The Cowboys still draw a decent crowd, even when the Cowboys are barely decent. Last night’s Bengals-Cowboys game on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 generated an average audience of 18.7 million viewers. That said, the combined broadcast and cable audience wasn’t much bigger than Thursday’s streaming-only Packers-Lions audience initially reported by Prime Video, at 17.29 million. (Updated numbers released on Monday …

LAS VEGAS — College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark said he was “infuriated” by a leak that revealed SMU had made the field before the official CFP announcement on Sunday. A minute before the Selection Sunday show began on ESPN, Brett McMurphy of the Action Network tweeted, “SMU is in @CFBPlayoff and Alabama is out …”  It wasn’t until …

On Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET, the 10-3 Bills and 12-1 Lions will kick off in Detroit, and at the same time the 10-3 Steelers and 11-2 Eagles will kick off in Philadelphia. That gives the NFL a great pair of late-season games, the likes of which football fans rarely get to experience. The last time the NFL had two …

Penn State head coach James Franklin was happy to see his team come out of the Big Ten championship game as healthy as possible despite coming out on the losing end of things against Orgeon. But the Nittany Lions will unfortunately still be without one of its key defensive players for the duration of the College Football Playoff as safety …

In this episode of Football 301, Nate Tice and Matt Harmon take a deep dive into the 2024 NFL rookie class, breaking down the highs, lows, and everything in between. From quarterbacks like Caleb Williams, whose start with the Chicago Bears has been filled with ups and downs, to offensive lineman like Joe Alt, the guys evaluate how these rookies …

USATSI Michigan is expected to hire Chip Lindsey as its next offensive coordinator, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reports. Lindsey served most recently as North Carolina’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the last two seasons and worked with current New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye during the 2023 season. Lindsey served as the coach at Troy from 2019-21 and had …

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has not had a pass intercepted in four games. He’s never had a stretch of five games without an interception. (Eric Thayer / Associated Press) Matthew Stafford made NFL history several times this season, moving into the top 10 in career yards passing, completions and touchdowns. On Thursday night against the San Francisco 49ers, the Rams’ …

Bryan Harsin is back in college football. Cal announced Tuesday that the former Auburn and Boise State coach would be its new offensive coordinator. Harsin, 48, has spent the last two seasons out of college football since he was fired by Auburn with four games to go in the 2022 regular season. Harsin’s hire comes a week after Cal announced …