The Packers may be without running back AJ Dillon for the rest of Sunday’s game against the Vikings. Dillon is questionable to return with a stinger, Green Bay announced. Dillon has seven carries for 27 yards so far on Sunday. The Vikings have reached the end zone in large part due to a Packers special teams mistake. Returner Samori Toure …
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The top five bowl wins in Rutgers’ history
Rutgers football captured their seventh bowl championship in program history with their victory over Miami in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. The Scarlet Knights appeared in 12 bowl games throughout program history, recording a 7-5 record. Rutgers’ first bowl game appearance was on December 10, 1978, when the Scarlet Knights lost to Arizona State, 34-18, in the Garden …
Read More »Bills set up AFC East-deciding finale at Dolphins with 27-21 win over Patriots
Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns, cornerback Rasul Douglas returned one of his two interceptions for a score and the Buffalo Bills maintained their clear path to the playoffs with a 27-21 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday. The three-time division champion Bills (10-6) now prepare for a season-ending showdown at the Dolphins (11-5) next weekend that will …
Read More »Date and time set for Eagles-Giants in Week 18
Date and time set for Eagles-Giants in Week 18 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The NFL schedule for Week 18 is set. The Eagles will face the Giants at MetLife Stadium at 4:25 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7 in a game that will be televised on CBS. The other NFC games scheduled to kick off at 4:25 are Cowboys-Commanders, …
Read More »Rose Bowl 2023: Alabama vs. Michigan live stream, watch online, TV channel, kickoff time, prediction, odds
Two of college football’s most storied programs will meet with a spot in the national title game on the line when No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama clash on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl. It’s hard to believe, but it will mark just the sixth-ever meeting between the two winningest teams in college football history. The last was …
Read More »Lions created ‘illusion’ that led to confusion on controversial call
The biggest play of the Dallas Cowboys’ dramatic 20-19 win over the Detroit Lions on Saturday was one that didn’t count. As has been well publicized by now, Lions offensive lineman Taylor Decker’s reception on what would’ve been the go-ahead two-point conversion in the final seconds of Saturday’s showdown was negated because lead official Brad Allen said Decker didn’t report …
Read More »There’s no defense (again) for the Eagles in very costly loss to Cardinals
Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Jonathan Gannon wasn’t exactly a beloved defensive coordinator in Philadelphia, but he helped build a championship-caliber defense in his two seasons with the Eagles. They were the second-best defense in the NFL when he left after last year. Surely he couldn’t recognize the mess he left behind. That Eagles’ once-proud defense showed once again how …
Read More »Where Bears stand after dismantling Falcons
Week 17 of the NFL season saw the two best teams in the NFL clinch the top seeds in their respective conferences with resounding wins, while two of their supposed top challengers went out with a whimper. The path to the Super Bowl will head through Baltimore and San Francisco, and neither conference has a second team that appears to …
Read More »Predictions and latest odds for the Citrus Bowl
Tennessee Volunteers running back Jaylen Wright (0) dodges Kentucky Wildcats defensive back Andru Phillips (23) to strike first with a Volunteer touchdown early in the first quarter Saturday in Lexington. The 2024 Citrus Bowl is ready to kick off the new year as the No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-3) get ready to take on the No. 23 Tennessee Volunteers (8-4). …
Read More »49ers’ Christian McCaffrey has possible calf strain, but team hopes it’s ‘not too bad’
Christian McCaffrey left the San Francisco 49ers’ win against the Washington Commanders on Sunday with a right calf injury that coach Kyle Shanahan thinks could be a strain but hopes is not serious. Clinching the top seed in the NFC and rendering next week’s regular-season finale meaningless certainly helps, giving McCaffrey roughly three weeks to heal up before needing to …
Read More »Who carried fantasy football managers to championships?
Once again, Najee Harris was a force in a fantasy championship week. (Photo by Jane Gershovich/Getty Images) Lamar Jackson sealed up the MVP award by going 12-for-14 for 255 yards (18.2 YPA!) with a 3:0 TD:INT ratio (and 25 rushing yards) in the first half, and his fourth touchdown pass came during his first attempt of the second. Jackson was …
Read More »Predictions, odds, how to watch Sugar Bowl 2024
Oct 7, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Jonathon Brooks (24) and quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) in action during the game between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports The No. 3 Texas Longhorns and the No. 2 Washington Huskies are set to compete in the College Football …
Read More »Once again, Packers putting together late push for a playoff spot
Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter The outcome of Sunday Night Football between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings on New Year’s Eve was never really in doubt. The Vikings were starting their fifth-round rookie quarterback as a last resort. They had already lost star tight end T.J. Hockenson to an ACL tear the week prior. Their complex defense was …
Read More »Patriots clinch first last-place finish since 2000
If 2023 becomes Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s final year in New England, he’ll exit with a strange set of bookends. Sunday’s loss to the Bills clinched New England’s first last-place finish in the AFC East since Belichick’s first year on the job, in 2000. That year, the Pats went 5-11. This year, they’re 4-12 with one game left, a Week …
Read More »Ohio State lands first player out of transfer portal
The transfer portal has been open for a little over a month now and while Ohio State has had its fair share of players enter the portal and find new homes, the Buckeyes haven’t been very active in gaining new prospects. That changed today when Ryan Day landed his first player from the portal in tight end Will Kacmarek. Kacmarek …
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