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Too many blowouts? Sorting out fact, fiction with College Football Playoff semifinals

“There are too many blowouts in the semifinals.”  That is the go-to criticism about the four-team College Football Playoff and one of the leading arguments against expansion. Does that carry weight?  Sporting News looked at the seven-year history of the College Football Playoff semifinals and broke down the numbers in an effort to find out. Will this year’s CFP semifinals […]

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Travis Kelce returns from reserve/COVID-19 list, practices Wednesday

Patrick Mahomes is getting his star tight end back for Week 17. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said tight end Travis Kelce was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list and practiced Wednesday. Kelce missed Kansas City’s Week 16 win over Pittsburgh after being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list early in the week. The Chiefs preemptively activated Kelce with the belief he’d clear […]

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Smart: UGA to be near full strength from COVID

Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia MIAMI — Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the Bulldogs were dealing with COVID-19 issues a couple of weeks ago, but he expects his team to be near full strength when it plays No. 2 Michigan in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the […]

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Ranking potential NFL head coach openings from worst to best: Is the Bears job really appealing?

Bill Barnwell is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Every year around this time, I run through the various head-coaching opportunities that might come open at the end of the NFL season. Sometimes, these jobs stay filled. Other times, different jobs unexpectedly pop open. Usually, though, we can run through somewhere around seven to eight openings or expected openings toward the […]

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UCLA pulls out of Holiday Bowl, irking NC State

Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia UCLA was forced to pull out of the Holiday Bowl only hours before Tuesday’s scheduled football game against NC State in San Diego because of COVID-19 problems within the Bruins program. The school announced its decision around 3:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The […]

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