Bowl Daily: Alabama wins another national championship to wrap up season
We present the best of college football bowl season, from the Myrtle Beach Bowl to the national championship.
We present the best of college football bowl season, from the Myrtle Beach Bowl to the national championship.
Adam Rittenberg predicts the winners and final scores of every bowl game, including the College Football Playoff.
Brad Edwards, ESPN CFB Insider joins the show to preview the Liberty Bowl between West Virginia and Army. He also talks about the upcoming college football playoffs that begin tomorrow. He also says that Justin Fields and the Big 10 have the most to prove with the college football playoffs. ESPN's Cameron Wolfe, joins the show to talk about the breaking news about Ryan Fitzpatrick testing positive for COVID-19 and if he is okay and if Tua can play this weekend. Taylor and Field discuss the things they have learned in 2020, the good and the bad.
Army had been unable to find a bowl opponent coming out of the weekend, but it now will replace Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl against West Virginia, it was announced Monday.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing if the College Football Playoff committee selected the four best teams, if Ohio State deserved a spot after only playing six games, Trevor Lawrence proving to be the difference against Notre Dame, Alabama outlasting Florida in the SEC Championship, teams dodging Army, Cincinnati disrespect and the New Year’s Six.
Here are the key players and storylines for every college football bowl game, including the playoff.
As opt-outs and bowl cancellations swirled across college football Sunday, 9-2 Army was left without a game to participate in, prompting coach Jeff Monken to say, "Somebody's got to fix that."
With conference tie-ins playing a large part, in addition to some opt-outs and cancellations, Army was left without a bowl game to play in despite a 9-2 season.
Conference championship week was always going to shake up the Power Rankings. How far will Notre Dame fall after a big loss? How high will Cincinnati climb after an undefeated season? And what about Coastal Carolina?
— Jakobi Buchanan scored on a 1-yard run with 73 seconds left, and Army rallied past Air Force 10-7 on Saturday to win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for the ninth time.
Army and Air Force will play at a neutral site for the first time in more than a half-century when the rivalry game moves next year to the Texas Rangers baseball stadium that hosted the last World Series.
Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing the latest head-scratching College Football Playoff rankings, no one mentioning Texas A&M, David’s Dude and their conference championship picks. Then, Paul Finebaum hops on to discuss Alabama-Florida, if this is Nick Saban’s best team, the favorite to land the Auburn job and if Hugh Freeze will return to the SEC (29:04). Next, Andrea Adelson stops by to talk about Clemson-Notre Dame, why this game will be very different from the first and the improvement the Irish have shown throughout the season (44:16). Finally Tom Luginbill talks National Signing Day, hitting on the toughest recruiting cycle ever in college football, Maryland and Ole Miss trending upward, Michigan and Texas trending downward, and the role the transfer portal will play this offseason (54:28).
Herbie, Pollack and Negandhi kick off the podcast discussing College GameDay’s visit to West Point, Herbie’s chopper ride, Florida losing to LSU and the shoe toss seen ‘round college football, coaches griping about games played, which teams could sneak into the playoff, the Heisman race coming down to the final weekend, and Auburn firing Gus Malzahn.
The last regular-season week is here -- kind of -- and many of the country's best teams are off or saw games canceled. Still, there is plenty to keep track of as conference championships approach, including icy handshakes, judicial orders and more.
— Tyhier Tyler scored on a 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter, the Army defense stoned Navy with a goal-line stand in the third, and the Black Knights beat their archrival 15-0 on Saturday at fog-shrouded Michie Stadium.
SEC Nation's Chris Doering, joins to talk about the full weekend preview. Major General Vinny Boles comes to talk about the Army/Navy game this weekend at West Point for the first time since World War II.
Army invited Gary Steele, the school's first Black varsity football player, to Saturday's game against Navy. He will be unable to attend as he is undergoing cancer treatment.
Jason reacts to Paul George's contract extension with the Clippers. Also, don't forget Army-Navy this weekend.
TEAM | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Liberty | 1-0 | 10-1 |
BYU | 0-0 | 11-1 |
Army | 0-0 | 9-3 |
New Mexico State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
UMass | 0-1 | 0-4 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Zac Daher | DE | Committed | 71 |
Turner Hilburn | OG | Committed | 71 |
Nathan Mejia | OG | Committed | 70 |
Bo Kite | ATH | Committed | 69 |
Walker Lyles | S | Committed | 43 |