CHATTANOOGA — Jay St. Hilaire and Whit Muschamp recently rode in a car for two hours together to visit Vanderbilt’s football program. They’re buddies whose Chattanooga private schools are nine miles apart from each other. But Thursday was an exception. The 2024 Vanderbilt quarterback commitments combined for 567 yards passing and six touchdowns while playing against each other in the …
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Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Just one hour of football into the NFL season, Micah Parsons declared that the Dallas Cowboys had “the best defense in the National Football League.” On Thursday night, that defense was lucky the Dallas offense was there to bail it out. Oh, that defense might have come through when it mattered most, stopping the Seattle …
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49ers’ Shanahan not worried about Purdy in the rain vs. Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sunday’s pivotal showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles could come with an additional challenge for the 49ers: the weather. NBC Philadelphia’s 10-day local forecast calls for “Overcast with rain showers at times,” which could complicate things for a 49ers offense that struggled immensely …
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The college football regular season is complete. This week, it’s time to decide the FBS conference champions, and college football fans don’t have to wait long for one of the best title matchups of the weekend. The No. 3 Washington Huskies (12-0) face off against the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (11-1) for their final Pac-12 championship. Washington won 12 games …
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The Seahawks kept it tight with the Cowboys throughout Thursday night’s contest. But a late offensive surge along with a couple of defensive stops got Dallas its 14th consecutive home victory, as the club defeated Seattle 41-35. In a contest that featured a combined 19 accepted penalties and zero punts, the Cowboys scored the last 14 points in the fourth …
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Colorado dominated the college football headlines last offseason after NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders took over the program fresh off a successful run at Jackson State. Early on, it looked like the Buffaloes — fresh off an unprecedented roster overhaul — had a chance to meet the astronomical hype that proceeded them. A 3-0 start coupled with an ascent …
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) sprints for a first down against the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Maybe Dallas Cowboys fans will be happy with Dak Prescott now. Getting undue criticism is part of the job of playing quarterback for the Cowboys. Ask Tony Romo. Go back to the …
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CHATTANOOGA – Nelson McKnight acknowledged his fatigue. He was on the verge of a TSSAA football state championship record as well as a making a defensive score. The Baylor senior wasn’t going to stop now. McKnight yanked the football from McCallie quarterback Jay St. Hilaire’s arms and returned it a state championship record 98 yards for a touchdown Thursday night …
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USATSI ARLINGTON, Texas — The 2023 season has been a record-breaking campaign for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Lamb became the first player in NFL history to have three consecutive games with 10 or more catches and 150 or more receiving yards. Lamb also became the first player in Cowboys history with three 1,000-yard seasons in his first four seasons. On “Thursday …
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UC coach Scott Satterfield and offensive guard Luke Kandra embrace after the Bearcats started with a win over EKU Sept. 2. In a week that saw more than 20 University of Cincinnati football players hit the transfer portal, the Bearcats had several key performers announce their intentions to return for 2024. UC football Deshawn Pace says leaving UC football team …
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Patrick Everson FOX Sports Betting Analyst In the NFL Week 13 odds market, you aren’t going to find a more intriguing matchup than 49ers-Eagles. There might not be a better matchup this entire regular season. All we need this time is for Brock Purdy to stay healthy so that the rematch of last season’s NFC Championship Game lives up to …
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For all intents and purposes, the 2023 season is over for the New York Jets. They’re 11th out of 12 teams in the AFC’s wild-card bracket, woefully undermanned nearly everywhere on offense, and are facing three straight games against teams that are vying for a playoff berth. At this stage, it would take an act of divine intervention for the …
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Jalen Milroe had been benched. They’re saying it out loud now at Alabama, referring to that Week 3 near-disaster at South Florida. The Crimson Tide’s now-star quarterback had thrown two interceptions the previous week in a loss to Texas and looked bad doing it. The 34-24 defeat was Alabama’s worst in a nonconference home game in 19 years. Nick Saban …
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Nov 30, 2023, 10:48 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Goalie Tristan Jarry scored an empty-net goal and made 39 saves in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Jarry stopped a dump-in and sent the puck end-to-end into the net with 1:08 left to collect the 17th tally by a goalie in NHL …
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It was not long ago that the Cowboys held a 20-14 lead over the Seahawks and seemed in complete control. Six minutes and 29 seconds of game time later, the Seahawks lead 28-20. Seattle scored with four seconds left in the first half on a Geno Smith 1-yard pass to DK Metcalf. The Seahawks opened the second half with a …
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