The Packers dealt the Saints only their second shutout defeat in 370 games [Getty Images] Jordan Love starred as the Green Bay Packers routed the New Orleans Saints 34-0 to secure their spot in the NFL play-offs. The 26-year-old quarterback threw for 182 yards and a touchdown as the Packers earned their place in the play-offs for the fifth time …
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Georgia QB Carson Beck out for season, Gunner Stockton to start for Bulldogs in CFP
When the Georgia Bulldogs begin their College Football Playoff run, they will do so without their starting quarterback. Carson Beck is out for the remainder of the season, the school announced on Monday. The fifth-year senior suffered an elbow injury on his throwing arm in the final play of the first half in the SEC championship game against Texas. He …
Read More »Packers steamroll depleted Saints, look like a top contender in the NFC
The Green Bay Packers might be the best third-place team in NFL history. The Packers can’t win the division despite an 11-4 record, because the Detroit Lions or Minnesota Vikings are each 13-2 and one of them has to win (or they tie) when they meet in Week 18. But the Packers are on the short list of teams that …
Read More »ESPN botched Fresno State’s mascot name on its Potato Bowl broadcast with a NSFW error
BOISE, ID – DECEMBER 23: The Fresno State Bulldogs defense celebrate a successful goal line stand during the first half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Albertsons Stadium on December 23, 2024 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images) Monday’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl featured one of the strangest typographic errors in ESPN …
Read More »What time are the NFL Christmas games and when does Beyoncé perform?
Beyoncé performs during the Super Bowl XLVII half-time show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in February 2013.Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The NFL Christmas games are taking place on, you guessed it, Christmas. And if you’re anything like millions of people around the world then you’re probably wondering: what time does the Beyoncé show begin? But is that all you really need …
Read More »College Football Playoff bracket 2024: Full schedule, results to first-round games
The 2024 College Football Playoff has hit the second round. A new, expanded 12-team bracket began with byes for four teams and four first-round games hosted by Texas football, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State. The byes belonged to Oregon, the top seed and winner of the Big Ten; Georgia, which won the SEC title game and grabbed the …
Read More »Chargers put in a waiver claim for WR Diontae Johnson
The Texans claimed wide receiver Diontae Johnson off waivers from the Ravens on Monday, but they were not the only team to submit a claim. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports the Chargers also put in a claim. The Texans and Chargers have the same 9-6 record, but Houston had a higher claim based on the aggregate winning percentage of …
Read More »Where is Texas vs. Arizona? Peach Bowl game location info, details, CFP schedule
Texas football is preparing to face the champion of its old conference in the College Football Playoff, with Big 12 champion Arizona State awaiting in the Peach Bowl. Texas was tested in the first round, defeating Clemson 34-24 behind a rejuvenated running attack led by Jaydon Blue and Quintrevion Wisner. However, the Sun Devils, winners of six straight games, also …
Read More »49ers OL Trent Williams, Aaron Banks, Jaylon Moore won’t return this season
49ers left tackle Trent Williams will not return this season. The 49ers are out of postseason contention, and Williams’ balky ankle hasn’t healed enough for him to get back before the season ends in two weeks. “He won’t be playing in these next two games,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “He hasn’t been able to …
Read More »Ohio State football drops sneak peak of Rose Bowl uniforms
Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) lines up during the first half of the NCAA football game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. The Ohio State Buckeyes will battle the Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2025. Because Ohio State lost its last game of the season to …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers muses about being released “by a teenager”
With Tuesday being Christmas Eve, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers made his weekly visit with Pat McAfee and company a day earlier than usual. And Rodgers made, unprompted, a comment about his future with the Jets. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, Rodgers brought up the possibility of being released by the Jets at the end of the season. “Being released would …
Read More »Georgia turns to backup Gunner Stockton at QB in CFP quarterfinal as Carson Beck has season-ending surgery
No. 2 Georgia is resting its national championship hopes on backup quarterback Gunner Stockton following Carson Beck’s season-ending elbow surgery on Monday. Coach Kirby Smart said Monday that Georgia is preparing Stockton to start in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against No. 3 Notre Dame. Stockton took over when Beck suffered a right …
Read More »Packers record first shutout of 2024 vs. Saints, ensuring there’s still never been an NFL season without one
Getty Images At long last, the NFL has a shutout in 2024. On Monday night, the Green Bay Packers blanked the New Orleans Saints, 34-0, en route to a victory to wrap up Week 16. On top of this win, during which Green Bay improved to 11-4 and clinched a playoff spot, it proved to be the first shutout of …
Read More »Can BYU’s experience in bowls help the Cougars upset Colorado?
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake reacts as a play unfolds during a game against the Arizona Wildcats held at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. | Isaac Hale SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The No. 23 Colorado Buffaloes have the better offense, led by future NFL first-round draft picks Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter, the Heisman Trophy …
Read More »Monday Night Football: Packers post NFL’s first shutout this season, run over Saints 34-0
The Saints had a first Monday night: They became the first team to be shutout in the NFL this season. The NFL went a record 15 weeks and 15 games without a shutout before the Packers kept the Saints off the scoreboard, winning 34-0. The Packers moved to 11-4 and are headed to the postseason, while the Saints fell to …
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