Forget singing "Auld Lang Syne." College football will be taking over New Year's Eve playoff style. The traditional tune can be replaced by chants of Roll Tide, Sparty, All In and Boomer Sooner.  The four schools fortunate enough to have been chosen to play in the second College Football Playoff will all vie for a spot in the national championship game as the country brings in the new year.  Almost a month's worth of anticipation will finally ...

Louisville linebacker Trevon Young spent Wednesday night in the hospital after suffering a left hip injury in the Cardinals' 27-21 win over Texas A&M in the Music City Bowl. Young Leaves Music City Bowl, Status Unknown Thursday, Dec. 31 The Associated Press (via ESPN.com) updated Young's condition. He left the game in the first quarter and was taken away on a stretcher. Steve Jones of the Courier-Journal reported Young's mother, Regina, said the hip is "broken" and that he is scheduled to undergo ...

The Sugar Bowl between the No. 16 Oklahoma State Cowboys and No. 12 Ole Miss Rebels promises fireworks to kick in the new year. Hugh Freeze and the Rebels post 40.3 points per game to rank 14th in the nation. The Chad Kelly-led offense notched four wins against ranked opponents this year, including an upset of then-No. 2 Alabama, but lost three times to settle here. Mike Gundy's Cowboys lean on an offense ranked ninth at 41.2 ...

The 102nd edition of the Granddaddy of Them All offers classic smashmouth football when the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal collide with the No. 5 Iowa Hawkeyes. Consolation prize or not, Stanford won't complain about its third trip to the Rose Bowl in four years. It capped two major wins to close the season led by Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey only to get edged out of the College Football Playoff via conference title wins by Alabama ...

USC wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been dealing with a hand injury that will require offseason surgery to repair.   Continue for updates.  Smith-Schuster To Undergo Offseason Procedure Thursday, Dec. 31 Smith-Schuster told reporters following USC's 23-21 loss to Wisconsin in the Holiday Bowl that he would be getting surgery in early January. Smith had been dealing with a right hand fracture that required surgery earlier in the season. Injury Will Not Disrupt Smith-Schuster's Progression Despite an 8-6 season that saw ...

TCU Horned Frogs quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested early Thursday morning after being involved in a bar altercation and allegedly assaulting a police officer.   Todd L. Davis of NBCDFW.com reported the news. Boykin was allegedly at the bar with friends when he took offense to other patrons' comments after they recognized him. Boykin then allegedly began throwing punches.  He was kicked out of the bar for his alleged part in the altercation, which is said to have escalated ...

Once-dormant juggernauts on the rise meet in Friday's Citrus Bowl between the No. 14 Michigan Wolverines and No. 19 Florida Gators. For the most part, Jim Harbaugh has Wolverines faithful forgetting about shaky recent history, though they will have to wait longer for potential upsets against Michigan State and Ohio State. Jim McElwain has done much to purge the sour taste left by Will Muschamp-led Florida teams, though like Harbaugh, he'll have to hope for next season ...

On paper, the 2015 Cotton Bowl is the bigger mismatch between the two College Football Playoff semifinals. Of course, many said the same thing of last year's clash between the SEC and Big Ten champions, and look how that game ended up. From a personnel perspective, Alabama is a stronger team than Michigan State, and the Spartans' overall style will play right into the Crimson Tide's hands. Crazy things can happen during bowl season. Alabama can't afford ...

The College Football Playoff showdowns are inherently interesting with a national title at stake, but the Fiesta Bowl clash between Ohio State and Notre Dame would likely be the headliner if the 2015-16 bowl slate was the schedule for a midseason Saturday. The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish are two of the most storied programs in college football history, and Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly would be on anyone’s short list of the best coaches in the nation. What’s ...

All season, the Houston Cougars have been proving themselves as the top team outside of college football's Power Five conferences. Now they'll have the opportunity to prove they can play with college football's elite when they go against the Florida State Seminoles in the Peach Bowl.  With a noon kickoff on New Year's Eve, it's the first of the New Year's Six and an interesting matchup to kick off the biggest day in this college football ...