PULLMAN, Wash. – NCAA President Charlie Baker said he feels “bad” for the undefeated football players at James Madison University but said it wouldn’t be fair to give them a waiver from an NCAA rule that prevents them from being eligible for postseason play this season. “Yeah, I feel bad for those kids, but I also feel bad for the …

Five 49ers to watch in full-circle Week 11 clash vs. Buccaneers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came to Levi’s Stadium last season, the 49ers were at a crossroads. Their top two quarterbacks to open the season, Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo, were out with season-ending injuries, and largely unknown Brock …

The No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers will host the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC on CBS matchup on Saturday, and it’s one of four matchups between ranked opponents during the Week 12 college football schedule. Georgia moved up to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings after a 52-17 blowout of Ole Miss, while Tennessee slid to No. …

Browns rookie quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson has started one game so far, and it was an ugly one in which he threw for just 121 yards and three interceptions in a 28-3 loss. With Thompson-Robinson starting again on Sunday against the Steelers, the Browns need him to be a lot better. Fortunately, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski says he will be. …

The stakes get higher and higher as the college football season winds down. There’s always unanticipated events and surprise performances that shake up the College Football Playoff race or impact conference races or bowl berths. Week 12 in college football offers opportunities for surprises, especially with significant matchups in the Pac-12 and Big 12. Will the urgency of the playoff …

Syndication: The Enquirer Quarterback Start: Jared Goff, Lions Sportsbooks love the Lions this week, giving them the second-highest team total of Week 11. The Bears have given up the fifth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks and rank 31st in EPA per dropback. They are trending toward overtaking Denver for the worst pass defense in the league by EPA per play. Start: …

A shot at bowl eligibility for Colorado in coach Deion Sanders first season at the helm will be on the line when the Buffaloes travel to Pullman, Washington, for a Friday night Pac-12 showdown with Washington State. The Buffaloes have lost six of their last seven games following a 3-0 start and now need to run the table during the final two …

The Packers made an unwelcome addition to their injury report on Friday. Edge rusher Rashan Gary was added to the report with a shoulder injury. Head coach Matt LaFleur said, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, that Gary had “a little mishap” during Friday’s practice. It is not expected to be a long-term issue, but he is listed as questionable for …

Nov 11, 2023; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas State Wildcats quarterback Will Howard (18) is congratulated by offensive lineman Cooper Beebe (50) after scoring a touchdown in the second quarter against the Baylor Bears at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports In the upcoming Week 12 Sunflower Showdown matchup, Kansas State Wildcats (7-3) will face off …

A social media post from someone claiming to work for ESPN, but doesn’t, went viral, claiming that Ryan Tannehill had requested his release. Tannehill confirmed Friday that it is not true. “No, there’s been no talks with [Mike] Vrabel or anything like that,” Tannehill said, via video from Paul Kuharsky of paulkuharsky.com. Tannehill is aware of the false report. “I …

If next week’s rivalry packed slate in the Big Ten is a storm, the set of games in the week preceding it is the calm. Sandwiched between weeks with high-profile and high-stakes matchups, Week 12 of the 2023 college football season is a relative step back for one of the sport’s preeminent conferences before the season’s most hotly anticipated weekend …

The Cincinnati Bengals are in dire straits with Friday’s news that Joe Burrow is out of the season with a torn ligament. As they saw in the second half of their blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night, there’s a big dropoff from Burrow to Jake Browning, their current backup quarterback. With Burrow out, the Bengals will need …

LAWRENCE — Kansas State football is angling for a return trip to the Big 12 championship game and Kansas will try to build on its first winning season since 2008 when the two teams meet Saturday night for the 121st Sunflower Showdown at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Both teams come in with 7-3 records. K-State also is in a …

Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson ended Ravens tight end Mark Andrews’ season on Thursday night with a hip-drop tackle, a legal but controversial maneuver in which a tackler lands with his body weight on the back of a ball carrier’s legs. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is backing Wilson against any criticism for the play. After Taylor concluded his press conference …

HILLSDALE COUNTY — The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association has released their All-Region lists for Divisions 1 through 8 and for 8-player football divisions. More: Introducing the SCAA-East All-Conference football and volleyball teams Amongst the more than 100 honorees, seven Hillsdale County prep football athletes were honored as All-Region. This included three 8-player honorees, three D8 honorees and one …