No more over/unders for me! My against the spread picks were great last week but the totals crashed. Such is life late in the season. Especially this year when we’ve got so many backup quarterbacks playing.  It’s wild just how many backups have been in play this year — roughly 75% of the NFL has been forced to play a …

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is ending the year as possibly the most followed and famous college coach in America in 2023, as judged by all the attention he got from his games, commercials, social media accounts, magazine covers and documentary series on Amazon Prime Video. But even Sanders just wants to be alone sometimes, away from all of those …

Quarterback Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions visit the Minnesota Vikings this Christmas Eve. (Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Happy holidays! In Week 16 of the 2023 NFL season, we’re getting 10 Christmas Eve games, including this afternoon’s can’t-miss matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions (10-4) are currently favored to win over the Vikings (7-7). …

Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck, who recently announced that he would be returning for the 2024 college football season, has signed a big name, image and likeness deal. Beck’s most recent name, image and likeness deal is with Associated Credit Union (ACU). Beck’s return for his senior season provides a big boost to the Georgia offense. The Bulldogs got outstanding …

The Seahawks are getting quarterback Geno Smith back for Sunday’s game against the Titans and it looks like they will have running back Kenneth Walker III in the backfield with him. Walker missed two days of practice this week with a shoulder injury before returning to take part in Friday’s practice. He was tagged as questionable on the team’s final …

Saturday’s matchup between Georgia State and Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl features two teams hoping to finish the season over .500 and head into the offseason on a high note. Georgia State seemed poised to make a run at the Sun Belt title after winning six of its first seven games. However, what seemed like a dream season came to screeching …

During the early signing period, Gabriel Winowich signed with Rutgers football, giving the Big Ten program a versatile and talented athlete with strong measurables. The former Notre Dame prospect signed with the Scarlet Knights after receiving offers from Marshall and Maryland. The Lawrenceville, New Jersey native recorded 1,161 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging 10.1 yards per catch for the …

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is not ready to say who his starting quarterback will be next week against the Seahawks. After Mason Rudolph led the Steelers to a win over the Bengals on Saturday, Tomlin got this question from a reporter: “I guess this is early to ask, but will you be sticking with Mason in Seattle?” Tomlin answered: “You’re …

CHOCTAW — Night had fallen over Bill Jensen Field as an introspective visitor sat on the turf in solitude. With a major decision looming, Choctaw edge rusher Will Smith needed a quiet space for thinking. So, at about 9:30 on an autumn evening, the high school senior found solace in a familiar locale: his hometown football stadium. He ruminated on …

Samadrae Hawkins FLORIDA TODAY Defensive Football Player of the Year In a year when there were several defensive stars around Brevard County, including a few at Cocoa High, one graduating state champion stood out. Samadrae Hawkins was again everywhere for the Tigers, and, just like last year, his production rose in the biggest games. In a repeat of last season, …

Baker Mayfield’s football life was touch and go heading into the season. The former No. 1 overall pick had left Cleveland, got benched in Carolina and had some pep in his step from a brief Rams tenure. When he signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Buccaneers in March to succeed Tom Brady, it was make or break. Right …

Michigan football standouts Will Johnson and Semaj Morgan both stopped short of pinching themselves last Sunday afternoon, but it wouldn’t have been a surprise if they’d needed to. With Christmas lights strung around their necks and Johnson’s branded signature “turnover Buffs” resting on the bridge of their noses, U-M’s underclassman duo posed for pictures and signed autographs for fans at …

The Pensacola area continued to make plenty of noise in the final season of the Metro/Suburban era. For the third-straight year, a local team put the plays and pieces together to make a state push. Following in the footsteps of Pine Forest in 2021 and Northview in 2022, Pensacola Catholic ended a 13-year drought by capturing the Region 1-2S title. (Top left …

To round out the fall sports season, it’s time to recognize the most explosive offensive players from Volusia-Flagler’s 16 high school football teams. These are the athletes that light up the scoreboard every Friday night, after creating many sleepless hours for those trying to game-plan against them — quarterbacks with rocket arms and game-breaking speed, running backs that are almost …

The Bills are in a fight for their playoff lives, and on Saturday night they played a Chargers team that just fired its coach after an ugly loss. It should have been an easy win. Instead, the Bills needed a last-minute field goal to escape 24-22. But Bills quarterback Josh Allen says however they do it, they just need to …