Vikings’ Darnold hopes practice vs. 49ers defense helps in Week 2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback Sam Darnold will be calling on his 2023 49ers experience to aid him Sunday. The 27-year-old backed up Brock Purdy a campaign ago and faced San Francisco’s elite defense every day at practice. Darnold told reporters on Wednesday …

Texas A&M (1-1) will take on the Florida Gators (1-1) on Saturday afternoon in a game that could dictate each program’s season, especially in conference play. Even worse, both teams deal with potentially significant injury issues before kickoff. However, the news that Texas A&M starting quarterback Conner Weigman could miss the game altogether as a game-time decision would completely change …

Nick Sirianni updates A.J. Brown’s hamstring injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown was a surprise addition to the team’s injury report on Friday afternoon when he was listed as limited with a hamstring injury. What happened? “Just got a little tight in practice yesterday,” head coach Nick Sirianni said on Saturday morning. “We’ll see …

When it came time for Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” crew to make picks for Saturday’s game between Wisconsin and No. 4 Alabama, there was little question about who Mark Ingram would pick. Still, the former Crimson Tide running back was able to make it interesting. In front of a crowd of thousands of Badgers fans gathered outside Camp Randall Stadium, …

Jan 1, 2024; Pasadena, CA, USA; Lee Corso on the ESPN College Gameday set at the 2024 Rose Bowl college football playoff semifinal game at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports LSU is kicking off SEC play on Saturday against South Carolina in Columbia, and ESPN’s iconic College GameDay pregame show was in town. That means that legendary …

Saturday’s Week 3 game between Florida and Texas A&M is a battle of teams in need of an early-season statement win. That is especially true of the Gators and coach Billy Napier, who opened the season with a demoralizing 41-17 defeat in The Swamp. Florida rebounded with an emphatic 45-7 victory vs. FCS opponent Samford, but it remains to be …

Week 2 features a matchup between last year’s Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud and the favorite to win the award this year, No. 1 pick Caleb Williams. Which young star will lift his team to a win? Colin Cowherd shared his favorite picks for Week 2, including that showdown between Stroud’s Texans and Williams’ Bears, and the huge …

Tim Prangley, Trojans Wire Coach Henny, Eric Henderson, has grabbed a lot of headlines at USC, and rightly so, but we can’t and shouldn’t ignore how much good work Shaun Nua is doing for the Trojans. He was retained by Lincoln Riley and surrounded by a lot of newcomers on staff. Riley’s choice to keep him is looking better by …

. Draper (Utah) Corner Canyon prospect Jerome Myles has pushed up his announcement date to September 18 and is all set to choose among finalists Texas A&M, USC and Utah. USC has begun to develop some recruiting momentum on the defensive side of the ball, but the Trojans still need elite receiver prospects to make their future passing game click. …

The options at running back and on special teams just got a little bit deeper thinner for Michigan football in today’s game vs. Arkansas State. Jordan Marshall, a standout true freshman who showed some flash in the return game last week against Texas, has popped up on the Big Ten pregame availability report provided by Michigan, and will be out …

Sep. 14—HARROD — Controlling the line of scrimmage is vital. In Friday’s Northwest Conference football opener against Allen East, Lima Central Catholic did just that. Offensively, LCC rushed for 304 yards and passed for another 127. Defensively, the Thunderbirds held Allen East to 160 total yards (28 rushing, 132 passing) en route to a convincing 35-7 victory over the Mustangs …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football is licking its wounds after a devastating loss to Texas in Week 2 but emerged from that game mostly healthy. There was one surprise scratch in safety Jaden Mangham, but with the last nonconference game before Big Ten play next week with USC coming to town, the hope is that the Wolverines will roll Arkansas …

Patriots-Seahawks preview: Old-school matchup will be won with defense originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston FOXBORO — What the Bengals offense experienced in Week 1 was a wave of Patriots tacklers smothering them into submission. That was by design. You may catch the football on us, DeMarcus Covington’s defense seemed to say, but you won’t be getting far after the …

The Colorado State Rams will host the Colorado Buffaloes for the Rocky Mountain Showdown rivalry this Saturday night at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, CO. The Buffaloes are coming off last week’s loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where they were defeated 28-10, while the Rams emerged as the winners in their week 2 game against Northern Colorado with a score …

When the Steelers visit the Broncos on Sunday, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin will get another crack at a rookie quarterback. It’ll be Tomlin’s 31st career game against a first-year signal-caller. The victim this time around will be Bo Nix, the 12th overall pick in the 2024 draft. Tomlin’s record is 24-6 against rookie QBs. Earlier this week, Myles Simmons and …