The state of Louisiana is swarming with college football talent and the Louisiana Sports Writers Association highlights those star athletes every year with the All-Louisiana LSWA College Football Team. On Jan. 2, LSWA released its 2024 All-Louisiana honorees which feature the cream of the crop hailing from Louisiana football. Cajun Country got to witness a stellar season filled with athletes …
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Fantasy Football: These ended up being the best draft picks of 2024
At the conclusion of every fantasy football season, it’s a good exercise to look back at what circumstances led to your ultimate fate — whether you walked away with a first-place trophy or reigned supreme in your league’s Toilet Bowl. We’ve already commiserated in our worst picks of Rounds 1-10 in our 2024 fantasy drafts; now it’s time to celebrate …
Read More »The Athletic projects Florida to finish fourth in SEC play
Dec 17, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Florida Gators center Viktor Mikic (12) during the first half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images The Florida Gators enter conference play with a perfect record, but the experts at The Athletic aren’t picking the Orange and Blue to win the SEC, or even finish …
Read More »Tua Tagovailoa: I’m definitely playing if we get to postseason
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is set to miss his second straight game with a hip injury and that’s one of multiple obstacles for them to fend with as they try to advance to the postseason. They also need the Chiefs, who are resting Patrick Mahomes and others, to beat the Broncos while Tagovailoa’s backup Tyler Huntley leads them to a …
Read More »Texas Tech football’s Davion Carter to utilize NCAA waiver, return to Red Raiders in 2025
The Texas Tech football team will have another veteran body on the offensive line for the 2025 season, this one coming from an unlikely source. Tech announced Friday that Davion Carter will return to the Red Raiders for another season. Carter will be utilizing the blanket waiver from the NCAA that grants another year of eligibility to all players who …
Read More »Five 49ers to watch in 2024 season finale vs. Cardinals
Five 49ers to watch in 2024 season finale vs. Cardinals originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Quarterback Brock Purdy will not be available to play in the 49ers’ season finale against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. And the 49ers are not going to push it with some of their other top veteran players who enter the final game of …
Read More »Duke’s Mayo Bowl announcers: Who’s calling Minnesota vs Virginia Tech on ESPN?
Dec 27, 2023; Charlotte, NC, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Neal Brown gets covered in mayonnaise after the game at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: IMAGN-715780 ORIG FILE ID: 20231227_bsd_sd2_656.JPG It’s college football bowl season in 2024! Woohoo! And in the 2025 Duke’s Mayo Bowl (with its amazing mayo mascot) taking place …
Read More »Jeff Ulbrich expects to interview for Jets head coaching job next week
The Jets have started their head coaching search with a couple of candidates who are currently unemployed by NFL teams and they can add more names to the list when currently employed coaches are free to talk to them after the end of the season on Sunday. We’ll have to wait to hear most of those names, but it looks …
Read More »Former LSU football QB AJ Swann transfers to App State
Nov 16, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; LSU Tigers quarterback AJ Swann (15) throws the ball before a game against the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images A former LSU football quarterback found his next school. According to On3’s Hayes Fawcett on Friday, AJ Swann is transferring to Appalachian State. Swann spent two seasons at …
Read More »Aaron Jones has no injury designation for Sunday night
The Vikings will have running back Aaron Jones in the lineup on Sunday night. Jones said earlier this week that he would play against the Lions despite a quad injury that limited his practice participation. Jones returned for a full practice on Friday and the Vikings did not give him an injury designation, so he’s set to be on the …
Read More »WSU AD Anne McCoy dishes on new football coach, Jake Dickert’s depature, financials and more
Jan. 3—PULLMAN — As Washington State enters a new era, its sports programs playing as affiliate members of other conferences until the new Pac-12 launches next year, the school’s athletics programs are feeling the changes financially. That’s the word from WSU athletic director Anne McCoy, who said Friday the athletic department is aiming for a total budget of $74 million …
Read More »Drake Maye listed as questionable with right hand injury
The Patriots have said that Drake Maye is starting at quarterback against the Bills on Sunday, but their final injury report suggests that it’s not a sure thing. Maye is listed as questionable to be in the lineup for the final game of his rookie season. Maye was a limited participant in practice all three days this week. Jacoby Brissett …
Read More »P.J. Fleck gets mayo bath after Gophers win Duke’s Mayo Bowl, 24-10
The Brief ESPN play-by-play announcer Matt Barrie tried mayo on a Dilly bar during the Duke’s Mayo Bowl Friday night, and immediately spit it out and dry heaved into a garbage can The Gophers beat Virginia Tech 24-10 behind two TDs from Elijah Spencer, one from Darius Taylor and a dominant defensive effort P.J. Fleck gets a mayo bath after …
Read More »D.J. Humphries likely to start at LT for Chiefs vs. Broncos
It sounds like veteran offensive lineman D.J. Humphries will be back in the starting lineup for Sunday’s game against the Broncos. Head coach Andy Reid said there’s a “good chance” Humphries will be at left tackle in Week 18. “Again he’s one that I’m kind of checking every day here as we go,” Reid said. “But he looked like he …
Read More »Minnesota beats Virginia Tech 24-10 in Duke’s Mayo Bowl for 8th straight bowl victory
NCAA Football: Duke’s Mayo Bowl-Minnesota at Virginia Tech CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Moments before being doused with a five-gallon tub of mayonnaise, Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck shouted “make it a double!” Then the 44-year-old coach strapped on a Duke’s Mayo Bowl necktie and — with his players watching and chanting “Mayo! Mayo!” — was drenched on a chilly 40-degree night, a …
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