Friday night, Ohio State scored only three points in a high-profile Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri. Saturday afternoon, another prominent Big Ten football program stumbled. Penn State allowed 38 points to Ole Miss and lost to the Rebels by 13 in the Peach Bowl. Nittany Lions Wire has more: “Both teams scored twice in the second quarter with Penn State …
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2023 All-Space Coast Offensive Football chosen by FLORIDA TODAY
Jayvan Boggs FLORIDA TODAY Offensive Football Player of the Year Jayvan Boggs is on a short list of the best receivers to have played high school football in Brevard County, and his statistics back that up. The junior Cocoa High player is the FLORIDA TODAY Offensive Football Player of the Year for the 2023 season. His reputation, earned by his …
Read More »Blowout loss in Orange Bowl not a referendum on 2023 season for FSU football
MIAMI GARDENS – Calling the Orange Bowl painful to watch from the Florida State football perspective is an understatement. We watched the two-time defending national champion and arguably the best team in college football with a nearly full roster play the junior varsity team for the Seminoles on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium. The result, FSU football took its worst …
Read More »Ohio State punter Jesse Mirco enters NCAA transfer portal after Cotton Bowl
Ohio State’s 2023 starting punter has entered the transfer portal. Jesse Mirco, who ended his third season with the Buckeyes with an eight-punt performance against Missouri in the Cotton Bowl, entered the transfer portal Saturday. Mirco joins Ohio State kicker Parker Lewis, who entered the portal, but still worked with the Buckeyes through their Cotton Bowl loss. A member of …
Read More »Transfers, recruits will help Seminoles recover from crushing Orange Bowl loss to Bulldogs
MIAMI GARDENS — Georgia will be on Florida State football’s mind for quite some time. After a final score of 63-3, the Seminoles will look to the future in hopes of forgetting about the scoreboard slaughter that took place at the 2023 Orange Bowl. The No. 6 Bulldogs (13-1) slashed the No. 5 Seminoles, making history at Hard Rock Stadium …
Read More »Hugh Freeze ‘didn’t get too involved’ in Auburn game plan vs. Maryland in Music City Bowl
After a poor showing from Auburn football in a 31-13 loss to Maryland at the Music City Bowl, first-year coach Hugh Freeze explained that he didn’t spend as much time on the offensive game plan vs. the Terrapins, opting instead to focus on the Tigers’ recruiting. Auburn faced a 21-0 deficit in the first quarter before getting on the board. …
Read More »In Tre Shackelford, WSU gets a receiver ready to prove he can play with the best
Dec. 30—PULLMAN — Some two weeks ago, as Tre Shackelford made his way through his Washington State weekend visit, a thought occurred to him. The wide receiver had just hit the transfer portal, ready to move on from Austin Peay, where he had grown to love everyone around him. He knew all his teammates. They spent time together. It was …
Read More »WSU announces addition of WR Tre Shackelford, a transfer from FCS Austin Peay
Dec. 30—PULLMAN — To reel in its latest addition, Washington State reached for the FCS ranks. That’s where the Cougars found wide receiver Tre Shackelford, a transfer from Austin Peay, who announced his signing with WSU on Saturday afternoon. Shackelford, an Alabama native, spent three seasons with the Governors, helping them win nine games this fall. A second-team all-conference selection …
Read More »Auburn vs. Maryland live stream, watch online, TV channel, Music City Bowl odds, spread, prediction, pick
Amid an age where bowl games are seemingly created out of thin air, the Music City Bowl has been a model of consistency in Bowl Season. The first edition was played at Vanderbilt Stadium in 1998. It moved to its longtime home at Nissan Stadium the following season. Since then, it’s become a holiday season standard. This year will mark …
Read More »‘They need to fix this’
MIAMI — Though Florida State’s 63-3 loss to Georgia was an embarrassment for the No. 4 Seminoles, it was also an indictment of the college football environment that fostered it. And Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart isn’t happy about it. “People need to see what happened tonight, and they need to fix this,” Smart said afterward in an unprompted answer to …
Read More »Roger Goodell’s so-called better-than-ever NFL officiating blew the end of Cowboys-Lions, then doubled down
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys won 20-19. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) ARLINGTON, Texas — Saturday night, an NFL official clearly made a huge mistake. It happened on a massive stage, before a national television audience, in a …
Read More »Michigan football’s Jim Harbaugh reportedly hires Tom Brady’s agent with deep NFL ties
The never-ending speculation of Jim Harbaugh and current and/or future employer just keeps on churning. Less than 48 hours before Michigan football is scheduled to take on Alabama in the Rose Bowl for a chance to play in the national championship game, news has come out that its coach has reportedly hired a new agent. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Pete …
Read More »Lions take issue with officials after potential winning 2-point pass negated by penalty
Detroit coach Dan Campbell said he explained to officials before playing the Dallas Cowboys what would happen on a 2-point conversion play the Lions had planned. Chaos ensued anyway, and left the Lions feeling as if a victory was taken away from the NFC North winners in their pursuit of the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Officials ruled offensive …
Read More »Why was the Lions’ two-point try vs. Cowboys
Why was the Lions’ two-point try vs. Cowboys originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s only the second game of Week 17, but one play will be the headliner for what’s still to come. The Detroit Lions lost 20-19 at the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, with an overturned two-point conversion dominating headlines. After a late Jared Goff touchdown to …
Read More »Will Michigan finally prove itself a legitimate contender in third College Football Playoff semifinal?
LOS ANGELES — This just might be the best Michigan team — ever. It also has a chance to be one of the College Football Playoff’s biggest underachievers. As a third straight CFP semifinal awaits the No. 1 Wolverines, both possibilities hang in the air like a shanked punt in the warm California sun. Just don’t try to pick a …
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