Drake Maye gives candid answer to Josh Allen comparisons originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots will play the rival Buffalo Bills in two of their final three games of the 2024 NFL season, including Sunday afternoon’s matchup at Highmark Stadium. The Bills sit atop the AFC East with a 11-3 record, and they just defeated the …

North Carolina made headlines last week by hiring legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick to succeed Mack Brown despite having zero coaching experience at the college level. Days after the Tar Heels made the stunning hire, Norfolk State tabbed Commonwealth State legend and former NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick as its new coach. Norfolk State is an HBCU program of …

While many bettors would prefer to make Week 16 NFL predictions and Week 16 NFL game picks with narrow lines, others would prefer heavy NFL favorites or NFL underdogs go bet on. Fortunately, both of those groups are in luck thanks to the wide spectrum of Week 16 NFL spreads. Six games have Week 16 NFL odds of a field …

Nov 30, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Malachi Moore (13) celebrates after a play against the Auburn Tigers during the second quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Will McLelland-Imagn Images According to head coach Kalen DeBoer on Wednesday afternoon, Alabama Crimson Tide starting safety Malachi Moore will miss the ReliaQuest Bowl against the Michigan Wolverines due …

Shanahan details how players reacted to 49ers moving on from Campbell originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 4 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports App, YouTube and Facebook. SANTA CLARA — Upon the 49ers’ announcement that linebacker De’Vondre Campbell was …

The 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs and sixth-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions kick off their College Football Playoff with a first-round matchup on Saturday at University Park, Pa. The winner will advance to face No. 3 Boise State on Dec. 31 at the Fiesta Bowl. The Mustangs (11-2), who are coming off a 34-31 loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, …

Getty Images The 7-7 Atlanta Falcons are making a massive move with a playoff spot in the balance. Quarterback Kirk Cousins is being benched for rookie Michael Penix Jr., who was selected with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Cousins, who signed a four-year, $180 million deal with Atlanta this offseason, completed 11 of 17 passes for …

Dec. 18—Sam Houston made the jump to Conference USA on July 1, 2023, and with that, it brought new opportunities at the Football Bowl Subdivision. While the Bearkats wouldn’t be competing for FCS National Championships anymore, those would turn into bowl games and midweek games that gave them national attention. But things came crashing down in year one. Following a …

Subscribe to Inside Coverage In this week’s episode of Inside Coverage, Frank Schwab and Jori Epstein deep dive into the Atlanta Falcons’ decision to bench veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr. Jori, though not shocked by Penix’s start, is taken aback by the team’s decision to market it as a permanent change. The duo discusses …

Penn State’s Beaver Stadium has been hosting college football games since it first opened in 1960. However, subfreezing mid-December temperatures presented challenges that required a multi-million dollar winterization of Happy Valley’s massive football cathedral as it prepares to host the first-ever on-campus College Football Playoff game.  “We spent $4.5 million for this moment,” Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft said …

I did it. I did it. I did it. I had a winning week. Finally. It’s a Christmas miracle.  After weeks of horrible picking, so bad I even had to make fun of myself, I finally had a winning week both against the spread and straight up. Whew. I went 13-3 straight up to bring my season record to 141-83-0, …

Alabama football will be without a key piece of its defense in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Michigan. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer announced Wednesday that safety Malachi Moore will miss the bowl game with an injury that has been on-going throughout the season, one he’s having surgery to repair. “He’s been going through an injury pretty much a lot of the …

Three games left! Every week at this point in the season has a heightened sense of importance as offseason plans start to come into shape and the playoff picture solidifies. This week’s Four Verts will hit on a team that likely blew their shot at the playoffs in comically clumsy fashion on the road, but we’ll start with teams looking …

The odds for the College Football Playoff’s first-round are not particularly tight: Each is more than a touchdown with Texas laying 11.5 points at home vs. Clemson marking the biggest spread. Nevertheless, the lines suggest one-score games throughout, which will be great television (and though last year’s CFP seminfinals were bangers, usually they had not been very good).  This is …

USATSI Kirk Cousins isn’t the only big name to take a seat for the Atlanta Falcons. A day after benching the veteran quarterback, the team is placing Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe Koo on injured reserve, as NFL Media reported, effectively ending the special teamer’s 2024 campaign with three games left in the regular season. Koo aggravated an undisclosed injury during …