WEST LAFAYETTE − Dillon Thieneman stood before the defense, pointed the finger directly at himself and told his Purdue football teammates he was owning last Saturday and promised to be better. That’s what All-Americans do when situations like what happened to Purdue against Notre Dame surface. “Everyone had to accept what happened,” Thieneman said this week, referring to Purdue’s 66-7 …

Almost everything has gone the Jets’ way tonight. Almost. Right tackle Morgan Moses was injured with five seconds remaining in the third quarter. Left tackle Tyron Smith allowed a sack by Josh Uche, and Moses was rolled from behind on the play. He remained on the ground writhing in pain and grabbing at his left knee. Moses did limp off …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football will attempt to end a two-game losing streak Saturday on the road against West Virginia. The Jayhawks (1-2) are coming off of a 23-20 loss at home against UNLV. The Mountaineers (1-2) are coming off of a 38-34 loss on the road against Pittsburgh. It’s the first time these two sides have matched up since Kansas …

This isn’t how he or the Patriots envisioned it, but Drake Maye is making his NFL debut Thursday night. Maye replaced Jacoby Brissett with 4:24 remaining in a game the Patriots trail 24-3. The Patriots have only 93 yards, with Brissett going 12-of-18 for 98 yards. The Patriots sacked him five times. The Patriots named the veteran Brissett the starter …

The ingredients for an Inter-County Conference South classic will be present Friday night in Boswell. Week 4 Stat Leaders Windber will bring one of the area’s top rushing attacks into this meeting of 3-1 teams at North Star. Senior back Luke Hostetler and senior quarterback Lucas Oleksa front a deep backfield with 10 different players combining for nearly 1,500 rushing …

Foerster reveals why 49ers need ‘patience’ in run game without CMC originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey’s early season absence opened the door for Jordan Mason’s breakout, while also creating a substantial challenge for the 49ers as rookie Isaac Guerendo is thrust into a prominent role as San Francisco’s No. 2 running back. The …

AUBURN — Auburn football will host Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its first SEC game of the 2024 season. Auburn leads 20-12-1 in the series with Arkansas. They defeated the Razorbacks 48-10 last season in Fayetteville and lead 9-6-1 in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Here’s our scouting report on the Razorbacks, and a score prediction for the …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers approached his head coach with a message and an assumption. “Two-score lead,” he told Robert Saleh as the New York Jets went up 14-0 against the New England Patriots. Then he shoved his coach. Consider it a miscommunication. Rodgers and Saleh aligned on their message — on the significance of a two-score lead for …

Oklahoma will welcome Tennessee to Norman this weekend for what will make one of the weekend’s biggest matchups both on the field and in recruiting. The visitor list headed to Norman is expected to be one of the more stacked groups they have hosted in years. Here are my five most important visitors at Oklahoma this weekend: 1. 2026 DT …

The Jets might have something in this Aaron Rodgers fellow. The quarterback has the Jets doing things they haven’t done in a while, including three offensive touchdowns in the first three games for the first time since 1989. The Jets blew out the Patriots 24-3 for their first home win against New England since 2015. The Jets are 2-1 and …

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (2-1, 0-0) will play their third-straight road game on Saturday (Sept. 21) when they travel to San Antonio to take on the Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-2, 0-0 Southland conference). Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. MST. The Lumberjacks haven’t played their first conference game, but their two wins (Lincoln (CA) and Utah Tech) and one loss …

Winners, losers as Jets cruise past Patriots 24-3 on Thursday Night Football originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Aaron Rodgers and the Jets barely had to break a sweat as they cruised past the Patriots to start Week 3. New York, at home, topped its divisional foes 24-3 on Thursday Night Football as New England offered little creativity on offense …

Jackson State football enters Week 4 after a win over rival Southern. Jackson State (2-1) plays at SWAC opponent Grambling (2-1) at Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN +). But it isn’t counting as a conference game because Grambling rotated out of Jackson State’s list of SWAC opponents for 2024. Grambling comes off a 35-28 overtime win …

On Thursday night, rookie quarterback Drake Maye made his NFL debut during garbage time, running out the clock while getting some enhanced preseason reps against a stout defense. Does the shift from Jacoby Brissett to Maye mean that it’s now time for the Drake? “I don’t know,” coach Jerod Mayo told reporters after the game, via Alex Barth of 98.5 …

EAST RUTHERFORD – Garrett Wilson, back pressed against the TV screens in the Jets locker room, started to chuckle. The wideout had endured the worst of the worst. So this? Yes. This was a little funny. The Jets just beat the Patriots, 24-3. About the only time the game felt in jeopardy was at the coin toss, which the Patriots …