Technically the college football season is already underway, with a spattering of teams getting an early start last Saturday during the somewhat awkwardly titled Week 0. Week 1 gets an early start with a fair number of Thursday and Friday contests in the books. But this is the first full weekend of the campaign, with multiple games available throughout the …

The Rams still don’t list Kyren Williams as their punt returner on their depth chart, but he will serve in that role this season. The team wants to maximize his talents, getting him the ball more than the 264 times he touched it last season. Williams had only three punt returns and one kick return last season. “Being who I …

NORMAN — Taylor Goodman was excited to go to OU football’s season opener against Temple. Two of his cousins, Cody and Caleb Henderson, are recently out of the military and the trio planned on making it a family event. After the April announcement that the game would be played on Friday, Goodman was even more excited. “I was gonna take off …

Wide receiver Robbie Chosen didn’t make the 49ers and his next bid to get into the lineup will come in more familiar surroundings. The Dolphins announced that they signed Chosen to their practice squad on Thursday. Chosen caught four passes for 126 yards and a touchdown while appearing in nine games for the Dolphins last season. Former Seahawks wideout Dee …

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 04: Andrew Mukuba #1 of the Clemson Tigers tackles Brock Bowers #19 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the second half of the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium on September 04, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) The No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs open the season on Saturday, Aug. 31. …

Last month, pass rusher Shaq Barrett retired, before his first training camp with the Dolphins even started. Earlier today, he didn’t rule out the possibility of returning to the NFL. With one team in particular. In the unlikely event he returns. “I’m not returning anywhere,” Barrett said on the Up & Adams show, via JoeBucsFan.com. “I’m happily retired. But if …

Can you feel it in the air? Football is almost here. Well, in some cases, it has already started, but mostly it has been teases with NFL preseason and some Week 0 action in the college game. Maybe it’s the Detroit Lions being Super Bowl competitors, maybe it’s the new coaches for both Michigan football and Michigan State football, or …

Wide receiver Kadarius Toney’s Chiefs tenure ended with a whimper when he was placed on waivers this week, but the ending isn’t making General Manager Brett Veach think any differently about the decision to bring him to Kansas City. Veach traded third- and sixth-round picks to the Giants for Toney during the 2022 season and watched the wideout appear in …

CHICAGO — Welcome to the 2024 college football season. The transfer portal is closed, preseason camps are over and there soon will be a slight chill in the air. Regional conferences are no more, with the Big Ten having officially expanded from 14 to 18 schools with a footprint that now stretches from coast to coast. To help you prepare …

The Giants brought Jakob Johnson back to the practice squad after releasing him on Tuesday and he’s now back on the active roster. Johnson was signed off the practice squad after the Giants put offensive lineman Austin Schlottmann on injured reserve. Head coach Brian Daboll said that Schlottmann is set to miss an extended period of time. Johnson has played …

(Photo by Darren Abate/Getty Images) As we approach the start of the 2024 college football season, USA TODAY has released its postseason projections, and the Cornhuskers are going bowling. Nebraska is projected to face Georgia Tech in the Pinstripe Bowl. The Pinstripe Bowl will be played on Saturday, December 28, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The Huskers hope this …

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he does not expect to sign Dak Prescott to an extension before the opener, but that does not preclude the team from continuing to negotiate into the season. In the end, though, it’s the quarterback’s decision. He holds all the leverage with no-trade and no-tag clauses. Prescott can choose to hit free agency in March, …

PISCATAWAY – Greg Schiano didn’t hide the fact that Rutgers football was going to be without some key players for its season-opening game against Howard. The Scarlet Knights had a tough training camp. Multiple key players got banged up. The availability report, released two hours before kickoff, reflected that. The Bison might’ve been an FCS opponent. But still, Rutgers was …

In the NFL, mysteries invite speculation. And there’s a true mystery regarding Dolphins receiver Odell Beckham Jr. He signeda $3 million deal with the team and passed the physical, as far as anyone knows. But he then failed to pass his pre-training camp physical, landing on the Physically Unable to Perform list. He participated in some of the team’s offseason …

After spending all week previewing this weekend’s Penn State season opener, it is time to push our chips on the table and show our cards. Our staff has come together once again to share our predictions for every game around the Big Ten this weekend as the college football season formally kicks off for the conference, but now it is …