Giff Smith has taken over as the Chargers interim head coach after the team fired Brandon Staley and General Manager Tom Telesco following last Thursday’s 63-21 loss to the Raiders. Smith has been with the organization since 2016, initially serving as the defensive line coach before becoming outside linebackers coach in 2022. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Smith joked …

The Oklahoma Sooners will have to replace five starting offensive linemen from last year’s team. Walter Rouse, McKade Mettauer, Andrew Raym, Cayden Green and Tyler Guyton are all gone in 2024. That’s why it was so important that Bill Bedenbaugh landed the nation’s top interior offensive linemen, according to Rivals, Eddy Pierre-Louis. He did just that by earning his commitment …

The future of head coach Arthur Smith is still very much in the air, according to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. The team currently sits 6-8 and third in the division, behind just the 2-12 Carolina Panthers.  Atlanta is coming off a 9-7 loss to Carolina, which had just one win entering the game. It marked back-to-back losses for the Falcons. …

Heading into Week 15, only one team (49ers) had clinched a playoff berth, but that number shot up over the past few days with three more teams now joining San Francisco in the playoffs.  In the NFC, the Eagles and Cowboys have both punched their ticket for the season. That’s right, both teams were somehow able to clinch a playoff …

Running back was an up-and-down group in 2023 for the Oklahoma Sooners. But DeMarco Murray proved how good he was as a recruiter with the class he was able to bring in in 2024. One of those guys who committed and now has officially signed is the State of Oklahoma’s top-ranked running back, Xavier Robinson. The Carl Albert Titan is …

Derrick Ward, a former running back and one-time member of the 2008 Super Bowl-winning New York Giants team, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery. Ward, 43, was arrested Monday in the North Hollywood area, police said. He was being held Tuesday on $250,000 bail, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department inmate search website. Police …

The Atlanta Falcons’ third season under head coach Arthur Smith hasn’t gone any better than the first two. They have a 6-8 record and would have to win all three of their remaining games to avoid their third straight losing season. In Week 15 they lost 9-7 to the Carolina Panthers, the worst team in the NFL, which almost entirely …

There might not be anyone in the country who is better at their job than Bill Bedenbaugh. He’s produced countless offensive linemen that have gone on to have successful NFL careers. He hopes to have more of that success with his 2024 recruiting class. One of those guys is three-star and the state of Oklahoma’s top interior offensive lineman, Josh …

There will be no coal in my picking stocking this year, even if some out there think I am The Grinch.  With the holidays upon us, I got my first Christmas gift last week when I went 9-5-1 with my picks against the spread and 12-4 straight up. That brings my ATS record to 110-103-11and my straight-up picks record to …

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There might not have been a coach on staff who did a better job than Emmett Jones in 2023. The wide receivers were thought to be a weakness of the team going into the season but left the season as one of the strengths. Jones has also done a great job on the recruiting trail and one of his commits …

1 At this point, anyone who describes him as a “function of the offense” is probably just looking to excuse their favorite team getting embarrassed by his gunslinging. Yes, Purdy operates a well-oiled machine, but he’s the furthest thing from a statue in the pocket. He’s got a natural feel for when to move and when to uncork it. While …

Getty Images With the entire top 35 and 98 of the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2024 already committed before the early signing period even begins, one wonders how much action will actually be seen on National Signing Day. Should headlines be made, they will likely come as the result of prospects flipping their commitments at the last …

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The 2023 early signing period is taking place Wednesday-Friday for Tennessee’s 2024 recruiting signing class. The 2023 early signing period is Josh Heupel’s third as Tennessee’s head coach. He was hired as the Vols’ head coach in Jan. 2021. Tennessee’s 2023 recruiting class ranked No. 10 nationally (247Sports Composite). The Vols’ first recruiting class under Heupel in 2022 ranked No. …