A BYU helmet sits of the sidelines during a game at the LaVell Edwards Stadium field in Provo on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News BYU fans who remember kicker Matt Payne from the early 2000s will recall his linebacker-esque physique and physicality — so, too, will Boise State fans. Turns out, Payne’s son is a …

Sunday’s game will be a new experience for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes & Co. travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills in an AFC Divisional Round game. And in one of the quirkiest facts from this season, it will be the first true “road” playoff game of Mahomes’ seven-year NFL career. Mahomes has an impressive playoff …

Former NFL QB Warner doesn’t understand Purdy criticism originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Since emerging as the 49ers starting quarterback last season, Brock Purdy continues to prove the naysayers wrong. Not with his words, though, but with his play on the field — and he has the stats to back him up. Still, it isn’t enough for some …

Florida football’s recruiting efforts are currently operating at a feverish pitch with the high school contact period wide open. The Gators are hosting their junior day events during this window with an eye on the 2025 class and a good deal of attention being placed on the wide receiver position. Among those who have received offers from Billy Napier and …

Only eight teams are left in the 2024 NFL playoffs with just over three weeks remaining until Super Bowl LVIII. Like every week in the NFL, we’ve got a bevy of injury updates to address with conference championship appearances at stake.  While each remaining team is dealing with injuries, no one has been hit harder than the Buffalo Bills. Head coach …

The Detroit Lions are the only NFC team remaining in the NFL playoff bracket never to have won the Super Bowl. The Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday during the Divisional Round. With a win on Sunday, the Lions will advance to the NFC Championship for the first time since …

The USC Trojans have grabbed a number of players from the Arizona Wildcats in the transfer portal in recent years. Dorian Singer, Christian Roland-Wallace, Kyon Barrs, and other players have made their way from Tucson to Los Angeles. Now, after Jedd Fisch left for Washington, a lot of Arizona players have entered the transfer portal. USC could use a few …

The opportunity to play for the conference championship is on the line when the fourth-seeded Houston Texans visit the No. 1 seed Baltimore Ravens in an AFC Divisional Round showdown on Saturday during the 2024 NFL playoffs. Houston (11-7) lost its previous four Divisional Round contests, including a 20-13 setback at Baltimore in 2011. The Ravens (13-4) haven’t advanced past …

The Detroit Lions and their playoff failures are well known, having only two playoff victories since their last championship in 1957. One of those wins came in the wild-card round last week, as the Lions are one victory away from their first conference championship game since the 1991 season.  Detroit hosts its second playoff game in as many weeks, the …

USATSI The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to make their sixth straight AFC Championship appearance, but an old postseason foe in the Buffalo Bills stand in their way. Sunday marks the first road playoff start Patrick Mahomes will make in his already incredible career, and while Buffalo will produce quite the electric atmosphere, Mahomes has an emerging weapon who could …

The Colorado Buffaloes football program is searching for a new defensive coordinator amid a ton of changes this offseason. The Buffs lost offensive coordinator Sean Lewis, who took San Diego State’s head coaching job, and CU head coach Deion Sanders has seen other assistants depart as well. Charles Kelly, the Buffs’ defensive coordinator in 2023, left for a job at …

The seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers will make their fourth appearance in the divisional round in five years when they visit the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers for an NFC matchup in the 2024 NFL playoffs on Saturday. Green Bay (10-8) missed the postseason in 2022 after reaching the divisional round in head coach Matt LaFleur’s first three campaigns, but returned this …

In Roob’s Observations: The move that doomed the Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Ten Random Eagles Observations while we wait for minor details like … who will the Eagles’ head coach be in 2024? 1. Changing defensive coordinators after the Cowboys game will go down in history as one of the greatest mistakes in franchise history. Think about …

The transfer of quarterback Julian Sayin from Alabama has generated big headlines in college football circles. This is a premium quarterback on the open market, and the top programs are in the hunt. USC could be one of them, but the Trojans appear to be playing catch-up with Ohio State. Roll Tide Wire has more: “On Thursday, Alabama landed a quarterback via …

The 2024 NFL Divisional Round will begin Saturday with a doubleheader featuring the No. 1 seed in each respective conference. The Baltimore Ravens will host the Houston Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET. Then, the San Francisco 49ers will host the Green Bay Packers at 8:15 p.m. ET. All four of those offenses have the potential to be dynamic and the …