49ers’ NFC title game record vs. blue, non-blue teams good SBLVIII omen originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area When a team has had as much NFL playoff success as the 49ers, plenty of fascinating statistics start to emerge, with the latest providing a good omen for an upcoming San Francisco victory in Super Bowl LVIII. Per Jay Cuda, every …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program have a huge year ahead of them in 2024, with many opportunities to prove that they remain one of the top dogs in college football.  Opportunity can be everything and the Tigers have multiple to prove their point… Clemson is going nowhere. The real questions surround whether the Tigers will take advantage of …

The NFL is heading into Super Bowl LVIII having had its most-watched playoffs ever. The league announced today that this year’s 12 playoff games averaged 38.5 million viewers, making this the most-watched playoffs the NFL has ever had. That happened despite some changes to this year’s playoffs, including the first-ever playoff game to air exclusively on a streaming platform when …

The UCF football team announced their 2024 schedule on Tuesday morning. The Knights will play seven home games and seven first-time opponents as they begin their second season in the Big 12. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The Knights play four first-time opponents to open the season. They host New Hampshire on August 29 and Sam Houston on September …

Yahoo Sports NFL writer Charles McDonald is joined by Sports Info Solutions’ Bryce Rossler to discuss what it would take for the Chiefs to lose this postseason, including how Kansas City’s defense has improved immensely under Steve Spagnuolo. Hear the full conversation on “The Exempt List with Charles McDonald” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on …

No one can accuse University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman of being a one-trick pony. The NCAA can speak to her versatility. In Plowman’s first go-round with the NCAA, she was the quintessential southern hostess. She couldn’t have been more hospitable in the NCAA’s investigation of former UT football coach Jeremy Pruitt. She welcomed the governing body of college sports. …

If Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes people work better when they’re under pressure, he has applied a little more of it to his lame-duck head coach. Less than two weeks after Jones issued a statement indicating that Mike McCarthy will return for a fifth season after an embarrassing first-round exit from the playoffs, Jones spoke openly about the prospect of …

The Senior Bowl is but one step in the evaluation process that eventually takes the best available college players to the NFL, but it is an important step in that there’s several days of practices in which personnel people can see like as like beyond the game tape. In the evaluative sense, the practices are almost more important than the …

Gardner Minshew is really going to the Pro Bowl. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) For the second straight year, the NFL had to dig deep into the AFC stable of quarterbacks to help replace Patrick Mahomes in the Pro Bowl. The NFL named Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew II to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, as well as Houston Texans …

Senior Bowl practices are underway in Mobile as plenty of stars from the college game this past season try to improve their draft stock in front of scores of NFL front office members. The game is played this coming weekend, but significantly more is usually made of the practice sessions.  In one of those on Tuesday it was Notre Dame …

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte turned himself in to authorities last week after being charged with crimes related to alleged sports betting. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper, File) With the first Super Bowl in the history of Las Vegas taking center stage over the next two weeks, the NFL revealed Tuesday that it will be investigating New England Patriots …

The Texas football team officially filled out its coaching staff on Tuesday with the announced hiring of Kenny Baker. Baker will replace Bo Davis as UT’s defensive line coach. He spent the past season as an assistant defensive line coach with the Miami Dolphins, but has coached at the collegiate level with Western Kentucky, UT-Chattanooga, Mercer and Berry College. Reports …

Former Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown has found a new job. The Bears hired Brown as their pass game coordinator, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports. Brown, 37, was voted the NFL’s No. 2 offensive coordinator in a recent NFLPA player poll. He reunites with Shane Waldron, the new offensive coordinator in Chicago, after the two were on Sean …

Former Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson interviewed with the Buccaneers on Tuesday, the team announced. The Bucs also have interviewed Lions receivers coach Antwaan Randle El, former Browns offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt and Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson for the position. Johnson, though, withdrew his name after getting a contract extension and a raise from the Texans on Tuesday. …

MOBILE, Ala. — Jerry Jones deflected the first couple of questions. Has he talked to Bill Belichick this month? “I don’t want to get into, for reasons of talking about anybody that I may have talked to that’s been bantered around about coaching,” the Dallas Cowboys team owner and general manager said Tuesday. “But I didn’t talk to anybody. I …