Florida State football remains hot in the NCAA Transfer Portal. The Seminoles nabbed their second commitment of the day Sunday and the fourth in three days when Indiana running back Jaylin Lucas announced his commitment to the Seminoles following his official visit Sunday to local media outside of the Moore Center. The commitment came hours after Colorado State defensive lineman …

Arthur Smith, who inherited a rebuilding project in his first NFL head coaching job and failed to lift Atlanta from its playoff drought, was fired late Sunday night, hours after completing his third season with the Falcons. Smith, the 41-year-old son of FedEx founder Fred Smith, went 7-10 in each of his three seasons. The Falcons’ 48-17 loss at New …

The Atlanta Falcons are making a head coaching change. The Falcons fired Arthur Smith following the team’s Week 18 loss to the division rival New Orleans Saints, the team announced in a statement soon after the clock turned from Sunday night into Monday morning. “Decisions like this are never easy and they never feel good,” Falcons owner Arthur Blank said …

USATSI Auburn offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery will not return for a second season leading the Tigers offense, the program announced on Friday. Montgomery was hired shortly after Hugh Freeze accepted the Auburn coaching prior to the 2023 season.  “I informed Philip today he would not be retained as our offensive coordinator,” Freeze said. “Philip is a good coach and a good …

With the 2023 regular season ending on Sunday, 18 of the NFL’s 32 teams are done for the year. That means it’s time to turn our attention toward the league’s coaching carousel where there are currently four vacancies: the Carolina Panthers, the Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers and the Atlanta Falcons with the team firing Arthur Smith Sunday evening just after midnight.  …

What 49ers’ past playoff appearances taught Warner about postseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Fred Warner has learned plenty about the NFL playoffs across his six seasons in the league, with the 49ers punching their ticket to the postseason in over half of those campaigns. As San Francisco prepares for its fourth playoff trip in the past five …

Rutgers made it two transfer portal additions in as many days with the commitment of Austin Riggs on Sunday. The long-snapper, previously at BYU, is another addition out of the transfer portal for Rutgers. He has extensive experience, with 40 games played over four seasons in Provo. He made 12 appearances this past season as a junior. He comes to …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter It was the Miami Dolphins’ division to lose. And that’s what they did. The Buffalo Bills came away with a 21-14 Week 18 win in Miami, with Buffalo overcoming three turnovers from Josh Allen. And for the fifth straight season, the Bills are the AFC East champs. Even after starting 5-5. Even after getting to …

The regular season is officially in the books and the mad dash to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas is down to just 14 teams. The playoff bracket is set and we’re now looking forward to Super Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, which will kick off on Saturday.  For the Ravens and the 49ers, they get to sit back …

USATSI With the NFL regular season behind us, it is time for teams to begin preparing for next season. Several teams have already made the decision to change key positions within the organization, whether that be a general manager, head coach or coordinator.  Rather than scouring the scatter shot reports across social media, CBSSports.com has compiled all of those reports of interest …

Sherrone Moore played in 14 games for the Sooners in 2006 and 2007. Only the craziest of OU diehards remember the offensive guard who transferred in from Butler County Community College in Kansas, but Moore’s profile has grown as he’s climbed the coaching ladder. Now the offensive coordinator at Michigan, Moore will be coaching for a national championship Monday night …

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst I love the final weekend of the NFL regular season. There’s always one or two games where a team playing for nothing ruins the season of a potential playoff team. There are players who need to hit incentives that are out there aiming to collect more money. In the betting landscape, season futures are …

Matthew Stafford’s return to Detroit couldn’t have come at a bigger time. Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will travel to Ford Field next weekend for their first round playoff matchup against the Lions — which will mark the first home playoff game in Detroit since 1994 and the first ever at Ford Field. Stafford was first drafted by the …

Jan. 7—Wisconsin offensive tackle Nolan Rucci, a former five-star prospect from Warwick, announced Saturday that he’s transferring to Penn State. The 6-8, 300-pound Rucci was rated the No. 1 prospect in Pennsylvania in the 2021 recruiting class. He has two years of eligibility remaining. He played in six games during his Wisconsin career, including three games last season as the …

The playoffs are here! The most glorious time of the year is upon us, with the 2023 NFL regular season coming to an exciting conclusion and a wide-open race remaining for a Super Bowl. You could talk me into just about any matchup between any team on both sides of the bracket.  In fact, I would believe you if you …