The college football postseason is a little different this year with the 12-team playoff, but it doesn’t change one indisputable fact — it’s bowl season, and that means it’s time to pick some winners. For the ninth year, I am employing my “Quality Game” system to help me pick the bowl games and the playoff games. Who is going to …

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert gets a matchup against a leaky Tampa Bay Buccaneers secondary in Week 15 — great timing for fantasy football managers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) For most leagues, the fantasy football playoffs are kicking off this week with Week 14’s byepocalypse behind us and a clean slate rest of season. Your record up until this point? …

The Texas A&M football program reportedly gained a veteran signal-caller Tuesday night after the transfer portal opened a day earlier. Former UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno will join his third team and play with the Aggies in 2025, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound quarterback has appeared in 30 games in his collegiate career, most recently playing in four games …

Orlovsky: Maye has chance to be ‘unbelievable star’ for Patriots originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2024 NFL Draft class was all about the quarterbacks, and six of them were selected in the top 12 picks. Caleb Williams (No. 1, Bears), Jayden Daniels (No. 2, Commanders), Drake Maye (No. 3, Patriots), Michael Penix Jr. (No. 8, Falcons), J.J. McCarthy …

Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter continues to pad his resume this season. On Tuesday, Carter was named the Associated Press Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Carter was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year and the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year last week by the Big Ten, so receiving the AP’s top defensive …

Cowboys special teams coach John Fassel isn’t blaming Amani Oruwariye for the team’s loss on Monday night, and he doesn’t want the cornerback blaming himself either. Fassel, who consoled a distraught Oruwariye after the game, said he communicated with Oruwariye through text and in a phone call on Tuesday. “If we can put ourselves in his shoes and how fast …

Jalen Milroe added to his legacy as an Alabama football quarterback Tuesday night. The Alabama redshirt junior was named as the 35th recipient of the William V. Campbell Trophy by the National Football Foundation. Known as the “Academic Heisman,” is an award given to the player who best combined academic success, football performance and leadership. Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones …

Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet took full advantage of his opportunity to start in place of Kenneth Walker III in Week 14. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Heading into Week 15, injuries throughout the league are stacking up, which means those further down the depth chart are providing fantasy football managers the opportunity to find a potential league winner late down …

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin criticized the NCAA for keeping the transfer portal open between the end of the regular season and bowl games. “It really is a dumb system,” Kiffin said Tuesday during a conference call with reporters to promote the Gator Bowl. “Think about what we’re talking about: a quarterback (Duke’s Maalik Murphy) going in the portal. …

Rams cornerback Cobie Durant, who has a bruised lung, remained out of practice Tuesday. He was one of six players who didn’t participate in the walk-through. Wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (shoulder), tight end Davis Allen (shoulder), defensive end Tyler Davis (calf) and wide receiver Jordan Whittington (shoulder) also remained out of practice. Offensive tackle K.T. Leveston (ankle) was downgraded to …

Dec. 10—Tony Gibson, who spent two formative years of his college coaching career at Cumberland in the 1990s, will be introduced for his first head coaching job later this week at Marshall University, the school has announced. Gibson coached defensive backs on Herschel Moore’s CU staff in 1997 and ’98. Now 52, he broke into Division I coaching at West …

Las Vegas Raiders rookie TE Brock Bowers is on pace for a historic fantasy season. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Fantasy football managers brave enough to take a shot on rookie tight end Brock Bowers have been handsomely rewarded to this point in the season. It’s been a historic campaign for the 13th overall pick, officially breaking …

Photo: Isaiah Hole After Michigan football upset then-No. 2 Ohio State on Nov. 30, the Wolverines did what they had done two years prior: took the flag from the cheer team and went to plant it at midfield. However, the home team in Columbus didn’t much appreciate that, and several Buckeyes rushed the celebrating maize and blue team. Now a …

Dallas Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle has taken over the backfield to provide fantasy managers with an intriguing RB play through the playoffs. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Though Dallas Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle hasn’t had the highest ceiling this season, he’s provided fantasy football managers with a very safe floor since taking over the lead-back role. Among RBs with 100+ rush …

Two-dozen UCF football players have publicly stated intentions to enter the transfer portal since Gus Malzahn resigned as head coach, but the Knights suffered arguably their biggest potential loss late Tuesday night. Tight end Randy Pittman Jr., who has played 25 consecutive games for the Knights and was the team’s second-leading receiver as a true sophomore, plans to enter the …