More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]
Continue readingRoughly 12 times as much money had been bet on the favored Baltimore Ravens as had been bet on the Los Angeles Rams. “I can safely say, unless a lot of Rams money comes in tomorrow, that it will be our biggest decision of the year,” Stoneback said. The story was same at sportsbooks around […]
Continue readingAs much as college football has changed over the past few seasons through the transfer portal, conference realignment and NIL money, the lopsided nature of the sport has largely remained unchanged. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State are still the most dominant teams in the FBS, and it’s difficult to find any other program that […]
Continue readingAfter 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 readingCoach P.J. Fleck’s reunion with Ciarrocca was initiated after Mike Sanford was dismissed following the expiration of his contract. Sanford held the dual role for the Gophers the last two years. Ciarrocca was Fleck’s offensive coordinator at Western Michigan from 2013 to 2016 and at Minnesota from 2017 to 2019 until taking the same position […]
Continue reading“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” — Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” In the present tense, it can seem impossible for a new team to join college football’s ruling class. You fall short again and again, and it starts to feel like it’s not going […]
Continue readingNick Saban was back on the Alabama sideline after a COVID-19 scare and a false positive test earlier in the week, and his Crimson Tide are back on top of ESPN’s power rankings. Alabama carved apart a Georgia defense that had been suffocating this season with one explosive play after another and collared the Bulldogs […]
Continue readingEvery college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
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