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Ohio State or Tennessee? Will the favorites win? Our 1st-round College Football Playoff picks
The College Football Playoff for the 2024 season finally has arrived, with four first-round games set to unfold this weekend at campus sites.
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It starts Friday night, with No. 7 Notre Dame playing host to No. 10 Indiana. Then on Saturday, 11th-seeded SMU visits No. 6 Penn State, followed by No. 5 Texas vs. No. 12 Clemson and No. 8 Ohio State playing host to No. 9 Tennessee.
All four winners will advance to the CFP quarterfinals, which are set for Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 at bowl sites around the country. The Ohio State-Tennessee winner will face No. 1 Oregon in the Rose Bowl; the Texas-Clemson winner will play No. 4 Arizona State in the Peach Bowl; the Penn State-SMU winner will take on No. 3 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl; and the Notre Dame-Indiana winner will go up against No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
Check out the odds for the four first-round playoff games, plus score predictions from the college football coverage team at The Oregonian/OregonLive.
The College Football Playoff bracket for the 2024-25 season.The Associated Press
No. 10 Indiana (11-1) at No. 7 Notre Dame (11-1)
Game details: 5 p.m. PT Friday at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana
TV channel and live stream: ABC/ESPN and Watch ESPN
Latest line: Notre Dame by 7
Over/under: 50.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17
James Crepea: Notre Dame 35, Indiana 21
Nick Daschel: Notre Dame 30, Indiana 23
Aaron Fentress: Notre Dame 29, Indiana 23
Joe Freeman: Notre Dame 30, Indiana 21
Sean Meagher: Notre Dame 38, Indiana 35
Joel Odom: Notre Dame 34, Indiana 24
Bill Oram: Notre Dame 31, Indiana 17
No. 11 SMU (11-2) at No. 6 Penn State (11-2)
Game details: 9 a.m. PT Saturday at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania
TV channel and live stream: TNT and Max
Latest line: Penn State by 9
Over/under: 52.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Penn State 31, SMU 10
James Crepea: Penn State 28, SMU 21
Nick Daschel: Penn State 34, SMU 24
Aaron Fentress: Penn State 33, SMU 22
Joe Freeman: Penn State 28, SMU 17
Sean Meagher: Penn State 35, SMU 21
Joel Odom: Penn State 41, SMU 27
Bill Oram: Penn State 35, SMU 33
No. 12 Clemson (10-3) at No. 5 Texas (11-2)
Game details: 1 p.m. PT Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin
TV channel and live stream: TNT and Max
Latest line: Texas by 12
Over/under: 50.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Texas 23, Clemson 20
James Crepea: Texas 35, Clemson 24
Nick Daschel: Texas 27, Clemson 17
Aaron Fentress: Texas 39, Clemson 24
Joe Freeman: Texas 35, Clemson 20
Sean Meagher: Texas 24, Clemson 17
Joel Odom: Texas 35, Clemson 30
Bill Oram: Texas 55, Clemson 10
No. 9 Tennessee (10-2) at No. 8 Ohio State (10-2)
Game details: 5 p.m. PT Saturday at Ohio Stadium in Columbus
TV channel and live stream: ABC/ESPN and Watch ESPN
Latest line: Ohio State by 7
Over/under: 46.5
Predictions
Ryan Clarke: Tennessee 34, Ohio State 28
James Crepea: Ohio State 35, Tennessee 28
Nick Daschel: Ohio State 35, Tennessee 31
Aaron Fentress: Ohio State 31, Tennessee 23
Joe Freeman: Ohio State 28, Tennessee 24
Sean Meagher: Tennessee 33, Ohio State 31
Joel Odom: Ohio State 27, Tennessee 20
Bill Oram: Tennessee 24, Ohio State 14
CANFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – Nobody took home the massive Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, but one Canfield man is still celebrating after purchasing a winning ticket worth $50,000.
According to Ohio Lottery, Bryan decided to try his luck after realizing the Powerball jackpot was over $1 billion. He bought a ticket from the Meijer grocery store on Boardman-Canfield Road in Boardman.
The next morning, Bryan woke up and checked the ticket, stunned to discover that he won $50,000.
After mandatory state and federal taxes, the lucky winner will take home more than $36,000.
Bryan told lottery officials that he doesn’t have specific plans for money yet, but the big win will certainly make for “a very good Christmas.”
It has been months since someone won the Powerball jackpot, which now sits at a massive $1.5 billion. There is also a cash option worth $689.3 million up for grabs.
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A mom searching for answers about her son’s death in a car wreck won a victory on Dec. 19 when the Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Richland County Sheriff to release records to her.
The court ruled in a unanimous decision that Andrea Mauk is entitled to three sets of records withheld by the sheriff, with only Social Security numbers being redacted. Mauk will be awarded $2,000 in damages but will not receive attorney fees.
On June 23, 2023, 18-year-old Damon Mauk lost control of his 1998 Ford Mustang and slammed it into a tree. His mother wanted to piece together what happened, collect his belongings and grieve the loss of her child. She didn’t think she’d have to fight for public records and take her case to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Following the crash, Richland County Sheriff’s deputies, a township fire department and the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded.
During the investigation, a trooper told a deputy to leave Damon’s iPhone and wallet in the car, according to Mauk’s court filings. Instead, the deputy took the belongings to the hospital and handed them off to someone who said he was Damon’s dad.
Mauk didn’t understand. Damon’s father was largely absent from his life. How could he have been there to pick up the wallet and phone?
A few weeks after the fatal crash, Mauk asked for records, including: the sheriff’s report and inventory of items taken from the car, body camera footage from deputies who gave away the belongings, the report, photos and videos created by the patrol and more.
Mauk, of the Mansfield area, received some but not all of the requested records. Mauk hired attorney Brian Bardwell to pursue records she believes exist but weren’t provided or were improperly redacted.
The sheriff’s office claimed that some of the requested records were exempt from disclosure because they are confidential law enforcement records or personal notes. The court privately reviewed the records withheld from Mauk and determined that they should be released.
The decision in favor of releasing records runs contrary to recent rulings from the high court.
In 2024, the court held that the cost of sending troopers to protect Gov. Mike DeWine at a Super Bowl game weren’t subject to disclosure and that the Ohio Department of Health should redact from a database the names and addresses of Ohioans who had died, even though that death certificate information can be released on an individual case basis.
In 2025 the court ruled that police officers’ names may be kept confidential if they’re attacked on the job, giving them privacy rights afforded to crime victims.
State government reporter Laura Bischoff can be reached at lbischoff@usatodayco.com and @lbischoff on X.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kylee Kitts scored 13 points, Jaloni Cambridge added 11 and No. 21 Ohio State rolled past Norfolk State 79-45 on Thursday night for its eighth straight win.
Dasha Biriuk added 10 points for Ohio State, which is 10-1 overall and 7-0 at home.
Kitts was 6 of 12 from the field, and grabbed 10 rebounds to go with two steals and two blocks. Cambridge was 4-of-8 shooting and had eight rebounds and two steals.
Cambridge scored seven points in the first quarter as the Buckeyes jumped out to a 20-10 lead and built a 43-21 halftime advantage. Kitts and Cambridge each scored nine first-half points.
Ohio State outrebounded Norfolk State 55-32 and scored 21 points off 17 turnovers.
Jasha Clinton scored 18 points to lead Norfolk State (5-9). Ciara Bailey had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Up next
Norfolk State plays at Elon on Sunday.
Ohio State hosts Western Michigan on Mondahy.
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