College Football Playoff

Dec. 22 (UPI) — The College Football Playoff is willing to delay bowl games — including semifinal and championship contests — if teams are unable to play due to issues caused by COVID-19, executive director Bill Hancock confirmed to UPI on Tuesday.

“I’m not sure we’ll play in the playoffs,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “Why would we play if you can’t have families at the game?”

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit apologized for suggesting that Michigan may use the coronavirus as an excuse to opt-out of its game with Ohio State.

Nov. 25 (UPI) — Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State top the first 2020-2021 College Football Playoff rankings, while undefeated BYU (9-0) ranks 14th.

Travis Etienne is a Louisiana native whose family lives relatively close to LSU’s campus. However, he’s also Clemson’s leading rusher, and that has made his family a target for death threats in his home state.

Rushing the field is a great thing, when you actually have clear access to the field. If you try to rush the field through a giant hedge, things can backfire.

While most of President Trump’s Twitter followers have been scanning his timeline expecting to find the latest information regarding the government shutdown. On Friday afternoon, the more than 57 million people who follow the president got a far more light-hearted update.

Jan. 7 (UPI) — Freshman Trevor Lawrence passed all over the Alabama defense, leading Clemson to a College Football Playoff national title on Monday in Santa Clara, Calif.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 on Saturday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Clemson’s Dabo Swinney entrusted a team with championship aspirations to freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence in September, this is what the Tigers’ coach had in mind.

In life and in sports, sometimes you’re the pigeon and sometimes you’re the statue. Or, as one unwitting Notre Dame fan found out, sometimes there’s an eagle and sometimes you’re the landing pad.

It’s no secret that rock star Jon Bon Jovi is a huge football fan. The New Jersey native was once the majority owner of the Arena League’s Philadelphia Soul, and he can frequently be seen in the owner’s box of Patriots Owner Robert Kraft.

DALLAS (AP) — The question was about sustaining high-level success in college football and Dabo Swinney’s answer lasted 3 minutes, 40 seconds. Brevity is not the Clemson coach’s strong suit.

Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray thrilled the nation this year, as he dominated defenses with his incredible running and passing ability.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dwayne Haskins and Urban Meyer reveled in the victory celebration Saturday night.

Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan were at the top of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, marking the first time in the five-year history of the postseason system that the same teams held the first four spots for three straight weeks.

If you don’t like the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, don’t worry. Saturday’s slate of huge games guarantees major changes are coming next week.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The rubber match of the Alabama-Clemson trilogy was a total dud compared to the teams’ previous two meetings.

Georgia is going to the national championship game.

Miami moved up to No. 2 behind Alabama in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night, with Clemson slipping one spot to three and Oklahoma holding at four.

Alabama and Clemson are back on top of the College Football Playoff rankings, the ninth time over the last three seasons that the Crimson Tide and Tigers have held the first two spots in some order.

NEW YORK (AP) — Georgia, Alabama, Notre Dame and Clemson are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season.

ATLANTA (AP) — No. 1 Alabama and coach Nick Saban are the closest the College Football Playoff has to seasoned veterans.

GRAPEVINE, Texas, Nov. 29 (UPI) — Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Washington made the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s penultimate rankings on Tuesday night.

Citing a drop in TV viewership, the College Football Playoff has finally announced that it is exploring the idea of moving its semifinal games away from New Year’s Eve, especially when the day falls on a weekday.

The football amateurs competed with amateur night. The broadcasting pros at ESPN lost.

The College Football Playoff selection committee met Sunday morning and revealed its final rankings for the nation’s top four teams.