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How to buy Texas Peach Bowl tickets, Texas vs Arizona State College Football Playoff tickets

Texas is headed to the Peach Bowl to take on Arizona State on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Tickets are already on sale and selling fast.

Texas is heading to the Peach Bowl.

The Longhorns defeated the Clemson Tigers on Saturday, clinching their place in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.

Texas earned a date against the No. 4 seeded Arizona State Sun Devils at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, GA. on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

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Peach Bowl tickets were already available since the Sun Devils were announced as a participant, but now that Texas will join them in Georgia, tickets are selling fast.

At the time of publication, the cheapest available Peach Bowl ticket to see Texas vs Arizona State cost $143.

Whether you’re a fan of Texas, Arizona State, or just great college football action, don’t miss out on your opportunity to see this game in person.

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How to buy Texas Peach Bowl tickets, Texas vs Arizona State College Football Playoff tickets

Texas is headed to the Peach Bowl to take on Arizona State on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Tickets are already on sale and selling fast.

Texas is heading to the Peach Bowl.

The Longhorns defeated the Clemson Tigers on Saturday, clinching their place in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.

Texas earned a date against the No. 4 seeded Arizona State Sun Devils at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, GA. on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

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Peach Bowl tickets were already available since the Sun Devils were announced as a participant, but now that Texas will join them in Georgia, tickets are selling fast.

At the time of publication, the cheapest available Peach Bowl ticket to see Texas vs Arizona State cost $143.

Whether you’re a fan of Texas, Arizona State, or just great college football action, don’t miss out on your opportunity to see this game in person.

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Clemson transfer wide receiver lands with Arizona State

Former Tiger lands with another College Football Playoff team.

Former Clemson wide receiver Noble Johnson has announced his transfer to Arizona State.

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound redshirt freshman entered the transfer portal last week and has now found a new home with the Sun Devils, bringing three years of eligibility with him.

During his time at Clemson (2023-24), Johnson appeared in 13 games and recorded three catches for 16 yards. This season, he logged his first career reception with a 5-yard catch against App State, followed by a 6-yard grab at Wake Forest and another 5-yard catch against The Citadel.

A former four-star prospect from Rockwall High School in Texas, Johnson excelled in high school with 101 receptions for 1,739 yards and 14 touchdowns over 26 games.

Arizona State, coming off an impressive 11-2 season and a Big 12 Championship win over Iowa State, earned a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff. Johnson will now look to make an impact with the Sun Devils as they prepare for the postseason.

How to buy Arizona State 2024 Big 12 Champions gear

Celebrate the Sun Devils’ Big 12 Championship with Arizona State hats, t-shirts, hoodies and more.

Forks up, the Arizona State Sun Devils are 2024 Big 12 champions.

Led by a 170 yard rushing performance from RB Cam Skattebo, the Sun Devils dominated the Iowa State Cyclones 45-19 in Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game.

With the win, Arizona State qualifies for the newly-expanded College Football Playoff, and now awaits its seeding and potential first-round matchup.

In the meantime, celebrate the Sun Devils winning the Big 12 title in their first year as a member of the conference with Arizona State Big 12 Championship gear.

The 2024 Big 12 Champions hat is likely to be the top-selling item among ASU fans.

Arizona State Sun Devils '47 2024 Big 12 Football Conference Champions Hitch Adjustable Hat
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Along with the hat, the Big 12 champs maroon t-shirt will surely be a crowd pleaser at just $29.99.

Arizona State Sun Devils Blue 84 2024 Big 12 Football Conference Champions Locker Room T-Shirt
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There is also a Big 12 Champs hoodie that retails for $64.99 to prepare you for the winter months, even in Tempe.

Arizona State Sun Devils Blue 84 2024 Big 12 Football Conference Champions Locker Room Pullover Hoodie
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Gear up, ASU fans, and get ready to support your Sun Devils during their upcoming College Football Playoff run.

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Cam Skattebo hit the Heisman pose after a dominant first half in the Big 12 championship game

We can’t un-hear Jesse Palmer saying ‘Skattebo’ like Adam Sandler.

Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo had a monster first half against Iowa State during Saturday’s Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium.

Skattebo rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries while also hauling in a pass for five yards. He was the driving force for Arizona State to be up 24-10 at halftime over Iowa State.

After one of his touchdowns, Skattebo reminded the nation that he should be a Heisman Trophy finalist after such a dominant season by hitting the Heisman pose for the broadcast.

As he did that, ESPN broadcaster Jesse Palmer channeled his inner Billy Madison by saying Skattebo’s last name like Adam Sandler. We’re not kidding.

This is a textbook example of chaotic good in college football. Get Skattebo to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony, and let Palmer announce his name just like the Sandman as he walks out.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN. 

