Sep. 24—CHAMPAIGN — Sherrone Moore knows the feeling at Michigan. So does Jonathan Smith at Michigan State. And Luke Fickell at Wisconsin. Like Bret Bielema at Illinois, Moore, Smith and Fickell understand what it’s like to work for an athletic director who also played football at your present employer. Talk about a great source of information. And a person who …

Through three weeks of the NFL season, it’s clear that star teams draw viewers — but good games might draw even more. And while old-school fans accustomed to the NFL on broadcast TV might complain about the league’s increasing presence on streaming services, early returns indicate the league has its eye on a different (read: younger) audience. The Chiefs’ last-minute …

It’s never too early to start thinking about the College Football Playoff field. With this season’s playoff expanding to 12 teams, we’ll be laying out the projected playoff field each week as the season goes on. Yeah, the official playoff rankings won’t be released until Nov. 5, but that won’t stop us from making our own guesses. Without CFP rankings …

There are plenty of good uniforms in the NFL, but only eight teams can claim they have the best uniforms in their division. Last week, we asked readers to pick the best uniforms in every division. After receiving at least 9,000 votes for each, we came up with eight big winners. Voting in the divisional round was relatively close. No …

Identifying players who have run particularly hot or cold in recent weeks will be the goal of his space over the 2024 NFL season. Spotting guys who are “due” won’t always work out because my children recently lost my magic eight ball, leaving me powerless to predict the future. Nevertheless, we persist in finding NFL players who have overperformed their …

Dec 27, 2023; San Diego, CA, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt at the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Fox Sports college football expert Joel Klatt released his top 10 college football rankings after Week 4. His top 10 includes five SEC schools, three Big Ten teams, one ACC team, and one squad from …

The Jaguars signed Trevor Lawrence to a contract extension that put him in the company of the best quarterbacks in the league this offseason, but he hasn’t played up to it so far this season. Lawrence and the Jags blew a 10-point lead to the Dolphins in their first game of the season and got steamrolled by the Browns before …

The clock is ticking on Jalen Haralson’s college decision. The 6-7 Haralson, a five-star prospect and the No. 14 overall recruit in the country in the 2025 class by 247Sports, will make his college announcement at 7 p.m., Wednesday at La Lumiere School in LaPorte. Haralson will be selecting from a final three of Indiana, Michigan State and Notre Dame. …

Arthur Blank will forever be immortalized in Atlanta Falcons history. The NFL franchise’s longtime owner and chairman was inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor on Sunday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Falcons fans were treated to free hot dogs, chips and refillable cups as Blank was celebrated at halftime in a special ceremony led by actor Samuel L. Jackson. More …

Wisconsin begins Big Ten play on Saturday with a road trip to No. 13 USC. The game is one of several tough matchups that await the Badgers during their challenging Big Ten slate. Given the team’s slow start to the season, there aren’t many that appear more important than the opener against the Trojans. Related: Wisconsin updated depth chart for …

We hit on some big defense calls this week, having Green Bay as the number one defense and then watching them finish as the number one defense on the week. We also had the Jets and Seahawks in the top five and watched them finish in the top five as well, so that feels good. However, beyond the Steelers, we …

In a matter of hours on Monday, during one of the wildest days in college sports realignment history, the Mountain West went from surviving with its eight football members together in a binding grant of rights to now on the brink of complete dissolution. The Pac-12’s rebuilding effort could, ultimately, result in the destruction of its sister conference if UNLV …

Sirianni explains why he took blame for questionable 4th down call originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia During his postgame press conference following the Eagles’ 15-12 victory over the Saints on Sunday, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni volunteered some information. It wasn’t just his decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 with 14 seconds left in the first half. He …

ATHENS, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 05: Head coach Josh Heupel of the Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs meet on the field after their game at Sanford Stadium on November 05, 2022 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) The 2024 college football season enters Week 5. Bowl season will begin on Dec. 14 and …

Monday night was Jayden Daniels’s coming out party. The Commanders rookie quarterback went 21-of-23 for 254 yards and two touchdowns while also running for a touchdown in a 38-33 road win over the Bengals, but the biggest sign of his arrival came on a fourth down in the fourth quarter. That’s when the Commanders trusted Daniels to deliver a pass …