Ten years after the first College Football Playoff, we finally get the full experience of an expanded field of 12. Instead of just two semifinals and a championship game, we get three games spread across a 12-hour window that will serve as the first step in deciding a national champion. The Big Ten will serve as the host location of …

It’s just like our cruel (but incredible) game of fantasy football to leave us riding high on the knowledge that we’re heading into the playoffs with league-winners like Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry … only to be let down with their production in the most crucial of moments. [Week 16 Half-PPR Fantasy Rankings: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs …

The 2024-25 college football bowl schedule began on Dec. 14 and continues through January, culminating with the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 20. This year’s bowl schedule features the inaugural 12-team CFP bracket, with four first-round games taking place this Friday and Saturday. No. 7 seed Notre Dame is a 6.5-point favorite against No. 10 seed Indiana in …

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy managed another 22+ point fantasy day in Week 15, but can fantasy football managers trust him in their playoff semifinals? (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Truth be told, the NFL overlords (AKA Roger Goodell) should probably be thanking his lucky stars for fantasy football right now … because if it weren’t for the millions of …

Sep 28, 2024; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Purdue Boilermakers quarterback Marcos Davila (5) warms up before a game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images Nebraska picked up a commitment from Purdue Boilermaker freshman quarterback Marcos Davila. The announcement was made on Friday. Davila was a former four-star recruit according to 247Sports and a three-star …

Jalen McMillan has been piling on the fantasy football points of late. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) The sleeper page was asleep for most of Week 15. The Browns’ passing game was a mess, Sincere McCormick and Zach Ertz got hurt. Stone Smartt beat his projection (he’s also a reasonable pick moving forward), but it’s not like 5-50-0 is a …

Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton is set to make the first start of his career after primary starter Carson Beck suffered a likely season-ending elbow injury in the SEC Championship Game win over Texas. The Bulldogs open the College Football Playoff in the Sugar Bowl against the winner of the first-round matchup between 7-seed Notre Dame vs. 10-seed Indiana.  Stockton was …

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown has been activated from injured reserve and will make his season debut on Saturday against the Houston Texans. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said on Thursday that Brown had a “good chance” to play after he underwent surgery in September to repair a dislocated sternoclavicular joint in his shoulder that he injured …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame students woke up in a snow globe Friday morning, a few inches of fresh powder on the ground as snowflakes swirled through the air to usher in the start of college football’s new era. It was late December in northern Indiana, so the wintry weather was hardly surprising. And that’s the point — whatever …

Game environment is the foundational starting point in making fantasy football lineup decisions. As such, I’m going to break down each game on the slate into three categories: Binge, Stream and Skip. Games you want to “binge” are like the show you can’t miss; you’re watching as soon as it goes live and might just crush all the episodes in …

The 2024 Cure Bowl will be held on Friday in Orlando and will feature a couple of conference champions. The Ohio Bobcats (10-3) won the MAC title while Jacksonville State (9-4) were the champions of Conference USA. However, both programs lost their head coaches in between Championship Week and bowl season, with Bobcats head coach Tim Albin leaving for Charlotte …

The Chiefs have added a key defensive player to their injury report in advance of Saturday’s game against Houston. Linebacker Leo Chenal is now questionable with an illness. In his third season, Chenal has recorded 51 total tackles with four tackles for loss, a sack, and three forced fumbles. Chenal has been on the field for 41 percent of defensive …

Notre Dame wins the first-ever game of the 12-team College Football Playoff in dominant fashion against Indiana. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman break down the game and look ahead to the Fighting Irish’s next playoff matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes. After Indiana’s struggles in this game the narrative that perhaps they were unworthy of the playoffs is …

The Colts won’t have wide receiver Alec Pierce for Sunday’s game against the Titans. Pierce suffered a concussion against the Broncos last week and head coach Shane Steichen said on Friday that he has been ruled out for this weekend. Pierce leads the team with 645 receiving yards, so his absence will be a noticeable one for the offense. Steichen …

At 25, James Blanchard thought he had it made. With a growing family living near the Texas Gulf Coast, he was making six figures. On the side, Blanchard had carved out enough time to pursue his passion, scouting high school players in the state.  One problem: The day job wasn’t enough to satisfy him. Blanchard wasn’t fulfilled. That job was building …