The Oregon Ducks are projected to be among the best teams in the nation at the start of the 2024 season, largely thanks to the litany of starters returning from last year, and the influx of top-rated talent coming from the transfer portal. While they are almost unanimously being ranked as a top-10 team going into the offseason, where they …
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Baker Mayfield leads Bucs’ rout of Eagles to set up 2nd-round matchup with Lions
Baker Mayfield and the Bucs obliterated the Eagles Monday night. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) The Philadelphia Eagles followed up a trip to the Super Bowl with a 10-1 start that had them in control of the NFC. They ended their season Monday with a sixth loss in seven games in a 32-9 wild-card defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Baker Mayfield …
Read More »Alabama hire of Kalen DeBoer recalls the Mike Price hire two decades earlier
It was 21 years ago. In late 2002, right after a team from the state of Washington won the Pac-10 championship (shared with USC), Alabama had a head coaching vacancy it needed to fill. It chose Washington State Cougar head coach Mike Price to be its latest head football coach. Here we are, all these years later. After a 2023 …
Read More »That sure felt like the end of the road for Jason Kelce
That sure felt like the end of the road for Jason Kelce originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Update (8:15 a.m., Tuesday): ESPN reports that Jason Kelce has told his teammates that he is indeed retiring. More here. *** TAMPA — A red-eyed Jason Kelce finished getting dressed, picked up his bag and apologetically sliced through a group of reporters …
Read More »Why transfer tight end Tyler Foster sees ‘really promising’ opportunity at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER — As any good host would, Luke McEndoo invited Tyler Foster to his home while Foster was visiting the Oklahoma State campus a couple weeks ago. While there, Foster met McEndoo’s roommate — quarterback Gunnar Gundy. Foster was visiting from Ohio University, where he had been a two-year starter at tight end before entering the transfer portal after the …
Read More »Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce tells teammates he’s retiring after playoff loss to Buccaneers, per report
Jason Kelce is going to go down as one of the greatest Philadelphia Eagles players of all time, and arguably the greatest player at his position in league history. And now it looks like the veteran center is calling it a career. In the aftermath of Philly’s NFC wild-card loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, Kelce told …
Read More »Tem Lukabu will interview for the Pats’ DC job
Tem Lukabu, currently a linebackers coach with the Carolina Panthers, will interview for the defensive coordinator position with the New England Patriots per a report. Lukabu spent time on the Rutgers football staff early in his career. Freshly announced Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo, who replaces the legendary Bill Belichick, is beginning to piece together his first staff as a …
Read More »It’s always fun to be counted out
The Buccaneers were at home for Monday night’s game against the Eagles, but they weren’t favored to beat a team that lost five of their last six games in the regular season. Oddsmakers got that call wrong. The Bucs rolled to a 32-9 win behind a big night from quarterback Baker Mayfield. Mayfield went 22-of-36 for 337 yards and three …
Read More »What do back-to-back 10 win seasons mean to Brian Kelly?
With the win over the Wisconsin Badgers in the ReliaQuest Bowl, Brian Kelly secured back-to-back 10-win seasons during his first two years on the Bayou. When people mention new head coaches, the word “fit” gets brought up a lot. Does the new coach “fit” the program? Many people did not think Kelly would do so well at LSU because he …
Read More »Jason Kelce told teammates he is retiring
Monday night’s game was Jason Kelce’s last. Kelce told teammates in the locker room after the Eagles lost to the Buccaneers that he is going to retire, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The 36-year-old Kelce declined to talk to reporters after the game, but he appeared emotional as he walked off the field, and he has mused about retiring …
Read More »Where new Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer voted Crimson Tide in final coaches poll
Before Kalen DeBoer became the new coach of Alabama football, he agreed the Crimson Tide belonged in the top four in the sport. As one of the coaches voting in the US LBM coaches poll, DeBoer ranked Alabama No. 4 in his final ballot of the season released after the national championship game. DeBoer kept the top four teams in …
Read More »“Almost normal” to see Josh Allen do crazy things
Bills quarterback Josh Allen had his rough patches during the 2023 regular season, but he showed on Monday why the highs more than balance out the lows over the long run. Allen threw three touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Bills to a 31-17 win over the Steelers in a game that was pushed to Monday afternoon because …
Read More »Georgia football offers 4-star pass rusher Cedric Works
The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star pass rusher Cedric Works. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound pass rusher plays high school football for Northmont High School in Dayton, Ohio. On3 ranks Cedric Works as the No. 258 recruit in the country and the No. 20 edge rusher. Works is considered the No. 10 player in Ohio in the class of …
Read More »I have a lot of confidence in everyone in this building
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts got the question that was on just about everybody’s mind after Monday night’s 32-9 loss to the Buccaneers knocked the Eagles out of the playoffs. Hurts was asked if he wants to see head coach Nick Sirianni return to the team after presiding over the 1-6 slide that saw the Eagles go from the top of …
Read More »Should the SEC alter transfer rules?
The transfer portal is a touchy topic to mention to college football fans and coaches alike. How do you regulate it? When should a player be able to transfer? Should transfers have to sit out a year? All kinds of questions and grey areas surround the portal and every conference is working diligently to figure out what the best method …
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