Michigan football won The Game. The Wolverines, led by interim coach Sherrone Moore, were ranked No. 3 entering Week 13, and a 30-24 win over No. 2 Ohio State clinched their second consecutive 12-0 regular season and a likely No. 2 spot in the polls. Michigan, with Jim Harbaugh set to return for the Big Ten Championship Game, will face …

The Iron Bowl is the gift that keeps on giving. The Alabama-Auburn game has provided some of the most unbelievable finishes in college football history. The 2023 edition of the Iron Bowl featured Alabama connecting on a miracle fourth-and-31 play in the final second of the game to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive. Rivalry Week across the SEC …

Sabino celebrates after winning the 3A state championship game. In a game dominated by a matchup of two star quarterbacks, it was a running back that made the difference as senior Mason Cade’s five touchdowns led the way for No. 4-seed Tucson Sabino in its 68-46 win over No. 3-seed Surprise Paradise Honors in the 3A state championship game held …

The 12th week of the 2023 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with wins by the Packers, Cowboys and 49ers, and it continued with the league’s first-ever Black Friday game. There will be 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The Bears and …

Two years ago, Florida football coach Billy Napier energized the fanbase with his mantra, “scared money don’t make money.” Before a sellout crowd on Saturday night at The Swamp, Napier continued his more recent trend of coaching scared. Those decisions came back to bite the Florida Gators, as UF was unable to hold an early 12-0 lead in an eventual …

It looks like Maxx Crosby will miss the first game of his career on Sunday. Las Vegas’ best defensive player, Crosby (knee) is listed as doubtful for the Week 12 matchup with the Chiefs. He did not practice all week. Interim head coach Antonio Pierce said on Friday that Crosby is doing everything he can to play. “Getting treatment around …

Mission Viejo High’s Jack Matranga, right, gets a hug from teammate Grant Nichols after his five-yard touchdown catch on a fake field-goal attempt in the Southern Section Division 2 championship win over Servite. (Steve Galluzzo / For The Times) Ahead by 13 points late in the first half of Saturday night’s Southern Section Division 2 championship football game, Mission Viejo …

Luke Getsy’s defense of calls vs. Lions says a lot about Justin Fields, Bears’ offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — For three quarters in Detroit, Justin Fields and the Bears’ offense were clicking. However, during the fourth quarter, the plan of attack got conservative and kept the door open for the Lions to make a …

The Gophers football regular season is mercifully over, and it can be stated unequivocally that the campaign was a pig. That’s the extent of it. They won a bronze pig for the first time in forever. After that, meh. A real dud. Given a chance to salvage at least a modicum of positive vibes Saturday, they drop-kicked that into the …

Jets fans who turned out at MetLife Stadium for Friday’s game likely wish they went shopping instead. Raheem Mostert ran for two touchdowns, Tua Tagovailoa threw for one, and Jevon Holland returned a Hail Mary for a 99-yard touchdown as the Dolphins rang in the start of Black Friday football with a rout of the home team. The 34-13 win …

His eyes red from tears and his voice cracking, Cody Lindenberg sat behind a table and offered his thoughts, as difficult as it was to do. The Gophers an hour earlier had lost 28-14 to Wisconsin on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium, seeing the Badgers parade off with Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the first time since 2020 and watching Minnesota’s …

In a game where they were always expecting to be overmatched, the Jets played well enough in the first half that it was the kind of game where just one freak play might give them a chance to win. Unfortunately, though, when that freak play came, it would go in Miami’s favor. Down 10-6, and with possession of the ball …

College football never seems to disappoint and that has been true so far in 2023 as well. The regular season is now over, and with Ohio State losing to Michigan, there’s going to be a bit of a shakeup at the top that the College Football Playoff committee will have to sort out. It’ll be very telling on whether the …

The Jets changed quarterbacks this week and they didn’t see much improvement in their offensive performance, but that won’t lead to a change to their offensive play-caller for Week 13. Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett’s calls generated two first downs, 40 yards, zero third-down conversions, and zero points through the first three quarters of Friday’s 34-13 loss to the Dolphins. While …

Rivalry Week always brings chaos, and the final regular-season Saturday of the 2023 season was no exception. Five of the six teams that played as heavy favorites on Saturday failed to cover while Louisville lost to rival Kentucky.  But with the chaos came magical moments. Alabama put together an all-time sequence to survive Auburn. Michigan blasted past Ohio State thanks …