LINCOLN, Neb. – Searching for positive things to say after his team suffered a 28-10 loss here at Nebraska, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders came up with this: His team won the second half, 10-0. “I’m just excited,” Sanders said after the game. “I mean, you gotta understand when you’re in a situation like this, you gotta find something to …

Tyron Billy-Johnson #13 and the Dallas Cowboys play their season opener against the Cleveland Browns this Sunday. (Sam Hodde/Getty Images) The 2024 NFL season has finally arrived. This afternoon, the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns play their season opener, kicking off at 4:25 p.m. ET on FOX. It’s not just the Cowboys and Browns season debut, though! Tom Brady will …

Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, right, celebrates a first quarter touchdown against Boise State at Autzen Stadium in Eugene Sept. 7, 2024. For the second week in a row, Oregon’s coach and players were being asked Saturday night to explain themselves after an error-prone performance. “We didn’t play our best,” wide receiver Tez Johnson said. “We had a lot of mistakes …

The Tennessee Titans will play the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday (Quinn Harris/Getty Images) The Chicago Bears will host the Tennessee Titans at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sunday afternoon for their first game of the 2024 season. This is the Titans first time playing the Bears in a season opener and they’re sending in second-year quarterback Will …

Could college football see a new No. 1-ranked team in Week 3? Georgia has done nothing to lose its No. 1 position in either the US LBM Coaches Poll or AP Top 25, crushing Tennessee Tech 48-3 on Saturday. But Texas’ dominant win over No. 9 Michigan on Saturday could have some voters rethinking their top 25. The Longhorns, ranked …

The Miami Dolphins will host the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday afternoon (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images) The Miami Dolphins will host the Jacksonville Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Sunday afternoon for their first game of the 2024 season. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will play for Miami, while Trevor Lawrence, who was recently named co-captain for the season, will start …

NORMAN — Seth Littrell would be the first to tell you OU’s offense didn’t play well on Saturday night. The Sooners’ offensive coordinator, fresh off his team’s frustrating performance, stood at the lectern postgame and answered every question, taking ownership of the program’s worst offensive performance since their 2022 blowout loss in the Red River Rivalry. While he largely strayed …

Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Atlanta Falcons during week 1 of the NFL season, here’s how to watch (Joe Sargent/Getty Images) With quarterback Russell Wilson’s ability to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in doubt, the job might end up going to the Steelers’ other newcomer, Justin Fields, when the team plays the Atlanta Falcons …

Year 4 of the college football report card got off to a rousing start last week with promises of shenanigans and tomfoolery throughout the year. The same goes for grading from last season: High marks will only be given to the spectacular, and failing grades have no chance of being reversed. MORE: College football winners and losers for Week 2 …

Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey is likely to play today against the Jaguars, but perhaps not as much as usual. Ramsey will attempt to play but will not be full-go and may play a limited number of snaps, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Officially, Ramsey is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. The Dolphins just signed Ramsey to …

As long as Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman works in college football, he’s going to be fighting one of the most insidious stereotypes in sports. No, not because he’s one of the few Black head coaches at the Bowl Subdivision level. Not because he’s leading one of the game’s blue bloods at just 38 years old. And not because he’s …

LEXINGTON — Five minutes after Kirby Smart’s meeting with Brock Vandagriff ended, a conversation in which the latter informed the former he would depart Georgia football and enter the transfer portal, Greg Vandagriff’s phone rang. “Kirby called me and said, ‘I don’t know if I’ve ever coached a finer kid in my life than your son,'” the elder Vandagriff, Brock’s father, …

LEXINGTON — In one of the ugliest performances of the Mark Stoops era, the Kentucky Wildcats suffered a 31-6 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday at Kroger Field. UK dropped to 1-1 on the season, 0-1 in SEC play and 1-3 against South Carolina since Shane Beamer took over as the program’s head coach ahead of the 2021 …

Penn State may not have turned in the kind of overall showing you would have liked to see against Bowling Green in Week 2, but expect the Nittany Lions to be moving up in the updated national rankings when the polls are updated on Sunday. Penn State will be likely to move up thanks to some help from a major …

Utah State quarterback Bryson Barnes, right, is hit by Southern California safety Kamari Ramsey as he tries to pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Los Angeles. The ball went out of bounds on the play. | Mark J. Terrill There is no sugarcoating it, Utah State was thoroughly dominated by …