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 …
Read More »Monthly Archives: December 2023
Projections, live updates from selection day
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 …
Read More »Mission Oak wins state regional football championship
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 …
Read More »NFL fined only nine players in Week 12, by far the fewest in any week this season
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 …
Read More »Experts share their College Football Playoff projections
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 …
Read More »Philadelphia Eagles host new rivals San Francisco 49ers in NFC Championship rematch
This embedded content is not available in your region. NFL 2023 regular season Dates: 7 September 2023 – 7 January 2024 BBC coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website every Sunday, with San Francisco 49ers v Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday (from 21:00 GMT) It’s a heavyweight match-up that has been mentioned …
Read More »Waverly tops 500 yards, earns first state title in football
Led by a quarterback who will go down as one of the most prolific passers in New York history and spearheaded by a group that continuously answered the call Saturday night, one of Section 4’s top football programs now has a state title to add to its trophy case. Waverly joined the sizable list of Section 4 state champions with …
Read More »Tallahassee rallies behind FSU and FAMU football as duo clinches conference titles
Jalen Goss offers a unique perspective on the winning football cultures at Florida State and Florida A&M. He recognizes shared values between the two programs. “Having a buy-in in all parts of the program is the first step to build a championship,” said Goss an offensive lineman and graduate student who transferred to FAMU from FSU last season. “As players, …
Read More »Whitner, Brooks believe 49ers-Eagles winner takes Super Bowl
Whitner, Brooks believe 49ers-Eagles winner takes Super Bowl originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles arguably are the two best teams in the NFL. San Francisco and Philadelphia are decorated with All-Pros who are led by two of the best coaches. Both teams once again have strong regular-season records and after facing off in the …
Read More »College Football Playoff expert picks: Will Texas be No. 3? Should Alabama get in over Florida State?
The final College Football Playoff Rankings will be released Sunday, setting the stage for the playoff itself as well as the New Year’s Six bowls. At least one team will fight for its first national championship of the playoff era, and the decisions made Sunday by the CFP Selection Committee will not only determine which teams get to compete for …
Read More »ESPN has a new No. 1 in college football power rankings after Championship Week
After being basically a runner-up or worse for the entire 2023 college football season, something had to give for the Michigan Wolverines. The maize and blue at No. 3 beat No. 2 Ohio State and still only moved up one spot in the College Football Playoff rankings and stayed at No. 2 in the ESPN power rankings. But then Saturday …
Read More »Things you might not have known about Michigan football’s Big Ten Championship win
INDIANAPOLIS– Michigan football pitched its second shutout of the year, this time in the Big Ten Championship Game against No. 16 Iowa. The Wolverines stymied the already abysmal Hawkeye offense while struggling to put together drives against the stingy Iowa defense. Still. the maize and blue prevailed, 26-0, to win their third straight Big Ten Championship in as many years. …
Read More »No. 2 Michigan beats No. 18 Iowa 26-0 for Big Ten title, likely to claim top playoff seed
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh celebrated his return to the sideline Saturday by hugging players and evasively running to avoid a Gatorade bath. Blake Corum and J.J. McCarthy were already reflecting on bigger goals. And when the confetti came streaming down over the Wolverines, they made sure everyone knew they were no longer the nation’s second-best team. Corum scored …
Read More »ESPN Playoff Predictor projects the four teams in the CFP based on results Saturday
Well, it’s going to be a very interesting Sunday when the College Football Playoff committee unveils the four teams that will be a part of the journey to a national championship. Why? Because it’s the most chaos we’ve seen since the start of the playoff and there’s going to be some legitimate concerns and some very reasonable arguments against at …
Read More »Everything Kirk Ferentz said about Michigan football after the Big Ten Championship Game
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan football played against a tough Iowa team in the Big Ten Championship and ran into all sorts of problems. Namely, it couldn’t run the ball. Still, the Wolverines emerged victorious thanks to a stellar defensive performance which saw the maize and blue net three turnovers. The offense struggled after the first few possessions, yet Michigan managed to beat …
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