Though No. 1 Michigan entered the game as a slight favorite over No. 4 Alabama, the Crimson Tide reached the end zone first after a Wolverines miscue and some creativity on the Tide’s part. After holding Michigan’s offense to only three plays on the opening drive of the game, Alabama also went three-and-out. However, the Wolverines muffed the Alabama punt …
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Packers sign Bo Melton to active roster
Packers wide receiver Bo Melton played a starring role in Sunday’s win over the Vikings and he’ll be back with the team for Week 18. Melton was signed to the active roster off of the practice squad on Monday. Melton played on Sunday night as a temporary elevation and caught six passes for 105 yards and a touchdown in the …
Read More »How to watch Alabama vs. Michigan: TV channel, live stream, Rose Bowl odds, College Football Playoff game
The two winningest programs in college football go head-to-head on Monday in a showdown so massive that only the sport’s most iconic setting could play host. No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama will meet up in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day with the right to move on to the College Football Playoff National Championship on the line. What more can you …
Read More »Richard Sherman says he would not give Lamar Jackson the MVP after five-touchdown performance vs. Dolphins
Getty Images Lamar Jackson put an exclamation point on his MVP chances over the weekend. The Ravens quarterback clinched Baltimore the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a dominant win over the Miami Dolphins where he threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns. That performance now has him as the runaway favorite for the award, but there’s a least …
Read More »Vols shut out Iowa in Citrus Bowl
No. 23 Tennessee (9-4, 4-4 SEC) defeated No. 17 Iowa (10-4, 7-2 Big Ten), 35-0, Monday in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Vols led, 14-0, at halftime as freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava, made his first career start. He scored two touchdown runs during the second quarter. Iamaleava also had a 2-ysrd touchdown run …
Read More »LA Rams waive struggling Lucas Havrisik
The playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams will have their third new kicker of the season for their regular-season finale after they waived struggling Lucas Havrisik on Monday. Havrisik missed two extra point attempts in the Rams’ 26-25 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. He missed five field goals and three extra points in nine games with Los Angeles, which …
Read More »Rams make change at kicker one week before playoffs: L.A. brings back Brett Maher after waving Lucas Havrisik
USATSI On Monday, the Los Angeles Rams announced that they waived kicker Lucas Havrisik. The 24-year-old was 15 of 20 on field goals and 19 of 22 on extra points this season before the team let him go. His longest field goal was from 52 yards. For a moment, the Rams — who clinched a playoff spot with their Week …
Read More »NFL playoff scenarios for Week 18 of the 2023 season
With 16 games to go in the 2023 regular season, there’s still plenty to be sorted out in the NFL playoff picture. Here’s what every team still in contention needs to do this weekend to earn a division title or a wild card berth: AFC CLINCHED: Baltimore Ravens (13-3) – AFC North division title, No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye …
Read More »Nico Show opens to rave reviews for Tennessee football. He was as good as billed vs Iowa.
Individual players don’t usually transcend college football games, especially at a place where winning and losing matters as much as it does at Tennessee. But the Citrus Bowl will be remembered as the Nico Bowl. Monday’s bowl matchup with Iowa merely marked the end of the 2023 season. The starting debut of UT five-star freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava was about …
Read More »NFL Week 18 early odds: Vegas expects Bills, Jaguars to lock up divisions, Packers to secure wild-card spot
The end of the 2023 NFL regular season has arrived. With seventeen weeks of action in the books, all that remains is the Week 18 slate where there are still several intriguing matchups that can shake up the playoff picture before it’s officially locked in next Sunday. Of course, the last week of the season can also be tricky to …
Read More »How Steelers’ Mason Rudolph has been integral to offensive transformation, kept Pittsburgh in playoff race
Akin to what’s transpired with their orange-and-brown-clad rivals to the west in Cleveland, the Steelers’ former third-string quarterback has given the offense a shocking boost of efficiency with the playoffs on the line. In two starts, Mason Rudolph is 35 of 51 (68.1%) for 564 yards — that’s an enormous 11 yards per attempt — with two touchdowns and no …
Read More »LSU star WR Malik Nabers sets program record for all-time receiving yards in ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Wisconsin
USATSI LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers set the program record for receiving yards in the first quarter of the Tigers’ 35-31 win over Wisconsin in the Reliaquest Bowl on Monday after catching an 11-yard pass over the middle from quarterback Garrett Nussmeier. The catch put him at 3,004 career yards, breaking the record of 3,001 set by Josh Reed from …
Read More »LOOK: Mom of Rams’ Kyren Williams fights off Giants fan to secure touchdown ball from her son
Getty Images The Los Angeles Rams’ 26-25 Week 17 victory over the New York Giants, which eventually clinched them a playoff spot, was a narrow and hard-fought one as visiting Los Angeles withstood the challenge of the inhabitants of the Meadowlands. And a microcosm of that took place in the grandstands, as the mother of Rams running back Kyren Williams …
Read More »QB Jarrett Stidham to start in Broncos finale, HC Sean Payton announces
Jarrett Stidham was given the ball on Sunday to give the Denver Broncos “a spark” on offense. Head coach Sean Payton revealed the team was benching Russell Wilson and elevating Stidham on Wednesday. The Broncos were 6-5 entering December, went 1-3 until Wilson and were eliminated from the playoffs. With nothing to lose and a porous Los Angeles Chargers defense …
Read More »Here’s how No. 13 LSU rallied to beat Wisconsin without Heisman winner in Reliaquest Bowl
TAMPA — Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels was missing, but it didn’t stop LSU from having its quarterbiack provide heroics to win a big game. Game MVP Garrett Nussmeier led an eight-play, 98-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter to rally No. 13 LSU past unranked Wisconsin, 35-31, on Monday in the 2024 Reliaquest Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. Nussmeier …
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