Among the features of the new 12-team College Football Playoff format is a guaranteed spot for the highest-ranked champion from a Group of Five conference, which will offer an opportunity for a program from outside the sport’s traditional power structure to compete for a national championship. One of the most prominent voices in college football isn’t pleased with the development. …

As the NFL new year awaits just over a week away, nine teams opted by the Tuesday deadline to designate a player with either a franchise or transition tag. The move gives the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers control over a player’s 2024 …

The BYU football team runs through drills during the first day of spring camp Feb. 29, 2024, in Provo. | Aaron Cornia/BYU It has been a long and trying football offseason for BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, the man most responsible for getting the Cougars’ attack rolling again after BYU’s offense plummeted to the bottom fourth of most NCAA statistical …

Caleb Williams reveals Aaron Rodgers as his football ‘GOAT’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Dear Caleb Williams, if you’re going to be the quarterback of the Chicago Bears next season, you’re going to need some PR training. That means, when someone asks you who your football GOAT (Greatest of all Time) is, you don’t say this. “Football, winning, and …

Alabama basketball just didn’t have it against Florida. Take your pick to fill in what “it” was. Sometimes it was defense. Other times, offense. Whatever the Crimson Tide needed to beat Florida, it wasn’t there. What Alabama did have? Too many turnovers. Too many lapses. Too many mistakes. As a result, the Crimson Tide went to Gainesville and left without …

Why do the Bears have 4.5 months to sign Jaylon Johnson? The franchise tag deadline explained originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on Jaylon Johnson on Tuesday, the team announced. Both parties have 4.5 months to find common ground on a deal. What does that mean exactly? The deadline for teams to place …

The Calallen Independent School District announced Monday the four members of the We Will Win Consulting search firm that will help select the next head football coach and athletic director at Calallen High School. Former New Braunfels ISD superintendent Cade Smith, retired Allen ISD athletic director Steve Williams, Dr. Curtis Culwell and retired Southlake Carroll athletic director and head football …

Jason Kelce is just one day into retirement, but he appears to already be making the most of it. Jason and his brother Travis have been enjoying time together in the wake of Jason’s emotional retirement speech after 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday. Travis, the Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro tight end who just won his third Super …

Why did the Bears request a top-30 visit with Caleb Williams this early? Let’s read the tea leaves originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago In preparation for the 2024 NFL draft, the Bears — oddly — have tried to bring in players for their top-30 visits. Starting with Caleb Williams, according to Albert Breer. But, why? Most teams don’t start …

Well, maybe the 2024 Carolina Panthers coaching staff wasn’t completely finalized after all. Thanks to the due diligence of Mike Kaye from The Charlotte Observer and a Twitter user, we now know that the organization has hired Dean Petzing as an offensive quality control coach. Petzing had been added to the staff’s webpage on the Panthers’ official team site. The Wellesley, Mass. …

USATSI As expected, the Dallas Cowboys are going to pick up Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option. The surprise, however, is how Dallas is conducting said business.  Parsons will receive his option as a defensive end and not as a linebacker, according to The Dallas Morning News. By doing so, the Cowboys will save roughly $3 million. Parsons would make $21.32 as …

Broncos country, let’s ride. Right off a friggin’ cliff. Four days short of the two-year anniversary of the announcement of the tentative deal that brought quarterback Russell Wilson from the Seahawks to the Broncos, the Broncos pulled the plug on the experiment. And it’s fair to ask whether it was the worst trade ever made. Denver gave up plenty to …

Before UCLA’s LA Bowl game in December, Bruins quarterbacks coach Ryan Gunderson left to become Oregon State’s offensive coordinator. By necessity, head coach Chip Kelly took over the quarterback position group during bowl preparation. He loved it. He’d been a head coach in college and the NFL for so long that he didn’t realize how much enjoyed getting into the …

Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown was expected to play a key role in the defense last season. Instead, he spent his rookie season rehabbing. The third-round pick tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a preseason game while making an open-field tackle of Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said last week that …

Former UCLA coach Chip Kelly said during a news conference Tuesday he left the Bruins to be the Ohio State offensive coordinator because he wants to focus on players rather than being a CEO leading a program. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) In his first attempt to explain his self-imposed demotion, Chip Kelly said he’s never thought about quitting …