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☆ What to know about Arch Manning as he makes his first start for Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( The Athletic College Football | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Arch Manning, the most famous backup quarterback in football, will make his first college start Saturday night for No. Here’s a guide to what to know heading into the Longhorns’ game against the Warhawks, which will be streaming on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. Manning enrolled at Texas in 2023, redshirted and saw minimal time as the third-string quarterback behind Ewers and backup Maalik Murphy. For the season, Manning is 14-of-18 passing for 318 yards and five touchdowns and has two touchdown runs. He completed his first five pass attempts in a 52-0 Week 1 win against Colorado State, notching his first career touchdowns.

Persons: Manning, Quinn Ewers, Cooper Manning, Arch, Archie, Ole, Peyton, Eli, Ole Miss, Ewers, Maalik Murphy, Murphy, Sam Khan Jr, Steve Sarkisian, Sarkisian, ” Sarkisian, “, —, ”, Will, Arch Manning, Monroe, Bryant Vincent, General Booty, they’ve, They’re, Booty, “ He’s, Nelson Stewart, ” — Grace Raynor, Newman, — Raynor, wasn’t, — Nick Baumgardner, Tim Warner Organizations: Ole Miss, New, New Orleans Saints, NFL, Tennessee, Longhorns, Warhawks, ESPN, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Duke, Colorado State, UTSA, Roadrunners, ULM, SEC, Heisman, Alabama, Michigan, UAB, Oklahoma, Football Bowl, Big, Ewers, Isidore Newman School, New Orleans —, Getty Locations: Texas, Louisiana, Monroe, New Orleans, Will Texas, Tuscaloosa, Ann Arbor, Quinn Ewers Does Louisiana, ULM, Georgia, Alabama, Austin

For the past year, student-athletes have been faced with an unsettling question: How much are their lives about to change? Seemingly overnight, the 109-year-old conference of a dozen schools, with decades of rivalries, became a conference of only two. “Why add even more stress?”Shannon Cunningham, a former member of the Arizona State University softball team, said the conference change shattered her dream of playing in the Pac-12. One coach in particular, University of Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz, made headlines last summer when he criticized realignment for not considering the impact on student-athletes. “Did we count the cost for the student-athletes involved in this decision?” asked Drinkwitz.

Persons: ” Morgan Scott, ” Shannon Cunningham, “, ”, Cunningham, Nya Harrison, Harrison, football’s, Eli Drinkwitz, Drinkwitz, Karen Weaver, Weaver, Katie Meyer, ” Harrison, ‘, we’re Organizations: NCAA’s Football, University of Oregon softball, Arizona State University softball, San Diego, ”, Big, SEC, The College Football, ESPN, Associated Press, ACC, Stanford University, soccer, basketball’s, NBC News, Stanford, Cal, Notre Dame, Louisville —, West Coast, Wake, Virginia Tech, NCAA, University of Missouri, University of Pennsylvania Locations: San Diego State, East Coast, West, Stanford, Indiana, Ohio

☆ Pac-12 plans rebuild, adding four Mountain West schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The conference announced Thursday that four schools from the Mountain West Conference – Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State – will be admitted to the Pac-12, effective from July 1, 2026. I am thankful to our board for their efforts to welcome Boise State University, Colorado State University, California State University, Fresno, and San Diego State University to the conference. An exciting new era for the Pac-12 Conference begins today.”Ahead of Thursday’s Pac-12 announcement, Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez had released a statement about the then-pending news. The requirements of the scheduling agreement will apply to the Pac-12 should they admit Mountain West members. The Mountain West has a proud 25-year history and will continue to thrive in the years ahead.”When reached by CNN on Thursday following the Pac-12’s announcement, the Mountain West did not have an updated statement.

Persons: San Diego State –, ”, Teresa Gould, “, Gloria Nevarez, ” Nevarez Organizations: CNN, Mountain West Conference, Fresno State, San Diego, Oregon State, Washington, Football, NCAA Division, FBS, Stanford, Cal, Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, USC, UCLA, Big Ten Conference ., Boise State University , Colorado State University , California State University, San Diego State University, West, Conference Locations: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno, San Diego State, Washington State, Washington , Oregon, Big Ten Conference . Arizona, Arizona State , Colorado, Utah, West

☆ William ‘Bill’ Post, who helped invent Pop-Tarts, has died
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —William “Bill” Post, who helped create Pop-Tarts, the pantry staple that reinvented breakfast for the masses, has died. “We are deeply saddened to share the news that William ‘Bill’ Post passed away over the weekend,” Pop-Tarts owner Kellanova said in a statement. We’d like to put that in a toaster.’”He took the piece of pie with him and said he “had to break every rule in the book” to create Pop-Tarts. In the following few years, frosting and sprinkles were added and Kellogg created “Milton the Toaster” to be its mascot. He was also humble about helping create Pop-Tarts.

