With Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh outdoing himself as the Wolverines marched to the College Football Playoff national championship, college football head coaches at Bowl Subdivision public schools this season claimed just over $15.5 million in bonuses, according to tracking by USA TODAY Sports based on contracts acquired through open-records requests. In addition, 14 coaches reached goals this season that were set …
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Matthew Stafford vs. Jared Goff in 2024 NFL playoffs: How Lions, Rams QBs have fared, who has the edge
Do you remember where you were on March 18, 2021? You can bet that Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford do. That’s the day the Pro Bowl quarterbacks swapped teams in a blockbuster trade that would go on to rewrite the state and future of two franchises. At the time, and certainly a year after the Rams shipped Goff to the …
Read More »Former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions breaks silence after Wolverines win national title
Although he’s no longer part of the Michigan football team, former staffer Connor Stalions reveled in the Wolverines capping their unbeaten season with a victory in Monday night’s CFP national championship game. The central figure in the sign-stealing scandal that broke midway through the 2023 season resigned his post as an off-field analyst and deactivated his account on the social …
Read More »Like it or not, Nick Sirianni sticking with Matt Patricia
Like it or not, Nick Sirianni sticking with Matt Patricia originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia When the Eagles beat Tampa 25-11 back in September, they held the Bucs to 174 yards of offense, 12 first downs, 41 rushing yards and just one field goal until the middle of the fourth quarter. That was Tampa’s 3rd-fewest points, fewest scrimmage yards, …
Read More »Like it or not, Nick Sirianni sticking with Matt Patricia
Like it or not, Nick Sirianni sticking with Matt Patricia originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia When the Eagles beat Tampa 25-11 back in September, they held the Bucs to 174 yards of offense, 12 first downs, 41 rushing yards and just one field goal until the middle of the fourth quarter. That was Tampa’s 3rd-fewest points, fewest scrimmage yards, …
Read More »Malcolm Ray knew before his official visit that he was going to commit to Rutgers
The commitment of Malcolm Ray over the week while on an official visit was a massive get for Rutgers at a position of need. But the defensive tackle, a standout at Florida State, knew even before the visit that he was going to commit to the Scarlet Knights. Ray has the potential to be a game-changer for Rutgers. This past …
Read More »Chargers request interviews with Dan Quinn, Patrick Graham
A couple of defensive coordinators have landed on the list of candidates for the Chargers head coaching job. According to multiple reports, the Chargers have requested interviews with Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham. The Chargers fired head coach Brandon Staley and General Manager Tom Telesco during the regular season. Quinn has been a popular …
Read More »Cardinals’ Week 18 offensive snap counts and observations vs. Seahawks
In the Arizona Cardinals’ 21-20 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 18 to close out the season, the offense was on the field for 70 snaps. Four players played every single one of them. How was the playing time divided up? Below are the individual snap counts for everyone who got into the game on offense, grouped by positions. …
Read More »Soccer players revitalizing the NFL kicking game
It was Brandon Aubrey’s wife Jenn who first realized her husband might have been playing the wrong sport. Two years after being selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, and a year after retiring from soccer without appearing in an MLS match, the Aubreys were watching an NFL game on TV when a kicker set up for a …
Read More »Michigan outdoes Washington, defiantly caps off perfect season
This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer The 2023 college football season is officially in the books, as Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines football team pounded the Washington Huskies 34-13 on Monday night in Houston, securing a perfect season and the program’s first national championship since 1997. Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s …
Read More »What happened this year can’t happen again
Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson posted 95 catches for 1,042 yards while playing with four different starting quarterbacks this season, but don’t tell him that he did a good job of turning lemons into lemonade. Wilson told reporters on Monday that the 2023 season was “the worst year of my life” and that “football hasn’t been this hard” at any …
Read More »USC offers four-star tight end and 2025 Oregon commit
USC has offered four-star tight end DaSaahn Brame from the 2025 class. The Derby, Kansas, native stands at 6-6 and 235 pounds. He originally picked from a group of schools which included Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Oklahoma, Michigan, Kansas State and Texas A&M, but he ultimately picked the Oregon Ducks. Brame is listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index …
Read More »Ranking C.J. Stroud’s 2023 among best rookie QB seasons since 2010: Where Texans star fits after huge season
En route to winning the AFC South, C.J. Stroud was one of nine quarterbacks to eclipse 4,000 yards passing, did so with the third-best yards-per-attempt average a 8.2 and tossed 23 interceptions to just five picks. Quite easily, he just completed one of the finest rookie quarterback seasons we’ve ever seen. Where does his rookie season rank among the best …
Read More »After more than 300 yards rushing, Michigan football linemen reign supreme
HOUSTON — Drake Nugent remembers almost feeling guilty when he arrived in Ann Arbor last spring. Michigan football had won back-to-back Big Ten championships and reached the the College Football Playoff twice, yet here he was, injured and trying to join the mix after winning just three games at Stanford the year before. “I was kind of reaping the benefits …
Read More »Michigan wins the national championship
The Michigan Wolverines were on a mission all season long, and they found a way to accomplish their goal on Monday night. In a year where the head coach was suspended for three games on two separate occasions, Michigan claimed its first national championship since 1997 with a 34-14 victory over Washington on Monday night in the College Football Playoff …
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