After a summer of significant news — the expansion additions of USC and UCLA, followed by a record new media rights deal — the Big Ten swaggers into the season. The league has proven it can compete with the SEC in revenue and realignment. National championships? That’s a different story. Ohio State has been the […]
Continue readingFox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show he was part of in its first two seasons. After resigning as Ohio State’s coach after the 2018 season, Meyer worked as an analyst for the Los Angeles-based studio show in 2019 and 2020. Then he was hired to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars in January 2021 […]
Continue readingAt the Rose Bowl, C.J. Stroud — playing without two future first-round NFL draft picks at receiver — threw for 573 yards and six touchdowns, setting himself up as the presumptive favorite to knock Young off the Heisman throne. In January, a former walk-on quarterback led Georgia to a national championship, and as a result, […]
Continue readingMack met with reporters Wednesday after his trade to the Los Angeles Chargers became official with the start of the new league year. The Chargers sent a second-round pick this year and a 2023 sixth-round selection to the Bears for Mack, one of the league’s top pass-rushers and a three-time All-Pro defender. “It was weird […]
Continue readingCollege football bowl season is here! Here are the key players and storylines you need to know for every team in every game, starting this week and running all the way through the College Football Playoff. Bahamas Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas Noon, ESPN and the ESPN App Middle Tennessee […]
Continue readingIn a year of upsets, college football’s top-10 decided to quit messing around and give us a relaxing Week 11. But nobody told Oklahoma. The Sooners were the latest team in the top-10 to get knocked off, losing 27-14 to Baylor on Saturday, and lose an undefeated season. The upset in the early window looked […]
Continue readingRivalry games took center stage in college football’s Week 9. The Michigan State Spartans outlasted Michigan 37-33 to prove that they’re no one’s little brother — especially when you have Kenneth Walker III on the roster –while Georgia flexed its muscle against Florida to the tune of a 34-7 rout. Both Georgia and Michigan State […]
Continue readingWith several teams in the Top 25 on a bye and very few ranked matchups on the slate, Week 7 of college football looked like it might be a return to normalcy after a wild Week 6. The Purdue Boilermakers decided against that. In one of the major upsets of the 2021 season, the Boilermakers […]
Continue readingThe AP Top 25 college football poll is out, and after a wild weekend of games, there’s some movement high in the rankings. Here’s what’s next for each ranked team: Previous ranking: 1 Week 7 result: 30-13 win vs. No. 11 Kentucky What’s next: at Florida (Oct. 30, 3:30 p.m. ET) X factor: Yes, Georgia’s […]
Continue readingWeek 3’s biggest games lived up to the hype, and yet no team in the top 10 lost. The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide looked mortal in their trip to the Swamp as the Florida Gators pushed them all the way to the final seconds, but the defending champion — and reigning juggernaut — of […]
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