Western Michigan head football coach P.J. Fleck reached an agreement Friday with Minnesota to fill the same position for the Golden Gophers. According to Kirk Mason of WWMT News in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fleck confirmed the move. Western Michigan also released a statement confirming the move, per Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press: Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the deal will be for five years.  Jamal Spencer of WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reported that Fleck's ...

The red, white and blue confetti rained down from the Georgia Dome on New Year's Eve. Down below, lost in the latest chapter of Alabama's College Football Playoff triumph, a once-broken man celebrated with a smile that never wavered. There Steve Sarkisian stood, smack-dab in the center of his second chance. He wore team colors he never thought he'd wear. He processed an appearance in a national championship game he never thought he'd be in. ...

That simple sign was hung on the wall the very first day, steadily and forcefully guiding them through years of failed yesterdays that don't mean a damn thing about today. Believe. Dabo Swinney made sure it was on the wall in 2008, hanging in the team meeting room where no one could avoid it the first time he addressed the Clemson football team as head coach. Tommy Bowden had just resigned after a 3-3 start. Swinney, who had ...

It's only fitting that the final game of the 2016 college football season will be a rematch of one of the best games of 2015. If Alabama and Clemson's clash for the third College Football Playoff National Championship is anything like their meeting of a year ago, we're all in for a treat. A year ago, Alabama claimed a wild 45-40 victory in a back-and-forth, offense-first clash in Glendale, Arizona, to give Nick Saban his fourth ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The wrestling matches in the Alabama locker room are finished now. There is no point to them anymore. There's no pinning Dalvin Tomlinson down. "I had him once at first," said Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, who might be the best and toughest college football player in the country. "But then..." Allen said that in front of Tomlinson recently in the football offices at Alabama in a private moment with Bleacher Report. "No," Tomlinson said, ...

Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley said Thursday that Alabama's offense is already running more smoothly with Steve Sarkisian at offensive coordinator than it was late in Lane Kiffin's tenure. "He's doing a really great job with us so far, and I feel like we're going a lot faster and everything is going smoother," Ridley said during an interview on ESPN, per Chip Patterson of CBSSports.com. "We're getting ready to go out there and show what the new ...

Joe Mixon's controversial career at Oklahoma is over. The redshirt sophomore running back will reportedly forgo his last two years of eligibility and enter the 2017 NFL draft. Brooke Pryor of The Oklahoman and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the news Thursday. Jake Trotter of ESPN.com said the running back told him on the phone he received a first-round grade. Nixon released a statement on his decision via Twitter:  Mixon, 20, rushed for 1,274 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2016. He was the team leader ...

A revival at Michigan State and a down year for Michigan, Trace McSorley's run to New York City for the Heisman Trophy presentation and Ohio State's redemption tour will highlight the Big Ten's biggest storylines in 2017. The league if fresh off what should've been a banner year that saw four teams in the Top 10 of the final College Football Playoff rankings and 10 teams in bowl games. But the conference went a disastrous 3-7 this ...

After all that's happened over the last four-plus months, college football's national championship comes down to a rematch of last year's title game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers. The Crimson Tide won that contest 45-40, but the Tigers covered as six-point underdogs.        CFP Championship Game point spread: The Crimson Tide opened as six-point favorites; the total is at 51, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark (line updates and matchup report). College ...

Alabama will meet Clemson once again for the College Football Playoff National Championship, and the 2017 edition is packed with intriguing storylines that ensure this matchup will be memorable. Two phenomenal units will collide when the Tigers' explosive offense tries to solve a historically dominant Crimson Tide defense. While there is plenty to watch for on the field, off-field issues will also impact the game. Let's take a look at the schedule for Monday's showdown, as well ...