Month: December 2021

By The Associated Press Utah will face Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. The Utes won their first Pac-12 championship over Oregon and finished 10-3 overall. Sophomore running back Tavion Thomas is tied for the Football Bowl Subdivision lead among running backs with 20 rushing touchdowns. Ohio State was 10-2. Buckeyes quarterback

By The Associated Press The Fiesta Bowl will have another marquee matchup with No. 5 Notre Dame facing No. 9 Oklahoma State. The Irish just missed the College Football Playoff, finishing fifth in the final standings. The Cowboys came up inches short of the CFP after Dezmon Jackson was stopped just before the goal line

By The Associated Press Michigan plays Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl on Dec. 31. The game is set for Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Both teams are 12-1. The Wolverines are No. 2 in the final CFP rankings and the Bulldogs are No. 3. Michigan is the

By The Associated Press Old Dominion and Tulsa look to continue their late-season surges at the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Dec. 20. It’s the first meeting between the schools, although both were briefly in Conference USA when Old Dominion joined in 2013-14 before Tulsa left for the Big East the next season. The Monarchs enter

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette has promoted co-offensive coordinator and former Ragin’ Cajuns quarterback Michael Desormeaux to head coach. The announcement by athletic director Bryan Maggard comes less than 24 hours after Billy Napier won his final game as Cajuns coach in the Sun Belt Conference championship game against Appalachian State. Napier was

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Utah and Ohio State will meet for the first time in 35 years in the 108th edition of the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. The 10-3 Utes secured their first appearance in the Granddaddy of Them All with a 38-10 victory over Oregon in

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A milestone season for Pittsburgh and quarterback Kenny Pickett is continuing with a Peach Bowl matchup against Michigan State. No. 13 Pitt’s reward for its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship is the Panthers’ first New Year’s Six bowl since 2004 in the Dec. 30 game in

NIAGARA, N.Y. (AP) — Caleb Green scored 16 points as Fairfield got past Niagara 81-71. Zach Crisler had 14 points for the Stags. Taj Benning added 13 points. Jesus Cruz had 11 points. Jordan Cintron scored 14 points for the Purple Eagles.

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Strong wind led to the cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill race at Beaver Creek, Colorado. It wasn’t immediately known when or if the downhill will be rescheduled. The starting point of the downhill was initially lowered on the hill due to wind gusts that reached approximately 45 mph

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Guy Ragland Jr. had 17 points and 12 rebounds as Cornell rolled past Keuka 122-64. Nazir Williams added 16 points, Darius Ervin scored 15 and Isaiah Gray had 15 for the Big Red. Mason VanDeMortel led the Storm with 21 points.

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Ciro Immobile scored twice as Lazio comfortably won 3-1 at Sampdoria despite playing the final quarter of the match with 10 men in Serie A. Goalscorer Sergej Milinković-Savić was sent off following two yellow cards in quick succession. Lazio moved level with city rival Roma. They are

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No. 6 Baylor and No. 8 Mississippi will match up in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Baylor is coming off a Big 12 football championship after holding off Oklahoma State for a 21-16 victory Saturday in the conference title game. Ole Miss concluded

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — The College Football Playoff is set and it is historic: Cincinnati will play Alabama in the Cotton Bowl and Michigan will face Georgia in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Fourth-seeded Cincinnati becomes the first team to break through the CFP’s glass