During the national championship game last week, one team played the first half without a key defensive player. Miami cornerback Xavier Lucas spent the first two quarters sidelined as part of a targeting foul he committed in the second half of the previous ...

On an average prime-time Saturday night telecast, the game continues to be the star. TV ratings for college football are up across the board in 2021. We cannot turn away from the nation's No. 2 most-watched sport. Targeting, though, might be the uninvited ...

Editor’s note: This story was initially published on Dec. 18. Shamari Simmons came screaming into the backfield, untouched. On the first play of the fourth quarter of the Big 12 championship, Arizona State’s blitzing safety sacked Iowa State ...

It’s no secret that one of college football’s most controversial rules — maybe the most controversial college football rule — is targeting, which, if called, results in the ejection of the player who committed the foul. Some fans hate the rule ...

Within a plush hotel ballroom in Indianapolis two days before the national championship game in January, Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell stood in front of more than 100 attendees at a ceremony in which he graciously accepted the Eddie Robinson Coach of the ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you livid over a college football targeting call or don't quite understand the penalty? If so, we're here to help. It's no secret that one of ...