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Kenny Dillingham’s shocked face after an Arizona State near-disaster became an instant meme

Kenny Dillingham looked like his whole life flashed before his eyes.

Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham saw his life flash before his eyes as his team nearly entered disaster territory against Iowa State on Saturday.

As the two teams faced off in the Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium, Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo took a direct snap in the first half and scrambled the wrong direction with Iowa State defenders in pursuit.

In a last-second decision to prevent a massive loss, Skattebo threw the ball into no man’s land and nearly saw it picked off by an Iowa State defender.

Dillingham’s face recapped the close call as well as anyone’s could, and it turned into a delightful meme for your enjoyment.

Feature photo courtesy of ESPN. 

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What’s at stake for the College Football Playoff in the Big 12 championship game?

There’s a lot on the line as Arizona State and Iowa State meet in an unlikely Big 12 title matchup.

In the conference’s first season without historic powers Texas and Oklahoma, we’re getting quite the unlikely Big 12 championship game matchup as No. 15 Arizona State takes on No. 16 Iowa State with a College Football Playoff spot on the line.

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The Sun Devils, led by Big 12 Coach of the Year Kenny Dillingham, came out of nowhere to finish 10-2 and earn a berth in the conference title game, despite being picked by the media to finish dead-last in the league entering the season.

Iowa State, meanwhile, got off to a 7-0 start before dropping back-to-back games to Texas and Kansas. However, the Cyclones got back on track, and thanks to a win over Kansas State and some outside help, they’re playing for a conference title and even more.

The stakes in this one are pretty simple: The winner is in the 12-team field, and the loser is out. As things currently stand, whoever wins this game will miss out on a first-round bye guaranteed to the four highest-ranked conference champs and earn the No. 12 seed — though that is potentially subject to change.

This may be the most impactful game this weekend when it comes to the bracket, and it’s also the most straightforward when it comes to understanding its CFP implications.

The loser of this game has essentially no shot at earning an at-large bid, so it’s a de facto CFP play-in game. It’s possible the game has no impact on seeding at all, with the winner simply sliding into the No. 12 spot regardless of who it is.

However, that’s not a guarantee.

Had UNLV beaten Boise State in Friday night’s Mountain West championship game, the winner of the Big 12 matchup could have taken the Broncos’ spot as the No. 4 seed and earned a first-round bye, depending on the other conference title games.

However, with Boise’s win, the odds of the Big 12 champion earning the No. 4 seed diminished significantly. It’s not entirely unthinkable that the winner of this one could jump a Broncos team that has struggled a bit down the stretch in the rankings, and Arizona State would likely have a better chance than Iowa State given its hot finish to the season.

But in all likelihood, this game boils down to a play-in spot for the No. 12 seed. Win and in, as they say.

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Dan Quinn makes it clear what he thinks about Commanders QB Jayden Daniels in cold weather

Dan Quinn is not worried about cold weather and Jayden Daniels.

Winter is setting in the DMV area, and Dan Quinn was asked about it Friday.

One of the media members asked about quarterback Jayden Daniels’s reaction to the cold weather. Here is the video of this portion of Quinn’s press conference.

Indeed, the prediction for Sunday is the high temperature will be 44, with a morning low of 24. This means when the players are warming up on the field around 11:30, it will be about 40 degrees, with the high temperature coming around halftime.

“We’ve been out in practice all week and so, looking at similar practice, so that’s for him and for all his teammates. We’re an outdoor team, and this is where we play, man,” replied Quinn.

Quinn wasn’t upset, but he certainly didn’t like the question. This was revealed when he elaborated a bit further.

“So, we practice outside for a reason. We only had one practice inside since training camp. And so, it didn’t have to go in there at all, didn’t have to go outside. We had one last Friday that we had to, but by and large we’re going to practice outside as often as we can and he’s done a good job with that.”

Quinn was then asked a surprising question if Daniels playing in warm weather had come up during the draft process. His response?  A simple, single word, “No.”

The follow-up came immediately, asking, “Is that something you think about with a team in general? You practice outside, was there anything else you can do to prepare?”

Shaking his head side to side, Quinn replied, “No.”

To me, the most telling element of the exchange is how Quinn immediately turned his head to the other side of the room, his body language suggesting, ‘Next question, and about something else.’

Wouldn’t you know it? The next question asked what winter element gives quarterbacks trouble when playing in the cold.

“Wind for sure, yeah. Because that, the gusts and that can go because there’s different kinds. Like if it’s snowing, it’s not as cold as some other days that you can get really cold, like the minuses and those things. But yeah, definitely wind’s the biggest one.”

For those wondering why weather was a focus during the Friday press conference, Jayden Daniels was born and raised in California. He played high school football at Cajon H.S. in San Bernardino, CA.

Daniels then played his first three college years at Arizona State before playing his last two seasons at Louisiana State University (LSU).

