ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia coach Kirby Smart had a good-natured complaint to fans when celebrating the Bulldogs’ back-to-back national championships with a parade and ceremony for the second straight year on Saturday. “You didn’t tell me last year we were going back to back. Wow!” said a smiling Smart. Smart referenced a quote from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden when …

Interview with former Saints coach expected to happen at some point in the next few days Here are the top NFL minority head coaching candidates this offseason USA TODAY Sports + NFL insider Tyler Dragon shares the top minority head coaching candidates this offseason. USA TODAY The Arizona Cardinals will interview Sean Payton for their vacant head coaching position at …

Who’s Playing New York @ Minnesota Regular Season Records: New York 9-7-1; Minnesota 13-4 What to Know The Minnesota Vikings will be returning home after a two-game road trip. They will duke it out with the New York Giants in the first round of the playoffs on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Vikings are out …

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Kearis Jackson has entered the 2023 NFL draft. Jackson, a senior, still had a year of eligibility remaining despite arriving in Athens as a member of the class of 2018. Jackson came up with a clutch catch in the Peach Bowl against Ohio State and will end his college football career as a back-to-back national champion. …

The road to Super Bowl LVII begins now. The opening round of the NFL playoffs has kicked off, and it’ll now be a mad dash to Glendale, Arizona in February. As we look at the Super Wild Card Weekend slate, each of these teams is going to be quite familiar with one another. Each game features a rematch from the …

Bettors for the San Francisco 49ers’ playoff opener knew they liked Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey made sure those bettors didn’t have to worry long. In terms of bets, the three most popular props at BetMGM for the 49ers’ game against the Seattle Seahawks were all related to McCaffrey: 1. McCaffrey to score anytime touchdown (-130) 2. McCaffrey to score 1st touchdown …

Over at ESPN, they asked coaches and reporters under the guise of anonymity to predict what will happen in 2023 and their response about Ohio State and the Big Ten was very telling. They claimed that the Buckeyes have “lost its grip” on the conference (insider), with two teams this coming season having the ability to take the crown, Penn State and Michigan. …

Damar Hamlin visited with teammates at the Bills facility on Saturday for the first time since being discharged from a Buffalo hospital, and about two weeks after the safety went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati. Bills linebacker Matt Milano posted a photo on his Instagram account of a smiling …

The 49ers began their journey in the 2023 NFL playoffs on Sunday, rematching the rival Seahawks, and they did so with rookie quarterback Brock Purdy under center. But Purdy, as has been well documented, isn’t any old rookie. Unlike San Francisco’s Opening Day starter, Trey Lance, he didn’t enter as the handpicked face of the franchise. Instead, he literally entered …

OXFORD, Miss. — A relatively quiet offseason on Lane Kiffin’s coaching staff is quiet no longer. On Saturday afternoon, Mississippi officially announced the hiring of Alabama football defensive coordinator Pete Golding to fill the same role in Oxford. “We are excited to add a championship caliber coach like Pete Golding to our staff,” Kiffin said in a statement. “At multiple …

The Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars will face off on Super Wild Card Weekend on Saturday night, as the two will battle for a potential date with the No. 1 seed Kansas City Chiefs. Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence battled in Week 3 earlier this year, with the Jaguars leaving California with a 38-10 victory. Are the Chargers due for some …

Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury has been approached by multiple NFL teams to interview for their vacant offensive coordinator positions but has no interest in taking those opportunities, according to FOX Sports NFL insider Peter Schrager. Instead, Kingsbury bought a one-way ticket to Thailand and politely declined the teams who approached him, Schrager said. Multiple reports have cast …

Rookies don’t seem to be fazed yet by the NFL playoffs. After Brock Purdy threw a TD pass to Christian McCaffrey, the Seattle Seahawks answered the San Francisco 49ers with a rookie of their own. Kenneth Walker III ran 7 yards to paydirt to cap a 14-play, 78-yard drive that ate up almost seven minutes bridging the first and second …

The Florida Gators are currently hosting former Alabama offensive lineman Damieon George on an official visit, according to an Instagram story sent out on Friday. George saw his role reduced in 2022 as part of the Crimson Tide’s offensive line reserve rotation after seeing over 250 snaps in 2021. He took over the starting right tackle job at the end …

The time has come. The 2022 NFL regular season is over, and it’s time to begin the process of crowning a new champion. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles secured the first-round byes in the AFC and NFC, respectively. Will it help them? It certainly did not help the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans last year, who both …