Inside The Irish

Seven of eight teams with first-round byes have lost their quarterfinal games through the first two years of the 12-team College Football Playoff. … [Read more...] about College Football Playoff quarterfinal upsets fuel rust-versus-rest debate for bye teams

Kotelnicki will return to Kansas as associate head coach after not being retained as offensive coordinator at Penn State, Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold announced Friday. … [Read more...] about Andy Kotelnicki returns to Kansas as associate head coach after stint at Penn State

Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl. … [Read more...] about Top-seeded Indiana routs Alabama 38-3 for its first Rose Bowl victory, roaring into CFP semifinals

The Hurricanes have won two playoff games to get into football’s final four after needing an at-large berth to make the 12-team field … [Read more...] about Miami beats defending national champ Ohio State 24-14 in the CFP quarterfinal at Cotton Bowl

The Fighting Illini helped the Big Ten stay undefeated this bowl season, improving to 6-0. The Southeastern Conference dropped to 2-5 with this loss. … [Read more...] about Illinois beats Tennessee in the Music City Bowl to keep Big Ten undefeated this bowl season