“We had great debate about Clemson and Alabama, and we had a number of revotes”, said Long, the Arkansas athletic director and playoff committee chairman.
Not long after he was fined ,000 for his Saturday-night-spear-to-the-groin of Boston’s Brad Marchand, Canucks forward Brandon Prust had an, ahem, colorful take on his punishment.
The College Football Playoff system is in its second season, and under its rules, the Rose Bowl Game is assured of a matchup between teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences when it is not among the two bowl games hosting a College Football Playoff semifinal.
ESPN unveiled the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings Sunday, officially cementing what many already anticipated – that Clemson, Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma are in.
It had Clemson (13-0) as “a clear-cut number one” over Alabama (12-1), as committee chairman Jeff Long put it. It had Michigan State (12-1) nudging past Oklahoma (11-1) into No. 3 on the strength of two wins over fellow top-10 sorts who would have gone unbeaten otherwise.
In what might be a preview of what’s to come from the College Football Playoff committee, Michigan State moved up to third in the final Associated Press poll before bowl games begin.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the former Miami quarterback has reached a tentative agreement to be the Hurricanes’ next head coach, pending the completion of contract talks. He knows anything can still happen in their remaining...
The Associated Press plans to release its final regular-season Top 25 poll before the four-team college football playoffs and the rest of the bowl pairings are announced.
Some areas are still badly affected and remain cut off. Rescue teams are now focussing on these neighbourhoods while trying to get food and medicines to thousands of people who have been affected.