The time when it’s reasonable to fire a head coach during the season seems to keep moving up. We had one fired after five games this season, and it seems like others could happen before Thanksgiving. Maybe Halloween. The NFL is getting more impatient, whether it’s with draft pick development, quarterbacks or coaches. Robert Saleh was fired by the New …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football’s media availability on Tuesday night turned into offensive line appreciation day. The Hoosiers top running backs Ty Son Lawton, Justice Ellison and Kaelon Black all took turns crediting the line for their early season success. “Every single time I come on the sideline, I just want to jump up in their arms,” Ellison said. “I’m thankful man …

It’s a day of future Hall of Fame quarterbacks getting what they wanted. Aaron Rodgers got former Raiders receiver Davante Adams. And Tom Brady got a piece of the Raiders formerly held by Mark Davis. The NFL has announced (basically) that Brady’s bid to buy a piece of the Raiders finally has been approved, more than a year and a …

Lane Kiffin, left, Deion Sanders, center, and Kenny Dillingham are among a handful of head football coaches expected to see bigger paychecks in 2025. Florida State had no choice but to break the bank to keep Mike Norvell. He had just won an ACC championship and narrowly missed out on the College Football Playoff. In addition, Norvell had become one …

Tom Brady got the headlines. But Richard Seymour got a seat at the table, too. Via Tashan Reed of TheAthletic.com, Seymour’s effort to purchase a piece of the Raiders also was approved on Tuesday. “I’m deeply grateful — humbled and honored — to become a NFL owner,” Seymour said on Twitter. “This is the mission of a lifetime, and I …

Barry Odom (UNLV), Ken Niumatalolo (San Diego State) and Jason Candle (Toledo) are providing their schools high-level results at bargain prices. The second time has been the charm for UNLV coach Barry Odom. After going an even 25-25 in four seasons at Missouri, Odom spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Arkansas before getting another chance, this time with …

The Jets will be without one of their defensive starters for at least the next four games, as safety Chuck Clark was placed on IR on Tuesday afternoon. Clark sustained an ankle injury during the first quarter of Monday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills. Initial X-rays were negative, but Clark is reportedly dealing with a sprain, and he’ll now have …

EAST LANSING – Aidan Chiles sees it. Montorie Foster Jr. does, too. Michigan State football’s offense sits on the cusp of a breakout. Even after entering the bye week on a three-game losing streak. “We are there,” Foster, a senior wide receiver, said Monday. “It’s just we gotta tighten up.” The Spartans (3-3, 1-2) took a bit of a break …

Baltimore is dominating the running game on both sides of the ball this season, like few teams the NFL has ever seen. The Ravens’ offense leads the NFL with an average of 205.3 rushing yards per game. And the Ravens’ defense leads the NFL by allowing an average of 59.0 rushing yards per game. That means the Ravens are out-rushing …

The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy released his bowl predictions ahead of Week 8 of the 2024 college football season on Monday. The outlet’s preseason prediction pitted Wisconsin against Texas A&M in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30. Eight weeks later, Brett McMurphy currently predicts the Badgers to play in Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against the Louisville Cardinals on …

The Jaguars’ plan to renovate their stadium is set to proceed. NFL owners voted unanimously to approve the $1.4 billion renovation proposal at Tuesday’s league meetings in Atlanta. The team and the city will both provide $625 million in funding with the city providing another $150 million to help prepare the stadium for the renovations. “Never doubt Jacksonville,” Jaguars owner …

Wisconsin football recently extended offers to class of 2026 quarterback Ryan Hopkins and defensive lineman Josiah Hope. Hopkins, a 6-foot-3 prospect from JSerra Catholic High School in California, received his offer from UW on Oct. 11. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo appears to have led the recruiting effort, per 247Sports. The outlet considers Hopkins the No. 57-ranked quarterback and No. 87 …

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNOct 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseRachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. The 2024-25 NHL season has begun, which means it’s time …

The NFL schedule makers didn’t do the 49ers any favor when they scheduled them to play the Chiefs in Week Seven, following Kansas City’s Week Six bye. No coach in NFL history has been better at using the bye week to his team’s advantage than Chiefs coach Andy Reid, whose teams are 21-4 following their regular-season bye week. Reid’s .840 …

Kirby Smart was rewarded for turning Georgia football into a national power, but off-field issues involving his players have complicated the optics. Earl Ehrhart says he only encountered Kirby Smart once, in March 2016, before Smart had coached a football game at Georgia. Perhaps then it should have been obvious the signs were already there that this Georgia football coach …