Nov 24, 2011; College Station, TX; General view of the lone star showdown logo on the field before a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and Texas Longhorns at Kyle Field. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2 SEC) will enter the final week of the regular season with everything on the line postseason-wise, as the Aggies’ quadruple overtime …
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Tua Tagovailoa on no-look wizardy: “You’ve either got it or you don’t”
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has become a magician with the football. At times more point guard than quarterback, he runs a sleight-of-hand offense that keeps defenses constantly guessing as to where the ball is going. On Tuesday, Tua was asked whether his no-look skills, whether throwing it down the field or flipping it nonchalantly behind him, were inspired by any …
Read More »Brown: Louisville football has been haunted by mistakes. Beating UK could erase them all
The season hasn’t gone the way Louisville football wanted, but it will still be considered a success with a win over Kentucky in the Governor’s Cup. All four of the Cardinals’ losses this season were by a touchdown or less. Their last-second loss to a last-place Stanford team effectively removed any statistical chance they could make the ACC championship game. …
Read More »Giants’ Malik Nabers has ‘no regrets’ for critical comments after Buccaneers loss
Not long after the Giants suffered a humiliating blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, a handful of players expressed their frustrations before cameras and microphones. But the team’s second-worst loss of the season particularly irked rookie receiver Malik Nabers, who labeled the performance “soft as f–k” and took issue with his number of targets. …
Read More »As Clemson storms up College Football Playoff rankings, Indiana better watch its back
Here comes little ol’ Clemson. Two weeks ago, when a reporter asked Dabo Swinney to offer a pitch for his Tigers to make the College Football Playoff, the Clemson coach obliged, but his heart didn’t really seem in it. Swinney offered some meandering rhetoric that amounted to: Why not Clemson? The answer, at that time, was that Clemson’s résumé didn’t …
Read More »Can Daniel Jones be saved with the right team and offense?
Daniel Jones was the No 6 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Photograph: Matt Krohn/USA Today Sports In each of the last three seasons, a quarterback who was highly drafted but did not initially fulfill started to flourish in a new location with the right offense and coaching staff. In 2022, the Seattle Seahawks decided 2013 second-round New York Jets …
Read More »Dunlap four-star recruit has big college football weekend ahead. See his agenda
Mack Sutter will be deep entrenched in college football rivalry week. The four-star Dunlap tight end, part of the class of 2026, will be in Oxford, Mississippi, on Friday for the Egg Bowl. On Saturday, he will head to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl. He announced both of those unofficial campus visits on social media. Sutter will be taking in …
Read More »Nick Sirianni explains why Eagles still need Brandon Graham even after injury
Nick Sirianni explains why Eagles still need Brandon Graham even after injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Brandon Graham’s season is over but that doesn’t mean he’s done contributing to the 2024 Eagles. The longest-tenured member of the team suffered a torn triceps on Sunday night in Los Angeles, which could be the end of his 15-year career. But …
Read More »Rutgers football vs Michigan State prediction, preview: Can the Scarlet Knights bounce back?
PISCATAWAY – It’s been a decade since Rutgers football has earned seven wins in a regular season. The Scarlet Knights have a chance to end that streak on Saturday. Greg Schiano’s team will head to East Lansing to play Michigan State at Spartan Stadium hoping to improve to 7-5 and close out the regular season on a high note before …
Read More »QB Tommy DeVito officially limited in practice as is OT Evan Neal
Giants coach Brian Daboll announced earlier Tuesday that quarterback Tommy DeVito would be limited at practice with a right forearm injury. The estimated practice report Tuesday confirmed that. DeVito was not on Monday’s report. “His forearm is sore, and we’ll see where we’re at. We had a walkthrough right before this. It is sore, so we’ll see where we’re at …
Read More »In a city of stars, keep an eye on these four when Notre Dame football visits USC
What a fitting way for Notre Dame football to wrap the 2024 regular season. Everything on the line against your biggest rival. No reason to hold anything back. Let it rip and win and grab a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. Lose, and you get no CFP spot. The Irish have been here before, but here not necessarily …
Read More »Jabrill Peppers “extremely thankful” to be back with the Patriots
Patriots defensive back Jabrill Peppers is back with the team today after spending most of this season on the commissioner’s exempt list after he was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation or suffocation, possession of cocaine and assault and battery on a family or household member. Peppers still has a criminal trial scheduled for 2025, and …
Read More »Colston Loveland ‘trending in a good direction’ to play vs. Ohio State
Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football has played multiple games either without star junior tight end Colston Loveland or with him limited. So, with Ohio State up next, the Wolverines are hoping that Loveland will be a full go. Those hopes were somewhat dashed when Loveland left the Northwestern game in Week 13 after scoring a touchdown just before halftime. According …
Read More »Vikings put Ivan Pace on IR, add Jamin Davis
The 9-2 Vikings have made a few linebacker moves. The team announced that Ivan Pace Jr. has been placed on injured reserve. He suffered a hamstring strain on the fourth defensive snap of Sunday’s win over the Bears. He’ll be required to miss at least four games before returning. The Vikings added linebacker Jamin Davis to the roster. A first-round …
Read More »Miami climbs College Football Playoff rankings ahead of season finale
The Miami Hurricanes have one game left in their regular season, and they are in a good position to make their first trip to the College Football Playoff. If they win their regular-season finale against Syracuse and the ACC title game against SMU, they are a lock for a playoff berth and almost certainly assured a first-round bye. After Indiana …
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