In Quinn’s defense, perhaps the subject of Daniels in warmer weather never came up prior to the draft because to he and Peters, if Daniels was available, they were hands down going to select Daniels.

How the Big 12 could narrowly miss out on the 2024-25 College Football Playoff

This chaos scenario for the Big 12 in the CFP is a long shot but not impossible.

The College Football Playoff format is totally different this year after expanding from four to 12 teams, and the new format features rules like the five highest-ranked conference champions automatically getting playoff berths, followed by the next seven highest-ranked teams.

While the highest-ranked Group of Five conference champion is guaranteed a playoff spot as well, G5 teams aren’t limited to just one playoff team if there are multiple highly ranked squads. Additionally, Power Four conference champs all aren’t automatically handed a berth either.

As a result, depending on how the Week 14 and conference title games shake out, a Power Four conference champion could be left out of the 12-team playoff field. And that could set the Big 12 up to actually get left out of the CFP.

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No. 16 Arizona State is the Big 12’s highest-ranked team in Week 14

In the College Football Playoff committee’s fourth rankings, the Big 12 has five teams among the top 25. Sounds great at first, until you realize the Sun Devils are the highest-ranked team at No. 16 with a 9-2 record.

The Mountain West’s Boise State at No. 11 with a win Friday over Oregon State moved the Broncos to 11-1 going into their conference title game, which they’re favored to win, per BetMGM. Should they win the Mountain West, there’s a strong chance they’ll be the fourth highest-ranked conference champ.

So who would be the fifth highest-ranked conference title winner?

Currently next in the Big 12 is No. 18 Iowa State (9-2), No. 19 BYU (9-2), No. 24 Kansas State (8-3) and No. 25 Colorado, which is now 9-3 after a dominant win Friday.

In conference play, Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and Colorado entered Week 14 with 6-2 records. If they all win this weekend, there will be a four-way tie at the top of the Big 12 standings at 7-2, and with the conference’s tiebreaker rules, that would put Arizona State and Iowa State in the Big 12 title game.

If the 6-2 Big 12 teams don’t all advance to 7-2 this weekend, things could get complicated for the Big 12 in the playoff race.

The chaos scenario that could keep the Big 12 out of the College Football Playoff

Of the four 6-2 teams in the Big 12 — Arizona State, BYU, Iowa State and Colorado — going into this week’s games, only the Wildcats and Cyclones play each other in Week 14. Colorado beat Oklahoma State on Friday, and the Sun Devils face Arizona on the road Saturday.

The Big 12 will have at least a two-loss conference champion but it could be a three-loss champ. If Arizona State loses to Arizona, Iowa State loses to Kansas State *and* BYU loses to Houston, there could be a narrow path for a Group of Five conference champion, namely the American Athletic Conference winner, to be the fifth highest-ranked conference champ in the College Football Playoff rankings.

No. 17 Tulane losing to Memphis in Week 14 helps the Big 12…

…but only so much.

The Green Wave entered Week 14 with a 9-2 record but they’re now 9-3 after losing their regular-season closer to unranked Memphis, which is now 10-2. Army (9-1) and Tulane are still set to play for the American Athletic Conference title, meaning the conference will have a one-loss champ or a three-loss champ.

Would that be enough to jump the Big 12’s two- or three-loss conference champ in the College Football Playoff rankings? We’ll just have to wait and see.

If it’s three-loss Tulane, the AAC probably doesn’t pass the Big 12’s champion. But if one-loss Army blows out Tulane, the Black Knights would presumably re-join the College Football Playoff rankings and *could* end up ranked higher than the Big 12 champ.

And if the Mountain West and AAC champs are ranked higher than the Big 12 champ, the Big 12 likely would be on the outside looking in at the CFP this season.

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Ohio State football projected in CFP to face foe it has only ever played once

The CFP had some shaking up this week, and Ohio State football could play a first-round opponent it has only ever faced once before.

The Ohio State Buckeyes, if the season ended today, are projected to play the Arizona State Sun Devils in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The Week 14 bracket projections were released Tuesday evening.

Ohio State would then draw the Boise State Broncos, which is projected to win the Mountain West Conference. From there, it would take on the winner of Oregon vs. Tennessee or Georgia.

Assuming it wins three CFP games in a row, it would be in the National Championship. As for that first game against Arizona State, it would be a relatively unfamiliar foe for the Buckeyes.

Here is the full bracket projection.

As for the history between the Sun Devils and the Buckeyes, there really isn’t one.

The Buckeyes won the lone matchup between the two programs 20-17 on January 1, 1997, in the Rose Bowl. Joe Germaine was the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.

Aside from that battle, these two foes have never crossed paths, and given they are from different sides of the country that isn’t too shocking. However, that’s the joy of the CFP, and it could create for a unique battle come December.