Auburn and Maryland meet Saturday in the 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl at Nissan Stadium. Auburn (6-6) will try to bounce back after losing its last two games of the regular season. The Tigers’ last loss was particularly difficult to take, a 27-24 heartbreaker against Alabama that included a 31-yard touchdown pass by Jalen Milroe with 32 seconds remaining. Maryland …
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Caleb Downs recognized as the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year
When you start to make your way down the list of all-time great Alabama running backs, it is just a matter of time until the legend Shaun Alexander comes up. During three seasons of varsity football in high school, Alexander rushed for 6,657 yards and 110 touchdowns – both are still Top 10 all-time prep records. In his senior year, …
Read More »Cass’ Frey is Defensive Player of the Year
Dec. 30—Cooper Frey was a leader of another strong senior class for the Lewis Cass football team. Like the senior class before them, the Kings continued their strong tradition. The Kings posted a second straight six-win season and a second straight winning season. “I thought it was a good season,” Frey said. “We definitely lost a lot of good players …
Read More »Ravens’ LB Roquan Smith makes case for QB Lamar Jackson to win NFL MVP
The Baltimore Ravens have seen many of their players come out and give their support to quarterback Lamar Jackson when it comes to his bid to win the 2023 NFL MVP. The sixth-year pro has once again showed his value in many different ways, and a very compelling case can be made for him to win the award for the …
Read More »Ranking the 10 best plays of the Oregon Ducks 2023 football season
In a few days, the Oregon Ducks will reach the close of their 2023 football season, capping it off with a Fiesta Bowl matchup against the Liberty Flames. This season will be one to remember, for Bo Nix’s Heisman campaign, Oregon’s race to make the playoff, and of course, the final season of the Pac-12. To best remember this season, …
Read More »Tim Banks discusses Tennessee’s defensive backs against Iowa
Seven Tennessee defensive backs entered the NCAA transfer portal following the conclusion of the 2023 regular-season and ahead of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against Iowa. Warren Burrell (transferred to Georgia Tech), Jack Luttrell (transferred to Arizona), Brandon Turnage, Doneiko Slaughter (transferred to Arkansas), De’Shawn Rucker (transferred to South Florida), Tamarion McDonald (transferred to Ole Miss) and Wesley Walker entered the …
Read More »Allegany County schools place 11 on Class 1A All-State teams
Dec. 30—CUMBERLAND — The Maryland Football Foundation released the All-State players in Class 1A on Thursday with several representatives from Allegany County. Fort Hill led the county with six representatives. Allegany had three players chosen and Mountain Ridge earned a pair of nods. Carter Hess of the Sentinels, who signed with Division 1 Fordham last week, was chosen as Player …
Read More »College football odds, picks, top predictions for 2023-24 bowl season: Computer backs Penn State, Oregon
No. 21 Tennessee will open a new era when it faces No. 17 Iowa in the 2024 Citrus Bowl on Monday afternoon during the 2023-24 college football bowl schedule. Vols quarterback Joe Milton III opted out of this game, giving true freshman Nico Iamaleava an opportunity to make the first start of his career. Tennessee dropped from -8 to -6 …
Read More »Clemson survived a wild fourth quarter to outlast Kentucky in Gator Bowl
JACKSONVILLE — It was wholly appropriate that Tony Khan, the president of AEW (and the Jaguars chief football strategy officer) presented Clemson coach Dabo Swinney with a championship belt after the Tigers outlasted Kentucky 38-35 on Friday in the 79th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at EverBank Stadium. The game was a slugfest, 15 rounds of punches, counter-punches, body blows and headshots …
Read More »Trojans Wire takes USC fans’ phone calls after inspiring Holiday Bowl victory, Miller Moss triumph
The 2023 Holiday Bowl, as one phone caller put it, was a seemingly meaningless game the Trojans turned into a supremely meaningful game. A night which, at its outset, felt like another blowout loss (after Louisville went up 7-0 and USC missed a field goal) turned into a hugely positive, hopeful, and transformative moment for this football program. Other USC …
Read More »Auburn vs. Maryland odds, line, spread: 2023 Music City Bowl picks, prediction from proven computer model
The Auburn Tigers will look to snap a three-game losing streak in bowl games when they take on the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday in the 2023 Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn. The Tigers (6-6, 3-5 SEC), who last won a bowl game in 2018 with a 63-14 win over Purdue at the Music City Bowl, are 24-20-2 in previous …
Read More »5 keys to a Penn State victory over Ole Miss the Peach Bowl
It’s been about a month since Penn State took care of business on Black Friday against Michigan State in their last regular season game. We are now less than a day away from the Nittany Lions taking on No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels in the 56th annual Peach Bowl. Penn State is seeking its 11 win of the season, and …
Read More »Michigan giving ‘big middle finger’ to its critics with College Football Playoff run
LOS ANGELES – Drake Nugent, Michigan’s starting center, wore a look of amusement. He was talking about “constantly’’ seeing unfavorable media coverage of the Michigan football team as the Wolverines kept winning and winning en route to a 13-0 regular season. “It’s funny to look at that stuff and still be able to win games while it’s going on,’’ Nugent …
Read More »Georgia vs. Florida State odds, line, spread: 2023 Orange Bowl picks, prediction from proven model
The sixth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (12-1) hope to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time in five seasons when they take on the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles (13-0) on Saturday in the 2023 Orange Bowl. Georgia, which was defeated 27-24 by Alabama in the SEC Championship Game earlier this month, hasn’t lost consecutive contests since falling to the Crimson Tide …
Read More »Confusion reigns as ESPN erroneously presents on-screen graphic that Will Howard committed to USC
USC fans were caught off guard, as were college football fans, during the broadcast of the Alamo Bowl game on Thursday night between Arizona and Oklahoma. ESPN, which broadcast the game, posted an on-screen graphic which said that Will Howard, the Kansas State transfer, had committed to USC. That is, of course, empirically untrue. Howard, as of Friday night, had …
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