Entering a Michigan State football season with a wide range of potential outcomes, let’s look at the best- and worst-case scenarios for this coming season. Best-case scenario for MSU’s football season There’s a world where not only are the Spartans a little more capable than outside projections, but they also wind up being just a little bit better than most …

Te’o claims ’emotionally drained’ 49ers aren’t NFC West favorites originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have won the NFC West in three out of the last five NFL seasons, but Manti Te’o predicts there will be a new division champion in 2024. The former NFL linebacker assessed San Francisco’s chances to repeat as NFC West champs Monday …

The 2024 college football season is here. Colorado State opens the season at No. 4 Texas on Saturday, Aug. 31. Here is a look at the official Colorado State depth chart, released by CSU. QUARTERBACK Starter: Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi Backup: Jackson Brousseau RUNNING BACK Starter: Justin Marshall Backup: Kobe Johnson Colorado State football: Strengths and weaknesses of each position group RECEIVER …

With kickoff right around the corner, FOX Sports’ personalities are giving their NFL predictions ahead of the 2024 season.  “First Things First” co-hosts Nick Wright and Chris Broussard started things off by ranking the teams in the AFC and NFC East, including which ones will earn a playoff berth. Check out the list below, along with each of their takes, …

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – NOVEMBER 24: Dalvin Cook #33 of the New York Jets runs onto the field during team entrances before an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium on November 24, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) The Dallas Cowboys are meeting with four-time Pro Bowl running back Dalvin …

Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier on the sidelines late in the game. The annual Florida vs Georgia football game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, October 27, 2023. Georgia walked away with a final score of 43 to 20. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union] In many ways, the 2024 college football season marks the beginning of a new era in …

The 2024 fantasy football regular season is nearly upon us. In a matter of days, millions of people will be done with drafting their teams and ready to begin their pursuit of fantasy glory. If we’re being honest, millions of folks have already done just that. For me, football is my year-round obsession. Not a day goes by that I …

For the first time in the Big Ten championship game era, the conference will not pit a pair of division champions against each other for the conference crown. With the addition of four new members, bringing the total membership up to 18 teams, the Big Ten has done away with the division format and will simply pit the top two …

The Green Bay Packers have a new backup quarterback behind Jordan Love.  The Packers traded a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for Malik Willis, per multiple reports. Willis, a third-round pick by the Titans in 2022, gives the Packers a backup quarterback with NFL game experience. He played in 11 games for the Titans over his …

Patriots’ Drake Maye conundrum underscores early success of Bears’ Caleb Williams plan originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Life with a rookie quarterback is difficult in the NFL, no matter how prepared your coach and roster are to ride the wave. However, an imperfect plan or faulty roster construction can exacerbate the growing pains and even delay or derail a …

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables gathers his team after a University of Oklahoma (OU) Sooners spring football game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, April 20, 2024. The Oklahoma Sooners official roster for the 2024 season is out and there’s another piece to the puzzle joining the team this fall. The Sooners added a late transfer in former …

Why Orlovsky lists 49ers’ Purdy as one of nine elite NFL QBs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are a number of attributes that can be used to define an “elite” NFL quarterback, but one former signal-caller believes 49ers star Brock Purdy falls under that criteria for a very specific reason. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky listed the nine QBs …

. If you’re hoping to give Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney a piece of your mind this season on his weekly radio show, you’ll have to send him an email. The longtime Tigers coach will reportedly lighten the bandwagon and axe live call-ins on his newly revamped “Tiger Sports Hour with Dabo Swinney” radio show. “Fans will able to submit …

Bill Belichick questions Falcons’ approach with Matthew Judon originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Few are more qualified to discuss Matthew Judon’s contract situation than Bill Belichick. After all, the ex-New England Patriots head coach and general manager is the reason Judon enters the 2024 season looking for a new deal. Belichick and the Patriots raised Judon’s guaranteed money from …

Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper’s website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday. There are no restrictions so vote now and vote often. Please do not email your votes. Here are the choices for the week of Aug. 26-30: Juan Arroyo, football, Lindsay: Arroyo had two tackles and three interceptions, including one …