DALLAS — Nothing makes me feel more outdated, like I am chiseling columns into stone tablets, than when I make an attempt to explain the college football landscape. It’s OK. I’m digging my caveman tools out today, anyway. Knowing everything I say can be rendered obsolete by one outburst from a powerful college president or commissioner, I want to share with you what next season’s playoff will ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Florida State quarterback and NFL draft prospect Jordan Travis spoke publicly about his college team’s snub from last season’s College Football Playoff at the scouting combine Friday at Indiana Convention Center. Although the Seminoles were 13-0 through the regular season and ACC championship game victory over Louisville, they were left out of the four-team playoff by the CFP ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck, who was pursued by UCLA last month for its head-coaching job, has agreed to an amended contract in which he could receive an additional $5.7 million if he stays with Minnesota through the 2029 season. The university's athletic department announced the amendment Friday, and the contract is pending Board of Regents approval. Fleck, who'll coach ...

ATHENS, Ga. — The NCAA’s football rules committee conducted a video conference call Friday afternoon to discuss with reporters the implementation of its exciting new “coach-to-player” communications rule that will allow play-callers to speak directly to their quarterbacks or other players over headsets. The irony was not lost on the call participants when rules committee chief Steve Shaw for a ...