He always had this idea of what it would look like and how he'd respond, a mental snapshot of something he never wanted to see. And then it happened.His brother was facedown and unconscious in the mud last spring in a full grand mal seizure, his body contracting and contorting while the very air he needed was blocked by thick, rust-orange South Carolina clay and dirty water."I thought he was going to die," Ben Boulware says ...

Heisman Trophy winners once carried a curse for both player and team in bowl games, but that's not been the case as of late. Heisman winners are actually 6-1 straight up and 4-3 against the spread over their last seven subsequent bowl games. That trend bodes well for Lamar Jackson and the Louisville Cardinals heading into their battle with the LSU Tigers in the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve in Orlando, Florida.      Citrus Bowl point ...

Not too long ago, Georgia Tech, while making annual trips to bowls, lost seven of them in a row. But the Yellow Jackets are working on turning that trend around, going 2-1 both straight up and against the spread in their last three bowls. In an interesting ACC-SEC matchup, Tech's Ramblin' Wreck clash with Kentucky in the TaxSlayer Bowl on Saturday in Jacksonville.     TaxSlayer Bowl point spread: The Yellow Jackets opened as five-point favorites, according ...

Billed in the preseason as the clear-cut best college basketball conference in the country, the Atlantic Coast Conference has not disappointed. One-third of the teams in the ACC will enter the start of conference play with just one loss. Six others (11 total) have been beaten two or fewer times. And of those 17 losses, 14 have come away from home against teams likely to reach the NCAA tournament. The only major surprises thus far are that ...

While the end of December brings new-year celebrations, it also marks the arrival of the Under Armour All-America Game. In 2017, the national showcase is loaded with talented prospects who are committed to some of the nation's most respected programs. Six college football teams are expecting the arrival of five-plus players from the event. The last three schools highlighted won't come as a surprise, since the 2016-17 recruiting climate would consider them among the usual suspects. Still, ...

The top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0) will kick off the College Football Playoff semifinals in the Peach Bowl on Saturday as large 14-point favorites against the fourth-seeded Washington Huskies (12-1), according to OddsShark. The defending national champion Crimson Tide bring a 25-game winning streak into this matchup at the Georgia Dome, going 16-9 against the spread during that stretch. The Pac-12 champion Huskies have won 15 of their last 16 games straight up dating back to last ...

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 2-1 outright in their last three bowl games and 3-0 against the spread after upsetting UCLA last bowl season. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Volunteers are 2-0 both SU and ATS in their last two bowls—both blowout victories over Big Ten teams. The Vols will meet another Big Ten outfit when they take on the Cornhuskers in the Music City Bowl on Friday afternoon in Nashville.                Music City ...

The Penn State Nittany Lions (11-2) and Wisconsin Badgers (10-3) took part in an epic Big Ten Championship Game back on December 3, but the winner did not earn the right to participate in this year’s College Football Playoff field. The Nittany Lions rallied back to beat the Badgers 38-31 as 2.5-point underdogs after trailing 28-7, and they are still not getting much respect from oddsmakers as 6.5-point underdogs versus the USC Trojans (9-3) in Monday’s ...

There may not be a better matchup or stronger collection of talent taking the field this bowl season than when Michigan battles Florida State in the 2016 Orange Bowl. The Seminoles and Wolverines make up two of the premier programs in America, and each will look to build on differing results from last postseason. Florida State sputtered to a 38-24 loss to Houston in the 2015 Peach Bowl, while Michigan throttled Florida 41-7 in last year's ...

How can the Washington Huskies do the unthinkable and upset the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide? Well, more than a few folks would probably tell you that they can't—Alabama is just too good. And, honestly, that's probably true. But below, along with taking a look at the schedule and odds for the game, we'll try to construct a winning game plan for the Huskies. First and foremost, Washington has to keep quarterback Jake Browning clean. In the two ...