USATSI The NFL will be watching to see if Brad Allen’s officiating crew will have a better performance than in recent weeks during Sunday’s game between the Jets and Texans. Allen’s crew has been under scrutiny after being at the center of two missed calls in recent weeks, according to ESPN.  Last week, it was a no-call that drew the …

Will Taylor Swift be at the game again supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs? You’ll have to tune in to the Bills vs. Chiefs game this Sunday to find out. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) It’s Week 14 in the 2023 NFL season and this Sunday boasts a jam-packed slate of football games, including this afternoon’s Buffalo Bills vs. …

In about three weeks Nick Saban will lead the Alabama Crimson Tide football team into Pasadena for their College Football Playoff semifinal matchup against Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. The contest between the two heavyweight programs is sure to draw one of the largest audiences in college football history and with a spot in the …

Getty Free safety Grant Delpit and the Browns have agreed to terms on a contract extension prior to Sunday’s home game against the Jaguars, according to the Orange and Brown Report.  Delpit, 25, was a second-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. After missing his entire rookie season with an Achilles injury, Delpit was a part-time starter during his second season. He …

Brent Venables isn’t one to be glass-half-empty. The OU coach wasn’t one to get too down on things last year when the Sooners stumbled to a 6-7 mark, their first losing record since 1998. He certainly isn’t going to be down this year after a number of players — quarterback Dillon Gabriel among them — jumped into the transfer portal following a …

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s availability has been the biggest storyline for the Jaguars this week, but he isn’t the only offensive starter with a questionable designation for their game against the Browns. Running back Travis Etienne has the same tag due to injured ribs that limited him in practice all week. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Etienne is expected to …

Dec. 10—MOSCOW — The fourth-seeded Idaho football team’s storybook season came to an end with a 30-22 loss to Albany in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Saturday at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome. Great Danes sophomore quarterback, Reese Poffenbarger, threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Brevin Easton with 4:38 remaining in regulation for their first …

Week 14 is here and we’ve got quite a few massive matchups from a playoff perspective. As the Counting Crows once said, it’s a long December and it’s about to be a long one for the NFL: there are 11 teams in each conference within one game of a playoff spot and 13 teams on both sides of the standings …

Cobie Durant #14 and the Los Angeles Rams visit the Baltimore Ravens this Sunday. (Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images) It’s Week 14 in the 2023 NFL season and this Sunday has a jam-packed slate of football games, including the Los Angeles Rams at Baltimore Ravens game this afternoon. The Rams vs. Ravens game will air on Fox today at 1 …

Fran Brown has hit the ground running, the Syracuse head football coach is already doing a tremendous job in getting recruits excited about the program. This shouldn’t be a surprise, given that Brown has been one of the top recruiters in the nation over the past four years. Brown comes to Syracuse having spent the last two years as the …

We kept our head above water for the most part, but the scorching we’ve enjoyed over the last few weeks did cool off a tad in Week 13, going 7-5-1 ATS (9-4 SU) throughout the slate. As I noted last week, some dogs were bound to pull through this week after the favorites dominated in Week 12, but we had …

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. Nov 4, 2023; Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord (6) throws to running back TreVeyon Henderson (32) during the NCAA football game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium. Ohio State won 35-16. On Ohio State football To the editor: I …

Is Nebraska in pursuit of a former five-star recruit at wide receiver? On December 4, former Ohio State Buckeye prospect Julian Fleming entered the transfer portal. Fleming was the No. 1 wide receiver in the class of 2020 and the No. 4 ranked player overall. In his four seasons in Columbus, the Pennsylvania native appeared in 38 games making 79 …

It took 13 weeks, but we finally have our first team eliminated from playoff contention this year and to no one’s surprise, that team is the Carolina Panthers. I hate to say this Panthers fans, but it feels like your team is a year away from being four years away, so I’ll be sure to look for you down the …

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Zeed Haynes has entered the NCAA transfer portal after his freshman season in Athens, Georgia. Haynes, a former four-star recruit in the class of 2023, is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound receiver played in four games for Georgia, so he will have four years of eligibility remaining. Haynes originally committed to Penn State before flipping …