The state champion Massillon Tigers football team is seeking an offensive line coach. Longtime area coach Jon Mazur resigned after nine years with the Tigers. “I want to thank everyone that has supported me on my football journey,” Mazur wrote on Facebook. “31 total years, 10 as a player and 21 as a coach. I have enjoyed every single second. …
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Joe Flacco’s nine-year gap between playoff starts is second-longest in NFL history
Joe Flacco will start for the Browns in a playoff game against the Texans on Saturday, nine years after he last started a playoff game, on January 10, 2015 for the Ravens. That nine-year gap between playoff starts is the second-longest for any quarterback in NFL history. Only Doug Flutie, who started a playoff game for the Bears on January …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »College Football Playoff bracket, predictions: Early picks as format expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
The four-team College Football Playoff era came to an end Monday night when No. 1 Michigan polished off its undefeated season with a 34-13 win over No. 2 Washington in the College Football Playoff National Championship in Houston. The win bookended the era with Big Ten teams winning national titles; Ohio State won the first edition of the four-team event following the 2014 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Where Clemson ranks in The Athletic’s early college football Top 25 for the 2024-25 season
Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football squad had a decent run in 2023, but both the team and its fans were aiming for something bigger. Closing out the season with a thrilling 38-35 win in the Gator Bowl against Kentucky is a superb way to end, but the final 9-4 record, with a 4-4 standing in the ACC, has left …
Read More »What’s next for Washington as Kalen DeBoer sets new standard for program with College Football Playoff run
Disappointment is high on the flights back to Seattle for a Washington program and fanbase that was along for the ride as a 21-game winning streak put the Huskies on the verge of a national championship. It hurts to see the season end the way it did in a 34-13 loss to Michigan in the College Football Playoff National Championship. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Coaches Poll top 25: Michigan finishes on top, Georgia up to No. 3 in final college football rankings (edited)
USATSI To the surprise of no one, Michigan finished as the unanimous No. 1 team in the final Coaches Poll top 25 of the 2023 season after capturing its first national title in 26 years. But there is a bit of a surprise in the top four, as Georgia leapfrogged the likes of Texas and Alabama to climb three spots …
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