Today is the day the College Football Playoff will be set in stone by the selection committee, and they have some big discussions to sort through following the results of the conference championship weekend. Georgia’s loss in the SEC Championship Game to Alabama puts the selection committee in a unique position that could leave the SEC out of the playoff …

Thanksgiving was kind to us, as we went 11-4-1 ATS in Week 12. About time. I’ve been painted as a “Lions h8er” by the kind people in Detroit, and I should have leaned into that instead of taking Jared Goff to blow out the Green Bay Packers. I also hoped the QB change would spark the New York Jets, which it …

Dec. 3—MOSCOW — It doesn’t matter how it looks; a win is a win. The fourth-seeded Idaho football team needed an extra period to secure its first postseason win in 30 years as ol’ reliable senior kicker Ricardo Chavez nailed a 28-yard field goal to solidify a 20-17 win over Southern Illinois in the second round of the Football Championship …

The 2023 Patriots have landed squarely in the “hot mess” category. The latest indignity for the proud franchise happened several days ago, when its Week 15 game against the Chiefs became the first ever flex out of Monday night. Yes, the Patriots are so bad that the NFL removed a Patrick Mahomes game from prime time. The NFL can flex …

Dec. 3—CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Graham High School’s football team played lights-out defense during Saturday’s VHSL Class 2 state semifinal football game with Radford at Christiansburg High School. Unfortunately for the defending Class 2 state champs, Radford’s swift, swarming and hard-tackling defensive unit did a slightly more thorough job turning the G-Men’s offensive lights out. Defending VHSL Class 2 Player of …

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 …