Down by 10 to start the second half, the Cardinals faced little resistance on their way down the field to scoring a touchdown. Trey McBride’s first receiving touchdown of the year got Arizona on the board. But a blocked extra point kept the score at 10-6 midway through the third quarter. Kyler Murray moved the chains on third-and-2 with a …

SAN ANTONIO — L.J. Martin rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Retzlaff passed for 151 yards, and No. 17 BYU beat No. 20 Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night. BYU (11-2, No. 17 CFP) scored in every quarter in rolling to its second straight bowl victory and third in its past four appearances after failing …

The Chargers’ Derius Davis (12) stretches to catch a touchdown pass past the Patriots’ safety Kyle Dugger. (Associated Press) Derius Davis hadn’t reached his full stretch, hadn’t reeled in his second touchdown in as many games and hadn’t yet gotten the Chargers on the scoreboard. Still, J.K. Dobbins was ready to celebrate. The Chargers running back threw both hands in …

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders wipes gatorade off of Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake after the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. BYU won 36-14. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Even after losing to BYU in Saturday night’s Alamo Bowl, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders still has plenty of love for …

The Giants are closing in on the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. And Colorado quarterback Sheduer Sanders seems to be warming to the idea of the Giants drafting him. Shedeur, the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, showed off Giants-themed cleats prior to his final college game. Although he didn’t wear them during the game, the message …

Army may not have the lengthy bowl history of some blue blood college football programs but the Black Knights have a recent string of success that makes it the envy of many. Head coach Jeff Monken has taken Army to six bowl games since 2016 and won five of them, the latest a 27-6 victory over a diminished Louisiana Tech …

After the Bengals victory over the Broncos earlier on Saturday, the Rams entered their matchup with the Cardinals needing a win and some realistic help to clinch the NFC West. It took a game-saving interception to seal it late in the fourth quarter, but Los Angeles was able to come away with a 13-9 win. The Rams had a 10-0 …

Former Appalachian State quarterback Joey Aguilar has committed to UCLA and likely will succeed Ethan Garbers as the Bruins’ starting quarterback. (Jacob Kupferman / Associated Press) UCLA has landed its likely successor to quarterback Ethan Garbers. His name is Joey Aguilar, and he’s put up prolific numbers the last two seasons at Appalachian State while leading the Mountaineers to a …

Getty Images The Indianapolis Colts need a win in Week 17 just to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. The good news for them is that they get the New York Giants, the last-place team in the NFL. The Colts come into this game with a 7-8 record, and their margin for error is zero in the final two weeks …

BYU and Colorado both finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 standings, but neither team had the tiebreaker advantage to reach the Big 12 title game. That, among other factors, led Cougars quarterback Kedon Slovis to describe the Alamo Bowl matchup against the Buffaloes as “the people’s” Big 12 championship game. And while BYU lost …

The Rams’ Braden Fiske records one of his two first-half sacks of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Hold on a minute. Actually, make that at least 24 hours. Maybe even 48. After 16 games it’s now hurry-up-and-wait for the Rams, who moved closer to clinching the NFC West title on Saturday with a 13-9 victory …

BOSTON — Rante Jones was the first player Jim Mora met at the University of Connecticut in 2022. The former NFL coach, entering his first season leading the Huskies’ football team, walked into the training room that day and saw Jones, then a sophomore defensive back, rehabbing from injury. Mora, now in hindsight, recalled Jones being “scrawny” in frame at the …

Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys, two of the most bitter rivals in all of sports, will write another chapter in their long history this weekend. The Eagles can clinch an NFC East title with a win, but the Cowboys will try to play the role of spoiler. The Eagles come into this matchup after suffering their first …

Parker Kingston’s punt return TD gave BYU a three-score lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the Alamo Bowl against Colorado. (Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) BYU made the final game of Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders’ Colorado careers one to forget. The No. 17 Cougars blew out the No. 23 Buffaloes 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday …

The Rams could win the NFC West title this week, with some help. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) The Los Angeles Rams will play for the NFC West title next week, if they don’t clinch it this weekend in one of the most complicated ways possible. The Rams moved within a heartbeat of the NFC West title on Saturday with a 13-9 …