Longtime civil-rights leader and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela died Thursday due to complications from a lung infection. He was 95 years old.
It was the most exciting Iron Bowl in history. It was arguably the wildest ending to a college game ever. And Auburn’s last-second upset of No. 1 Alabama was just one of the highlights. Here are some things we learned this week in college football.
Colin Kaepernick threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers cruised past the Washington Redskins, 27-6, on Monday night in Landover, Md.
UPDATE 3:15 p.m. EST: The lockdown and shelter-in-place orders have been lifted, according to the Yale alert system. Police have been going door-to-door on campus searching for the gunman, though authorities will not confirm whether it may have been a hoax.
Baylor’s national title hopes came crashing down while Stanford’s Rose Bowl dreams got a big boost. Those were just some of the highlights from an exciting week in college football.
It's a big week in college football, with several important Saturday games carrying conference-title implications. Here are the big story lines as we come down the homestretch of the college football season: