I think I couldn’t be prouder of a bunch of guys on a team that has come so far from where we were second, third game of the season. I think this is a great example for a lot of people who want to be successful in terms of the perseverance that these guys showed, the character they had to …

So, quick confession: I started to write a whole post with my best bets for the Thanksgiving week. I included one pick for every single Thanksgiving game and for the “Black Friday” game and then six more for the rest of Week 12. However, because I’m an idiot and was traveling a ton I don’t think it ever got published. …

The Rams loved Jared Goff until they didn’t. The Lions could be going through the same sharp swing in emotions, soon. In 2019, the Rams foolishly gave Goff a market-level contract, even though they should have known he wouldn’t take them where they were trying to go. Less than two years later, the RMS tucked an extra first-round pick into …

Getty Images Entering championship weekend, the top eight teams in the College Football Playoff Rankings consisted of four undefeated teams and four with a single loss. Three of those one-loss teams had fallen to one of the other teams in the top eight. That is a closely bunched group of teams. So, when No. 8 beats No. 1, it is …

For a brief second, I didn’t think I was going to be able to do any picks this week and that’s mostly because my fingers are too bloated to type. I guess that’s what happens when you eat turkey for every meal for five straight days.  I am now having nightmares about turkey, and you know what, I’m officially done …

Dec. 3—It will be the biggest robbery in College Football Playoff history if the CFP committee decides to move Florida State out of the top four after its ACC championship victory on Saturday night. I predicted this exact scenario in my column earlier this week. My final CFP prediction was: 1. Michigan 2. Washington 3. Florida State 4. Alabama And …

INDIANAPOLIS — Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia grades Michigan football on a scale of A to F after the Wolverines’ 26-0 victory over Iowa in Saturday’s Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium: Offense: D-minus WINDSOR: Michigan football earned confetti with Big Ten title. But questions remain for biggest stage Iowa’s defense is one of the best in the nation. …

Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud should have a full complement of wide receivers today. Texans receivers Tank Dell and Noah Brown, both of whom were listed as questionable on the injury report, are both expected to play, according to multiple reports. Dell has emerged as one of the best rookie receivers in football this season and has become, along with Nico …

The regular season may be over, but that doesn’t mean the 2023 college football season is. Following Alabama’s 27-24 upset over Georgia in the SEC championship game on Saturday, there remains the exceptionally more difficult matter of determining where each of the conference’s bowl-eligible teams will play in the postseason. Nine SEC teams finished with a record of 6-6 or …

Winning weeks are good. I guess. I went 8-7-1 against the spread with my NFL picks last week and was 9-7 straight up. But when you consider that the week really wasn’t that tough, I don’t feel good about it. Here’s why I know that: Kudos to my co-worker Dave Richard, who is part of our CBSSports.com Expert Picks, since he …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders looks on as players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Southern California Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has had a busy week. The trailer for the second season of “Coach Prime,” a six-episode docuseries that takes fans behind the scenes of the …

Today’s the day, Jacksonville State football and Rich Rodriguez will found out where they will play their first bowl game in their first FBS season. Waiting over a month, after hitting the six-win mark to know if they would be bowling or not, it became official during the final week of the regular season. The Gamecocks had to wait to …

Mission Oak’s Head Coach Marty Martin with the championship trophy against Rio Hondo Prep during their CIF State South Division 4-A Football Championship Regional Bowl Game in Tulare, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Mission Oak won the game 29-14. Former legendary Redwood High head football coach John Yavasile had a fun message for Marty Martin on Saturday night at Bob …

The NFL fined only nine players in Week 12, a dramatic departure from the rest of this season. That total was easily the fewest so far in 2023, and the fine rate of a fine on 0.37 percent of all plays for the week was also the lowest of any week this season. The fewest in any previous week was …

With Alabama’s win over top-ranked Georgia, College Football Playoff madness has reached its absolute peak. The committee will reveal its final rankings at noon ET and the national will know who is in, and who is out, of the playoffs. The ability to compete for a national championship will soon be granted to only four teams, and the committee has …