Monthly Archives: March 2024

Memphis football 2024 schedule includes Thanksgiving Day game at Tulane

If you’re a Memphis football fan, your Thanksgiving plans might have just changed. The American Athletic Conference released its 2024 football schedule on Thursday, and Memphis’ contains a unique feature — a Thanksgiving Day game against Tulane in New Orleans to close out the regular season. That would have been a key game for the Tigers regardless of when it …

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Eagles’ big offseason thing: Did they make the right coaching changes?

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks at the one big thing for Philadelphia’s offseason – which will be the 3rd straight year the Eagles have swapped offensive and defensive coordinators. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: It’s time to take a look at one big question facing the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason. And it’s really, did we get it right with the coaching …

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Washington State Cougars announce first football schedule since fracturing of Pac-12

MOBILE, AL – FEBRUARY 02: A general view of a Washington State Cougars helmet during the Reese’s Senior Bowl practice session on February 2, 2002 at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Washington State Cougars released their schedule for the first football season since the fracturing of the Pac-12 Conference on …

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Steelers leave door open for Justin Fields trade as they look for QB competition

Steelers leave door open for Justin Fields trade as they look for QB competition originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago INDIANAPOLIS — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan didn’t divulge about his plan to add quarterback competition alongside Kenny Pickett this offseason. While other general managers and coaches have expanded on the type of signal-caller they will be searching for …

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New Pac-12 commissioner, WSU’s Schulz vow to press forward in murky NCAA straits

Feb. 29—On the day when the official schedule for Washington State’s football team was announced, about the only thing WSU President Kirk Schulz could guarantee about the future for Cougar fans: They get some “terrific” new college towns to visit on Saturdays. Schulz joined newly appointed Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould for a news conference Thursday where they vowed to keep …

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Competition Committee is expected to propose change to grounding rule

Scoring was down in the NFL to 43.5 points per game, and the NFL attributes more backup quarterbacks starting games as one of three reasons for that. The league saw 66 different quarterbacks start for teams this season. One way to protect quarterbacks (and increase scoring) is to change the grounding rules, something the Competition Committee is considering. The league …

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Omar Khan: We think highly of Najee Harris, no call on fifth-year option yet

The biggest question of the Steelers offseason has to do with how they’ll handle the quarterback position and somewhere behind that is what they’ll do regarding their option on running back Najee Harris’ contract for the 2025 season. Picking up the option would set Harris up to make $6.79 million during his fifth NFL season. Harris has posted 3,269 rushing …

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Jordan Schultz reports Bears, Jaylon Johnson ‘inching closer’ to an extension

Jordan Schultz reports Bears, Jaylon Johnson ‘inching closer’ to an extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago One of the major boxes the Bears must check this offseason is bringing back Jaylon Johnson. Recently, NFL insider Jordan Schultz provided new, key insights into where the Bears and Johnson stand in their negotiations for an extension. Remember, those talks stalled during …

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This old rival is now a legend in Steve Spurrier’s eyes

Mark Richt’s name was called the other night, and he haltingly approached the stage. It wasn’t due to the awkwardness of the moment, though it was a little weird. A prominent member of the Georgia and FSU and Miami royal football families was being honored by the Florida Gators? Well, the actual university wasn’t lauding Richt. It was a more …

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