Football

12/29/2025 |  2026 NFL Draft order: Raiders land No. 1 pick after loss to Giants; Browns fall out of top 5 after upset win (CBS Sports) The Cleveland Browns defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers removed some of the drama with regard to the 2026 NFL Draft. As long as the Browns won, the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants were still going to be in a position to pick Nos. 1 and 2 regardless of Sunday's result. 

12/29/2025 |  College Football Transfer Portal 2026: Top 10 QBs with Rocco Becht, Byrum Brown shaking up market (CBS Sports) Iowa State gunslinger Rocco Becht and South Florida's Byrum Brown announced their intentions to enter the 2026 college football transfer portal, shaking up the quarterback rankings and providing Power Four programs in need of a signal-caller with new, exciting options.
Both Becht and Brown have posted two 3,000-yard passing seasons over the last three years and likely would have made it three straight without injuries. Both announced their departures shortly after their head coaches left, with Iowa State's Matt Campbell heading to Penn State and USF's Alex Golesh taking the Auburn job.

12/29/2025 |  Lane Kiffin 'trying to make it work' by lending LSU coaches to Ole Miss during College Football Playoff (CBS Sports) LSU coach Lane Kiffin expressed desire to be helpful toward Ole Miss during the College Football Playoff amid a bevy of coaching staff changes at both programs. Kiffin appeared as a guest in the broadcast booth during LSU's 38-35 loss to Houston in the Texas Bowl with new commentary on his departure from Oxford to Baton Rouge.

12/29/2025 |  Miami's missed dynasty: The controversial 2003 Fiesta Bowl vs. Ohio State that altered each program's history (CBS Sports) When No. 10 Miami and No. 2 Ohio State meet on New Year's Eve in the Cotton Bowl, it will be a postseason rematch more than two decades in the making. 
The last time the Buckeyes and Hurricanes met in college football's postseason it was for the national championship in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, ending in such a controversial Ohio State win that the ref who made the fateful pass interference call is still a household name in some circles (Terry Porter, as Miami fans will tell you). Looking for a second consecutive championship and armed with a preposterously talented roster, Miami was 11.5-point favorites against the Buckeyes in Tempe. Ohio State won 31-24 in double overtime. 

12/29/2025 |  Kyle Whittingham debuts as Michigan coach during impromptu bowl press conference (CBS Sports) Michigan introduced Kyle Whittingham as its new coach Sunday in Orlando, a few days ahead of the Dec. 31 Citrus Bowl showdown against Texas. Capping a season that is anything but ordinary at Michigan, it seemed oddly fitting Whittingham's poignant promise for change was delivered nearly 1,200 miles from Ann Arbor.