USC has been getting after it on the recruiting trail this winter. Offering top commits is just the start. The Trojans have offered defensive lineman Brandon Brown, a 2025 Texas Longhorn commit. The 6-1, 285-pound defensive tackle from Melbourne (Florida) Eau Gallie High School committed to Texas over 40 other offers, including Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, …

The NFL postseason is down to the final four teams, and while the remaining field includes three that were expected to be here — the San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs — the third-seeded Detroit Lions, who will play in their first conference championship game since 1991, have also joined the party.  Given the four teams involved …

Only one round of playoff football stands between the NFL’s final four contenders and a trip to Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Two of the league’s top underdog stories at quarterbacks, meanwhile, will go head to head in the NFC Championship, with Brock Purdy and Jared Goff guiding the 49ers and Lions, respectively. How did the …

OXFORD — Lane Kiffin is set to hire Illinois’ George McDonald as Ole Miss football’s new wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator, according to multiple reports. McDonald will replace Derrick Nix, a longtime Ole Miss assistant who was recently named offensive coordinator at Auburn for Hugh Freeze. McDonald has been a Division I assistant since 2001, pausing for two …

The 2024 NFC Championship Game features an intriguing matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions on Sunday. San Francisco topped the NFC and earned a bye in the 2024 NFL playoffs, but looked rusty when they grinded to a 24-21 win against the Green Bay Packers last week. Meanwhile, Detroit is on a historic run after winning its …

PHILADELPHIA — The path Andy Reid and John Harbaugh crossed was unique in NFL coaching circles. Jack Harbaugh was the lone connection between the two when they first met, through significantly different circumstances.  Four decades ago, Jack Harbaugh was a college football coach who knew Reid from his days at BYU as a graduate assistant. Reid met Jack through former …

Jackson State football’s co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Jason Onyebuagu announced Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he has accepted an O-line coaching job at the Sun Belt Conference’s South Alabama football team. X has a profile picture of South Alabama Jaguars under his name. Onyebuagu will join Major Applewhite, who was hired Jan. 18 as South …

Anyone used to playing NFL DFS contests likely pays close attention to opposing defenses before setting their lineups. Ahead of the 2024 AFC Championship and 2024 NFC Championship on Sunday, one defense stands out, the Detroit Lions. While they are stout against the run and have allowed the fewest Fantasy points to running backs, they are soft versus the pass …

Getty Images The Chicago Bears have found a familiar face when it comes to their new defensive coordinator. The team has hired Eric Washington, a former Bears assistant who most recently served as the Buffalo Bills’ defensive line coach, according to CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones.  Washington, 54, broke into the NFL coaching ranks with the Bears in …

Getty Images There may be over 2,420 miles between Ford Field and Levi’s Stadium, but Jared Goff still anticipates to see scores of Detroit Lions fans in the stands for Sunday’s NFC championship game.  To say that Goff has been embraced by Detroit would be a massive understatement. They chanted the quarterback’s name during a recent Red Wings game, and Goff expects …

Deebo ready to bring ‘juice’ to 49ers’ NFC title game vs. Lions originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Deebo Samuel will be on the field Sunday when the 49ers host the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game, and that’s just as much a relief for the Faithful as it is for the All-Pro receiver. Shortly after Samuel sustained …

The Jim Harbaugh era is over at Michigan. Welcome, Sherrone Moore. The school announced Friday night that the offensive coordinator who filled in for Harbaugh for the final three games of the eventual national championship-winning season would take over the program full-time. Moore put together an impressive stretch while leading the Wolverines on the field, beating Penn State and Maryland …

It’s down to the last two in the NFC, with the title game featuring the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers.  The Lions are 7-point underdogs at Levi’s Stadium, and you can catch all the action on FOX and the FOX Sports app.  Of the four remaining teams, Detroit has the longest odds to take home the Lombardi at …

The 2024 NFL playoffs continue on Sunday, starting with the Ravens vs. Chiefs at 3 p.m. ET on CBS. Baltimore cruised to a 34-10 win over Houston last weekend, building on a dominant regular season. Kansas City has been the top team in the AFC for years, but the Ravens are four-point favorites in the latest Championship Round NFL odds …

NFL Conference Championship Sunday means plenty of players for anyone making NFL props to analyze. The Chiefs vs. Ravens 2024 AFC Championship Game at 3 p.m. ET features Baltimore quarterback and 2019 league MVP Lamar Jackson against 2018 and 2022 MVP Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs. The over/under for passing yards for Mahomes, also a two-time Super Bowl MVP, is 242.5 …