Daily Archives: January 8, 2024

Former USC cornerback Fabian Ross is heading to Hawaii

Former four-star cornerback Fabian Ross has decided to transfer from USC and take his talents to Hawaii. Ross spent two years at USC before transferring. During his two years of playing time at USC, Ross saw action in only three games in his freshman and sophomore seasons. Ross was ranked No. 176 in the 247Sports composite hailing from Las Vegas …

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was Trevor Lawrence to blame for the Jags’ playoff flop?

Photograph: John Amis/AP The Jacksonville Jaguars had every opportunity to make the 2023 season a success. Instead they made it a disaster, culminating with their 28-20 loss at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon. The Jaguars needed only to beat a 5-11 team to clinch the AFC South. But Trevor Lawrence threw two interceptions and got stacked up shy of …

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Michigan football to channel wolfpack energy ahead of national championship game

HOUSTON — On the eve of the College Football Playoff championship game, and the Wolverines are still preparing for the football fight of their collective lives. Those were coach Jim Harbaugh’s words Sunday morning in Liberty Hall, a banquet room adjacent to the JW Marriott in downtown Houston, where he and the Huskies’ head man, Kalen DeBoer, gave their final …

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Keys to Washington vs. Michigan CFP title game

Following media day, Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz discusses the keys to the College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Huskies and Wolverines – and gives his pick to win it all. Video Transcript JASON FITZ: We’re standing in Houston for the College Football Playoff Championship media days, and after talking to everybody, one thing has become clear. The course …

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Bills beat Dolphins, Packers make play-offs but Jaguars miss out

The NFL play-offs start next week after some thrilling final day games The Jacksonville Jaguars agonisingly missed out on the play-offs by losing their last game of the season, while the Green Bay Packers claimed an impressive victory in their must-win game and the Buffalo Bills beat Miami in the big clash of the night. The final Sunday of regular …

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Cowboys’ Micah Parsons becomes fifth player to record 40-plus sacks in first three seasons

Getty Images Cowboys two-time First Team All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons, who entered Week 18 as one of the top two players on the 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year odds list and the NFL’s leader in quarterback pressures, only added to his claim on Sunday against the Washington Commanders.  Parsons’ third-quarter sack of Washington quarterback Sam Howell ran his season total to 14 …

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Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey sees historic field-goal streak end on blocked kick vs. Commanders, misses two in row

Dallas Cowboys first-year kicker Brandon Aubrey was sailing toward NFL history with a historic first 16 games in his 2023 season. The NFC’s Pro Bowl kicker had connected on all 35 field goal attempts this season, tying him with former Minnesota Vikings kicker Gary Anderson (1998) for the second-most makes in a season without miss. If he were able to drain three in …

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Malachi Nelson, in 2024, will face three current Pac-12 schools

The 2024 college football season will be especially notable for a lot of obvious reasons. One is the emergence of the new 12-team College Football Playoff. Another is the movement of various schools to new conferences. USC will be off to the Big Ten, along with three other current Pac-12 schools: UCLA, Washington, and Oregon. In 2024, USC will face …

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Falcons fire Arthur Smith

Falcons owner Arthur Blank has not waited until the light of day to make a change. Atlanta has fired head coach Arthur Smith, the team announced just after midnight. Smith compiled a 21-30 record, going 7-10 in each of his three seasons with the Falcons. The club lost to New Orleans 48-17 on Sunday to close the season. “Decisions like …

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