Garrison Rippa kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired to send Jacksonville State to the Conference USA championship game with a 37-34 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday afternoon.

Rodney Tisdale Jr. throws for 371 yards and three touchdowns, leading Western Kentucky to a 42-26 win over Middle Tennessee.

Kejon Owens rushed for a career-high 195 yards and a touchdown, Jessiah McGrew made two interceptions and Florida International beat Western Kentucky 25-6 on Tuesday night to snap a 10-game road losing streak. The last road victory for FIU came on Oct. 18, 2023. The Panthers also ended a five-game losing streak in the series against WKU, with their first victory since 2018. Keyone Jenkins passed for 184 yards and a touchdown for FIU (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA). Alex Perry caught three passes for 86 yards. Maverick McIvor threw three interceptions for WKU (5-2, 3-1) after entering with just two on the season. He was 20 of 31 for 159 yards. Marvis Parrish rushed for 74 yards.

I'm looking for the proverbial bounce-back week this Saturday. As many of you were kind enough to email me about this week, I did, in fact, pick the score of last week's Louisville-Pittsburgh game on the nose.

Maverick McIvor tied his career high with five touchdown passes and Western Kentucky rolled past North Alabama 55-6 on Saturday.

The football season never stops. It barely pauses.

College football has returned, and not a moment too soon. It began with poetry, in Ireland. What better way to start?

Eric Crawford and Rick Bozich share over/under plays on the four local FBS programs as well as on Notre Dame, Cincinnati (Scott Satterfield Year Two) and Purdue.

Five questions and answers from the 2024 Phil Steele College Football Yearbook.