Instead, the CFP quarterfinals will be held Wednesday, Dec. 30 at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and a triple-header on Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential. The CFP semifinals will be held Jan. 14, 2027 at the Capital One Orange Bowl, and Jan. 15, 2027 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, while Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had 374 passing yards and three scores himself. Darnold and Stafford are the second pair of opposing quarterbacks to both have 300 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in a Conference Championship game, according to ESPN Research. Seattle will now face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX -- also against the Patriots.
Miami defensive back Xavier Lucas must sit out the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against Indiana on Monday night because he was called for targeting in the fourth quarter of the semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Any player called for targeting is ejected from the game. If the targeting call happens in the second half, a player is ejected and suspended for the first half of his team's next game.
Every year, the College Football Playoff National Championship game rotates among a handful of host sites. One such site is Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which hosted the 2021 CFP Championship Game between Alabama and Ohio State. This year marked a return to the front of the rotation for Hard Rock -- just in time for the Hurricanes, who are Hard Rock's collegiate occupants in the fall.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Indiana defensive lineman Hosea Wheeler pulled out his phone and displayed a meme of Gilbert Huph, the aptly named, ever-scowling insurance boss of fictional superhero Bob Parr from "The Incredibles." But rather than a dark suit and tie, Huph is wearing an Indiana polo shirt and a headset. His arms hang at his sides, and one eyebrow is slightly raised as he glares ahead.
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Social media erupted Thursday night in response to what many considered to be a missed call at the end of the Ole Miss-Miami College Football Playoff game. Late in the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes held a 31-27 lead over the Rebels and were just seconds away from earning a spot in the national championship. On the final play of the game, Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss threw the ball in the end zone for a last-resort hail mary.
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For ages, certainly as long as we have been in the College Football Playoff age, people have politely asked and desperately pleaded, when were some new bloods finally going to replace the blue bloods on college football's biggest postseason stage? Well, folks, the age of new is officially the age of now. The promise of the four-team CFP versus the two-team Bowl Championship Series title game was to create more room
In Chambliss' first season at Ole Miss, the former Division II star has led the No. 6 Rebels to a 13-1 record, the best season in school history. The Rebels play No. 10 Miami in Thursday's College Football Playoff semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). After taking over for injured starter Austin Simmons in the second game, Chambliss never relinquished the starting job. He completed 66.4% of his passes for 3,660 yards with 21 touchdowns and 3 interceptions this season.
Adversity brings opportunity and this was an opportunity to make things right. I know that not only was I getting scrutinized, but our head coach was as well. As much respect as I have for him, I had to scratch and claw and find some way to get better. With more time, more reps, more games in general, I got better.
We both worked for months to try to find a solution. Notre Dame was very vocal about the fact that they would play us anytime, anywhere. Jen Cohen, our AD, went back to Notre Dame roughly a couple of weeks ago with a scenario and a proposal that would extend the series for the next two years. We took Notre Dame at their word that they would play us anytime, anywhere.
Notre Dame is running away from its historic football rivalry against USC all because it wouldn't accept a schedule change. USC coach Lincoln Riley isn't the reason why the Trojans won't be playing Notre Dame for the foreseeable future. USC shouldn't have to play a tough nonconference game against Notre Dame in the middle of their season when all other Big Ten teams are spared a similar contest.
