Tuesday, January 2

by | Jan 2, 2024 | Quick Hits

Blake Corum scored on a 17-yard run in overtime to lift Michigan to a 27-20 Rose Bowl win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day. Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe tripped on an offensive lineman’s leg and was stopped short on a fourth-and-goal keeper at the Wolverines’ 3-yard line to end the game. … Michael Penix Jr. completed 29 of 38 passes for 430 yards with two TDs and no interceptions for Washington in a 37-31 Sugar Bowl win over Texas. … The top-seeded Wolverines (14-0) play the second-seeded Huskies (14-0) for the CFP championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Monday (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.). … In other New Year’s bowl games, No. 8 Oregon downed No. 23 Liberty, 45-6; No. 13 LSU topped Wisconsin, 35-31, and No. 21 Tennessee rolled past No. 17 Iowa, 35-0. … In men’s college basketball tonight, East Carolina visits No. 17 Florida Atlantic (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Boston College hosts Wake Forest (ACC Network, 7 p.m.), No. 8 UNC travels to Pitt (ESPN, 7 p.m.) and No. 14 Duke takes on Syracuse in Durham (ESPN, 9 p.m.).

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