DALLAS (FWAA) — North Carolina’s Max Johnson is this week’s nominee for the 2025 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Johnson, a sixth-year senior quarterback, overcame a potentially debilitating knee injury to return to the field for the Tar Heels this season. "I want to play football," Johnson told ESPN.com of why he put...
DALLAS (FWAA) — Michigan’s Ernest Hausmann is this week’s nominee for the 2025 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Hausmann, a senior linebacker, has overcome numerous childhood hardships to develop into a captain for the Wolverines who has started his own charity and poured his heart into numerous causes for...
DALLAS (FWAA) — Army’s Larry Pickett Jr. is the first weekly nomination for the 2025 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Pickett, a sophomore safety, rescued a man from a burning car earlier this season. “I’m just taking this for what it is,” Pickett told The Athletic. “People around me are...
MIAMI LAKES, Florida (orangebowl.org) – 16 September 2025 – The Orange Bowl Committee commemorated the College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation’s “Extra Yard for Teachers Week” by surprising Coach Todd Fitz-Gerald, head baseball coach and teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, with a $1,000 DonorsChoose gift card, which can be...
Backpacks, haircuts, food, and more await at the August 2nd event MIAMI LAKES, Fla., (July 30, 2025) – The 13th annual Sunshine Health Orange Bowl Family Fun & Fit Day presented by PNC Bank at David Deal Playday will be held Saturday, Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at...
Defending National Champion Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles Headline Exciting Doubleheader at Amerant Bank Arena MIAMI LAKES, Fla., [July 10, 2025] – The AutoNation Orange Bowl Basketball Classic is set to return to Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday, December 13th for its 31st annual edition. This year’s exciting doubleheader will...
Capital One Orange Bowl Media Tour presented by Duffy’s Sports Grill MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (July 7, 2025) - Orange Bowl is partnering with 560 WQAM (WQAM-AM) and ESPN West Palm (106.3 FM) to broadcast the Capital One Orange Bowl Media Tour presented by Duffy’s Sports Grill during this summer’s college football...
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (June 30, 2025) – This past week, the Orange Bowl Committee hosted the Truist OBYFA Youth Football Clinic presented by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, in partnership with FAU Football, at Orange Bowl Field at Glades Pioneer Park in Belle Glade. The free clinic welcomed boys and...
South Florida students dream BIG and lead the way as program builds future leaders MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (May 31, 2025) – Today, the Orange Bowl held a celebration at Hard Rock Stadium to acknowledge and recognize nearly 400 students who participated in the Orange Bowl Leadership Academy (OBLA), an after-school mentoring...
