Getty Images Ezekiel Elliott should play in Pittsburgh more often. As a rookie, Elliott tallied 209 total yards and three touchdowns — including the game-winning score — in a Cowboys win over the Steelers. On Thursday night, Elliott turned back the clock while amassing 140 total yards and a score while helping power New England to a 21-18 win over …

Alabama’s 2023 season is not yet complete but that doesn’t mean it is too early to be looking ahead to the 2024 NFL draft. After all, nobody has funneled more players into the NFL than Nick Saban during his tenure with the Crimson Tide. Each year it seems like Coach Saban and Alabama have several players who have tough decisions …

The odds say coach Brandon Staley needs a sweep of the Chargers’ last five games in order to have a chance to qualify for the postseason. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) He summarized the significance of his team’s latest victory by assigning it maximum value, Brandon Staley going with “10 out of 10.” Given that fact, how important does …

Dec. 8—The Kendrick High School football team has been the model of consistency over the past three years. The Tigers have won 25 straight games dating back to the 21-22 season and have collected three consecutive Idaho Class 1A Division II state titles. Most recently, Kendrick downed Camas County 68-0 in the 1A DII championship on Nov. 16. The Tigers’ …

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said last week that a good quarterback in the transfer portal goes for $1 million to $2 million these days. Gophers coach P.J. Fleck agreed Thursday, adding, “That’s almost any position.” Fleck was speaking in a video news conference previewing the Dec. 26 Quick Lane Bowl, and he didn’t hold back describing the runaway trains of …

The Steelers lost their second straight game on Thursday night and both losses came against teams that entered the game with a 2-10 record. While some would point to a limp offense or defensive breakdowns as the leading reasons for the loss, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick believes that there’s a different root cause for why the team has stumbled against the …

The Army Black Knights (5-6) will take on the Navy Midshipmen (5-6) in America’s Game on Saturday and this contest between two of the nation’s service academies will take its place as the only game on the Division I schedule this week. Army can win its 10th Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy with a victory while, a Navy win would mean a three-way …

America’s Game is taking a detour to celebrate America’s founding. The 124th edition of the Army-Navy Game will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, home of the NFL’s New England Patriots. It marks only the third time in a series dating back to 1890 that the contest will be played outside the mid-Atlantic region: Chicago’s Soldier Field hosted …

LSU’s recruiting staff has taken a trip back to Duncanville, Texas, to offer another great athlete from Duncanville High School. This time it is a four-star athlete in the 2026 recruiting class. Zachery Turner is a four-star, 6-foot-3, 210-pound athlete from Duncanville, Texas where he plays for Duncanville High School. The Duncanville Panthers are currently 12-1 this season and they …

Photograph: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images As the regular season draws to a close, we’ll take a look each Friday at a game likely to affect the playoff race, along with the teams whose fortunes are rising and falling. And, so we don’t neglect the also-rans, we’ll see which teams are in the hunt for next year’s No 1 pick. Game of …

Controversy aside, this is one heck of a College Football Playoff field: Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama. How did we get here? The regular season saw the just-in-time return of the Pac-12 as a national player, scandals galore involving the Wolverines alone, one of the most unpredictable races for the top four of the playoff era, Georgia’s quest for college …

The last few weeks have featured plenty of speculation about Belichick’s future, but he’s still the head coach of the Patriots for the time being and Thursday night showed that he can still put together a winning game plan. New England went out to a 21-3 lead and held on for a 21-18 win that lifted their record to 3-10 …

The end of the college football season is here and the coaching carousel is once again getting fired up. This season saw two early head coaching changes within the Big Ten to get an early jump on things, but more coaching changes are popping up as we close in on the end of another regular season around the nation. We’ll …

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Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Tony Garica (@RealTonyGarcia) and Rainer Sabin (@RainerSabin) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Producer: Andrew Birkle • Email: apgarcia@freepress.com On this episode: After hours of debate, snubs, upsets, and near upsets, the College Football Playoff is set, and the Michigan Wolverines are the No. 1 overall seed. Their …