Dylan Sampson. Tennessee Volunteers versus Mississippi State Bulldogs football at Neyland Stadium on November 9, 2024. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Week 11 of the 2024 college football season has concluded. Tennessee (8-1, 5-1 SEC) will next travel to Georgia (7-2, 5-2 SEC) at Sanford Stadium in Week 12 after defeating Mississippi State, 33-14. Following Week 11 games, Vols …
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Top-ranked class of 2026 linebacker target includes Badgers in final list
Wisconsin top class of 2026 target Tristan Phillips included the Badgers in his list of final schools on Monday. Phillips joined fellow 2026 four-star recruit Ben Nichols as the second player to include Wisconsin in his final cohort on Monday. Phillips, who received his offer from the Badgers on April 25, included Wisconsin as a finalist along with Washington, Oklahoma, …
Read More »Dolphins activate River Cracraft, put Austin Jackson on IR
The Dolphins made a number of roster moves ahead of Monday night’s game against the Rams. They announced that they have activated wide receiver River Cracraft off of injured reserve, signed defensive tackle Neil Farrell off of their practice squad and elevated long snapper Tucker Addington and tackle Jackson Carman from the practice squad on a temporary basis. Tackle Austin …
Read More »CFP bracket prediction: SEC adds a fifth team to field while a Big Ten unbeaten falls out
LSU’s College Football Playoff bubble popped Saturday night, but that hardly cleared the playoff picture. If anything, the CFP bracket got murkier after Miami lost its undefeated credentials and Ole Miss upset Georgia. For several weeks, I capped the SEC at four playoff qualifiers. No more. My latest projection reverts to my preseason stance that the SEC will qualify five …
Read More »Jared Verse: I think there were more plays I could have made
The Rams didn’t get the result they wanted against the Dolphins on Monday night, but they got another standout performance from rookie edge rusher Jared Verse. Verse had a sack for third straight game and also stripped the ball from Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on the play. Verse recovered the ball and would finish the night with four tackles and …
Read More »ESPN names broadcast crew for Alabama football vs. Mercer
The view from the Million Dollar Band’s perspective in Bryant Denny Stadium. Million Dollar Band Fresh off their 42-13 win over the LSU Tigers in Week 11, Jalen Milroe and the Alabama Crimson Tide are hosting the Mercer Bears in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday. Kickoff for Alabama vs. Mercer is set for 1 p.m. CT. The game can be seen on …
Read More »Getting Defensive: 2024 Week 11
We’re in the thick of it now. In most fantasy football leagues, just one month remains in the regular season. Four games to determine who moves on to the playoffs and who calls it a year well before Christmas. The stretch run has arrived. After 10 weeks, the team defense landscape looks like exactly no one suspected – which is …
Read More »CFP bracket bubble: Making case for and against Tennessee, Texas, Indiana
If hyperbole reigns in July, then hypotheticals rule in November. If this team does this, and that team does that, who’s making the College Football Playoff? And, who’s getting snubbed? The CFP picture gained no clarity Saturday. In fact, it became more opaque after No. 3 Georgia fell to Ole Miss and No. 4 Miami went down against unranked Georgia …
Read More »Column: Rams are Monday night no shows in no-touchdown performance against Dolphins
Matthew Stafford recovers a fumble after a high snap as the Dolphins’ Jordyn Brooks tackles the quarterback, one of many miscues that cost the Rams. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Who’s house? Nobody home. The Rams threw a Monday night party that filled SoFi Stadium with celebrities, legends, pop stars … almost everything you need for a nationally televised …
Read More »Georgia Bulldogs drop in ESPN’s Football Power Index
Nov 9, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels wide receiver Jordan Watkins (11) breaks a tackle attempt by Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Mykel Williams (13), after a catch during the second half at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images ESPN’s FPI (Football Power Index) is out after Week 11’s college football action, which featured several games that shook up …
Read More »Hockey Hall of Fame weekend buzz: Class of 2025, expansion, more
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterNov 12, 2024, 07:30 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. There’s something special about Hockey Hall of Fame Induction weekend. It happens every year right when the weather turns fully into fall mode, when the leaves are changing, the clocks have gone back and a chill in the air signals the …
Read More »Matthew Stafford: Rams shot ourselves in the foot settling for field goals
The Rams’ offense repeatedly settled for field goals at the ends of long drives in Monday night’s 23-15 loss to the Dolphins, and quarterback Matthew Stafford knows that’s not good enough. “We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit, in that strike zone area, 30-yard line area, and that was the difference in the game, not coming away with …
Read More »Vote for the TSSAA football regular season offensive player of the year in the Knoxville area
So who was the best high school football player on the offensive side of the ball for the 2024 TSSAA regular season in the Knoxville area? You get a chance to vote for the 10 candidates. Here are the players: Price Davis, Maryville: Davis had 178 carries for 1,012 yards rushing with 17 touchdowns to lead Maryville to a 9-1 …
Read More »CMC didn’t meet 49ers fans’ expectations on ground in season debut
CMC didn’t meet 49ers fans’ expectations on ground in season debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Christian McCaffrey has set such a high bar for his on-field performance that 49ers fans expect a lot from him, even in his first game following a lengthy bilateral Achilles tendinitis recovery. Before McCaffrey’s 2024 NFL season debut on Sunday against the …
Read More »Latest College Football Playoff ranking predictions: Why Tennessee football must win at Georgia
Tennessee football could be placed in the top five of Tuesday’s new CFP rankings reveal. Saturday’s results were helpful in the immediate term for the Vols, as the Miami and Georgia losses will send them tumbling below Tennessee and toward the back of the top 10 (or further). Tennessee’s goals are all in front of it, with a huge game …
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