The football teams from Kansas and UNLV will be squaring off in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Chase Field. The teams have similar trajectories after their head coaches took over losing programs. Lance Leipold is in his third year at Kansas (8-4) while Barry Odom is rounding out his first, with the Rebels (9-4) arriving earlier …

USATSI AFC meets NFC as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars revisit their in-state rivalry in Week 16 on CBS and Paramount+. The Jaguars are looking to turn things around after a three game losing skid. The opposite can be said about Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers, who have won three straight, including a 34-20 victory against the Green Bay …

The 2024 NFL Draft is still four months away, but fans of some teams (looking at you Bears, Cardinals, Patriots, Jets and Giants) are already thinking ahead to April.  Here is the current draft order following the early window of games on SundayThursday night’s Week 16 game between the Rams and Saints, according to Tankathon. Note: Team needs are built out …

When looking at USC’s recruiting performance, we’re not going to measure the Trojans against every other college football program which has signed more blue-chip prospects than USC for the current (2024) cycle. We are, however, going to point out a few specific programs which have done more than the Trojans. USC has pulled in eight blue-chip players for 2024. Oregon …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Last week, Drew Lock led the Seattle Seahawks to an improbable win over the Philadelphia Eagles. This week, it was Geno Smith’s turn for late-game heroics. Back in the lineup after missing two weeks with a groin injury, Smith marched Seattle 75 yards on 14 plays at the end of the game for the winning …

The Colts had a chance to take a big step toward the playoffs on Sunday, but their trip to Atlanta did not go well. Minshew guided the team on a 75-yard touchdown drive to open the game, but the Falcons scored the next 20 points and then added nine more after the Colts briefly tried to make a game of …

J.J. McCarthy knows what time it is. With Michigan football heading to Los Angeles this week to start preparation for the College Football Playoff semifinal in the Rose Bowl, the Wolverines quarterback is making sure he’ll be playing in style against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Unlike the last time that Michigan played in Pasadena in 2007, we’ve seen a big …

Getty Images For the second straight week, the Seahawks played in a game that went down to the wire, and for the second straight week, they came out on top.  With 3:21 left to play in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks were trailing 17-13 against the Titans, and they knew that if they were going to win the game, they …

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 …

An exciting NFL regular season is sprinting toward the finish line, and there are some great games on the Week 17 schedule. Two of the NFC’s top teams — the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys — meet Saturday in Texas, while an AFC battle between division leaders will have the Miami Dolphins taking on the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. …

The 2024 early signing period has passed and Alabama landed some highly-touted recruits, including five-star quarterback Julian Sayin. A recent TikTok shared by Crimson Tide defensive back Terrion Arnold shows that Sayin is already in Tuscaloosa with the team. Sayin chose the Tide over other big-name programs like Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame and others. Current quarterback Jalen …

Getty Images Welcome to the Week 16 grades! This is the time of year when Santa is known for delivering, but he’s not the only one, because the NFL also delivered on Sunday during a wild week of action. As a matter of fact, Browns fans are probably starting to feel like Joe Flacco IS SANTA, because he keeps delivering …

EAST RUTHERFORD — Patience isn’t a virtue shared by Woody and Christopher Johnson, but the brothers are attempting to give it a try as it pertains to the Jets’ construction. There will be no major changes as it pertains to the coaching staff or front office. That means head coach Robert Saleh, coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and general manager Joe Douglas …

The Texas secondary is given a bad rap in regard to how it has performed this year. Some suggest that the unit is poor because of its struggles in coverage. Perhaps that’s not the full story. The Longhorns might actually have a good secondary that hasn’t always been put in a position to succeed. In several games, Texas has conceded …

Jordan Love threw for two touchdowns, ran for one and made two big completions to set up Anders Carlson’s 32-yard field goal with 19 seconds left, and the Green Bay Packers survived a fourth-quarter rally by Carolina to beat the Panthers, 33-30, on Sunday and keep their playoff hopes alive. Love threw touchdown passes of 21 yards to rookie Dontayvion …