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College football Week 15 highlights: Top plays, games, takeaways

Boise State solidified the Group of 5's slot in the playoff with a 21-7 win over UNLV. Arizona State secured its bid by winning the Big 12 title, 45-19 over Iowa State. Oregon proved it is the No. 1 team in the country, the last undefeated, upending the Penn State Nittany Lions 45-37 for a Big Ten championship in its first season in the conference. (ESPN.com)

Clemson wins ACC championship, automatic playoff berth on 56-yard walk-off field goal to defeat SMU

Nolan Hauser's 56-yard field goal as time expired lifted No. 17 Clemson to a 34-31 win over No. 8 SMU in the ACC championship game. With the win, Clemson shook up the College Football Playoff standings by earning an automatic berth into the playoff as a conference champion. SMU tied the game at 31-31 with 16 seconds remaining in regulation. (Yahoo! Sports)

Lou Carnesecca’s funeral an homage to his multi-generational St. John’s legacy

There were hundreds of former players who came to pay their respects to Lou Carnesecca at St. Thomas More Church on Friday. And they weren’t just players Carnesecca coached during his legendary career at St. John’s. There also were the players who arrived well after he retired in 1992 and still were impacted by his presence on campus. (New York Post)

ACC basketball starts conference play Saturday. Why the league is already in big trouble

The ACC begins men's basketball conference play this weekend with all 18 teams facing off against a league foe. It should be a bonanza of basketball for a conference that's long prided itself on basketball excellence. Instead, three months before the NCAA Tournament starts, it feels like the league is already a dead man walking. (WRAL Sports Fan)

The SEC throttled the ACC in the latest ‘Challenge’

They call it the SEC/ACC Challenge but it wasn’t much of a challenge for the SEC this year. The thing ended in a 14-2 bloodbath in favor of the SEC. Overall, the SEC is 26-3 against the ACC this year. The only losses were the two in the Challenge and LSU lost to Pitt. “I do think the financial resources are a big deal,” Alabama coach Nate Oats told reporters. (Zag's Blog)

College Football Playoff Rankings reaction: SEC love prevails again as Alabama sits ahead of Miami

The Atlantic Coast Conference branding issues struck again. And the SEC again got the benefit of the doubt. Same as it ever was, right? That was the sentiment emanating from ACC Country Tuesday after the College Football Playoff's penultimate rankings propelled a three-loss Alabama Crimson Tide team over a two-loss Miami. (CBS Sports)

What to watch: College football championship weekend viewing guide

Thanks to the dissolution of the Pac-12, we're down to nine conference championship games this weekend. Three will be played on Friday night with Conference USA getting the party started before the American Athletic Conference and Mountain West games kick off. Saturday features the four power conferences along with the MAC and the Sun Belt. (Yahoo! Sports)

Remembering St. John's legend Lou Carnesecca

While Lou Carnesecca never played basketball for St. John's varsity, he did play baseball for the legendary Frank McGuire, who coached both the baseball and basketball teams. Carnesecca was part of the 1949 St. John’s team that reached the College World Series. While still a student, Carnesecca filled in as coach of the freshman baseball team. (New York Post)

Stanford football brings ex-star QB Andrew Luck 'home' as new GM

Former Stanford star quarterback Andrew Luck is returning to the Cardinal to become the football program's general manager, he told ESPN in a phone interview. Luck, 35, has accepted a newly created role at Stanford, which will place him above the entire program and is a distinct evolution from the traditional college general manager role. (ESPN.com)

Appalachian State fires football coach Shawn Clark after five seasons

Appalachian State University has parted ways with head football coach Shawn Clark. Clark, 49, was relieved of his head coaching duties on December 2 after five seasons at the helm, which ended with Saturday’s 29-20 loss at Georgia Southern. The loss denied the Mountaineers of bowl eligibility for the second time in the past three seasons. (Watauga Democrat)

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