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🦬 Colorado's Travis Hunter wins Heisman Trophy
🏐 Pitt, Louisville advance to semifinals
⚓️ Navy takes 125th Army-Navy game
🏈 Jackson St. wins Celebration Bowl
The 2024-25 college football bowl season begins today, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 and continues through Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. It’s the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Bowl games begin with the Celebration Bowl and the Salute to Veterans Bowl.
This article will be updated throughout the bowl season, including final scores, TV information and as matchups are announced. Check out the full bowl schedule below.
(all times ET)
Celebration Bowl
Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
Salute to Veterans Bowl
South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23
9 p.m. | ESPN
Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, Alabama
Frisco Bowl
No. 25 Memphis vs. West Virginia
9 p.m. | ESPN
Toyota Stadium
Frisco, Texas
Boca Raton Bowl
James Madison vs. Western Kentucky
5:30 p.m. | ESPN
FAU Stadium
Boca Raton, Florida
LA Bowl
No. 24 UNLV vs. Cal
9 p.m. | ESPN
SoFi Stadium
Inglewood, California
New Orleans Bowl
Sam Houston vs. Georgia Southern
7 p.m. | ESPN2
Caesars Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cure Bowl
Ohio vs. Jacksonville State
12 p.m. | ESPN
Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida
Gasparilla Bowl
Florida vs. Tulane
3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
College Football Playoff First Round Game
No. 8 Indiana at No. 5 Notre Dame
8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
South Bend, Indiana
College Football Playoff First Round Game
No. 10 SMU at No. 4 Penn State
12 p.m. | TNT/MAX
University Park, Pennsylvania
College Football Playoff First Round Game
No. 16 Clemson at No. 3 Texas
4 p.m. | TNT/MAX
Austin, Texas
College Football Playoff First Round Game
No. 7 Tennessee at No. 6 Ohio State
8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
Columbus, Ohio
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
11 a.m. | ESPN
Brooks Stadium
Conway, South Carolina
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State
2:30 p.m. | ESPN
Albertsons Stadium
Boise, Idaho
Hawai’i Bowl
South Florida vs. San Jose State
8 p.m. | ESPN
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex
Honolulu, Hawai’i
GameAbove Sports Bowl
Pitt vs. Toledo
2 p.m. | ESPN
Ford Field
Detroit, Michigan
Rate Bowl
Rutgers vs. Kansas State
5:30 p.m. | ESPN
Chase Field
Phoenix, Arizona
68 Ventures Bowl
Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green
9 p.m. | ESPN
Hancock Whitney Stadium
Mobile, Alabama
Armed Forces Bowl
Navy vs. Oklahoma
12 p.m. | ESPN
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth, Texas
Birmingham Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt
3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Protective Stadium
Birmingham, Alabama
Liberty Bowl
Arkansas vs. Texas Tech
7 p.m. | ESPN
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
Memphis, Tennessee
Holiday Bowl
No. 21 Syracuse vs. Washington State
8 p.m. | FOX
Snapdragon Stadium
San Diego, CA
Las Vegas Bowl
USC vs. Texas A&M
10:30 p.m. | ESPN
Allegiant Stadium
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fenway Bowl
UConn vs. North Carolina
11 a.m. | ESPN
Fenway Park
Boston, Massachusetts
Pinstripe Bowl
Boston College vs. Nebraska
12 p.m. | ABC
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, New York
New Mexico Bowl
TCU vs. Louisiana
2:15 p.m. | ESPN
University Stadium
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pop-Tarts Bowl
No. 13 Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 18 Iowa State
3:30 p.m. | ABC
Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida
Arizona Bowl
Colorado State vs. Miami (Ohio)
4:30 p.m. | CW Network
Arizona Stadium
Tucson, Arizona
Military Bowl
NC State vs. East Carolina
5:45 p.m. | ESPN
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis, Maryland
Alamo Bowl
No. 17 BYU vs. No. 23 Colorado
7:30 p.m. | ABC
Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
Independence Bowl
No. 22 Army vs. Louisiana Tech
9:15 p.m. | ESPN
Independence Stadium
Shreveport, Louisiana
Music City Bowl
No. 19 Missouri vs. Iowa
2:30 p.m. | ESPN
Nissan Stadium
Nashville, Tennessee
ReliaQuest Bowl
No. 11 Alabama vs. Michigan
12 p.m. | ESPN
Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Sun Bowl
Louisville vs. Washington
2 p.m. | CBS
Sun Bowl
El Paso, Texas
Citrus Bowl
No. 15 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Illinois
3 p.m. | ABC
Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida
Texas Bowl
LSU vs. Baylor
3:30 p.m. | ESPN
NRG Stadium
Houston, Texas
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Fiesta Bowl)
No. 9 Boise State vs. TBD
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
State Farm Stadium
Glendale, Arizona
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Peach Bowl)
No. 12 Arizona State vs. TBD
1 p.m. | ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Rose Bowl)
No. 1 Oregon vs. TBD
5 p.m. | ESPN
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game (Sugar Bowl)
No. 2 Georgia vs. TBD
8:45 p.m. | ESPN
Caesars Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
Gator Bowl
No. 14 Ole Miss vs. Duke
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
EverBank Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida
First Responder Bowl
North Texas vs. Texas State
4 p.m. | ESPN
Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Dallas, Texas
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
Bahamas Bowl
Liberty vs. Buffalo
11 a.m. | ESPN2
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium
Nassau, Bahamas
College Football Playoff Semifinal Game (Orange Bowl)
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, Florida
College Football Playoff Semifinal Game (Cotton Bowl)
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
AT&T Stadium
Arlington, Texas
College Football Playoff National Championship Game
7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
Here’s a complete list of scores from the College Football Playoff since its first season in 2014:
Here’s a look at some of the upcoming CFP title game locations and dates:

