The Ravens were the best team in the NFL during the 2023 regular season, but that came to an end when the Chiefs came to Baltimore in the AFC Championship Game and upset the Ravens on the way to their second consecutive championship. Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith is eager to show on Thursday night who the better team really is. …

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia breaks down the winners and losers for Michigan football in the Wolverines’ 30-10 win over Fresno State in Saturday night’s season opener in Ann Arbor. Three up Michigan tight end Colston Loveland (18) celebrates his touchdown against Fresno State during the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. TE Colston …

ASHLAND — If you happened to get a glimpse of the Mapleton football team during offseason football camp, it was hard not to focus on the side of the field where head coach Mitch Young was operating at. Working with both the offensive and defensive lineman, Young was nonstop preaching the basics of proper technique for the O-lineman and tackling …

Week 2 is in the books, and it’s your chance to select the Eagle-Gazette High School Football Player of the Week. Eagle-Gazette readers can now vote online for who they think deserves to be the Player of the Week. The poll will run from 6 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Thursday. Amanda-Clearcreek took on Unioto in varsity football at Amanda-Clearcreek …

Arkansas football will face its first test of the 2024 season this weekend with a road trip to No. 18 Oklahoma State. The Razorbacks (1-0) and Cowboys will face off at 11 a.m. Saturday, with a national audience on ESPN. It’s only Week 2, but this feels like a potential tipping point for the Hogs. A win would give Arkansas …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football (1-0) has its sights set on a Saturday road game against Illinois (1-0) for the Jayhawks’ second game of the year. This will be the first road game for Kansas this season, as well as the Jayhawks’ first game against another Division I FBS opponent. Head coach Lance Leipold and company are coming off a 48-3 …

The future Hall of Fame quarterback turned TV analyst spoke to Yahoo Sports senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson recently about what makes winning three straight championships – something that’s never been done in the NFL – so hard to do. Video Transcript You had an opportunity to attempt to, to win three straight Super Bowls. Not a lot of players, …

The Illinois Fighting Illini continue the college football season at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 against the Kansas Jayhawks at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini are coming off a 45-0 victory against Eastern Illinois to open the season. The Illini are expected to compete for a bowl game in his fourth season as coach of …

Sep. 1—NACOGDOCHES — The opener for the Palestine Wildcats saw some positives for Palestine Athletic Director and Head Football Coach James Reyes. Even in a 34-17 loss to a Class 5A school, Reyes knew with his young team they would fight hard. The Wildcats return to action at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6 at home against the Jasper Bulldogs in …

Sep. 1—PULLMAN — Whenever Jake Dickert sat down to watch the replay of his Washington State team’s 70-30 win over Portland State on Saturday, a blowout win for the Cougars to kick off the new season, he probably liked most of what he saw. His new starting quarterback, redshirt sophomore John Mateer, totaled six touchdowns on 352 passing yards. His …

A University of Dayton football player earned a weekly Pioneer Football League (PFL) honor for his play in the Flyers’ win on Saturday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Linebacker Gideon Lampron was named the PFL’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week in Dayton’s 18-10 victory over Saint Francis Saturday at Welcome Stadium. He shared the honor with …

New year, same results for LSU football in Week 1. For the third consecutive season under Brian Kelly, the Tigers were unable to start the season off with a victory as they fell to No. 23 USC 27-20 Sunday night in Las Vegas at the Modelo Vegas Kickoff Classic. After all, this is the risk of scheduling a top-25 opponent …

. What a night it was for USC football in Las Vegas. The Trojans, who had to listen for eight whole months about how bad they were on defense and how irrelevant they were in the larger workings of college football, had a chance to make a statement. Lincoln Riley, every coach, and every player had a chance to shut …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Week 1 of the 2024 college football season continued on Saturday night aas USC defeated LSU 27-20 in the dying minutes of Vegas Kickoff Classic. Both teams debuted new QBs in USC’s Miller Moss and LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier, as well as shiny new defenses. It was a back and forth game …

Recruiting The Ohio State football program is known as one of the best in the country comes to recruiting and developing wide receiver. Players like Marvin Harrison Jr., Garrett Wilson, and Michael Thomas have come through Columbus. That’s like a huge part of why Phillip Bell III wanted to join Ohio State. Bell, a four-star recruit, has committed to the …