By Eric Olson The Associated Press The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams to get some new blood. The final four are decidedly blueblood. The semifinals match Penn State vs. Notre Dame at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Texas vs. Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10. All ...

By Eddie Pells The Associated Press In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again. The moral of this story: Who knows, other than something doesn’t totally add up when not a single one of the top four teams, ...

Men: Stanford at Pitt SATURDAY Tipoff: 6:30 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh Records: Stanford (9-4, 1-1 ACC); Pittsburgh (11-2, 2-0 ACC) TV: ESPN2 (Doug Sherman and Cory Alexander) Notable: Pitt is off to its best start since the 2016-17 season … In Wednesday’s win over ...

CFP schedule Semifinals THURSDAY, Jan. 9 Orange Bowl, Miami Penn State vs. Notre Dame, 7:30 FRIDAY, Jan. 10 Cotton Bowl, Dallas Texas vs. Ohio State, 7:30 National Championship MONDAY, Jan. 20 at Atlanta Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m. By Brett Martel The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS ...

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Zach Hicks scored 20 points to lead four in double figures and Penn State held off Northwestern for an 84-80 victory on Thursday night. Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 15 of his 17 points from the line and had seven assists and five steals for Penn ...

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com GLENDALE, Ariz. — Penn State’s defense did not want to be part of Ashton Jeanty’s record-setting performance. Jeanty, Boise State’s outstanding tailback, finished with 104 yards on 30 carries in Tuesday night’s Fiesta Bowl, won by Penn Sate ...