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By comparison, what appears to be a short agenda awaits the next meeting of the School of the Osage Board of Education.
Old business appearing on the published agenda includes discussion on an update about the Lake Career and Technical Center in Camdenton while new business items include discussion on the Learn Life Savers program, the 2025-2026 staff calendar, new contracts and change orders, and an executive session to cover personnel and SOTO board policies.
The Osage Board of Education meeting, Tuesday night in the high school field house, begins at 6:00.
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Monday’s (December 16) Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $55 million after zero players matched all six numbers during the $48 million drawing Saturday (December 14) night.
Results from Saturday’s Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 12-17-23-52-67
POWERBALL: 1
POWER PLAY: 2x
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com. The Powerball jackpot previously reset after one player in New York won the $256 million drawing on December 7. The Powerball jackpot reset after one player in California won the $44 million drawing on August 19.
One player in Pennsylvania won the $214 million Powerball drawing on August 12, exactly one week prior to another jackpot. The Powerball jackpot had previously reset after one player won the $139 million Powerball drawing on July 3.
One player in California matched all six numbers to win the $2.04 billion ($997.6 million) jackpot on November 7, 2022, the largest jackpot offered in U.S. lottery history, according to the official Powerball website. Powerball has had jackpots exceeding $1 billion five times.
Mega Millions games have also exceeded $1 billion six times, which includes its largest offering, a $1.603 billion jackpot that was one by a player in Florida on August 8. Both jackpots increase during each following game until there’s a jackpot winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions Gold Ball or Powerball in each respective game.

