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Commanders' defense starts inside with defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne
Read full article: Commanders' defense starts inside with defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and Daron PayneNeither Jonathan Allen nor Daron Payne is considered by pundits among the most elite defensive linemen in the NFL.
In the SEC, defense reigns again with Georgia, Bama on top
Read full article: In the SEC, defense reigns again with Georgia, Bama on topAlabama coach Nick Saban and Georgia’s Kirby Smart continue to make their ability to field elite defenses a big part of their formula for maintaining consistently elite programs in the Southeastern Conference.
Alabama to meet Notre Dame in relocated CFP semifinal game
Read full article: Alabama to meet Notre Dame in relocated CFP semifinal game4 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal originally scheduled to serve as the 107th Rose Bowl. It's still unclear whether the game in the Dallas Cowboys' stadium will be called the Rose Bowl, but the decision ended a streak of 78 straight years in Pasadena for a bowl game first played in 1902. The festive week of genteel celebrations around the Rose Bowl game already had been mostly canceled, interrupting a beloved annual holiday tradition for hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles-area residents and tens of thousands of visiting fans. Alabama's first bowl game was the 1926 Rose Bowl, and the Tide played in six early editions of the game. They haven't been back in the official Rose Bowl game since 1946, although they beat Texas on Jan. 7, 2010, in the BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl stadium.