College Football

LOS ANGELES — The joyful roars from the adjacent Penn State locker room boomed through the LA Coliseum’s thin walls on Saturday evening as a throng of reporters waited for USC coach Lincoln Riley to address another painful loss. “We own LA!” shouted one of the victorious Nittany Lions. “LA is our city!” a Penn State teammate howled in response. …

LOS ANGELES — USC coach Lincoln Riley had yet another terse postgame press conference following his team’s 33-30 overtime loss to No. 4 Penn State on Saturday. “It always falls to me,” Riley said when a reporter asked which party deserved the blame Saturday after another blown lead. “I always take it. I’m the head coach. It’s all my job. …

Twice, Drew Allar needed to make the biggest play of his Penn State football life in the fourth quarter in Los Angeles. To that point, he had been so much of everything good and bad, promising and frustrating, that he’s always been over the past couple of years. On one hand, he calmly led scoring drives, carefully picked his throwing …

USATSI Oregon wide receiver Traeshon Holden was ejected from Saturday’s clash between the second-ranked Ducks and No. 3 Ohio State for spitting on Buckeyes cornerback Davison Igbinosun as the two got tangled up near the end zone on a play run from Ohio State’s 10-yard line.  Broadcast cameras caught Holden spitting on Igbinosun after the two players traded words following …

LOS ANGELES — For a while, it looked like it was going to be the same old story for Penn State. A potentially great team that consistently has put up solid winning seasons, the red flag hanging over the Nittany Lions was they can’t win the big games. When the spotlight shined brightest, Penn State consistently failed to reach its …

Getty Penn State coach James Franklin stopped celebrating for a moment after his team’s 33-30 overtime win at USC on Saturday to admonish a player who was planting a Nittany Lions flag at midfield of LA Memorial Coliseum.  With a Penn State player holding the flag near the USC logo and a few others nearby appearing to enjoy the spectacle, …

Pittsburgh Panthers football is harkening back to the days of Dan Marino, and becoming one of the more intriguing surprise teams of the 2024 college football season. Pitt held off Cal, 17-15, in ACC action on Saturday and is now off to its best start to a season (6-0) since 1982, when Marino was playing quarterback and led the Panthers …

CBS Sports Network’s continued coverage of the 2024 college football season features seven games for the Week 7 slate, including a pair of weeknight battles ahead of a loaded Saturday quadrupleheader. The action kicked off with a Tuesday night with Liberty knocking off FIU in an overtime thriller. Friday night brings Mountain West Conference action with UNLV’s trip to Utah State  Then comes …

The last time Penn State traveled to California for a football game, it came up on the losing end of a Rose Bowl classic when USC kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired. On Saturday, the Nittany Lions were in another classic ending against USC, but this time it was the Nittany Lions celebrating a game-winning field goal. Ryan …

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar throws a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Southern California, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Ryan Barker’s 36-yard field goal lifted No. 4 Penn State to a 33–30 win in overtime over USC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday. Michael Lantz missed …

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 2-0) look to stay unbeaten in Big 12 play when they host the No. 18 Kansas State Wildcats (4-1, 1-1) on Saturday at Folsom Field. Both teams will be coming off bye weeks and should be well rested. The Buffs pulled off a massive upset in their outing, notching a 48-21 road win …

Moral victory or not, South Carolina football needed to improve more than it needed to win against No. 7 Alabama. The Gamecocks (3-3, 1-3 SEC) were on the cusp of glory Saturday in Bryant-Denny Stadium, falling 27-25, but the storylines they erased are more important going forward than the storylines they fell short of. South Carolina didn’t need to be …

Wisconsin free safety Preston Zachman captained the defensive charge in Wisconsin’s 42-7 win over Rutgers on Saturday. The redshirt senior finished the game with a team-best 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss while accompanying star strong safety Hunter Wohler, cornerback Nyzier Fourqurean and cornerback Ricardo Hallman in the defensive backfield. Zachman also reeled in his team-leading second interception of …

It took one play for UAB’s defense to throw in the towel against Army.  The Blazers lined up offsides, and then watched Black Knights quarterback Bryson Daily blow by them for a 29-yard touchdown. After that first defensive play for the Blazers in a disastrous 44-10 loss, CBS Sports Network sideline reporter Tina Cervasio took stock of the situation.  “Right …

Tim Smith couldn’t lie. After Alabama football allowed a South Carolina touchdown on a 16-play drive to start the second half Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, the Crimson Tide defensive tackle was “pretty gassed.” “Definitely going play after play after play like that, I can see how anybody would be tired, especially going against 600 pounds play after play,” Smith said. …