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One of the top women's Basketball games in the country is going down in Chapel Hill today between No. 14 North Carolina and No. 25 Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets are 10-0 to start this season, while the Tar Heels are 10-1. It is the conference opener for both teams and getting a 1-0 start in ACC play would be huge for both teams. The Yellow Jackets are coming off of a 60-point win over ULM earlier this week and also had a dominant win over Mercer last Sunday.
The Yellow Jackets look to extend their win streak to 11 games after defeating Louisiana Monroe last Wednesday, 97-37. The 60-point rout was the largest margin of victory since 2011 as four different Yellow Jackets reached double-figures to help seal the win. Rusne Augustinaite led the way offensively with 17 points, connecting of five from three-point distance. For the fourth time this season, Tech finished with 10 or more three-pointers, draining 14 in the win.
North Carolina comes into Sunday’s matinee with a 10-1 ledger and its only loss coming against No. 2 UConn. The Tar Heels are 6-0 when competing at home and carry a seven-game win streak into ACC play. Alyssa Ustby leads UNC with 11.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game on average.
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The challenges ahead are myriad as the government seeks to keep Syria running while preparing for transition.
After toppling the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader and commander-in-chief of the new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has appointed Mohammed al-Bashir to lead a caretaker government until March 1.
The move aims to stabilise the country by providing basic services to civilians and preventing a power struggle between armed groups over state resources and ministries, experts told Al Jazeera.

“[A caretaker government is needed] to ensure the state keeps functioning and that people have electricity, water sewage and the internet,” said Thomas Pierret, an expert on Syria for the Institute for Research and Study of the Arab and Muslim World.
However, the caretaker government – and HTS – could lose credibility if it refuses to share power after three months, experts have warned.
Here’s what we know about the caretaker government and its head:
The head of the caretaker government is a technocrat who headed the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in Idlib, a province in northwest Syria.
After the Syrian uprising erupted in March 2011, Idlib became an opposition stronghold. By 2017, HTS consolidated control and created the SSG out of civilian technocrats.

“Mohammed al-Bashir … has done a reasonably good job in Idlib,” said Robin Yassin-Kassab, an expert on Syria and the co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and in War.
“I understand that it makes sense to scale [the Salvation Government] up to the whole of Syria, for now,” he added.
Al-Bashir’s background in electrical engineering, project management and administrative planning suggests he has the professional know-how to maintain basic services in the country, analysts said.
He first emerged as a minister in the HTS-backed Salvation government in 2021, according to the caretaker government’s official website
For two years, he served as the head of development and humanitarian affairs, according to Assaad Al Achi, executive director of Baytna, a non-governmental organisation that supported local civil society groups in Syria throughout the war.
“He was definitely interested in humanitarian work because that’s where the money was,” Al Achi said, referencing the SSG’s policy of taxing aid organisations.
On January 13, 2024, the Shura Council in Idlib elected al-Bashir as prime minister of the SSG.

Al-Bashir has told Al Jazeera Arabic that, for the time being, the ministers from the SSG would take over the national ministerial portfolios. The current ministerial lineup is:

Despite al-Bashir’s prominent role, Al Achi does not believe the caretaker prime minister has ambitions to consolidate power over Syria.
“What worries me is if [this caretaker government] extends [its term] for more than three months, but if it just for three months … then that’s alright,” he said.
Experts are concerned that HTS will try to rule all of Syria with an iron fist.
According to a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, HTS subjected critics and opponents to enforced disappearances and tortured people to death.
Al Jazeera asked the HTS media office to respond to these allegations, but they had not commented by the time of publication.

The caretaker government and HTS could ease concerns of a power grab by proposing a roadmap detailing when negotiations with other stakeholders would begin ahead of forming a broader coalition, Yassin-Kassab told Al Jazeera.
He added that a plan should aim to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which calls for a transitional period of 18 months, during which an inclusive coalition will draft a constitution and prepare for elections under United Nations supervision.
“[HTS] need to say this is the beginning of a process that will involve every aspect of society and all political leaderships,” said Yassin-Kassab.
“That would reassure Syrians and the international community and give the new government much more legitimacy.”

