Kickoff for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday has been moved from 6:30 p.m. CT to 7:05 p.m., bowl organizers announced on Wednesday night. Ole Miss (9-3) plays Duke (9-3) in Jacksonville, Florida, at EverBank Stadium. ESPN has the broadcast. The change in the kickoff is due to the Sugar Bowl being rescheduled to 3 p.m. on Thursday. Watch the …

49ers QB Dobbs to start Week 18 vs. Cardinals with Purdy out originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers will have a new quarterback for the Week 18 game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at State Farm Stadium. After starter Brock Purdy suffered a right elbow contusion in the 49ers’ 40-34 loss to the Detroit Lions on …

Arizona State trailed by 16 points in the waning minutes of the Peach Bowl against the heavily-favored Texas Longhorns. The Sun Devils’ star running back Cam Skattebo was largely stifled and found himself vomiting on the sideline.  The Longhorns ultimately pulled off a 39-31 victory over the Sun Devils in double-overtime, but the final minutes of the 2025 Peach Bowl …

PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley has said he wasn’t scared of making history. Chasing Eric Dickerson’s record was something he wanted to pursue, and something his teammates wanted to help him achieve.  Barkley let the decision come down to the Eagles. They decided to rest him for the Week 18 finale against the New York Giants, as Barkley will end his …

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian raises the trophy as the Texas Longhorns celebrate their 39-31 double overtime win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025. Texas has had a hard time putting teams away in the second half of the season. UT let …

Rams backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo speaks to reporters during a news conference on Wednesday. (Gary Klein / Los Angeles Times) Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo last started an NFL game in October 2023. On Sunday, the 11th-year pro will start in place of Matthew Stafford for the playoff-bound Rams in the season finale against the Seattle Seahawks at SoFi Stadium, coach Sean …

Conference realignment has forever changed the college football landscape, and the Rose Bowl will no longer be played between the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-12 because the latter no longer exists (at least not in a recognizable form). Still, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  In the first year of the 12-team College Football …

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson told reporters on Wednesday that the back injury which kept him out of Week 17’s 45–33 loss to the New York Giants was more serious than head coach Shane Steichen initially disclosed. It may even be a condition the QB has to deal with throughout his career. Richardson did not participate in Wednesday’s practice, which …

Ohio State is set for revenge. The Buckeyes have surged to a 31-0 lead in the first half of Wednesday’s Rose Bowl with Oregon. The first time the schools met in October, the Ducks came away with a one-point victory. In Pasadena, Oregon had no answers for Chip Kelly’s offensive game plan. Ohio State was scoring anywhere and everywhere. With …

Chargers safety Elijah Molden said after Saturday’s win over the Patriots that he suffered a season-ending fibula injury and the Chargers confirmed it on Wednesday. Molden has been placed on injured reserve, which means the earliest he would be eligible to return is the Super Bowl and there’s been no signal that’s in the cards at this point. The Chargers …

Entering the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s College Football Playoff quarterfinal showdown between (4) Arizona State and (5) Texas, the Sun Devils entered the fourth quarter down 24-8 without much hope of a comeback. Then star running back Cam Skattebo reminded the nation why he’s one of the best players in college football.  Skattebo almost single-handedly powered Arizona State to a …

Dillon Gabriel is older than Anthony Richardson — you’ll read and hear that sentence often during the pre-draft process for the Oregon quarterback who’s also spent time as the Central Florida quarterback and Oklahoma quarterback in his career.  But a three-college career isn’t completely out of the ordinary in the modern portal-driven world of college football, and wherever Gabriel’s been, …

Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Emeka Egbuka (2) attempts to catch the ball in the first half at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State Buckeyes, on both sides of the ball, are on a mission to prove they are the best team in the country, especially after that late-season loss to the Michigan …

The Buccaneers have been playing without safety Antoine Winfield Jr. for a while and they may be down another member of the secondary for Sunday’s game against the Saints. Cornerback Jamel Dean was out of practice on Wednesday because of a knee injury. Dean left last Sunday’s win over the Panthers because of the injury. Winfield also has a knee …

The College Football Playoff hits the big time as it transitions from first-round games on campus to the quarterfinals and major bowl games. For Georgia, it’s a familiar scene. The Bulldogs haven’t lost a bowl game in six years. That’s not the case for Notre Dame, which hasn’t won a major bowl game since 1994 at the Cotton Bowl, well …