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Bluegrass, Americana fans flock to Front Royal for 9th annual Appaloosa Music Festival 08/29/2024 07:12am • Front Royal, Virginia is the place to be this weekend if you dig bluegrass or Americana music. The ninth annual Appaloosa Music Festival returns to Skyline Ranch this Saturday and Sunday. WTOP caught up with Dan Fedoryka, who cofounded the festival with his brother Alexander. "My band S Stuttgart's Stiller is the only new Germany face after Kroos, M��ller, Neuer, G��ndo��an retirements 08/29/2024 06:16am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has selected Stuttgart���s Angelo Stiller to his first squad since the retirements of Toni Kroos, Thomas M��ller, Manuel Neuer and ��lkay G��ndo��an. Stiller, a 23-year-old midfielder who helped Stuttgart to its best ever points total in the Bundesliga West Virginia gets the week's marquee matchup as the Big 12 season begins with 16 teams 08/29/2024 06:10am • Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week No. 8 Penn State at West Virginia, Saturday, noon ET (Fox) The Mountaineers, coming off a surprising 9-4 record last year after being picked to finish last in the Big 12, are the league's only team opening against a ranked Power Fo Syracuse looking for fast start under new coach Fran Brown in opener against Ohio 08/29/2024 06:10am • Ohio at Syracuse, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ACC Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: Syracuse by 17 1/2. Series record: Syracuse leads 3-0. WHAT���S AT STAKE? It���s the dawning of the Fran Brown era at Syracuse, and the Orange have a four-game homestand to help jumpstart the 2024 season for the fir Quinn Ewers and No. 4 Texas open against Colorado State eying first step in expected playoff run 08/29/2024 06:10am • Colorado State at No. 4 Texas, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 33 1/2. Series record: Texas 1-0. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Texas opens the season as one of the teams expected to make the newly-expanded College Football Playoff behind quarterback Quinn Ewers. Anything le No. 18 K-State plays Tennessee-Martin with QB Avery Johnson getting the start for Wildcats 08/29/2024 06:10am • Tennessee-Martin at No. 18 Kansas State, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: No line. Series record: First meeting. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Kansas State is coming off a nine-win season capped by a victory in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, where QB Avery Johnson replaced Will Howard and showed No. 4 Texas opens the season against Colorado State with eyes and expectations already on the CFP 08/29/2024 06:10am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Starting the season ranked No. 4 as they head into their first season in the Southeastern Conference, the Texas Longhorns are hearing a lot of talk about potential. It's what coach Steve Sarkisian hears in the locker room heading into Saturday's season opener against Colorado Auburn gets season started against Alabama A&M,with new group of receivers 08/29/2024 06:10am • Alabama A&M at Auburn, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+/SEC+) BetMGM College Football Odds: Auburn by 49 1/2. Series record: Auburn leads 2-0. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Auburn doesn't have a lot to gain from a season-opening game against an FCS team beyond finetuning execution and breaking in some new pla Hawkeyes will be without suspended coach Kirk Ferentz when they open against Illinois State 08/29/2024 06:10am • Illinois State at No. 25 Iowa, Saturday, noon ET (Big Ten Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: No line. Series record: Iowa leads 1-0. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Iowa got all it could handle the last time it played an opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision, winning 7-3 over South Dakota State Northwestern looks to build on strong finish last season in opener vs. Miami (Ohio) 08/29/2024 06:10am • Miami (Ohio) at Northwestern, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (BTN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Northwestern by 3. Series record: Miami 7-3, including 7-2 in Evanston. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Still reeling from a hazing and abuse scandal that engulfed the athletic department, Northwestern was probably college f No. 1 Georgia opens championship-or-bust season against No. 14 Clemson in Atlanta 08/29/2024 06:10am • No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 1 Georgia at Atlanta, Saturday, noon ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Georgia by 13 1/2. Series record: Georgia leads 43-18-4. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Georgia has its sights squarely on a third national championship in four years after just missing out on the playoff a year a Georgia-Clemson highlights three Top 25 matchups in SEC's opening weekend 08/29/2024 06:10am • Things to watch this weekend in the Southeastern Conference: Game of the week No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 14 Clemson, noon ET, Atlanta (ABC). The Bulldogs get a big opening test after failing to make the College Football Playoff in their bid for a third straight national title. Georgia, a nearly two-touch Prime-time focus on No. 23 USC, No. 13 LSU as each tries to make early statement 08/29/2024 06:10am • No. 23 Southern California vs. No. 13 LSU in Las Vegas, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Eastern (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: LSU by 4 1/2. Series record: Tied 1-1. WHAT���S AT STAKE? Playing before a national audience on Sunday night, both teams will have plenty of eyes on them as each side tries to make a No. 1 Georgia opens season against No. 14 Clemson, a team that was once a fixture on the schedule 08/29/2024 06:10am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� They are only about 70 miles apart, the Georgia and Clemson campuses, certainly close enough to be bitter rivals. Yet, thanks to all the upheaval in college football over the past few decades, they rarely see each other anymore. ���Really, a great rivalry,��� Georgia coach Kirby Sma Avery Johnson takes reins of No. 18 Kansas State as season begins Saturday vs UT-Martin 08/29/2024 06:10am • Avery Johnson was recruited to be the starting quarterback at Kansas State, and one of the nation's top dual-threats did nothing to dissuade Wildcats coach Chris Klieman from turning the team over to him after last season. Just look at what Johnson did in limited opportunities as a freshman. On the