LSU football aims to close out the 2024 season with a win. The Tigers (8-4) take on Baylor (8-4) in the Texas Bowl inside NRG Stadium in Houston Tuesday. LSU has won both bowl games it has played under head coach Brian Kelly and a win over the Bears would mark the third consecutive season that it will end the …
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Best kick of Vinatieri’s career? Belichick offers up surprising choice originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 15 modern era finalists for the 2025 class last week, and former New England Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri was among the players who made the cut. The final 2025 Hall of Fame class will be revealed …
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A Big 12 vs. SEC showdown takes center stage when the Baylor Bears battle the LSU Tigers in the 2024 Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Both teams enter Tuesday’s tilt with momentum. Baylor has won six consecutive games, most recently beating Kansas, 45-17, on Nov. 30. The Tigers, meanwhile, have won two straight, knocking off Oklahoma, 37-17, in their …
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There is just one more week remaining in the NFL regular season, which is just fine by me because we’ve watched some bad football recently. The Thursday night matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears had me considering leaving the sports industry, and then the 1 p.m. window on Sunday featured mostly blowouts. However, we did have the New …
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Getty Images The Boise State Broncos are clear underdogs in Friday’s College Football Playoff Quartefinal at the Fiesta Bowl. Not many people are picking Boise State to upset Penn State, but one rhino at the Phoenix Zoo is standing with the Broncos. Prior to kickoff between the Broncos and Nittany Lions, the Phoenix Zoo let one of its rhinos, Chutti, …
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The Dallas Cowboys must make a decision. They could renew head coach Mike McCarthy’s contract for the 2025 season and, if extended, likely beyond. Or they could commence interviewing coaching candidates and chase a new hire. What the Cowboys can’t do, when their season ends Sunday night: Sit pat. Because with McCarthy coaching the final year of his contract, they …
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Tim Prangley, Trojans Wire Plain and simple, USC recruiting has not been good enough under Lincoln Riley. The Trojans have signed several top-15 classes, but he has yet to deliver the top-five ones that were expected when USC paid over $100 million to hire him away from Oklahoma. Much of that falls on the Trojans not having a true general …
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Week 17 of the NFL regular season was particularly potent. A single-week record six teams scored 40+ points, according to CBS Sports’ research. Five wide receivers had at least 90 receiving yards in the penultimate week, so the rookie lists skews offense this week. Here are the top rookies from Week 17 in the NFL regular season: 1. WR Malik …
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USATSI The 12-team College Football Playoff continues on New Year’s Eve when (6) Penn State faces (3) Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. The expanded format creates a more challenging path to the CFP title game, and the bracket will shrink from eight teams to four as we enter the new year. New Year’s Day begins with (5) Texas facing …
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The best pick: Brock Bowers Bowers was often taken in the 10th or 11th round of fantasy football drafts this past summer. His talent level was never a question. He was one of the best college prospects at the position the previous three seasons at Georgia. But many people, including myself, wondered what Bowers’ upside would be with the Raiders’ …
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A consequence of this modern opt-out, transfer-portal era of college football is bowl games have gone from a crowning apex of a season to a launch pad for players getting their first real shot on a big stage. At the 2024 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, the Louisville Cardinals and Washington Huskies, for different reasons, are doing that at the …
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Getty Images The Detroit Lions are having a historic 2024 season and on Monday night put themselves in the history books in yet another category. With their 40-34 win over the San Francisco 49ers, the Lions completed their fifth game this year with 40-plus points and no turnovers. Detroit also didn’t turn the ball over in their 52-6 win over …
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Cameron Ward’s halftime exit of the Pop-Tarts Bowl created a media firestorm. Everyone from Ringer NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay to College Football Hall of Fame head coach Steve Spurrier criticized the move, joining thousands of others on social media as Ward stood on the sidelines during the second half a 42-41 loss to Iowa State. From one perspective, looked …
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There have been several Super Bowl matchups, in terms of the strength of both teams, that aren’t as good as Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions to finish this regular season. The NFL caught a huge break when the Vikings held on to beat the Green Bay Packers in Week 17. That ensured the Vikings’ Week 18 game at the Lions …
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Nov 16, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly against the Florida Gators during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images LSU football will look different in the Texas Bowl. Opt-outs and the transfer portal changed the complexion of the roster, leaving LSU without its two starting tackles and three …
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