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AP source: Rose Bowl clears way for 12-team CFP in 2024
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Rose Bowl game organizers cleared the way for the College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting in the 2024 season, informing CFP officials Wedne…
Caris LeVert scores 22 points, Cavaliers rout 76ers 113-85
By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Caris LeVert scored 22 points off the bench, Darius Garland had 21 points and nine assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Philadelphia 76ers 11…
What To Watch: Playoff picture already close to settled
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Rarely does a college football season enter the weekend of conference championship games with its playoff picture this clearly in focus. No. 1 Georgia (No. 1 College…
Deshaun Watson practicing, not talking ahead of Browns debut
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — As Deshaun Watson walked toward his locker, staying behind the sizable media contingent awaiting his first interview in three months, Browns lineback…
Buckeyes’ Stroud repeats as Big Ten offensive player of year
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has been named the Big Ten’s offensive player of the year for the second straight season and Penn State’s Nicholas Singleton is fre…
Tulane RB and coach take top AAC awards with Cincinnati LB
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tulane running back Tyjae Spears was chosen as the offensive player of the year in the American Athletic Conference on Wednesday, with Green Wave coach Willie Fritz also taking a …
Attorney: As QB Watson returns, accusers say ‘we matter’
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — With nearly all of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed against Deshaun Watson having been settled, most of the women who accused the Cleveland quar…
Ohio State is 5 in second-to-last CFP rankings behind USC
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State was No. 5 on Tuesday night in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings, positioned to possibly take advantage if one of the top four…
New Badgers coach Fickell begins by reaching out to players
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell spent much of his first day on the job speaking to his new players, knowing many of them had hoped this search woul…
Browns’ Watson back from NFL ban, clear to start in Houston
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson won’t have a playbook for everything that lies ahead. The practices, meetings, film work, making handoffs, throwing passes for the…
Buckeyes still feeling pain of last year’s UM loss
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State has been counting the days until it could get a shot at revenge. Not like the Buckeyes are ever able to forget. An electronic display i…
LSU, USC move up behind UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU in CFP
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer LSU moved up to fifth and Southern California was sixth Tuesday night in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU…
