There were a lot of first-year head coaches in college football, but only one can win the Paul "Bear" Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award. The award was taken home by Syracuse Orange head coach Fran Brown, who went 10-3 in his first season with the program.

The executive director of the College Football Playoff suggested that big changes could be coming to the event in the future based on how one particular

One of the wackiest seasons in college football history will end with two schools whose traditions are as old as the game itself — Ohio State and Notre Dame — playing for a national championship.

After a successful first year with the SU football team, Head Coach Fran Brown can add another accolade to his resume: newcomer of the year. Brown has been awarded

The Fighting Irish made a last-second field goal to defeat the Nittany Lions 27-24. It is their 13th consecutive win dating to an inexplicable Week 2 loss to Northern Illinois (and former Wisconsin assistant Thomas Hammock). The win sends them to the playoff title game to face the winner of Ohio State- Texas.

Here’s hoping he’s prepared for the heft — both literally and figuratively. None of the four coaches left in the College Football Playoff have won a national title. But one of them will join an elite fraternity in less than three weeks,

Four college football teams remain this season and they have the opportunity to etch their names into the sport's history books as they prepare for College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal matchups. Those teams include the Texas Longhorns, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions are getting ready for the Orange Bowl on Thursday night, which will double as a College Football Playoff semifinal. It’s also a game where each team is going to rely on its star players.

In 10 seasons, top-seeded teams in both the AFC and NFC were 14-4 in the postseason, combining for a 28-8 overall record. Top seeds won by an average of 14.1 points per game, and their losses came by an average of 5.8 points per game.

Leave it be. Enjoy the show. Let a good thing be a good thing. This 12-team College Football Playoff format works beautifully.

Paul Finebaum is done with the SEC excuses and rationalizations. Following Texas‘ 28-14 loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl national semifinal Friday night — in the Longhorns’ home state no less — the SEC Network host and ESPN personality isn’t pulling his punches ahead of a second-consecutive SEC-less College Football Playoff National