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In our everlasting mission to predict the future, a top-down look at how an offense might attack their opponent’s defense is, in my humble estimation, a good place to start. We find defenses every season that profile as a so-called run funnel, meaning opponents lean unusually hard on the rushing attack in neutral and positive game scripts. The same goes …

There is just about one week left in this current transfer portal window, and while movement will still take place after the window closes, December 28th’s closing date will bring some clarity for schools around the nation. Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have done very well in the portal so far, picking up five commitments at major positions of …

Patrick Mahomes is off the injury report and is good to go for Saturday’s Kansas City Chiefs game against the Houston Texans. Mahomes, who left during a win over the Cleveland Browns and was later diagnosed with a “mild” high ankle sprain, was a full participant in practice this week. He was tackled awkwardly and landed with his legs pinned …

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9-4) and Ohio Bobcats (10-3) will meet in the 2024 Cure Bowl on Friday afternoon, as both teams play under interim coaches. Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez took the West Virginia job, leaving offensive coordinator Rod Smith as the interim coach. Ohio coach Tim Albin took the same position at Charlotte, so offensive coordinator Brian …

Last night’s win over the Broncos dramatically increases the Chargers’ chances of making it to the playoffs. It also gives them an important advantage when it comes to sorting out the AFC playoff tree. By sweeping the Broncos, the Chargers are in position to avoid the No. 7 seed — and a likely trip to Buffalo in the wild-card round. …

Sep 30, 2017; Madison, WI, USA; Footballs with the college football playoff logo sit on the field during warmups prior to the game between the Northwestern Wildcats and Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports The Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the Indiana Hoosiers to South Bend on Friday night for the opening game of …

Broncos coach Sean Payton made a shocking decision to punt with 4:35 remaining in the fourth quarter while trailing 27-24 and facing fourth-and-6 on the 49-yard line on Thursday night. It didn’t go well for his team. The Chargers got the ball after the punt and promptly marched down the field on a six-play, 90-yard touchdown drive that gave the …

The 10th-seeded Indiana Hoosiers battle the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of the 2024 College Football Playoff on Friday. The winner of the game will then face the second-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in the quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. The Hoosiers (11-1), who tied for second with Penn State in the Big Ten at …

For the better part of the last 63 years, the NFL has steered clear of scheduling Saturday games while school is in session, only to watch in bemusement as college football’s expansionist impulses have undone a lifetime of studied avoidance. That two of the first-round CFP games are on a collision course with a pair of NFL contests with significant …

With a chance to advance to the quarterfinals, who will step up in the first round of the College Football Playoff? Whether it’s at the quarterback, receiver or defensive position, there are plenty of stars that will take part in the inaugural first round of the expanded 12-team playoff. But as the road to a national championship gets tougher against …

Meet the coach who helped turn a question mark into an Eagles’ strength originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Zack Baun was about to walk through the double doors into the Eagles’ locker room this week when he urged Oren Burks to share Bobby King’s favorite expression. And Burks came through. “When in doubt, choose violence,” he said. It’s something …

The Tennessee Volunteers make their College Football Playoff debut on Saturday as they travel as the No. 9 seed to take on No. 8 seed Ohio State in the first round. The Vols last won a national title in the 1998 season under the BCS system and they never made the four-team CFB playoff field. They rode a strong defense …

Rams Bobby Brown II (95), Kobie Turner (91), Byron Young (0) and Michael Hoecht have been creating a bond since camp. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the NFL’s oldest player. At 41, he has shown flashes of the skill that helped him win four NFL most-valuable-player awards. So young Rams defensive players …

Donovan Hinish and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play the Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoffs this weekend, here’s how to watch. (Melinda Meijer/ISI Photos/Getty Images) No. 10 Indiana will head to No. 7 Notre Dame for a first-round College Football Playoff game this Friday; it will be the first meeting between the two teams since 1991. Notre …