Week 6 doesn’t have the anticipation of Week 5. The final weekend of September brought us a top-five clash that turned from a blowout into a thriller and a top-10 team losing at home as a big favorite. This week, there’s just one matchup between top 25 teams after there were four such games in Week 5. We’ll probably get …

Welcome to football nirvana. Thursday night features two college football games and an NFL game. Texas State visits Troy and Sam Houston State heads to UTEP while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Atlanta Falcons in a game that could be pivotal for the NFC South race at the end of the season. You may look at that slate and …

Aug 29, 2024; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes safety Shilo Sanders (21) during the first half against the North Dakota State Bison at Folsom Field. Deion Sanders and the Colorado football team are enjoying some well-deserved time off. The Buffaloes enter the bye week at 4-1 after an upset win over UCF in dominant fashion. A tough test awaits them …

Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams in 2021, when they were members of the Green Bay Packers.Photograph: Matt Ludtke/AP The writing has been on the wall for Davante Adams for a while. Once the Las Vegas Raiders ejected on the Derek Carr experience, it was clear that Adams’ exit would not be far behind. The three-time All-Pro joined the Raiders to …

STILLWATER — Trey Rucker’s statistics tell you all you need to know about the improvement the Oklahoma State safety has shown in his super-senior season, but if you’d rather hear it from Dylan Smith, he’s happy to oblige. “Really, this year is something I’ve never seen, never played with before,” said Smith, a sophomore safety starting alongside Rucker. “It’s kinda …

Way back in early 2019 — before the days of NIL, the transfer portal and a global pandemic — Clemson beat Alabama to become the first team to finish 15-0 since Penn in 1897. In the future, the expanded College Football Playoff may result in a national champion that goes 16-0 or even 17-0. Doing so would be a monumental …

Why has Jahan Dotson been a complete non-factor so far? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia A 3rd-round pick? For this? After watching Parris Campbell and John Ross compete for the 3rd outside receiver spot all summer, Howie Roseman knew it wasn’t enough. So he shipped a 3rd-round pick to Washington for Jahan Dotson in late August. He gave up a 3rd-round …

This date in Texas history is part of a daily Longhorns newsletter put together by Texas football beat writer Danny Davis. For this and more phenomenal American-Statesman coverage delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for the newsletter here. Today is Oct. 3, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Ricky Williams ran over the Iowa State defense. As …

Every team in the NFL has gained 300 yards of offense in a game at least once this season. Except the team that paid its quarterback the largest guaranteed contract in NFL history. The Browns are the only team in the league without a 300-yard game, having topped out at 297 yards in their Week Two win over the Jaguars. …

AMES – It started out as a pretty simple idea. Maybe a little hokey; perhaps even a little hacky, but, hey, you try writing 10 columns a week. With 16th-ranked Iowa State football 4-0 for the first time since 2000, I thought it would be fun to ask Cyclone players, none of whom were alive to witness that historic start …

The Falcons play the Buccaneers tonight for Thursday Night Football. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Week 5 of the 2024 NFL season kicks off tonight with a Thursday Night Football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons. Headed into tonight’s match, the Buccaneers are 3-1, and the Atlanta Falcons are 2-2. The odds favor the …

2026 defensive lineman Nolan Wilson was offered a scholarship by Tennessee. “After a great conversation with Levorn Harbin, I’m blessed to receive my second offer from the University of Tennessee,” Wilson said. Wilson is being recruited by senior defensive analyst Levorn Harbin. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive lineman is from Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi. There are not recruiting …

The Bears’ Gervon Dexter Sr. (99) tackles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) on Sunday. The Rams failed often in the red zone in Chicago, a chronic problem this season. (Kamil Krzaczynski / Associated Press) Despite an offense missing star receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua and several starting linemen, the Rams have enjoyed opportunities aplenty to finish drives with touchdowns. …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are back in the win column with a 28-10 win over the Purdue Boilermakers this past Saturday. That said, the bowl projections following Saturday’s win remain the same for the Huskers. The latest bowl projections from USA TODAY still have the Huskers projected to play in Nashville, Tennessee, in the Music City Bowl. Their projected opponent remains …

(Tim Hubbard / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 8-8 (.500); season 35-29 (.547). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 8-8 (.500); season 32-31-1 (.508). Times Pacific. OFF: …