Ohio State's season didn't end the way Urban Meyer wanted, as his team fell in a disastrous 31-0 blowout to Clemson in the playoff, but the Buckeyes are primed to bounce back with one of the best recruiting classes in college football history.
That might sound hyperbolic, but it isn't. Ohio State will sign a small class this year due to limited scholarships, but its 17-member group already has pledges from six 5-star prospects, and Meyer ...
College football couldn't have found a better time for its first rematch with a national title hanging in the balance when the Clemson Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide meet again.
This is the first championship rematch since the creation of the BCS in 1998, according to ESPN Stats & Info—and it's a heavyweight bout if there ever was one.
On the heels of an undefeated season, the Crimson Tide look to once again flaunt SEC supremacy while ...
At one end of the kitchen table sat Nick Saban, fresh off a failed cameo with the Miami Dolphins. At the other sat Flint Southwestern Academy senior running back Mark Ingram, his mother and his grandfather.
It was 2007, less than a year into Saban's tenure at Alabama. His program, currently the greatest dynasty in sports, was in disarray.
The Alabama of today, an overwhelming winning mechanism, was nothing more than an elaborate dream. The Alabama of ...
What's old is new again. After meeting in last season's College Football Playoff National Championship, Clemson and Alabama are set to clash in college football's first-ever national title rematch.
Both teams waltzed through the College Football Playoff semifinals, definitively establishing themselves as the two best squads in the country. It was a similar case last year, and the Crimson Tide nabbed a thrilling 45-40 victory in that battle with the Tigers.
Clemson's offense is largely built on ...
Fact: Sam Darnold had five touchdown passes in USC's 52-49 win over Penn State in the Rose Bowl on Monday, the most touchdowns a player has thrown for in a single game in Rose Bowl history.
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ATLANTA — Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts is on the verge of joining one of the most exclusive fraternities in all of American sports.
A fraternity of two.
If Hurts leads the Crimson Tide to the national title over Clemson on Monday in Tampa, Florida, he'll join Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway (1985) as the only other full-time true freshman starting quarterback to lead his team to a national championship.
Prior to this season, the youngest quarterback Nick Saban had trotted ...
Bring on the rematch.
Clemson and Alabama will once again play for the national title after convincing wins over Ohio State and Washington, respectively. Below, we'll break down the three biggest keys to the game.
Will Deshaun Watson Protect the Ball?
Deshaun Watson got away with two interceptions against Ohio State, in part because of his 316 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns, and in part, because the ...
And then there were two.
Next wee,k we'll have our national champion after Alabama and Clemson play in Tampa, Florida with everything at stake. Before we get there, though, we're giving you one last Bleacher Report Top 25 so tide you over.
Rather than do another poll after the final—when seemingly the winner will be No. 1 and the runner-up shouldn't be any lower than second—we're recapping the 2016-17 season now. These rankings are based on the ...
PASADENA, Calif. — At some point, probably soon, USC will go back to being Hollywood again. That's OK. It can't help it, not in its L.A. surroundings, not with its fans in a place that idolizes its stars. For years, USC had been stuck in a phony place.
And now, instead of a coach with flowing silver hair (Pete Carroll) and movie-star looks, the Trojans have a bald guy with a belly named Clay Helton, who ...
The No. 7 Oklahoma Sooners started the season with losses in two of their first three games, but they made amends and put the finishing touches on a 10-game winning streak when they dispatched the No. 14 Auburn Tigers 35-19 in the Sugar Bowl on Monday night.
The triumph at the Superdome in New Orleans represented the Sooners' first in a bowl game since their 45-31 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl ...