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12:13 AM ET ATLANTA — For the bulk of the second half of its College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State, it appeared Georgia was not going to get the chance to defend its national championship. Then Stetson Bennett delivered yet another play for the ages. Bennett threw a 10-yard pass to Adonai Mitchell

2:39 AM ET ATLANTA — Ohio State star receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. was knocked out of Saturday’s loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl with a concussion. Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said Harrison was put into concussion protocol after he took a massive hit from Georgia defensive back

9:56 PM ET Injuries sent starting tight ends for Georgia and Ohio State to their respective locker rooms during the first half of the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Georgia’s Darnell Washington suffered an ankle injury and Ohio State’s Cade Stover appeared to suffer a lower-back injury. Washington returned to the

12:05 AM ET Admit it, you didn’t think they’d do it. Not TCU, the team seemingly everyone outside of Fort Worth, Texas, has been predicting to lose week after week. Oh sure, the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl was going to be a good game, but TCU actually win?! Nah. Michigan

11:00 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — In one of Sonny Dykes’ early days at TCU, he was handed a gift by a Horned Frogs fan. It was a copy of “Spread Formation Football,” a 1952 book by Dutch Meyer, the legendary Frogs coach who is the spiritual forefather to Dykes and known for his offensive

11:28 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Michigan junior receiver Roman Wilson echoed what most of his teammates were saying in some form or fashion Saturday in a somber Wolverines’ locker room. For the second straight year, Michigan beat bitter rival Ohio State and won the Big Ten championship. But for the second straight year, the

8:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the biggest upset since the advent of the College Football Playoff, third-seeded TCU rode its underdog status to a 51-45 win over undefeated and No. 2 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The win continued TCU’s storybook season and made the Frogs the first Big

5:58 PM ET The grandfather of Iowa star linebacker Jack Campbell died Friday night in Nashville, where he had traveled to watch the Hawkeyes play in the Music City Bowl. William Smith Jr., the father of Campbell’s stepmother, Jen, died following a pedestrian-vehicle accident involving one car, the school said in a statement. The 76-year-old

4:40 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — Bryce Young passed for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a game that other top NFL prospects might have skipped, and No. 5 Alabama responded to an early two-score deficit with 35 straight points to defeat 11th-ranked Kansas State 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday.

1:36 PM ET The College Football Playoff semifinals are finally here. Before we reach 2023, we’ll know one if not both of the teams that will play for the national championship. The No. 2 Michigan Wolverines face the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. 2

11:46 AM ET Georgia remained the favorite against Ohio State in Saturday’s second College Football Playoff semifinal, but the point spread was moving toward the underdog Buckeyes on reports of big wagers by influential bettors. Multiple sportsbooks reported taking bets on Ohio State from professional bettors Friday, causing the line to move from Georgia -6.5

11:52 AM ET BYU offensive lineman Sione Veikoso died in a construction accident in his hometown of Kailua, Hawai’i, on Friday. He was 22 years old. A total of six men were at the site when a 15-foot retaining rock wall behind a home partially collapsed and trapped three of them, the Honolulu Fire Department

12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The only thing that stopped Tennessee fans from singing “Rocky Top” as time was expiring Friday night was the need to serenade Joe Milton with something else. “M-V-P!” they chanted, over and over. With good reason. Milton, who regained the starting job only after his

8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 21 Notre Dame beat No. 19 South Carolina 45-38 in a wild TaxSlayer Bowl on Friday. The highest-scoring game in Gator Bowl history was filled with big plays and memorable

5:39 PM ET ESPN staff Celebratory food showers are a creative twist on the victory bath college football bowl season serves up to winning coaches and players. 2 Related A handful of bowl game sponsors award the winning team’s players — and lucky fans — the opportunity to douse coaches with cereal, cheesy crackers, creamy

4:28 PM ET New Jersey gaming regulators on Friday ordered sportsbooks to halt betting on the Citrus Bowl between Purdue and LSU because “an individual associated with Purdue Football team” is in violation of state regulations. Sources familiar with the decision told ESPN that retired NFL quarterback Drew Brees, who signed on to become an

1:25 PM ET Kenneth Davis shed more tears than he cares to admit 37 years ago when he was told he was being suspended from TCU‘s football team. He may shed a few more tears Saturday, tears of joy, when he sees his alma mater playing the kind of high-stakes game he and his teammates

1:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Ole Miss tailback Zach Evans is leaving school and declaring for the NFL draft, a source told ESPN on Friday. He rushed for 936 yards and nine touchdowns for the Rebels this year. Evans is the former No. 1 ranked tailback recruit in the country from the Class of 2020.