College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Tuesday that the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State remains on schedule for Jan. 11, though sources have told ESPN there have been discussions about postponing the game because of COVID-19 issues within Ohio State's program.
Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell has been named The Home Depot College Football Coach of the Year, it was announced today. Chadwell will receive the award during the 30th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN.
Two Alabama teammates, quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith, join Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Florida quarterback Kyle Trask as the finalists for the 86th annual Heisman Trophy. The winner will be announced Tuesday.
Columbia native Justin Stepp has joined the University of South Carolina football staff as the wide receivers coach, head coach Shane Beamer announced today.
The NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana in a bid to keep the marquee event from being called off for a second consecutive year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lawson scored seven points in the first nine minutes after halftime, including a pair of fast-break dunks off of his own steals, but South Carolina was unable to shake the Rattlers. There were five ties and four lead changes in the second half.
Trevor Lawrence was 33 for 48 for 400 yards and three total touchdowns in what is expected to be the junior’s final college game. His final pass was intercepted, but Clemson (10-2) went 34-2 in his starts and won a national title when he was a freshman.
For Trevor Lawrence and the Tigers, this College Football Playoff semifinal brings them back to the site of last season’s national championship game loss to LSU.
The Gamecocks have a severe need at wide receiver, an already-thin position group from 2020. Top receiver Shi Smith announced earlier this month that he would be forgoing his senior season and entering the NFL Draft.
The Tigers currently rank third in the nation with 44.9 points scored per game, 10th in the nation with 507 total yards of offense per game, and seventh in the nation with 343.8 passing yards per game.
Chadwell is the first Sun Belt Conference coach to win the AP award, which was established in 1988, and the third coach to earn it with a team from outside the Power Five leagues.