Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

Though the Horned Frogs did lose the Big 12 title game in overtime, any conversation about TCU vs. Alabama is nothing more than fake drama.

While it’s become acceptable in recent years for head football coaches on non-playoff teams to take jobs before bowl games, the tide may be shifting.

A piece of this needs to go to the players who are putting their bodies and NFL futures on the line. Thanks to NIL, there’s a feasible way to do it.

It’s not just the losses by Ryan Day’s Ohio State. It’s the nature of them. Michigan has been the more physical, and better coached team.

Two years ago, it looked like Jim Harbaugh was on borrowed time. The Michigan coach now is having the last laugh after two defeats of Ohio State.

Even if he wanted to downplay the importance of the Michigan game, Ryan Day doesn’t get that luxury — especially after what happened a year ago.

Clemson wasn’t elite despite being 8-0 coming into Week 10 and a 35-14 loss to Notre Dame means the Tigers’ College Football Playoff chances are over.

In a sport where the margins are painfully small, players are always looking for new ways to get an edge in their preparation. Enter virtual reality.

No college football team in the country had a more difficult Week 1 assignment than Oregon, which ambitiously scheduled Georgia and took its medicine.

A 45-21 loss to Duke shows Miami is actually getting worse as coach Mario Cristobal’s first season goes along.