ORLANDO — Shaking off a sloppy first quarter in its home debut, UCF nearly smashed a school record Thursday night in demolishing New Hampshire. The Knights rushed for 454 yards, averaging 8.4 per carry, to pull away from the visiting Wildcats in a 57-3 rout. Only once before had UCF (1-0) piled up more yards on the ground in program …

Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa broke his left hand in an Aug. 4 joint practice with the Rams, he said Thursday. He required surgery to repair the fracture. Bosa has been wearing a club on his hand, allowing him to practice, but doesn’t expect to wear it much longer. He has played only 14 games the past two seasons combined, …

College Station is the site for one of the biggest games of Week 1 of the college football season as the 20th-ranked Aggies of Texas A&M host the 9th-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame Saturday Night in front of the 12th Man. Expectations are sky high for both these schools. The Mike Elko Era begins at Texas A&M with the …

Some are saying that, at times, the 49ers can be a little low-key dysfunctional. (I’m not saying it. But some are.) For those who believe that, the team’s handling of the Brandon Aiyuk contract helps bolster their case. Apart from the CeeDee-style failure to set the deadline before the start of training camp (which the 49ers also did last year …

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns — three to Travis Hunter — and Colorado began Year 2 under Deion Sanders by holding off FCS power North Dakota State 31-26 on Thursday night. A 10 1/2-point favorite, the Buffaloes couldn’t shake a pesky Bison team that scored with 2:19 remaining to make things interesting. …

The Cleveland Browns are breaking new ground in just how bad a contract can look, courtesy of, naturally, Deshaun Watson. The mud they dredged up on Thursday: a contract restructure that will see $44.79 million of his cap space this season converted to a signing bonus, giving the team $35.83 million new cap space according to ESPN’s Field Yates. The …

UNC quarterback Max Johnson was injured in the second half of the Tar Heels’ game at Minnesota and was carted off the field after an apparent right leg injury. Johnson, a Texas A&M transfer, was the Tar Heels’ starting quarterback for the season opener and completed 12 of 19 passes for 71 yards with an interception before leaving with 3:06 …

For a while, it seemed like Brandon Aiyuk was going to play for someone other than the San Francisco 49ers this season. We just didn’t know where. But after all the trade speculation and back-and-forth drama, Aiyuk is staying put. Per multiple media reports, the wide receiver will be staying with the 49ers, agreeing to a four-year, $120 million extension …

It’s all surface nonsense, a constant drone of nattering noise that means next to nothing. Unless you’re hanging around Boulder and drafting with the rest of the B-list in tow. Or you’re ESPN cashing the advertising check. This is what we’ve been sold: Deion Sanders is a change agent redefining college football as coach at Colorado. This is reality: there’s …

Source: Aiyuk, 49ers agree to reported four-year, $120M contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After many months of uncertainty, the 49ers and Brandon Aiyuk are sticking together, after all. The 49ers and Aiyuk completed an at-times contentious contract negotiation by agreeing to a new four-year deal, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco. NFL Network’s …

Deion Sanders and Colorado football escaped their season opener with a 31-26 victory over FSC foe North Dakota State on Thursday in Boulder, Colorado. The game ended up coming down to the final drive, as Bison quarterback Cam Miller fired a Hail Mary throw to receiver Tyler Terhark, just 4 yards short of a game-winning touchdown as time expired. However, one …

Ron Rivera, a two-time coach of the year and head coach during Carolina’s Super Bowl season of 2015, is joining NFL Network. Via BarrettSportsMedia.com, the league announced the hire on Thursday. Rivera coached the Panthers from 2011 through 2019 and the Commanders from 2020 through 2023. In November 2020, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of a lymph node. …

Colorado CB/WR Travis Hunter scored three touchdowns in the Buffaloes’ win over North Dakota State on Thursday night. (Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images) Colorado’s stars led the Buffaloes to a win over North Dakota State to open the season on Thursday night. The Buffaloes beat the FCS powerhouse Bison 31-26 as QB Shedeur Sanders threw for 445 yards while CB/WR …

The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle this year. Through two weeks of the preseason, the illegal tactic didn’t happen many times. During a media conference call on Thursday, NFL executive V.P. Jeff Miller said that the league spotted two hip-drop tackles through two weeks of the preseason. He said that the review of game footage from Week 3 of the …

Aug. 29—Since 1908, four years before New Mexico and Arizona were granted statehood, the Boys on the Hill from Albuquerque and their counterparts from Tucson have been bumping heads on the gridiron. The rivalry has always been one-sided (Arizona leads, 44-20-3), and, truthfully, can’t even be called a rivalry anymore. Saturday’s game in Tucson will be the first meeting between …