The NFL did something different this year with its Christmas slate, partnering with Netflix to stream a pair of unusually timed Wednesday games. They announced the results a day later. Netflix reported an average of 24 million viewers across its games between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers, then the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. Overall, it claimed 65 …
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The 2024 Holiday Bowl will take place on Friday, featuring the No. 21 Syracuse Orange against the Washington State Cougars. Syracuse is coming off an impressive 9-3 season that included a marquee win over Miami (FL) to end the season that kept the Hurricanes out of the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, Washington State went 8-4 as an independent with a …
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The Seattle Seahawks have to be kicking themselves after Week 16’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The Seahawks now need two wins, and the Rams to lose to the Cardinals this Sunday — the Rams win the division with a win over Arizona — for Seattle to take the NFC West crown. They’ll have to lock in Thursday night in …
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. Texas A&M (8-4) will look to end the 2024 season on a high note amid losing three out of the final four games of coach Mike Elko’s inaugural campaign while having the chance to win nine games for the first time since the memorable 2020 season. Facing USC (6-6) in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Trojans have been ravaged …
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Getty Images Joe Burrow may be the Bengals’ MVP this year, but there aren’t too many Cincinnati players as valuable to the team’s success than wideout Tee Higgins. The Bengals are 6-4 this season with Higgins in the lineup, and just 1-4 when he doesn’t play. Higgins has been labeled as questionable for Saturday’s pivotal Week 17 showdown against the …
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The Oklahoma Sooners and Navy Midshipmen will clash in a battle of wagons and boats in the Armed Forces Bowl. Oklahoma enters the game off a disappointing first year in the SEC, finishing 6-6 and barely achieving bowl eligibility. While the Sooners’ season as a whole was disappointing, it did include the high point of knocking off Alabama 24-3 in …
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Eric Dickerson signed a one-day contract in 2017 so he could retire as a Los Angeles Ram. (Greg Beacham / Associated Press) The NFL single-season rushing record has stood for 40 years, far longer than Saquon Barkley has been on this planet. But now, with two games to play, the Philadelphia Eagles running back is 268 yards from eclipsing the …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Texas Tech football teams have won four consecutive bowl appearances only once, and that was over a five-year period from 2009-13. Tech teams have never capped four consecutive seasons with a bowl victory. That distinction and a nine-win season, which Tech teams haven’t accomplished since the Mike Leach era, are what’s at stake when the Red Raiders …
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49ers place Williams on IR, sign OL Hennessy to two-year deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have placed Trent Williams on injured reserve, officially ending his season, the team announced Thursday. In place of the 11-time Pro Bowl left tackle, San Francisco has signed Matt Hennessy to a two-year contract. Hennessy has played in 45 career …
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Getty Images Former NFL All-Pro DeSean Jackson is nearing a deal to become the next coach at Delaware State, according to multiple reports. Jackson, an All-American wideout at Cal from 2005 to 2007, has expressed a desire to become a coach at an HBCU program, per ESPN. Delaware State plays in the FCS as part of the MEAC, one of …
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Welcome to the Week 17 picks and let me be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas, but that’s only to the people who are reading this on or before Dec. 25. If you’re reading this after Christmas, then happy early new year. And if you’re reading this five years down the road because you found it on the …
Read More ». Texas A&M (8-4) will look to end the 2024 season on a high note amid losing three out of the final four games of coach Mike Elko’s inaugural campaign while having the chance to win nine games for the first time since the memorable 2020 season. Facing USC (6-6) in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Trojans have been ravaged …
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Delaware State is joining the trend of HBCU football teams hiring former NFL players. According to ESPN, the school is finalizing a deal with ex-wide receiver DeSean Jackson to be its next head coach. Jackson, 38, last appeared in an NFL game during the 2022 season. Jackson’s hire would come days after Norfolk State hired Michael Vick to be its …
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Two of college football’s great programs are set to square off for the first time in 47 years, and just the fourth time ever, when Texas A&M and USC meet in the Las Vegas Bowl on Friday night. The Aggies and Trojans have combined for 14 claimed national championships (USC with 11, Texas A&M with 3) and rank among the …
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The Seattle Seahawks will be without one of their top players for the rest of the 2024 season. Seattle placed running back Kenneth Walker III on injured reserve on Thursday, effectively ending his season. The Seahawks made the move hours ahead of their Thursday night Week 17 matchup with the Chicago Bears. In a corresponding move, the Seahawks signed running …
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