Dec. 29—Ohio State and Missouri share some history on the football field going into today’s Cotton Bowl, but it’s mostly ancient history. OSU and Missouri’s two most recent games against each other were in 1997 and 1998. In 1998, Ohio State coach Ryan Day was a freshman in college. And Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz wasn’t old enough to get a …

The college football regular season is over, bowl games have taken over the scene, and now, outside of the CFP semifinals, the next big topic is the 2024 NFL Draft.  And with that, all the chatter will be about the next No. 1 pick.  Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans stumbled to close the season, losing five of their last …

Daily Fantasy football managers should savor setting their Saturday NFL DFS lineups as every regular season game afterwards is on a Sunday. Fortunately, there’s a great matchup for Saturday’s single-game NFL DFS contests as the Dallas Cowboys host the Detroit Lions at 8:15 p.m. ET. Both squads have already locked up postseason berths, but seeding is still in play with …

Video Details It’s a bitter-sweet Friday for the host of the Craig Carton show. While his New York Jets did lose in pretty spectacular fashion, Joe Flacco’s performance in the first half of this Thursday Night matchup was the thing of inspirational sports movies. The quarterback was able to secure an unlikely spot in the playoffs for the Cleveland Browns, …

What a wild and strange season it has been for Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe. The redshirt sophomore from Texas began the season as the Crimson Tide’s starting signal caller but after a lackluster performance in Week 2 against Texas, he was benched. Nick Saban decided to sit Milroe for the Tide’s Week 3 game against South Florida in what Coach …

The New York Jets have been officially eliminated from the playoffs. The season was expected to be their best in years, lead by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but things quickly derailed when the future Hall of Famer suffered an Achilles injury after just four plays in Week 1. On Thursday night, the 37-20 loss to the Cleveland Browns was the final nail …

Why Josh Sweat isn’t stressing about low sack number originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Josh Sweat hasn’t sacked a quarterback in six games. He has just one sack in his last eight games. And he has just 6 1/2 sacks all season. But he’s not worried about it. “It’s like the holy grail number,” Sweat said about sacks. “If …

Host J.C. Shelton is joined by former Georgia Bulldog Arthur Lynch to breakdown all things Orange Bowl! Your friends at UGA Football Live and UGA Wire present your one-stop-shop podcast for all things Georgia football: “UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton.” Streaming on Youtube as a part of The Pulse Sports Network or, listen wherever you get your podcasts. Stats, …

Week 17 of the 2023 NFL season is underway, and we already saw Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco — it still looks funny to type that, since he is the Baltimore Ravens all-time passing yards and touchdowns leader — make Browns history.  Flacco threw for 300 or more passing yards for a fourth game in a row in the Browns’ 37-20 win over …

Week 17 of the 2023 NFL season is underway, and we already saw Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco, still looks funny since he is the Baltimore Ravens all-time passing yards and touchdowns leader, make Browns history.  He threw for 300 or more passing yards for a fourth game in a row in Cleveland’s 37-20 win over the New York Jets to set …

BRONX, N.Y. — Since becoming bowl-eligible in mid-October, Greg Schiano had spoken a lot about progress being seen as a mile-marker for his program. The Rutgers football head coach sees Thursday’s win in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in much the same way. For Schiano, the 31-24 win over Miami is a sign of progress. But for a program …

Eagles-Cardinals player matchups to watch in Week 17 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles (11-4) host the Cardinals (3-12) on Sunday afternoon at the Linc. Here are some key matchups to watch: Eagles’ pass rushers vs. Kyler Murray’s legs The Cardinals’ offensive line isn’t very good but that’s just one part of bringing Murray to the ground. Murray …

FRISCO, Texas — Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, Larry Allen, Darren Woodson and Charles Haley. What do all those names have in common? They were were the star-studded core of the Dallas Cowboys’ 1990s dynasty teams that won three Super Bowls in a four-season span whose contributions to that run resulted in being inducted into the team’s Ring of …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer At the heart of a surprising 8-7 record for the Los Angeles Rams has been the emergence of inside linebacker Ernest Jones. However, his rise is no surprise to coach Sean McVay, who has watched the South Carolina product grow from an athletic player full of potential as a rookie to one of the best …

If you’re feeling nostalgic and wondering why, don’t immediately pinpoint the holidays — it might very well be Joe Flacco making the world feel like it was 2013 all over again. A decade ago, January Joe set the world on fire with an all-time playoff run that netted the Ravens a Super Bowl victory and Flacco a couple of big …