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Alabama teammates celebrate their win against Michigan State after the Cotton Bowl.

Alabama not about to get cocky with Clemson on deck in national title game

May 23, 2019 at 7:08 p.m.

By the time the mandated 20-minute cool-off period had expired, Alabama's players were chill. The Crimson Tide's 38-0 demolition of Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl was huge for a...

Michigan State's Trevon Pendleton reacts as he walks off the field after the game.

Michigan State reflects positively on a season with a sour ending

June 12, 2018 at 3:02 a.m.

Coach Mark Dantonio and his Michigan State players did not get down on themselves after getting blown out 38-0 by Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. "If we had lost by...

Alabama struts its stuff in 38-0 demolition of Michigan State

June 11, 2018 at 8:03 a.m.

They arrived from different hotels and different worlds. Alabama is college football royalty, a program so flush with talent that All-America linebacker Reggie Ragland cracked, "I believe we're the only...

Stanford head coach David Shaw, right, and Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz pose for photos during a news conference for the Rose Bowl.

Rose Bowl preview: Iowa vs. Stanford

June 16, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

TV: 4 p.m. Friday; ESPN. Line: Stanford by 6. Records: Iowa 12-1; Stanford 11-2. Last meeting: The schools have never met. On the offensive: Both quarterbacks, Iowa's C.J. Beathard and...

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio and Alabama head coach Nick Saban shake hands and pose after a news conference on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's Cotton Bowl.

Cotton Bowl matchup: Michigan State vs. Alabama

June 16, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

TV: 7 p.m. Thursday; ESPN. Line: Alabama by 10. Records: Michigan State 12-1; Alabama 12-1. Last meeting: Alabama won 49-7 in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2011, in...

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney shake hands on Wednesday in front of the Orange Bowl trophy ahead of Thursday's game.

Orange Bowl matchup: Clemson vs. Oklahoma

June 16, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

TV: 3 p.m. Thursday; ESPN. Line: Oklahoma by 3 1/2. Records: Oklahoma 11-1; Clemson 13-0. Last meeting: Clemson won 40-6 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29, 2014, in...

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio and Alabama head coach Nick Saban during a news conference on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's Cotton Bowl.

They frown, they win … Nick Saban and Mark Dantonio are two of a kind

June 16, 2018 at 8:12 a.m.

Alabama's Nick Saban and Michigan State's Mark Dantonio are not joke-tellers. They are not folksy. They never have been described as laid-back. Their oft-hidden humor is revealed in short bursts....

Michigan State running backs Madre London and Delton Williams take a photo of themselves during the media day for the NCAA Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.

Cotton Bowl media day brings tales of celebrations and snubbings

June 16, 2018 at 8:24 a.m.

Media day can be silly, such as when a reporter asked Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook to dance. (Thankfully, he declined.) And it can be surreal, such as when Alabama...

Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook throws during the first half of the Big Ten championship game against Iowa on Dec. 5, 2015, in Indianapolis.

Michigan State’s Connor Cook is full of revelations on cusp of semifinals

May 23, 2019 at 7:08 p.m.

Too often football is a sport of projecting machismo and keeping secrets. And then Connor Cook comes around. "Funny story, actually," is how he begins a tale about a crucial...

Alabama's Heisman Trophy winning running back Derrick Henry works through drills during practice in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

After smothering Ezekiel Elliott, can Michigan State bottle up Derrick Henry?

May 23, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

They've tried a reserve tight end with the right size, a backup linebacker with the right shape and a handful of running backs with (almost) the right speed. They might...

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