Daily Archives: October 14, 2024

Giants get on the board with Tyrone Tracy touchdown, tie game at 7-7

It took until midway through the third quarter, but the Giants have put points on the board and tied Sunday night’s matchup with the Bengals. Rookie running back Tyrone Tracy powered his way into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown, making the score 7-7. It was the first touchdown of Tracy’s career. The Giants needed 16 plays to go …

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Week 7 high school football top performers

Week 7 of the high school football season saw some strong performances by area teams and players. Who had the best performance? Vote for the top athlete of the week. Voting will be open all week online. LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Caden VanHuis, Holland Christian. More: High school football 2024 coverage – everything you need Here is a little more about …

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Romeo Doubs happy to be back to his “regular self”

Romeo Doubs missed last week’s game while serving a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. On Sunday, the Packers receiver caught three passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns. “I was able to get back to my regular self, you know?” Doubs said after the Packers’ 34-13 win, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “Despite what was going on, …

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Illinois football tickets vs Michigan: Best prices for remaining available seats

The nationally ranked Illinois Fighting Illini continue Big Ten Conference college football season at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 against the defending national champion Michigan Wolverines at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Coach Bret Bielema and the No. 21 Illini are coming off a 50-49 overtime victory against Purdue. Illinois, picked to finish 15th in the Big Ten by the …

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Daniel Jones misses yet another opportunity to show he could be the Giants’ guy

EAST RUTHERFORD – Daniel Jones wasn’t horrible. That’s not the point. Nor are any of the built-in excuses you’ll hear for the Giants quarterback off Sunday’s 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. No Malik Nabers. No Devin Singletary. No semblance of a run game. That’s not the point. Jones is not a franchise quarterback. Competent? Sure, at times, but this …

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Vote for the Savannah Morning News Football Player of the Week in an open poll

Week 9 of the high school football season in Georgia brought a sense of normalcy back with a full slate of games after Hurricanes Helene and Milton threw the year off kilter with numerous postponements and cancellations. In the Greater Savannah area, there were a number of notable individual performances. Savannah Christian senior running back Zo Smalls ran for 138 …

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Jerry Jones’s Cowboys house of horrors arrives just in time for Halloween

Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy contemplate another heavy loss. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Let’s give this to Dallas: they always find a way to entertain. Sunday’s 47-9 drubbing at the hands of the Lions may have felt more like watching The Substance than Love Is Blind, but seeing the Cowboys being beaten on their own home turf remains must-watch TV. In …

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Where is Ohio State football ranked in the polls after Week 7?

Ohio State fell in the polls after losing at Oregon on Saturday night. In the aftermath of the 32-31 defeat, the Buckeyes dropped two spots to No. 4 in the Associated Press poll and another spot to No. 5 in the US LBM coaches poll. Oct 12, 2024; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Emeka Egbuka (2) gets …

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Jackson shines and Detroit dominate Dallas

Jared Goff, Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield enjoyed big wins on Sunday [Getty Images] It was a Sunday of high scoring in week six of the NFL as Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat out Washington Commanders’ young pretender Jayden Daniels in the feature game of the day. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hung 51 points on the New Orleans Saints …

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ASU football rises in AP poll voting, but was it enough?

After a big win over Utah, the Arizona State Sun Devils picked up 39 votes in the Associated Press poll released Sunday morning, but it wasn’t enough to crack the Top 25. Texas and Oregon are Nos. 1-2, with SMU, Illinois, Army, Michigan and Navy the final five. Just outside the Top 25, Vanderbilt and Nebraska were the only schools …

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