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How Miami offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson emerged from nowhere
The architect of the Hurricanes' offense began his career grinding for a job at Southeastern Louisiana.
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CFB buzz: What we're hearing about playoff expansion, conference title games and bowls
Multiple playoff scenarios are on the table ahead of critical meetings this week.
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'Really poor finish': Early turnovers stymie Ducks
Oregon sustained a second straight ugly exit from the College Football Playoff, giving up three first-half turnovers in a 56-22 loss to Indiana.
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CFP semifinal takeaways: Utter dominance has become the norm for Indiana
The Hoosiers (somehow) keep getting better. How can Miami slow them down?
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CFP National Championship first look: Previewing Miami-Indiana
How either Miami or Indiana can win the title, plus X factors for both teams.
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IU, 'chip on our shoulder,' adds to CFP dominance
Undefeated Indiana's already-impressive march through the College Football Playoff continued with a 56-22 win over Oregon in the Peach Bowl semifinal.
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2025-26 College Football Playoff: What's next for Oregon?
As each team is ousted from the College Football Playoff, we look at its offseason storylines and personnel priorities.
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Oregon's Whittington cleared to play against IU
Oregon's leading rusher Noah Whittington was cleared to play and is available for the Ducks against Indiana in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
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Inside Oregon's rise as a college football blue blood
In a sport that often tethers itself to history and tradition, Oregon has become a unique kind of vanguard.
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From 'duck feet' to 'production over potential:' Curt Cignetti's secret to building Indiana
The Hoosiers' roster is filled with different kinds of players, but all had to meet Cignetti's standards.
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Canes head home in pursuit of title: 'Not finished'
Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national championship since 2001 after beating Ole Miss 31-27 in an exhilarating CFP semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl.
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Stone-faced Cignetti vows 'I am happy, at times'
Curt Cignetti's demeanor during games has made the transformative Hoosiers coach into a meme, but Cignetti says he is having some fun during Indiana's historic rise, just not in front of the camera.
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Even in retirement, Nick Saban's fingerprints are all over the CFP
Five of the head coaches in the playoff worked under and learned from Alabama's legendary leader.
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How Pete Golding got Ole Miss in the CFP semifinals amid coaching turmoil
The Rebels seemed to be coming apart a month ago. Now they're one win from playing for a national title.
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Connelly breaks down Miami-Ole Miss, Oregon-Indiana
Our deep dive into the semifinals dissects the matchups that will determine who moves on to the title game.
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Move over, blue bloods! This playoff belongs to the 'new bloods'
Tired of the same dominant teams winning it all? These semifinal matchups are for you.
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CFP quarterfinal takeaways: Ole Miss' wild upset, Indiana's dominance and more
The semifinals are set. We go inside every quarterfinal game to see how we got our final four.
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CFP semifinals first look: Previewing the penultimate round
How each team can win its semifinal game, plus key players and what we learned from the quarterfinals.
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Kiffin skips Sugar, attends LSU women's hoops
New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin attended the Tigers' women's basketball game as his former team, Ole Miss, was taking on Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.
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McGuire: TTU not using layoff as excuse for loss
Texas Tech's Joey McGuire didn't use the team's layoff ahead of Thursday's game as an excuse, instead pointing to inefficient early-down execution and costly turnovers as the primary reasons for a loss to "the best defense we've faced" in Oregon.
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Tide's Simpson suffers cracked rib vs. Hoosiers
Alabama QB Ty Simpson left in the third quarter of the CFP quarterfinal loss to Indiana because of a cracked rib and was replaced by backup Austin Mack.
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Ducks' defense blanks Tech to reach CFP semis
Matayo Uiagalelei caused a fumble to set up a touchdown as the Ducks silenced Texas Tech 23-0 in the Orange Bowl to reach the College Football Playoff semifinals.
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Miami knocks off Ohio State, marches on in CFP
Keionte Scott returned an interception 72 yards for a touchdown, Carson Beck threw a scoring pass, and No. 10 Miami shocked defending champion Ohio State 24-14 at the Cotton Bowl in the first College Football Playoff quarterfinal.
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Ducks' Lanning echoes call to wrap CFP by Jan. 1
Oregon coach Dan Lanning reiterated his desire to see the college football season end Jan. 1 every year.
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Ohio State's Carnell Tate has always been 'one of those dudes'
Tate's emergence began on a 7-on-7 team filled with future Ohio State teammates and other college standouts.
