spot in the New Year’s Six was assured to only one of them and it went to Memphis, which will play Penn State in the Cotton Bowl after beating Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference title game. Penn State is going to its fourth …