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 …

Getty Images The final week of the NFL season always has some compelling storylines. Whether its for playoff spots, the race for draft positioning or contract incentives, there’s always something to play for in Week 18.  There’s also individual records and milestones that certain players are attempting to break, as they are on the verge of etching their names into …

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 …

Subscribe to Inside Coverage In this episode of Inside Coverage, hosts Jason Fitz, Jori Epstein and Frank Schwab dive deep into the latest coaching rumors and news across the NFL. With the New York Jets already making moves early in the offseason, the team’s pursuit of former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel is front and center. The hosts explore …

PASADENA, Calif. — It was so quiet in the Oregon locker room you could hear a season end. Amid the near silence Wednesday night, Ducks cornerback Jabbar Muhammad found himself offering a way-too-early state-of-the union assessment of his program.  “None of us should come out of here with our head held low. We should definitely have our head held high,” …

The NFL is nothing if not unpredictable. Week 17, after all, delivered quite a few surprises, from the New York Giants stunning the Indianapolis Colts to the Kenny Pickett-led Philadelphia Eagles trouncing the Dallas Cowboys. So who, exactly, might be a safe bet for the upcoming Week 18 slate? We’ve collected all of the best picks and gambling content from …

High school football season in Cincinnati has been officially over for about a month now, and the coaching carousel is just starting to get spinning. About a half-dozen Cincinnati schools have head football coaching openings, and more may be to come. A few schools have filled their openings, most notably Colerain by hiring former Mount Healthy coach Jordan Stevens, but …

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. …

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 …

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! I’m not sure how it happened, but the NFL regular season is about to be over. There are only 16 games left on the schedule and they’ll be going down over the next two days starting with Browns-Ravens on Saturday afternoon and ending with the Vikings-Lions showdown on Sunday night.  …

The quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff delivered several memorable performances, including the 1-seed and 2-seed getting blasted out of the field with ease. In a rematch between Ohio State and undefeated Oregon, the Buckeyes obliterated the Ducks in the Rose Bowl, while SEC champion Georgia was sent packing by a physical Notre Dame team.  For Arizona State and …

Lynch senses Shanahan’s excitement to find 49ers solutions for 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers are deep into their process of finding remedies for what ailed the team this season. General manager John Lynch, appearing Friday morning on KNBR’s “Murph and Markus” show, said the organization’s plan is “well in the works” as they look to …

. Michigan football’s 2024 season is officially over following the ReliaQuest Bowl win over Alabama on Tuesday. Now all attention turns to recruiting and the transfer portal as the Wolverines look to enhance the roster for the 2025 season. The maize and blue are getting going in a hurry with one transfer portal target set to be in Ann Arbor …

Veteran running backs signing with new teams this offseason was one of the biggest stories entering the 2024-25 NFL season with Derrick Henry joining the Baltimore Ravens as one of the most substantial acquisitions. That has translated into both individual success for Henry and team success for Baltimore as Henry is the RB4 in Fantasy football entering Week 18. The …

By any measure, the Oregon Ducks’ first season in the Big Ten was an enormous success. The Ducks won the Big Ten Championship Game and were a perfect 13-0 entering the College Football Playoff. However, Oregon was ousted by No. 8 Ohio State in the quarterfinals and now Dan Lanning will go back to the drawing board as he seeks …