There are far worse places to spend the holidays than the islands of Hawaii, which is where the San Jose State Spartans and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will meet in the Hawaii Bowl on Saturday. It’s a matchup of two 7-5 teams looking to end their seasons on a high note. As you might expect from two schools located on opposite …

Mason Rudolph and embattled receiver George Pickens connected for two long touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers kept their fading playoff hopes alive, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 34-11 on Saturday. Rudolph, making his first start in two years in place of the injured Kenny Pickett and the ineffective Mitch Trubisky, hit Pickens for an 86-yard catch-and-run score on Pittsburgh’s second offensive …

The OU football team has lost another quarterback to the transfer portal. Redshirt senior quarterback Davis Beville has entered the portal, according to a report Saturday night from On3. Beville — who was a three-star recruit in the 2019 class out of Greenville, South Carolina — played in nine games at Pittsburgh in 2020-21 before joining the Sooners before the …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Control what you can control, and the rest will take care of itself. For the Buffalo Bills, that’s their motto for the rest of the regular season. On the road against the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, the Bills did not produce a work of art but handled their business, taking a 24-22 victory for …

Buffalo Bills fans celebrated after the team pulled out a 24-22 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night. NFL bettors who were backing Bills running back James Cook, however, suffered an epic bad beat on his final carry of the game. Cook was the game’s leading rusher, but that was of little solace to some bettors. RELATED: NFL …

Dec. 23—It’s time to present our annual Penn State football awards, marking the highs and lows of the Nittany Lions’ 10-2 regular season before they play Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl Saturday in Atlanta: Offensive Player of the Year: Left tackle Olu Fashanu became Penn State’s first consensus All-American offensive lineman since Jeff Hartings in 1995. Fashanu has not …

Dec. 23—New Mexico State quarterback and reigning Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year Diego Pavia entered the transfer portal on Saturday night. After on3.com first reported the news, Pavia confirmed his decision through a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. His departure comes only a few hours after NMSU announced that head coach Jerry Kill would be stepping …

Chargers quarterback Easton Stick is pressured by Bills defensive tackle Poona Ford, center, and defensive end Leonard Floyd during the Chargers’ 24-22 loss Saturday at SoFi Stadium. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) The Chargers went from being red-faced to doing an about-face Saturday night and making life for the Buffalo Bills very uncomfortable before falling 24-22 at SoFi Stadium. They …

Dec. 23—Jerry Kill is stepping down as head coach of the New Mexico State football program. New Mexico State University Athletics Director Mario Moccia confirmed the news Saturday, adding that Kill had approached him late in the season about an increased salary. Kill said money was not the deciding factor. Wide receivers coach Tony Sanchez, an NMSU graduate and former …

Getty Images Welcome to a rare Saturday edition of the Week 16 grades. The NFL was kind enough to give everyone an early Christmas gift in the form of a holiday doubleheader consisting of Bengals-Steelers and Bills-Chargers.  Each of these games carry a significant impact on the AFC playoff picture as the wild card picture is as close and jumbled as …

It was closer than the Bills wanted, but a win is a win is a win. . . . Tyler Bass kicked a 29-yard field goal with 28 seconds left, giving the Bills a 24-22 win over the Chargers. Buffalo moves to 9-6, while the Chargers fell to 5-10 in the first game with Giff Smith as their interim head …

As Christmas approaches, the NFL playoff races are as wild and confusing as ever, making the homestretch of the season one we’ll likely remember. The AFC entered Week 16 with nine teams boasting winning records and four with 8-6 records — all tied for the final playoff spot. The NFC had three 7-7 teams heading into Week 16.  The playoff …

MOBILE, Ala. – Freshman Gio Lopez threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and South Alabama trounced Eastern Michigan, 59-10, in the 68 Ventures Bowl on Saturday night. Playing on their home field at Hancock Whitney Stadium, the Jaguars (7-6) scored on their first three possessions, led 38-3 at halftime and outgained Eastern Michigan (6-7) 627 yards to 150. …

This is not what the Bills had in mind for tonight. The Chargers lead 10-0 only 1:11 into the second quarter, outgaining the Bills 115 to 41 so far. Los Angeles opened the game with a 14-play, 90-yard drive but surprisingly decided to kick the field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 2. Cameron Dicker’s 20-yard field goal gave the Chargers …

DALLAS – Missouri will be without two defensive starters when it plays Ohio State on Friday in the Cotton Bowl, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said Saturday. “We’re going to have a couple of players that just couldn’t quite get back from injury,” Drinkwitz said at Missouri’s arrival press conference. Nov 24, 2023; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eli …