Syria’s economy is in tatters – the World Bank ranks its gross domestic product (GDP) at 129 out of 196 states.
HTS managed to raise revenue during its rule in Idlib by taxing residents, as well as goods and relief passing through from the Turkish border. However, it is unclear whether the group has enough finances to bolster the economy and supply basic provisions in the short to medium term.
Experts believe HTS can be incentivised to share power by linking sanction relief to political reforms.
Syria is on the United States list of “countries that sponsor terrorism” and, on top of that, HTS is considered a “foreign terrorist organisation” by the European Union, Turkiye and the US.
The EU and US have also sanctioned much of the Syrian economy, including the energy sector and the trading of goods related to technology or electricity provision, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
It’s imperative that HTS shares power with other stakeholders and civil society in order to convince Syrians and the international community that the group has changed, argues Yassin-Kassab.
“[I]t remains to be seen if this is the beginning of a power grab by HTS and HTS-aligned civilian bodies,” he told Al Jazeera.
“I certainly hope not.”

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By Michael McCann
Legal Analyst and Senior Sports Legal Reporter
The COVID-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory, but pandemic-related insurance litigation lives on. Last Friday a judge denied the Philadelphia Eagles’ motion for reconsideration in their case against Factory Mutual Insurance. 
Sportico detailed the lawsuit in 2022. Like other NFL teams in 2020, the Eagles were forced to close or modify operations on account of the pandemic and government lockdown orders. The Eagles had an insurance policy with Factory Mutual for Lincoln Financial Field, which seats about 67,000 plus features a standing room section. Although the NFL managed to play the 2020 regular season in spite of the pandemic, the Eagles initially played games without fans, then could allow 7,500, only to see fans prohibited again when COVID-19 rates surged in mid-November. The Eagles filed an insurance coverage claim for the pandemic-related financial losses, which Factory Mutual denied. The Eagles, in turn, sued.

As Factory Mutual saw the policy, an eligible loss “must directly result from physical loss or damage.” Although COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus that can be seen under a microscope, Factory Mutual insisted its presence does not constitute physical loss or damage in a logical sense. The Eagles disagreed, asserting that viral droplets “expelled from infected individuals could have been present in the air” and then landed on and attached to surfaces. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson granted Factory Mutual’s motion to dismiss. 
The Eagles motioned Baylson to reconsider, but he denied the motion in Friday’s order. 
The judge stressed that a “physical alteration” to an insured property is a threshold requirement for the policy to apply. Baylson reasoned the Eagles “have not plausibly pled physical disappearance, physical deterioration, or absence of physical function of the insured properties.” The team has shown it sustained economic loss—revenue from hundreds of thousands of fans who would have attended games and paid for parking, merchandise, concessions etc.—but not in a way that sufficiently connects to insurance coverage. Prohibiting or restricting attendance at games and related government orders “had nothing to do with the physical attributes” of Lincoln Financial Field, the judge wrote in quoting an analogous court ruling.
Baylson also wasn’t persuaded by the Eagles’ argument that its losses were connected to a physical condition at the stadium. The Eagles insisted “the actual or threatened presence of COVID-19 at its stadium nearly eliminated or destroyed the stadium’s core function,” but the judge reasoned that depiction doesn’t establish a connection to the property’s physical attributes.

Baylson highlighted precedent from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding physical loss or damage from COVID-19. In 2023, the court found that “loss of use caused by government edict and untethered to the physical condition of the premises” doesn’t count as a “physical loss or damage to the properties.” Even when a property owner loses the ability to use property for its intended purpose, that doesn’t necessarily render the property “useless or inhabitable,” the Third Circuit stressed. 
To that point, Baylson noted that Lincoln Financial Field reopened for the 2020 NFL season with limited attendance. The judge reasoned that development is consistent with the idea that government orders, rather than COVID-19 itself, “were the source seriously affecting the property’s functionality.” Along those lines, while COVID-19 might have been in the air or on surfaces, that didn’t make it so “physically dangerous” to be inside Lincoln Financial Field that the building became useless.
The Eagles can appeal Baylson’s order. The team has enjoyed more success on the field in 2024 than in its litigation against Factory Mutual. The 11-2 Eagles are first place in the NFC East and host the 10-3 Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. A full house is expected at Lincoln Financial Field.
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