National Signing Day has come and gone and while the 2025 class is not finished since there is a late signing period in February as well, most of the action happened this week. Rivals is breaking down each Top 25 recruiting class and we continue here with No. 15. USC. MORE TROJANS: USC’s 2025 recruiting class MORE TEAM SPOTLIGHTS: No. …

Kittle still hopes 49ers can ‘sneak’ into playoffs with right approach originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Until they are mathematically eliminated from NFL playoff contention, the 49ers are keeping the faith. That much was evident in San Francisco’s 38-13 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers’ one-game-at-a-time mentality had them rolling to …

Don’t allow the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff blur your vision — there’s never too many bowl games! Postseason football may have lost some of its luster thanks to the allure of the 12-team bracket, but no one enjoys the bowl calendar during the holidays as much as I do. Yes, that even includes the matchups involving 6-6 …

USATSI The Saints won on Sunday, but quarterback Derek Carr paid a heavy price. Carr exited the Saints’ 14-11 victory early with a left hand injury. Further tests revealed that the veteran suffered a significant fracture in that non-throwing hand and is expected to miss several weeks, according to NFL Media.  Given there are just four weeks left in the regular …

Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Nebraska football will bring back coach Phil Simpson to coach the outside linebackers. According to a report from HuskersTalk, Simpson will arrive on campus later this week. Simpson was previously on the Nebraska staff as a defense of quality control coach. He then moved on to the Florida State Seminoles, where he joined that program as a …

What’s more fun than second-guessing NFL coaches? Nothing, that’s what. So let’s do it every week, right here. Today: Whatever that was at the end of Bills-Rams. The scenario Late in Sunday’s massive Los Angeles-Buffalo showdown, the Bills were down 44-35 but knocking on the door. Not just knocking, pounding. A pass interference penalty gave Buffalo the ball on the …

USATSI Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick confirmed Monday during an interview on “The Pat McAfee Show” that he has had conversations with the North Carolina and school chancellor Lee Harriss Roberts to potentially fill the Tar Heels’ coaching vacancy. This comes amid a series of reports that indicate mutual interest between the 72-year old Belichick and North Carolina. “We’ve had …

The Week 14 NFL schedule concludes with a primetime AFC matchup with the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football. Kickoff at AT&T Stadium is at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Bengals need a win to stay alive in the AFC playoff picture, and the NFL DFS player pool features a mix of young talent and proven veterans. …

Sep 14, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold (11) celebrates with offensive lineman Febechi Nwaiwu (54) after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter against the Tulane Green Wave at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold may be reuniting with a familiar face via the transfer portal. On3’s …

What Zolak is hearing about Belichick’s pursuit of UNC coaching job originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Could the smoke around Bill Belichick and North Carolina turn into fire? The former New England Patriots head coach reportedly interviewed for UNC’s head coach opening last week, a development that raised plenty of eyebrows in NFL and college circles. It appears the …

Florida Gators defensive lineman Caleb Banks (88) hypes the crowd during the first half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, October 7, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Florida football defensive lineman Caleb Banks has announced his decision to return for his senior season. The junior shared a post on …

There are 100 million fully guaranteed reasons this may not happen, but the Falcons need to send Kirk Cousins to the sideline and start Michael Penix Jr.  Let’s start, naturally, with the numbers as justification. Over the last four games, all Atlanta losses, Cousins has thrown eight interceptions without a touchdown, with a 7.57 yards-per-attempt average, and led an offense …

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The most experienced coach in the College Football Playoff knows exactly who is next on the schedule. “We were Catholic,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti reminded CBS Sports of his humble upbringing in Pittsburgh.  That’s one hint of the next chapter of the Hoosiers’ turnaround. When “Indiana” popped up on the TV screen as the team playing Notre Dame in …

We made it, everyone. In many leagues (but not yet all), the fantasy football playoffs are upon us. Also, we are finally finished with the byes — and good riddance to those. Unfortunately, things do not actually become easier in mid-December, because we happen to have entered the can’t-lose portion of the schedule. From this point forward, the opponents just …

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 07: Head coach Steve Sarkisian of the Texas Longhorns sings the fight song after the 22-19 overtime loss against the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2024 SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 07, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images) The Texas Longhorns and head coach Steve Sarkisian lost their first ever SEC championship …