PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley is putting up numbers the NFL hasn’t seen in over a decade, making his argument to become the first running back to win NFL MVP in 12 years. There isn’t an MVP case for Barkley without his rushing totals after halftime of games.  As dominant has Barkley has been, his second-half stats are off the charts. …

No. 5 Notre Dame will travel to Southern California on Saturday to face USC on CBS. This matchup will mark the 95th all-time meeting between the historic programs. The two rivals have played each other every season in football since 1926, except during World War ll (1943-45) and the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020. The Fighting Irish have turned around …

49ers-Bills practice report: Purdy limited again; Williams, Bosa sit originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers again listed quarterback Brock Purdy as a limited participant in practice on Thursday. San Francisco listed Purdy as limited in practices since last Wednesday, when he appeared on the field for warmups but either did little or no throwing. Purdy’s status for …

Oct 14, 2023; South Bend, Indiana, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley and Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman chat before the game at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports On Tuesday, the College Football Playoff committee released its latest set of rankings. Obviously, 6-5 USC was nowhere to be found in the top …

Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes to Sam LaPorta, Jake Bates made three field goals in the first half, and the Detroit Lions held off the Chicago Bears, 23-20, on Thursday to extend their winning streak to 10 games. The Lions snapped a seven-game losing streak on Thanksgiving. The Bears had the ball in Lions territory late in the game …

The Thanksgiving nightcap between the Miami Dolphins (5-6) and the Green Bay Packers (8-3) features two teams that enter their Week 13 matchup on fire. Miami has won three in a row following a three-game losing streak that ran their record to 2-6 while Green Bay has won six of their last seven games following their 2-2 start to 2024. …

The second game of a Black Friday CBS double-header will feature Stanford facing off against San Jose State. Stanford leads the all-time series between the Northern California programs 52-14-1. The Cardinal have won 10 of the last 12 matchups against San Jose State since the turn of the century, and this week will mark the first meeting in 11 years.  …

USA Today Matt Eberflus will go down in NFL Thanksgiving Day lore, but not for a desirable reason. The Bears’ head coach has drawn the ire of Bears fans after he chose not to use his final timeout in the waning seconds of Chicago’s 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions.  The NFL Today analyst JJ Watt spoke for essentially the entire …

The Super Bowl pregame will have some Louisiana flavor: Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, while Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle are slated to perform “America the Beautiful.” The performances will take place Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans before the NFL’s championship matchup and halftime show featuring rap megastar Kendrick …

The Detroit Lions hadn’t won a Thanksgiving game since 2016. Lions fans had to unexpectedly sweat out breaking that streak. They can thank a game-management fiasco by the Chicago Bears. The Bears, who had a timeout left, let the clock run down to the final seconds after a sack, trailing by three points. It ran down too far, and Bears …

Washington is undefeated at home and winless on the road. That difference isn’t because of the defense, however. The Huskies will bring one of the better defenses in the Big Ten into Autzen Stadium as Washington visits Eugene on Saturday. They are giving up barely 20 points a game, but in their last road game, the Huskies gave up 35 …

The Chicago Bears looked dead in the water during the first half of their Thanksgiving matchup against the rival Detroit Lions. They were outscored in the first two quarters, 16-0, and picked up just 53 total yards of offense compared to the Lions’ 279 yards. However, the script flipped in the second half. Caleb Williams threw three touchdowns as the Bears …

Getty Images Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of the Week 13 grades! Grab your family, grab some food and buckle up, because the NFL’s best regular-season tradition is here: Thanksgiving football.  The Turkey Day action started with a wild game in Detroit where the Lions escaped with a 23-20 win over the Chicago Bears. The victory ended a seven-game losing …

LSU is set to host Oklahoma Saturday afternoon in the first meeting between the two teams as conference opponents. This will also be the first showdown between the Tigers and the Sooners since 2019’s College Football Playoff, when Ed Orgeron’s historic Tigers downed Lincoln Riley’s Oklahoma to advance to the CFP National Championship.  The Tigers hold a 2-1 advantage in …

Saturday’s rivalry game at home against the North Carolina State Wolfpack could be Mack Brown’s final game as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, as the school announced earlier this week that he won’t return for the 2025 college football season; it hasn’t been determined if Brown will coach North Carolina in its bowl game. Could a former …