Not a single team that won its conference championship game advanced to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff as teams seed Nos. 5-8 each kept their postseason runs alive after failing to earn first-round byes. Theories will abound about how Texas, Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame benefitted from hosting first-round games while their quarterfinal opponents sat at …

On Sunday night, two of the NFL’s best teams will battle it out, with both the NFC North crown and the conference’s No. 1 seed on the line.  Many expected the Detroit Lions to be in a position like this, but the same wasn’t true of the Minnesota Vikings. They’ve taken divergent paths to get to this place, too. One …

The College Football Playoff semifinals schedule begins with the Orange Bowl between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 6 Penn State on Thursday, Jan. 9. It concludes with the Cotton Bowl between No. 8 Ohio State and No. 5 Texas on Friday, Jan. 10. Who is going to be calling each game in the CFP semifinals? Check out the College …

Yahoo Fantasy analysts Andy Behrens and Scott Pianowski hand out awards for the 2024 fantasy football season. With the 2024 fantasy football season officially in the rearview mirror, you’ve hopefully walked away with some hardware to commemorate the season. Now, it’s time to hand out hardware to the players who got us there. Fantasy MVP: Ja’Marr Chase Chase was of …

Alabama football has reportedly made a change on its defensive coaching staff. Colin Hitschler, the Crimson Tide’s co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, will not return to Alabama in 2025 according to a report by ESPN and multiple other outlets. Hitschler had one year left on his contract with the Crimson Tide. Hitschler was the safeties coach at Cincinnati in …

The final week of the regular season is upon us and Week 18 culminates with a head-to-head battle between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings with the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff bracket on the line. The Lions are three-point favorites in the latest Week 18 NFL odds. Meanwhile, there is one playoff spot …

IU football quarterback Kurtis Rourke finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting… with a torn ACL. The Hoosiers QB threw for more than 3,000 yards and 29 touchdowns this season, leading IU to the College Football Playoff, all on a torn ACL, per his agent Casey Muir. Muir told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero that Rourke re-tore his ACL in August …

Word heading into Week 17 was that the Dolphins would release defensive lineman Calais Campbell if they were eliminated from playoff contention, but they beat the Browns and remain alive heading into their season finale against the Jets. Campbell will be on the roster to help push for the final playoff spot in the AFC, but the prospect of what …

. LSU football received a commitment from a blue-chip defensive lineman on Thursday. JaReylan McCoy (2026) chose the Tigers over Tennessee, USC, and Alabama, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. He announced the decision at the 2025 Under Armor All-American game in Orlando, FL. McCoy’s commitment brings LSU’s 2026 class to six recruits and puts it at No. 4 in the …

Mike Vrabel is the latest candidate to get an interview for the Jets’ head coaching job. Vrabel will interview at the Jets’ facility today, according to Zack Rosenblatt of TheAthletic.com. A consultant for the Browns this season, Vrabel’s contract with Cleveland expired this week, freeing him up to begin the process of looking for a head-coaching job before the season …

NEW ORLEANS — Georgia prided itself over the last decade as one of the big bullies in college football, but on Thursday at the College Football Playoff, the Bulldogs were pushed aside by a bunch of misfits from Notre Dame. The heartfelt label of “misfits” given by Marcus Freeman for this group of football-obsessed power players and head hunters staked their …

The 2024 NFL regular season is coming to an end, and half of the league will be turning their attention to the offseason. Last offseason was rather dramatic, as Bill Belichick found himself without a head-coaching job, Jim Harbaugh returned to the NFL and the quarterback market exploded with five $50-plus million-per-year extensions being handed out. What will happen this …

. Lane Kiffin might be King Troll on the internet, whether it’s out loud or on his always-entertaining X (formerly Twitter) account. We might have gotten another example on Thursday night as his Ole Miss team beat Duke in the Gator Bowl. MORE LANE KIFFIN: He won’t stop being weird about the College Football Playoff In an ESPN interview, he …

Even if healthy, Jalen Hurts was likely not going to play in the Philadelphia Eagles’ regular-season finale on Sunday against the New York Giants. Head coach Nick Sirianni indicted this week he would be resting a number of players, including running back Saquon Barkley, as the team is locked into the NFC’s No. 2 seed. But with the Eagles quarterback …

The Texas State Bobcats and North Texas Mean Green are set to take center stage on Friday when they meet in the 2025 First Responder Bowl in Dallas. Texas State finished the regular season with a 7-5 overall record, including a 5-3 record in Sun Belt Conference play. North Texas enters with a 6-6 overall record, including a 3-5 record …