No. 23 Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) will play No. 17 Iowa (10-3, 7-2 Big 10) in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2024 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST and ABC will televise the postseason matchup. Tennessee will make its sixth appearance in the Citrus Bowl. Tennessee is 4-1 in Citrus …
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NFL: Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans Arizona Cardinals Kyler Murray has peaked at 251 passing yards in a game this year. Murray is coming off a torn ACL and his weapons are far from ideal. He is also learning a new system. All these perfectly reasonable excuses aside, things haven’t been great for the young quarterback in 2023. He ranks …
Read More »Boston College vs. SMU odds, line, spread: 2023 Fenway Bowl picks, college football predictions from top model
The 24th-ranked SMU Mustangs will look to close out the season on a 10-game winning streak when they face the Boston College Eagles on Thursday in the Fenway Bowl. The Mustangs (11-2, 8-0 AAC), who last lost on Sept. 23 at TCU 34-17, cruised to the American Athletic Conference championship, even after losing starting quarterback Preston Stone to a broken …
Read More »Browns vs. Jets: Time, live stream, odds, keys to game, prediction, pick for ‘Thursday Night Football’
With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, we have our final “Thursday Night Football” game of the year, which sees Joe Flacco and the Cleveland Browns host Flacco’s former team, the New York Jets. Cleveland is amazingly still alive for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and is closing in on an AFC North title. New York …
Read More »Wisconsin outside linebacker returns to practice for first time since 2020
Aaron Witt might be back, finally. Evan Flood of 247Sports shared on ‘X’ that the veteran is back at practice for the first time since the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in 2020 as the Badgers get ready for a ReliaQuest Bowl matchup against LSU. Witt joined the Badgers as a three-star recruit in the class of 2020. He played five games …
Read More »Russell Wilson benched by Broncos: QB responds to stunning decision with eight-word message on social media
Russell Wilson didn’t speak to the media on Wednesday getting benched by the Broncos, but the veteran quarterback did offer a short reaction to the move on social media. After taking the day to digest the news, Wilson jumped on social media just after 11 p.m. ET on Wednesday to send out a simple, eight-word tweet. That sounds like a …
Read More »Oregon Ducks given favorable odds to win 2024 national championship
Throughout the 2023 college football season, it became clear that the Oregon Ducks were among the best teams in the nation, and they ultimately had some of the best betting odds to win the national championship before falling short of the Pac-12 Championship Game against the Washington Huskies. Along the way, though, Dan Lanning and his team proved that they’ve …
Read More »Red-hot Demarcus Robinson scores points with Rams as they catch playoff fever
Rams receiver Demarcus Robinson celebrates his touchdown catch against the Saints just before the half. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) He has more playoff experience than Aaron Donald. More than Cooper Kupp. More than quarterback Matthew Stafford or any other Rams player. Since first making an NFL roster in 2016, receiver Demarcus Robinson has never missed the postseason. …
Read More »Defense and special teams lead WVU to Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory over North Carolina, 30-10
Dec. 28—CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The West Virginia Mountaineers didn’t play quite like themselves, but found a way to win Wednesday night, defeating North Carolina 30-20 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in front of what was essentially a home crowd at Bank of American Stadium. The Mountaineers (9-4, 6-3 Big 12) did not run the ball as effectively as they usually …
Read More »How the NHL’s first Winter Classic overcame many hurdles
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 28, 2023, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Sidney Crosby still remembers walking through the tunnel at Ralph Wilson Stadium over 15 years ago, experiencing what Buffalo Bills players experienced every home game. He still remembers the snow floating down on the temporary rink constructed on the field, where the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated …
Read More »Georgia pass rusher undergoes knee surgery, out vs. FSU
Georgia Bulldogs freshman outside linebacker Damon Wilson Jr. is out for the Orange Bowl against the Florida State Seminoles after undergoing knee surgery. Wilson Jr. had meniscus surgery, which means he should be ready for the start of the 2024 college football season. Damon Wilson Jr. played in 12 games and recorded two tackles and 0.5 sacks as a true …
Read More »How Jackson Arnold’s steady demeanor reminds Brent Venables of this former OU quarterback
SAN ANTONIO — Jackson Arnold probably isn’t going to plant a flag in the middle of the Alamodome field should his University of Oklahoma squad beat Arizona in the Alamo Bowl on Thursday night. He’s not likely to deliver a fiery pregame speech that makes it onto the ESPN broadcast ahead of the 8:20 p.m. kickoff. And that’s just fine with …
Read More »How to watch the New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns game
Garrett Wilson #17 and the New York Jets play the Cleveland Browns during the final Thursday Night Football of 2023. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Tonight, Thursday Night Football returns to Amazon Prime Video to kick off Week 17 of the NFL season, and close out 2023. With just a month left in the regular season, less than two months out from …
Read More »USC vs. Louisville live stream, watch online, TV channel, 2023 Holiday Bowl odds, prediction, picks
Bowl season will deliver a first-time matchup Wednesday when USC and No. 15 Louisville meet in the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park in San Diego, California. The Trojans, making their fourth Holiday Bowl appearance and first since 2019, are out to salvage their second season under coach Lincoln Riley after losing three straight games to end the regular season. At …
Read More »Cutting Russell Wilson will create a cap mess for the Broncos (keeping him would, too)
The biggest takeaway from Wednesday’s stunning news that the Broncos have benched quarterback Russell Wilson is that the Broncos will release him before another $37 million in future salary flips from guaranteed for injury to fully guaranteed. That will need to happen between the first day of the waiver period (right after the Super Bowl) and the fifth day of …
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