Can the defending champs snap Houston’s hot streak?
Author: Michael
Jason Witten made his mark in football as an elite tight end, primarily for the Dallas Cowboys. Now, he’s making an impact as a high-school football coach in the Lone Star State.
Witten led Liberty Christian High School to a state championship on Friday night. The school from Argyle, TX, won the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) Division II title. In just his third season at the helm, Witten guided Liberty Christian to its first undefeated (14-0) season with the championship win. As tradition dictates, members of the team doused their coach with ice-cold water.
In no sport does the transitive property have as much sway as it does in college football. It’s an ancient tradition, dating as far back as a humorous 1936 attempt to crown Slippery Rock the national champion.
This year, however, the rules of logic in college football are under a historic level of scrutiny. Alabama’s 27–24 win over Georgia Saturday set up a potentially noxious debate about the meaning of the Crimson Tide’s September loss to Big 12 champion Texas (and by extension, the meaning of the Bulldogs’ loss to Alabama).
TCU beat Georgetown 84–83 at Capital One Arena in Washington in controversial fashion on Saturday.
Inbounding the ball under their own basket with only 2.7 seconds remaining, TCU guard Micah Peavy heaved a half-court pass to forward Emanuel Miller down the near sideline.
Miller caught the pass and banked home the incredible game-winning three-pointer as time expired.
Despite video review clearly showing that Peavy had stepped out of bounds prior to getting the winning shot off, officials were not able to overturn the shot because there was no call on the court.
In most years of the four-team College Football Playoff era, debates about the SEC focus on whether the powerhouse conference can get multiple teams into the field. Alabama and Georgia both made the Playoff—and reached the national championship—at the end of the 2017–18 and 2021–22 seasons.
That may very well happen again, with both teams sitting at 12–1 ahead of Sunday’s selection show after the Crimson Tide’s 27–24 win over the previously undefeated Bulldogs.
However, this final year of the four-team Playoff system is primed to bring more debate than ever before.
Troy earned a 49–23 victory over Appalachian State in the Sun Belt championship on Saturday, giving the Trojans their second straight conference title.
While the final made the game look like a blowout on paper, things were tight throughout, with Troy’s lead at just 21–17 heading into the fourth quarter before the Trojans dropped 28 points on the Mountaineers in the final 15 minutes.
During a stretch of extremely tight action, Troy coach Jon Sumrall absolutely lost his mind after referees missed what should have been a pretty easy facemask penalty on App State.
ATLANTA – If you were a fan of chaos on Saturday between Alabama and Georgia, congratulations on your win. For the first time ever, Alabama defeated Georgia in the SEC Championship, forcing the college football playoff committee to make a very hard decision.
After watching Georgia dominate on its opening drive, it looked like a sign of what was to come. But in true Alabama form, the Tide suffocated the Bulldogs’ defense, while finding success with Jalen Milroe outside the pocket.
Alabama’s Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide are again top dogs in the Southeastern Conference — and perhaps headed to the CFP — after ending Georgia’s 29-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory in the SEC title game Saturday night.
Florida State started true freshman Brock Glenn in Saturday night’s ACC championship game after Tate Rodemaker sustained a concussion last weekend and was unavailable.
No. 8 Alabama has officially sent the College Football Playoff into chaos with its upset win over No. 1 Georgia in the SEC championship.
Leading the way for the Crimson Tide was quarterback Jalen Milroe, who finished Saturday’s game with 192 passing yards and two touchdowns, as well as a few massive plays made with his feet.
But it’s possible Milroe’s most important play of the game was one he completely improvised.
Halfway through the fourth quarter, Alabama had the ball and a 20–17 lead over the Bulldogs.