Roob’s Observations: Eagles hang on vs. Panthers, tie franchise record in the process originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Had ‘em all the way. Yikes. The Eagles improved to 11-2 and tied the longest winning streak in franchise history Sunday with their ninth straight win, but they sure put you through hell for three hours, didn’t they? The Eagles hung …
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Florida set to face Tulane in 2024 Gasparilla Bowl
Florida Gators running back Dameon Pierce (27) warms up for the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl where they played the Central Florida Knights Thursday, December 23, 2021, in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. [Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner]2021 Oca 122324 Ufvsucfgasbowl The Florida Gators will face the Tulane Green Wave in the 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Fla., …
Read More »NFL Week 14 winners and losers: Vikings receivers shine, Browns’ drought continues
NFL Week 14 winners and losers: Vikings receivers shine, Browns’ drought continues originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Several playoff contenders were on bye in Week 14 — but that didn’t make Sunday any less exciting. Four of the seven games in the early window were decided by six points or less, including one that went to overtime and three …
Read More »Alabama, Miami among teams feeling the sting after just missing out on College Football Playoff field
Sunday was a day of celebration for many prominent teams as they saw their names unveiled on the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket. At-large programs like SMU, Indiana, Tennessee and even Ohio State can breathe a sigh of relief knowing, with certainty, that they will have a shot at playing for a national championship. For all the joy that the …
Read More »2024 NFL playoff picture: Ranking top AFC wild-card contenders, from Ravens to Dolphins and Colts
The NFL has 13 weeks of action in the books, and we’re now heading down the final stretch of the regular season with the calendar flipped to December. Just five weeks remain in the 2024 regular season, and the playoff picture is starting to crystalize. The Kansas City Chiefs have already secured a spot in the postseason, as did the …
Read More »QB Chase Herbstreit, son of former Ohio State QB Kirk Herbstreit, commits to Michigan for class of 2025
Before he became an ESPN college football analyst and one of the faces of the sport, Kirk Herbstreit was an Ohio State quarterback, suiting up for the Buckeyes from 1989-92. Now, one of his sons is headed to his alma mater’s hated rival. Chase Herbstreit, a quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class, has committed to Michigan, he announced Sunday to …
Read More »Cousins throws away Falcons’ chances, and possibly their season, in return to Minnesota
Once more time, Kirk Cousins thrilled the home crowd in Minnesota. Unfortunately for Cousins, though, he was wearing the road team’s uniform. Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons, stumbling through a three-game losing streak and on the verge of losing their division lead, came into Minnesota hoping to level out what’s become a late-season spiral. Instead, the spiral grew only steeper …
Read More »If College Football Playoff actually wants to reward top teams, it should ditch byes for conference champions
Nearly all the debate in the final hours of College Football Playoff deliberation centered around whether SMU or Alabama should claim the final spot. It was an argument between how harshly the committee should punish championship game losers in comparison to teams sitting at home, but also how much a team should be rewarded for its strength of schedule, even …
Read More »Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks suffers non-contact injury to surgically repaired knee vs. Eagles, ruled out
USATSI Carolina Panthers rookie running back Jonathon Brooks has been ruled out for the remainder of Sunday’s Week 14 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles due to a right knee injury. Brooks suffered the non-contact injury in the first quarter after taking a first-and-10 handoff from the Philadelphia 23-yard line. As he ran left and tried to plant his foot down …
Read More »National Signing Day Team Spotlight: No. 9 Texas A
National Signing Day has come and gone and while the 2025 class is not finished since there is a late signing period in February as well, most of the action happened this week. Rivals is breaking down each Top 25 recruiting class and we continue here with No. 9 Texas A&M. MORE AGGIES: Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class MORE TEAM …
Read More »Aidan O’Connell carted off with air cast after late shove in the back by Calijah Kancey injures Raiders QB
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell left Sunday’s game with air cast on his left leg. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell left Sunday’s game against the Bucs on a cart with an air cast on his left leg after being injured on a late hit. The injury took place late in the third quarter as the …
Read More »2025 College Football Playoff bracket: When first 12-team schedule begins, bowl games, championship dates
Getty Images The first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff bracket has been set with 12 teams now afforded an opportunity to make a run towards a national championship. The new-look CFP is more of an event than the four-team field ever was, or the BCS before it, with action expanding across a month between December and January — …
Read More »Falcons’ Kirk Cousins gets booed in return to Minnesota, throws interception in first half vs. Vikings
USATSI Kirk Cousins called U.S. Bank Stadium home from 2018 to 2023 as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and for the first time since his move to the Atlanta Falcons, he is facing his former team. Cousins had a winning record and three playoff appearances with the Vikings, but fans have officially moved on. As Cousins took the …
Read More »Illinois vs. South Carolina tickets for Citrus Bowl: Prices, how to buy
The Illinois football team is headed to Orlando, Florida, to take on South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl Game that will be held in Camping World Stadium on Dec. 31, 2024. Coach Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini (9-3) closed strong with three consecutive wins for their first nine-win regular season since 2007. Illinois is now headed to its second bowl game in …
Read More »Panthers rookie RB Jonathon Brooks carted off with non-contact knee injury weeks after return from torn ACL
Jonathon Brooks suffered a non-contact knee injury on Sunday. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Three weeks into his return from an ACL tear, Jonathon Brooks is injured again. The rookie Carolina Panthers running back slipped to the turf and limped toward the sideline with a non-contact knee injury on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. He was eventually taken to the locker room …
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