The 2024 college football season will be a season of major changes in the sport. In addition to another round of major conference realignment changes, including the Big Ten adding four teams from the Pac-12, the College Football Playoff will undergo its first expansion of the playoff era by growing from a simple four-team model to a 12-team format. History …

USA Today Instead of possibly leaving Pittsburgh, Mike Tomlin will likely receive a contract extension this offseason. Steelers president Art Rooney II told the Post-Gazette on Thursday that the plan is to extend Tomlin’s contract before the start of the 2024 season.  Tomlin himself alluded to the possibility of receiving a contract extension during Thursday’s season-ending press conference. He added, …

FRISCO, Texas — Just over three hours. That’s how long — 3 hours, 9 minutes to be exact — it took for the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys’ 2023 season to come to end in their 48-32 home loss in Super Wild Card Weekend against the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy informed local media at his end-of-season …

Hugh Freeze’s first season at Auburn ended in disappointment. Auburn finished the season with a 6-7 mark, which included losses to New Mexico State and a bowl loss to Maryland. Since the start of the offseason, Freeze has made several changes to his staff and has welcomed several talented transfers to fill holes on both sides of the football. Will …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter Coming out of 2022, a record-setting extension looked inevitable for the Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence.  He’d established himself as a franchise quarterback, guiding Jacksonville to a surprising five-game winning streak to end the regular season with an AFC South title. He won a playoff game, too. The expectation was that Lawrence’s ascension would continue into 2023, …

Colin Cowherd claims Bears firing Luke Getsy, interviewing Kliff Kingsbury is calculated for Caleb Williams originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears are expected to interview their ninth candidate for the offensive coordinator position, USC quarterbacks coach and former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury. To NFL analyst Colin Cowherd, the Bears interviewing Kingsbury — and firing Luke Getsy …

Football is a young man’s game, they say. And this year’s NFL playoffs are backing that up. Not only does the postseason still include the league’s youngest team in the Green Bay Packers, but it’s also got a rookie quarterback vying to upset the AFC’s No. 1 seed in C.J. Stroud. In celebration of the fresh faces on the scene, …

Miami tight end Cam McCormick will return for a history-making ninth season of college football in 2024, he announced Thursday. McCormick finished this season tied with Northern Illinois’ Kyle Pugh for the longest college football tenure in FBS history. A member of the 2016 recruiting class, he’ll sit alone atop that list next year.  McCormick initially enrolled at Oregon back …

Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider There are three things for absolute certain in Buffalo right now – that there is a monumental game of football to be played this weekend, that the weather is bonkers, and that both of those prior facts are inextricably intertwined. Sunday’s divisional round contest between the hometown Bills and the visiting Kansas City Chiefs is …

For the first time in his career, Patrick Mahomes is going to be hitting the road for a playoff game, and he actually sounds kind of excited about it.  The Chiefs quarterback has played in a total of 15 postseason games throughout his career and the Chiefs have been so good that most of those have been at home. Since …

Miami football tight end Cam McCormick is returning to school. Again. McCormick, who’s entering his second season with the Hurricanes, announced Thursday he’s coming back for his ninth season of college football. He is believed to be the first player to have nine seasons of eligibility, according to multiple reports. McCormick, who referenced 2024 as his “last ride” on social …

Three days removed from a playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills, Mike Tomlin was in considerably better spirits on Thursday. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach opened his season-ending news conference with a smile and an invitation for questions about his contract status. He then told reporters that he’s staying in Pittsburgh and expects to sign an extension to his contract that’s …

Much of the football world — college and pro — have been speculating about Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh will do since the national championship game. Will he stay in Ann Arbor or will he try his hand in the NFL? Harbaugh has interviewed with the Los Angeles Chargers and the Atlanta Falcons this far, while the Wolverines have …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! For everyone hoping that I’d be singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl this year, I have some bad news: The NFL has decided to go in another direction. I’m guessing it’s because they saw me do karaoke once, which led them to quickly realize that I don’t have …

Ironically, the NFL’s best current quarterback rivals were recently teammates not too long ago. In the spring of 2022, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen competed against Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers in The Match, a 12-hole golf competition.  While Rodgers sealed the win with a 12-foot putt on the final hole, he won’t be on the field when Allen and …