The Seahawks failed to qualify for the 2023 NFL playoffs, but that didn’t stop some players from lighting up victory cigars and blasting music in the locker room following a Week 18 win over the Cardinals. While Seattle has since claimed the celebration was in honor of safety Julian Love becoming a new father, veteran leaders Bobby Wagner and Quandre …

USATSI The NFL playoffs are finally upon us.  Even though the game between the Dolphins and Bills isn’t over yet, the NFL decided to release the playoff schedule. Super Wild Card Weekend will kick off on Saturday, Jan. 13 with the Texans hosting the Browns and then it will conclude on Monday with the Eagles traveling to Tampa Bay.  There …

After its come-from-behind victory over Kentucky in the Gator Bowl on December 29, Clemson figured to have some positive momentum going into the offseason. One college football analyst weighed in over the weekend on where he believes the Tigers should be ranked when the far-off 2024 season begins. In his “way too early” rankings for the 2024 season, The Action …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter They have been trying to put a happy face on their problems for more than a month. They’ve insisted that everything isn’t nearly as bad as it seemed. They’ve clung to the hopes that they’d be able to fix everything before their inevitable march to the Super Bowl. Yet now, with the NFL playoffs finally …

Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff swapped teams in January 2021. On Sunday Night Football next week, the quarterbacks will meet in the postseason. Stafford’s Rams and Goff’s Lions will play in the wild-card round in Detroit with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Here is the complete NFL playoff schedule for wild-card weekend: Saturday, Jan. 13 Browns at Texans, …

The Iowa Hawkeyes are bringing back another star from their sensational defense into the 2024 college football season. Scott Dochterman of The Athletic was the first to report the news that Iowa linebacker Nick Jackson is returning to the Hawkeyes next season. David Eickholt of HawkeyeInsider later confirmed the report. Source: LB Nick Jackson has decided to return to Iowa for …

The 2023 NFL regular season is nearly in the books, which means it’s time for the real games to begin. All 14 playoff spots are finalized, and the race toward Super Bowl LVIII and the Lombardi Trophy is about to get underway. Upsets and surprises are all part of the experience, so it’d be foolish to count on just about …

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver George Pickens obviously took joy in the Jaguars’ loss to the Titans in Week 18. The loss knocked the Jaguars from playoff contention while also punching Pittsburgh’s ticket to the postseason.  After the Jaguars’ loss, Pickens shared the Steelers’ tweet that alluded to Jaguars safety Andrew Wingard’s disrespect of the Terrible Towel following Jacksonville’s Week 8 win …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter The Dallas Cowboys celebrated this one, and they deserved to do it. Nobody thought they’d win the NFC East title as recently as two weeks ago. But this is the ninth time they’ve won their division in the last 28 seasons, and the fourth time they’ve done it in Dak Prescott’s nine-year career. They know …

Jan. 7—Another Ohio State football season is in the books. What did we just watch? I asked after the Buckeyes lost at Michigan, and the Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri offered only more questions. Ohio State’s 2023 football season is proving to be harder to evaluate than most because of the postscript that is still being written involving who will …

USATSI The Cowboys didn’t just secure the NFC’s No. 2 playoff seed by beating the Commanders on Sunday. They also ensured the continuation of a historic streak, giving the NFC East a different champion for the 19th straight season. The last time a team won back-to-back division titles in the NFC East came in 2001-2004, when the Eagles won four …

Was Sunday’s 27-10 win over the Philadelphia Eagles Saquon Barkley‘s last as a Giant? Brian Daboll, New York’s second-year head coach, did not reflect on the running back’s 2022 and ’23 NFL seasons after the game. “There’s so much time between now and next season,” Daboll said of Barkley, who ran 18 times for 46 yards and two touchdowns while adding 51 …

Jan. 7—GRAND FORKS — Tommy Schuster will be wearing a different shade of green next season. The former UND quarterback and Michigan native announced Sunday his commitment to Michigan State. The Spartans were 4-8 last season. UND football’s all-time leader in passing yards, completions and touchdown passes, Schuster entered the transfer portal after the 2023 season following more than four …

Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter In his first year as a starting NFL QB, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is headed to the postseason. As if that isn’t impressive enough, he’s leading the youngest team in the league. This has been a tumultuous season in Green Bay — a far cry from what the green and gold are used …

USATSI The Bills travel to Miami to face the Dolphins where the winner will be crowned AFC East champion, but Buffalo punched its ticket to the dance in the AFC before taking the field on Sunday night thanks to the Jaguars loss. Buffalo might have had the most interesting situation of any team entering the final week. They could be …