The NFL played three games in England and two in Germany this season. But if five games a year outside the United States seems like a lot, Roger Goodell says just wait. Goodell believes the NFL can become a global league, with U.S.-based franchises playing all over the world. “I am convinced that this game is going to be a …
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Six Bloom-Carroll players earn All-Ohio honors in Division III
COLUMBUS – The Division II and III All-Ohio football teams were announced Wednesday by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. Division I will be announced on Thursday. Bloom-Carroll had six players earn All-Ohio honors, led by senior offensive lineman Jaden Ball and senior defensive back Brodyn Bishop, who both earned first team All-Ohio honors in Division III. Ball has been a …
Read More »How FSU can turn unprecedented playoff negative into historic positive
It appears that half the planet and the U.S. Congress believes FSU got railroaded out of the College Football Playoff. The truth is that the CFB selection committee just gave the Seminoles one of the greatest opportunities in football history. They can not only proclaim themselves national football champions. If FSU beats Georgia in the Orange Bowl, it will be …
Read More »For all the sport’s flaws, college football remains better than its own national championship
College football is a sport with plenty of absurdity baked into it, and nothing better exemplifies this than its pursuit of trying to find the best way to determine a national champion. As currently constructed, there are 133 teams on an uneven playing field asked to compete in 12 regular-season games every year. After playing those games and about a …
Read More »Indiana football projected scholarship chart at start of Curt Cignetti’s tenure
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football’s new coach Curt Cignetti has plenty of room to reshape the roster going into his first season. The roster is in a near-complete state of flux after 22 scholarship players entered the transfer portal, one entered the NFL draft with eligibility left (Mike Katic) and another six players exhausted their eligibility. There could be further attrition …
Read More »Ranking all 41 college football bowl games for 2023-24: Rose shines as all-timer with Orange, Sun intriguing
It can be controversial to love college football bowl games in this day and age. But if you don’t enjoy bowl games, you aren’t a college football fan. At least that’s my opinion. You might be a fan of a school, but you don’t care about the sport as a whole. Bowl games are college football games, after all. Maybe …
Read More »Texas Tech football ex Tyler Shough to trade one red jersey for another
The NCAA transfer portal is loaded with a who’s who of college quarterbacks. Tyler Shough beat the rush to find an attractive landing spot before nearly all the others. Shough, the original starting quarterback for the Texas Tech football team each of the past three years, made a commitment Tuesday to Louisville three days after the Cardinals played in the …
Read More »Everything will be alright, Buffs fans
Amid decommitments, players entering the transfer portal and coaches leaving, some Colorado football fans are on edge early this offseason. However, it all comes down to one question for those feeling apprehensive: Do you still believe? We are just past the one-year mark of Deion Sanders being named head coach and CU is in a much better position now than …
Read More »OSU football postseason notebook
Dec. 5—Now that Oklahoma State’s football season is effectively over — aside from the Houston Bowl against Texas A&M — there are two main takeaways that come to mind. First, it was the most remarkable in-season turnaround of the Gundy-era and, maybe, program history. And second, the roster needs more talent and/or development, which can be said for most. Offensive …
Read More »All 3 Hughes brothers play in same game as Devils top Canucks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The New Jersey Devils won the battle of the Hughes brothers Tuesday night. Jesper Bratt scored his second goal of the night with 34 seconds left in the third period as the Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 in a nail-biter that resembled a rivalry even though the teams are from opposite conferences. Jack Hughes had …
Read More »DeAngelo Williams becomes first Memphis player inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
The best player in Memphis football history is now immortalized in the College Football Hall of Fame. DeAngelo Williams was officially inducted into the hall of fame at a ceremony Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Williams, a running back who played for the Tigers from 2002-2005, went into the hall of fame in a 22-person class that also included Reggie …
Read More »Vikings optimistic that Jordan Hicks can return this season
Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks remains on injured reserve after undergoing surgery on his shin last month, but there’s hope that he will be able to get back on the field before the season is over. Hicks developed the extreme swelling known as compartment syndrome after suffering a shin contusion in a win over the Saints and had to be hospitalized …
Read More »2023 All-SEC football team: Conference champ Alabama out front with eight first-team selections from coaches
The SEC released its coaches All-SEC team on Tuesday, and it is loaded with talented players from across the conference. LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels earned first-team honors at quarterback after a sensational season that has him on the brink of winning the Heisman Trophy. Daniels had 3,812 yards passing, 1,134 yards rushing and accounted for 50 touchdowns (40 passing, 10 …
Read More »Fantasy Football Week 14 Rankings
Dak Prescott has been making fantasy managers’ dreams come true of late. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Should Dak Prescott be the frontrunner for NFL MVP? Prescott has been on an absolute tear of late in both reality and fantasy, scoring over 25 fantasy points in five out of his last six games. And his improved play combined with the …
Read More »UNM ‘targeting’ Bronco Mendenhall as next head football coach. Here’s what we know.
Dec. 5—Per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, New Mexico is targeting Bronco Mendenhall to be their next head coach. Mendenhall, 57, compiled a 135-81 record over 17 seasons as a head coach at BYU and Virginia. The Alpine, Utah native and Oregon State graduate also served as UNM’s defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach under former head coach Rocky …
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