Daily Archives: January 10, 2024

Why Michigan’s national title should haunt (but motivate) Nick Saban’s Alabama

Monday’s national championship game had to sicken the Alabama Crimson Tide. Take it from Terrion Arnold. “Watching this game hurt man,” the Alabama defensive back wrote on social media after Michigan dominated Washington, 34-13. Alabama was a fourth-down, fourth-quarter stop away from winning the Rose Bowl. Michigan converted fourth-and-2, scored the game-tying touchdown and beat the Tide in overtime. Too …

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Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh advocates for unionization while calling on players to receive revenue shares

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh used the platform provided by his team’s national championship victory to advocate for player rights on Tuesday, calling unionization “the next step.” Speaking the morning after his team’s 34-13 College Football Playoff National Championship victory over Washington, Harbaugh made an impassioned case for continued player empowerment. “The thing I would change about college football is to …

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Shedeur Sanders attracts huge crowd at CFP fan fest

Colorado football star quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of Buffs head coach Deion Sanders, has grown into a household name across the country. After Shedeur Sanders’ impressive start to the 2023 season, he was even in the Heisman Trophy Award conversation before taking a step back, mainly due to the poor performance of Colorado’s offensive line. Prior to Michigan beating …

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Alabama ranks No. 5 in final US LBM Coaches Poll

Alabama’s loss to Michigan in the College Football Playoff Rose Bowl semifinal left the Tide short of returning to the top as champions, but the team did accomplish something great this season. Despite early struggles and many analysts, media members and fans calling Alabama done for, the team improved every week and ultimately won the SEC championship and made the …

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Clemson’s Best Games in Four-Team Playoff Era

The clock struck midnight on the four-team College Football Playoff model with the conclusion of Monday’s National Championship Game between No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Washington at Houston’s NRG Stadium. The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams beginning with the 2024 season, although the exact formula for determining the number of automatic bids vs. at-large bids is …

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Penn State in top-6 of No. 20 overall class of 2025 recruit

With the college football season officially over, Penn State can turn their attention towards making necessary upgrades to their roster that will help them compete in the Big Ten and nationally moving forward. Michigan hoisted the trophy and new conference opponent, Washington, was the opponent. Adding four teams from the Pac-12 conference puts that much more importance on landing some …

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Former Desert Vista football standout Brett Johnson wins Courage Award

After the last tackle he made in his second season playing football at California in 2020, former Phoenix Desert Vista defensive lineman Brett Johnson went 1,001 days before playing in another college game. There was a car accident that caused a serious hip injury that forced him to miss the 2021 season. There was the torn ACL during 2022 training …

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Ducks’ Trevor Zegras ‘out for a while’ with lower-body injury

Jan 10, 2024, 02:06 AM ET Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras will “be out for a while,” according to coach Greg Cronin, after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators. The Ducks’ top line left wing was injured just 6:25 into the first period when he and Predators forward …

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A Big 12 look at the post-national championship US LBM Coaches Poll

The final US LBM Coaches Poll of the 2023 college football season was released Tuesday and five 2024 Big 12 teams were ranked in the top 25. Leading the way was No. 11 Arizona, which improved three spots after beating new-No. 15 Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl. The Wildcats, along with Colorado, Arizona State and Utah, will be leaving the …

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