3+ week, 4+ day ago (482+ words) Quarterback Marcel Reed (10) and the Aggies are 8-0 and ranked No. 3 by the College Football Playoff committee. Troy Taormina / Imagn Images Hypothetical football was the SEC's friend a year ago, though not an especially helpful one: Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina surely would have thumped the cutesy Indiana Hoosiers at any point on any field in 2024, but one loss to the only formidable team on a soft IU schedule was enough to make the College Football Playoff field over those three-loss survivors of bona fide gauntlets. (And then SMU stayed ahead of those three after losing the ACC title game to Clemson, and an offseason full of SEC whining " the league sets the college football standard for that as well " was assured.) Indiana is playing like a dominant team and has arguably the best win of the season to its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (1947+ words) The Sooners' upset win against Alabama propels them into the projected CFP field. Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 12, when I started to realize this year's College Football Playoff field is not going to resolve itself cleanly. (Not that it ever will.) 1. If, like me, you spend 14 hours every Saturday watching college football, you'll hear about 237 references to something called the Allstate Playoff Predictor. ABC/ESPN's announcers treat it with the same reverence they would the Nielsen ratings " or Disney's stock price. But I prefer to cite the Mandel Best Guess. After a wild day in the SEC that saw No. 11 Oklahoma take down No. 4 Alabama, No. 3 Texas A&M pull off a 27-point comeback against South Carolina and No. 7 Ole Miss survive an upset bid by Florida, my Best Guess is the SEC is going…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (959+ words) Victor Wembanyama, Keldon Johnson, David Robinson, and George Gerivin will have a new place to play with the passing of Proposition B. Michael Gonzales / NBAE via Getty Images The Spurs" future in San Antonio was secured Tuesday, as local voters narrowly approved a ballot measure that would devote city and county money to fund the construction of a new downtown arena to replace the Frost Bank Center. The proposal, Proposition B, greenlights a plan known as Project Marvel, which involves building a sports complex that includes a $1.4 billion arena next to the Alamodome and Convention Center in downtown San Antonio. Bexar County voters approved the measure by a 128,642-118,068 vote with all vote centers reporting (a margin of about 4.3 percent). Overall turnout was just over 19.3 percent. The Spurs promoted the proposition with a substantial campaign featuring speeches at home games, player endorsements…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago (62+ words) By Samuel Rocha IV and Stacy SodolakNov. 27, 2025 Samuel Rocha IV is a journalist born and raised on San Antonio soul music, Spurs basketball and mini tacos. Nixtamali Molino + Comedor The Pearl district is home to a farmers" market on Saturdays and a makers" market on Sundays. Mission Espada was the first mission in Texas and still holds weekly masses....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (1621+ words) Undefeated Indiana remained No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings after a dramatic win at Penn State. Isaiah Vazquez / Getty Images After two sets of College Football Playoff rankings, I'm struggling to find any juicy controversies to get mad about. But that's probably because I'm not a fan of one of the contenders, where, unless your team is No. 1, there's always a slight to be found. I understand as an A&M fan that I might have some bias in this question, but at this point, what can you look at to actually make an argument that Indiana should be No. 2 over Texas A&M? " Garrett R. I'd turn it around and say, what argument does Texas A&M have to be higher than Indiana? The Hoosiers are ranked above the Aggies in pretty much every power rating. And they're ranked…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (406+ words) Georgia will get a chance to defend its SEC championship, and it could come against its nemesis, Alabama. Brett Davis / Imagn Images Georgia will get a chance to defend its SEC championship, and it could come against the Bulldogs" nemesis, Alabama. Alternatively, it could come against Ole Miss, perhaps delaying coach Lane Kiffin"s decision on whether to leave Oxford. That"s the consequence of Texas"s win over Texas A&M on Friday night, which also eliminated the previously unbeaten Aggies from the SEC race. Georgia, which got a non-conference win over Georgia Tech on Friday, was already in the clubhouse with a 7-1 conference record. Ole Miss also got to 7-1 with a win at Mississippi State, while Texas A&M fell to 7-1 with the loss. That creates the possibility of a four-way tie for first place if Alabama (6-1) wins…...

19+ hour, 24+ min ago (966+ words) Texas A&M was so, so close. Alex Slitz / Getty AUSTIN, Texas " A school that has spent most of the last century playing second fiddle in its own state entered the second half of its 12th game still perfect. Thirty minutes from slaying its perennial tormentor. Thirty minutes from its first SEC Championship Game. Thirty minutes from exorcising generations of demons on behalf of its perpetually tortured fan base. That it all imploded so quickly, so spectacularly, makes you wonder whether there is some unknown state statute that prevents Texas A&M from having nice things. No. 16 Texas vanquished the third-ranked Aggies yet again on Friday, its previously dormant offense shaking free of a 10-3 halftime deficit to run away with a 27-17 upset. In doing so, the Longhorns knocked the SEC's season-long first-place team out of the SEC championship. Gone, too, most…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (1921+ words) Sean Miller and Texas are on a quest to show they can still win at the highest levels of college basketball. Dylan Buell / Getty Images AUSTIN " The urinals inside the Texas basketball locker rooms have wirelessly-charged gauges that check hydration. If it lights up green, you're hydrated. In the training room, Texas has a cryotherapy chamber. Outside the head coach's window of his corner office, there's construction on a state-of-the-art football practice facility. Everywhere you look, you're reminded Texas aspires to be the best of the best. In the last three years, three different Longhorn programs have won national titles. Last school year, eight won SEC titles. "It kind of motivates you to try to be the best team that you can be," new forward Dailyn Swain says, "because everyone else is winning." The Longhorns also have a state-of-the-art, 3-year-old…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (425+ words) Billy Napier, fired by Florida on Oct. 19, is the last coach to defeat Texas, Georgia's upcoming opponent. James Gilbert / Getty Images ATHENS, Ga. " Billy Napier didn't get to coach against Georgia this year. He did get to watch the Bulldogs practice this week, and Kirby Smart said it was no big deal, just two old friends getting together. Or perhaps it's what Smart wants Steve Sarkisian to believe. Napier was fired as Florida's coach three weeks ago, in the bye week before the Georgia game. The Gators and interim coach Billy Gonzales gave a scare to the Bulldogs, who won 24-20. This week, fifth-ranked Georgia faces No. 10 Texas, which has two losses this year " one of them to Napier. Florida beat the Longhorns in Gainesville, 29-21, running the ball particularly well: 159 rushing yards, averaging 4.3 yards per rush. Florida is also one of…...