Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables talks to Temple head coach Stan Drayton before an NCAA football game between Oklahoma (OU) and Temple at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. The Oklahoma Sooners have hired their next offensive coordinator. According to a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN, the Sooners are bringing on …

Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III on Monday declared for the NFL Draft, where he is expected to be a first-round pick. Burden said he would skip the Tigers’ bowl game and begin preparing for the April draft. The decision was widely expected after the junior from St. Louis walked with the seniors before their home finale against Arkansas on …

49ers to place McCaffrey on season-ending IR with PCL injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Christian McCaffrey’s 2024 NFL season is over. After the star running back left San Francisco’s 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at Highmark Stadium with what later was revealed to be a potentially season-ending PCL injury, coach Kyle Shanahan made the …

After leading one of the nation’s top defenses at Illinois in 2022, then-36-year-old Ryan Walters was viewed as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the nation. Purdue tasked him with replacing a big name in Jeff Brohm at the time, but two years later, the Boilermakers are going in a different direction. Purdue fired Walters on Sunday following a …

Getty Images Bad luck would be better than the luck the New York Giants have had in 2024. Big Blue’s woes continued on Monday when the team officially placed star defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence on season-ending injured reserve. Lawrence dislocated his elbow during the Thanksgiving Day loss to the Dallas Cowboys. A Pro Bowler each of the last two years, …

Ryan Poles will remain the Chicago Bears’ general manager and serve as the “point person” in the search for a head coach to replace the fired Matt Eberflus, team president Kevin Warren said on Monday. Warren said Poles would have the “final say” if the two have differing opinions on who should get the job. “I’m confident that we will …

Getty Images With the NFL MVP race in full swing, Josh Allen made a strong argument on Sunday night that he should probably be the front-runner for the award.  During Buffalo’s 35-10 win over San Francisco, Allen made NFL history. Let’s take a look at a few of the rare feats that the Bills quarterback pulled off in the game:  …

Recruiting Five-star defensive lineman recruit Justus Terry has recently shut down his recruitment Monday via social media. The 6-foot-5, 275 pound defensive lineman plays high school football at Manchester High School in Manchester, Georgia. Terry is the second-ranked recruit in Georgia and the second-ranked defensive lineman in the country. Terry is a consensus five-star across all recruiting platforms. Terry was …

Getty Images Welcome to the Week 13 grades! If you’re a Bengals fan, it might be time to give up on the season. For the third straight week, the Bengals scored at least 27 points and for the third straight week, they lost. The Bengals defense got burned badly in an unexpected shootout with Pittsburgh that ended with the Steelers …

Play-calling was far from Patriots’ biggest issue in loss to Colts originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Part of the fun of combing through these Patriots games, win or lose, is that everyone has their own takes on why things transpired the way they did. But after the Patriots’ 25-24 loss to the Colts on Sunday, consuming the takes of …

Heading into Week 13, there were zero Power Four jobs on the market. One week later, four such jobs are open after three firings and the departure of Gus Malzahn from UCF to take the offensive coordinator job at Florida State.  Overall, 20 jobs have opened at the beginning of December, with 16 of them coming at the Group of …

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  I would like to start things off today by letting everyone know that I have had leftover turkey for every meal for four straight days and I will now never be eating turkey again.  The way I feel about turkey is how I think Ravens’ fans now feel about Justin …

BALTIMORE — The Philadelphia Eagles have been the dominating opponents at the line of scrimmage throughout their win streak. The Baltimore Ravens were supposed to match the Eagles’ physicality, pound for pound, being one of the most physical teams in the league themselves. In a 12-round title fight, the Eagles had a knockout. The Ravens were no match for the …

BYU defensive end Tyler Batty (92) celebrates his interception against the Houston Cougars in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Connor Pay and Tyler Batty took a little extra time leaving the field Saturday night and it wasn’t because the weather was so nice — just the opposite. But after beating Houston 30-18, the …

Harrison Butker made NFL history on Sunday and he did it even though he’s on injured reserved. Going into Week 13, Butker was the third-most accurate kicker in NFL history, but he’s now jumped up to the top spot and he made the move even though he didn’t play.  That’s right, Butker, who hasn’t played since Nov. 10, now has …