BATON ROUGE — It was something the players had never seen before. When LSU football equipment managers rolled mannequins into the team meeting room Monday morning, the team erupted. On those mannequins draped gold jerseys with purple and white shoulder stripes and purple numbers, a new alternative uniform that the Tigers (6-4, 3-3 SEC) will debut against Vanderbilt and to …

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is out for the season with a hamstring injury, and it’s been a miserable season for him. In an interview with David Moore of the Dallas Morning News, Prescott acknowledged that he already wasn’t playing well enough before he got hurt, and that as he watched the Cowboys lose to the Texans on Monday night, it …

CLEMSON — Clemson football looks to match last year’s win total on Saturday. The No. 16 Tigers (8-2), who are ranked No. 17 in the College Football Playoff rankings, face The Citadel (5-6) on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, The CW) at Memorial Stadium. Clemson looks to win its 19th straight against the Bulldogs to keep pace in the CFP rankings before facing rival No. 19 South Carolina …

Daniel Jones fell to fourth on the depth chart this week. He is not the only Giants quarterback who received a demotion. Tommy DeVito leap-frogged Drew Lock to take over the starting job from Jones. Lock admits he doesn’t understand the move, seeing that he was the No. 2 quarterback on the depth chart before Jones’ benching. “That’s a question …

PISCATAWAY – In a season where Rutgers football has battled multiple injuries on defense, the Scarlet Knights have needed players to step up and help absorb the losses. Defensive end Jordan Thomspon has done just that. The Parsippany Hills native has started all 10 games this season and has become a productive piece of a defense that’s shown considerable improvement …

Linebacker Roquan Smith left last Sunday’s loss to the Steelers with a hamstring injury and the team said he was not back on the field for the Ravens at Wednesday’s practice. Head coach John Harbaugh didn’t provide much of an update on Smith’s condition when he spoke to reporters on Monday and said the team would see how things play …

Everyone with a watching/working interest in Notre Dame football wants to go back in time for this one. You know, for nostalgia’s sake. You don’t have to rewind 100 years – when the legend of the Four Horsemen was born in a game against Army West Point at the Polo Grounds – to realize what this game in that stadium …

The Packers activated running back MarShawn Lloyd off injured reserve on Monday after his 21-day practice window opened. The move was procedural to get him on the non-football illness list. They will make that move this week, coach Matt LaFleur said Wednesday. Lloyd came down with appendicitis last week. The third-round pick has played only one game this season, gaining …

Ready, set, hike. The next varsity high school sport coming to Pennsylvania has already shown up in Lebanon County, and there’s a path for it to grow quickly. When the focus on girls flag football came to Pennsylvania youth sports in 2022, it became clear there would be several hurdles for the sport to continue growing statewide. Now, with Pennsylvania …

Cowboys safety Markquese Bell will miss the rest of the season with a dislocated left shoulder that may require surgery, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. Special teams coordinator John Fassel became emotional talking about Bell on Tuesday, knowing the severity of the injury. Bell was injured while covering a kickoff early in the second quarter Monday night on a muffed …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day said the Buckeyes received a response from the Big Ten on Northwestern safety Robert Fitzgerald’s ankle-twisting tackle of star freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith. Following practice on Wednesday night, Day said the conference acknowledged Fitzgerald’s late tackle during last week’s win over the Wildcats at Wrigley Field should have drawn a penalty. “I haven’t heard much …

As the Raiders begin their week of preparation for the Broncos, they won’t have a few key players on the field. Head coach Antonio Pierce said in his press conference that running back Alexander Mattison, running back Zamir White, and cornerback Jack Jones won’t practice on Wednesday. “Next-man-up mentality — get some of these younger guys some reps, see how …

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The University of Minnesota football team hosts No. 4 Penn State on Saturday for Senior Day at Huntington Bank Stadium. It’s the home finale for the Gophers, which means it’s last time for seniors and several others to play in front of their home fans. Here’s what the players are saying ahead of Saturday’s game. Danny …

Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has missed practice time with a wrist injury the last two weeks, but it looks like he may be taking a new approach to this week. Hill did not miss any game action and his wrist was feeling well enough for him to take part in practice on a limited basis Wednesday. Assuming there’s no setback, …

Alabama football’s first SEC availability report was released Wednesday. The Crimson Tide will be without wide receiver Cole Adams, linebacker Que Robinson and safety Keon Sabb Saturday when Alabama faces Oklahoma in its final road game of the 2024 regular season. Sabb, Robinson and Adams were the only players listed. All three have been previously announced as being out for …