Persons: William “ Bill ” Post, William ‘ Bill ’ Post, Kellanova, “, Bill, ”, ” Post, Kellogg, Milton, Keebler, Post Organizations: New, New York CNN, Hekman Biscuit Company, Kellogg, Army Locations: New York, Michigan, Cleveland, Kellogg, Japan, Florence

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers James Madison and Jacksonville State along with five-win Minnesota are bound for bowls because of a shortage of eligible teams. James Madison (11-1) and Jacksonville State (8-4) are still transitioning to full FBS status and would not be eligible if there were enough six-win teams. James Madison, after having two appeals of bowl eligibility rules rejected by the NCAA, had threatened legal action to be allowed to play in a bowl. The inclusion of James Madison and Jacksonville State still left one opening for Minnesota, which had a 992 Academic Progress Rate score in 2021-22 for the best of the five-win teams. “There’s so many beneficial things to a bowl game, with practices, with development.

Persons: James Madison, We’ll, —, ”, P.J, Fleck, “, ___ Organizations: —, Bowl, Jacksonville State, FBS, NCAA, Mississippi State, Gophers, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio State, Cincinnati, ” Gophers, Colorado State, Rams, Rainbow Warriors, Big, Las Vegas, AP Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Northwestern , Wisconsin, Clemson , Alabama , Mississippi, ” Minnesota, Hawaii, Detroit

21 Notre Dame may already be out of the college football playoff picture. “That’s what a part of playing at Notre Dame is about,” Freeman said. We get another prime-time game versus USC in Notre Dame Stadium. Equally problematic were missed blocks by the offensive linemen and skill players, mistakes that hurt Notre Dame's usually strong ground game. Notre Dame ran for an abysmal 1.6 yards per carry even as the team started the weekend with the nation's top rusher, Audric Estime'.

Persons: Marcus Freeman, “, ” Freeman, ”, Caleb Williams, it's, Williams, Freeman, “ We’re, We've, you’re, Sam Hartman, Notre, Notre Dame, Audric, Gerad Parker, “ That’s, Mitchell Evans Organizations: Notre Dame, Fighting Irish, Notre, Southern Cal, USC, Ohio State, Duke, Louisville, Heisman, Football, Louisville Cardinals, Notre Dame's, “, AP Locations: Ind

☆ Australian Punters Are Putting a New Spin on Football
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jeré Longman | More About Jeré Longman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a cloudy, gusty morning last month, three dozen students, teachers, construction workers, electricians and bartenders wore helmets and shoulder pads and boomed torpedoes, banana kicks and drop punts. Down the hill from a strip mall outside Melbourne, on a borrowed soccer field, they trained to become the next generation of Australian punters who greatly influence special teams play at the highest levels of American college football and, to a lesser extent, the N.F.L. This season, 61 of the 133 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the top tier of N.C.A.A. football, have Aussie punters on their rosters, according to Prokick Australia, a Melbourne-based academy that converts Australian rules football players and some rugby players into punters (and a smaller number of kickers) for the American game.

Organizations: Football Locations: Melbourne, N.C.A.A, Australia

Georgia will face TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 9. ESPN is the home of the national championship game and the College Football Playoff, and will broadcast the game live starting at 7:30 p.m. TCU beat Michigan in the playoff semifinals to reach the national championship game, while Georgia defeated Ohio State to earn their chance at another national title. How to watch the College Football Championship: Georgia vs. TCUYou can watch the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9 on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. Other college football bowl games are filled by teams that won their conferences and by invitation.

The 2022 College Football Playoff begins December 31 with four teams in the semifinal round. How to watch the College Football PlayoffYou can watch the College Football Playoff on ESPN. College Football Playoff scheduleGame Date and time Channel (#2) Michigan vs. (#3) Texas Christian University December 31, 4 p.m. Other college football bowl games are filled by teams that won their conferences and by invitation. Where is each College Football Playoff game being played?

☆ NCAA picks Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as next president
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Governor Charlie Baker speaks during the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial at Ashburton Memorial Park on October 28, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)The NCAA said Thursday it has chosen Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as its next president. Baker, a two-term Republican in a predominantly Democratic state, is the first NCAA president without a professional background at higher education institutions or college sports. Before serving two terms as governor in Massachusetts, Baker held executive positions at a health care company and was CEO of nonprofit Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

☆ College Football Playoff Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2014-08-14 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

January 9, 2023 - The College Football Playoff National Championship game is scheduled to be played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. January 10, 2022 - The Georgia Bulldogs defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. According to the College Football Playoff, compared to the BCS, the “format increases revenue for all conferences and independent institutions.”Revenue Distribution PoliciesThe College Football Playoff trophy, presented to the championship team, is handmade, stands 26.5 inches tall and is constructed from 24-karat gold, bronze and stainless steel. April 23, 2013 - The College Football Playoff is announced as the name of the new system to replace the BCS. January 12, 2015 - The Ohio State Buckeyes defeat the Oregon Ducks 42-20 to win the inaugural College Football Playoff Championship.

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