Monthly Archives: January 2025

Report: Wisconsin to host Miami transfer cornerback on official visit

Wisconsin is set to host Miami transfer cornerback D’Yoni Hill on an official visit, according to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Zenitz reports that Wisconsin, West Virginia and Missouri are the three schools with a visit scheduled, with Kansas State and Oklahoma State also in the mix. Hill is looking for a new destination for his final year of eligibility. Related: Tracking Wisconsin …

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Fantasy Football Week 18 Start Sit Decisions: One last ride for Joe Flacco

Quarterback Start: Michael Penix, Falcons We’re doing it again with Penix. The Falcons’ team total sits at 28 points. They get a Carolina defense that ranks 31st in EPA per dropback allowed and has given up the third-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. Atlanta dialed up an extremely conservative approach in Penix’s first start, logging a -11% pass rate over …

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Cowboys to meet with Mike McCarthy next week about coaching job; Jerry Jones says Week 18 game no factor

The Dallas Cowboys’ (7-9) 2024 season finale on Sunday afternoon against the Washington Commanders will not alter team owner and general manager Jerry Jones’ evaluation of head coach Mike McCarthy and his coaching staff.  McCarthy and his staff’s original, five-year coaching contracts that began in 2020 are set to expire on Jan. 14, per NFL Media, which gives Jones a little …

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Wisconsin transfer quarterback visits College Football Playoff participant

Wisconsin transfer quarterback Tyler Van Dyke is visiting SMU this weekend, according to a report from 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Van Dyke entered the portal last month after one season with the Badgers. He played just two full games before a Week 3 knee injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season. He’s in the portal with one year of …

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QB-needy Giants should pursue J.J. McCarthy trade with Vikings

The Vikings shouldn’t make J.J. McCarthy available. Sam Darnold has been nothing short of magnificent this season, but barring a trip to the Super Bowl, they don’t have to pick one or the other yet. They should franchise tag Darnold (which isn’t an issue with $77 million in cap space), make him show it for one more year, and then …

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Alabama fires former Wisconsin top assistant coach

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer dismissed safeties coach Colin Hitschler on Friday, as first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The move is a significant one after Hitschler spent just one season with the program. The Crimson Tide finished at 9-4 after a bowl loss to Michigan, clinching its first season without double-digit wins since 2007 — Nick Saban’s …

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Lincoln Riley isn’t the only coach to get worse the past two seasons

Georgia coach Kirby Smart looks up into the crowd before the start of a NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. News Joshua L Jones Lincoln Riley, who made the College Football Playoff three straight years from 2017 through 2019 and won four straight Big 12 championships, has fallen from the …

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Eagles injury update: Jalen Hurts misses another week of practice

Eagles injury update: Jalen Hurts misses another week of practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was not at the start of Friday’s practice and has now missed two full weeks with a concussion he suffered on Dec. 22 in Washington. Hurts (concussion/left finger) was listed as a non-participant the first two days of this week. …

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Was the SEC trying to help Notre Dame?

Jan 2, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish players celebrate with fans in the stands after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images Was SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey trying to help Notre Dame when he requested that next week’s Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl games be flipped? Right now the Fighting Irish …

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