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If you’re unhappy about USC football playing an 8 p.m. game in Los Angeles against Utah State on Sept. 7, you might not be alone in that regard. However, being unhappy should not mean that you should be surprised. You had to know this was coming, right? The Big Ten and Fox wanted this chance to put games on in …

The 2024 NFL season isn’t far off, and there might not be a more intriguing division to watch than the NFC North. The reigning champion Detroit Lions are fresh off their best season in decades, coming within one win of a historic Super Bowl appearance. The Green Bay Packers are looking to build off their own playoff promise. And both …

2025 four-star safety prospect Lagonza Hayward set his commitment date. Hayward will announce his commitment on Aug. 7, he told On3. Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia and USC are finalists in his recruitment. Hayward will make four official visits during June after visiting Georgia on May 31. He will visit USC this weekend, Florida on June 14 and Tennessee on …

Tennessee football head coach Josh Heupel and three former Vols are on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Heupel, Willie Gault, Larry Seivers and John Henderson are on the ballot, released Monday by the National Football Foundation. Heupel is appearing on the ballot for a fifth consecutive year. As a quarterback for Oklahoma, he was a first-team consensus …

Are some people still trying to process the fact that USC and the Pac-12 couldn’t make things work out? Is it still sad that the Pac-12, a conference we all grew up with out here in the West, couldn’t survive? Yes. The answer is yes. This is still something that will take some getting used to. However, the fact that …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter Months before the NFL Draft, Xavier Worthy’s mother, Nicky Jones, taught him how meditation, affirmation and manifestation could change his life. He didn’t quite buy in — until recently. He wanted to be drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. That’s when Worthy started the affirmation and manifestation in earnest, trying to will the match into …

The 2024 NFL offseason saw plenty of big names swap places at the most important spots: coach and quarterback. In fact, 12 different teams — almost 40% of the league — are set to open the new season with a new pairing there. So which new duo is most promising? We’re ranking all 12 as the summer draws near. A …

Wisconsin football class of 2025 running back target Javin Gordon announced his commitment to Duke on Monday. Gordon became the fourth Wisconsin class of 2025 target to commit elsewhere over the weekend, joining three-star WR Vernon Allen III, three-star iOL N’Kye Wynn and three-star LB Elliot Schaper. Allen and Wynn chose Rutgers while Schaper, like Gordon, committed to Duke. The …

Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Travis Hunter (12) during a spring game event at Folsom Field on April 27, 2024, in Boulder. Colorado football had one of the worst defenses in all of college football last season. No, seriously. The Buffaloes allowed 34.8 points per game, which ranked 121st among FBS teams, worse than schools like Louisiana Tech, Tulsa and Kent State. …

Top Eagles storylines heading into 2024 mandatory minicamp originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have completed the voluntary portion of their offseason program and will kick off their three-day mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. This minicamp, which runs through Thursday, will be the first mandatory minicamp in Nick Sirianni’s four-year run as head coach of the Eagles. After a …

Not every national talking head is pessimistic about the Colorado Buffaloes taking a great leap forward in 2024. Speaking on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt admitted that Colorado competing for a spot in next season’s Big 12 Championship Game isn’t “out of the realm of possibility.” Klatt, who started at quarterback for Colorado …

Former Wisconsin star running back Montee Ball earned a spot on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot on Monday, per an announcement from the National Football Foundation. Over his three-year career in Madison, Ball was a two-time All-American and the 2011 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year. The Wentzville, Missouri native totaled a staggering 4,749 yards, 73 …

For Raedyn Bruens, his weekend commitment to Rutgers football was based on the feeling of home he felt on his official visit. It made for a natural selection for Bruens, who established himself as a top recruit out of Florida coming into his weekend trip to New Jersey. Bruens held offers from Colorado, Miami, USF, Tulane and West Virginia at the …

The Penn State football defense was the best in the nation last year at tackling opponents behind the line of scrimmage. The Nittany Lions led the FBS in sacks. They led the country in tackles for loss. They even were No. 1 in stopping the run. But they can be better. And they probably should be in the fast-approaching 2024 …