Week 4 kicked off Thursday night with the Dallas Cowboys continuing their dominance over the New York Giants with a 20-15 win. As we approach Sunday, there are a number of players whose status remains up in the air for their team’s next game. Jordan Love, DeVonta Smith, and A.J. Brown are among those we we may or may not …
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WATCH: Ohio State football drops Michigan State trailer
Sept. 21, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; The Ohio State Buckeyes do “quick cals” before an NCAA Division I football game against the Marshall University Thundering Herd at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. It’s time for another step of a 2024 journey the Ohio State football team hopes ends in a lot of confetti and trophies. So far, the Buckeyes have looked …
Read More »Brian Daboll: Daniel Jones played well, we couldn’t get our run game going
Despite the Giants putting only 15 points on the board, coach Brian Daboll praised quarterback Daniel Jones after Thursday night’s loss to the Cowboys. “I thought the quarterback played well, made a lot of good decisions, throws. We couldn’t get our run game going,” Daboll said. “We kind of controlled the game in the passing game but we didn’t do …
Read More »How Hurricane Helene is impacting Stanford’s arrival to South Carolina ahead of Clemson game
CLEMSON — Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday, and it has altered Stanford’s travel plans ahead of its game against Clemson football. Stanford was set to depart from San Jose Mineta International Airport in California around 4:15 p.m. ET on Thursday and arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport around 9 p.m. However, their flight was …
Read More »Amani Oruwariye: I knew Giants would target me
The Cowboys started Thursday night’s game against the Giants with Andrew Booth at cornerback across from Trevon Diggs, but they opted to make a change at halftime. With Da’Ron Bland and Caelen Carson sidelined by injuries, their option was practice squad elevation Amani Oruwariye. The ball has a way of finding such players in games and the Giants went in …
Read More »Lytle: Pac-12 rebuild has been wobbling. What to know and what could be next
Colorado State is set to join a rebuilt Pac-12 in 2026. What exactly that league will look like is still uncertain. The new Pac-12 is currently losing the PR game. It does not mean the Pac-12 rebuild will end up a failure. Both statements are true. It’s been a wild week, but this is a long play. Here’s what to …
Read More »George Kittle “feeling fantastic” after return to practice
49ers tight end George Kittle returned to the practice field this week and he sounds like he’ll be back in the lineup this Sunday. Kittle said he “just wasn’t feeling right” after practice last Wednesday and then missed the next two practices after an MRI showed a Grade 1 hamstring strain. He missed the team’s loss to the Rams last …
Read More »Where is ESPN’s College GameDay in Week 5 of the 2024 season? Here’s the answer.
Lee Corso gives the thumbs up after picking Ohio State to win while, from left, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Archie Griffin, and Kirk Herbstreit sit on the set of ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from the campus of Ohio State prior to the NCAA football game against the Michigan State Spartans in Columbus on Nov. 21, 2015. (Adam Cairns / The …
Read More »CeeDee Lamb: Thursday night was good for us, one we needed
Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was in a much different place on Thursday nigh than he when the Cowboys were playing the Ravens last Sunday. Lamb blew up on the sideline during the loss to Baltimore and wore all the frustrations of a second straight loss on his face when cameras found him on the sideline. Lamb apologized for not …
Read More »Carter Shaw never got to play for his dad at Stanford, only impress him at UCLA
UCLA wide receiver Carter Shaw runs with the ball during a win over Hawaii in August. (Darryl Oumi / Getty Images) Lingering on the field after the game ended, everything that just unfolded swirling in his head, UCLA wide receiver Carter Shaw received instant analysis from a football savant and one of the top coaches in Pac-12 history. You know, …
Read More »As Justin Herbert mends and Chiefs game looms, Taylor Heinicke wins over the Chargers
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh started with quarterbacks Easton Stick (2) and Justin Herbert at cut-down day before adding Taylor Heinicke. (Ryan Sun / Associated Press) Taylor Heinicke is not supposed to be in the spotlight like this. The backup quarterback stood in front of his locker that was full of freshly laundered sweatshirts and spoke to a group of reporters …
Read More »Georgia-Alabama just means less? With playoff expansion, college football faces new outlook
No. 1 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama have met six times since 2018 but just once in the regular season, an Alabama win in 2020. The Crimson Tide would take home the national championship that season and Georgia the ensuing pair, with the Bulldogs’ only loss during that two-year span coming to, yes, Alabama. Separated by divisions throughout this span, …
Read More »Some Bears fans will be rooting for Rams rookie Braden Fiske
Rams defensive lineman Braden Fiske will have some Bears fans rooting for him Sunday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Braden Fiske remembers the Chicago Bears’ last trip to the Super Bowl. Fiske, a Rams rookie defensive lineman, grew up in Michigan City, Ind., about an hour by car from Soldier Field in Chicago. With family members and friends rooting …
Read More »Rece Davis releases his college football rankings ahead of Week 5
Jan 10, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; ESPN commentator Rece Davis following the Alabama Crimson Tide game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2022 CFP college football national championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports ESPN “College GameDay” analyst Rece Davis has released his latest top 10 college football rankings. Davis, who is a voter …
Read More »Bears’ Caleb Williams impresses Matthew Stafford because Rams QB has No. 1 perspective
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell with Matthew Stafford, the No. 1 pick of the 2009 draft by the Lions. (David Bergman / Getty Images) He was the top pick in the NFL draft, a quarterback regarded as a generational talent selected by an NFC North team coming off a losing season. Caleb Williams? No, Matthew Stafford. In 2009, a few months …
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