Monthly Archives: August 2024

Trojans Wire tackles five key questions about 2024 USC football

Apr 15, 2023; Los Angeles, CA, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley talks to players at the conclusion of the Spring Game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports The USC football program approaches 2024 with new sights focused on greater heights. The once-dominant collegiate football program looks for a new life and a new start as …

Read More »

College football analyst Joel Klatt has Texas No. 3 in preseason ranking

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian walks the field ahead of the game against Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. With less than a month before the start of the college football season, preseason predictions, polls and prognostications are in full swing. After last season’s playoff appearance and a new conference in the …

Read More »

49ers passing game coach explains Purdy’s training camp interceptions

49ers passing game coach explains Purdy’s training camp interceptions originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Brock Purdy’s high number of interceptions during training camp a year ago were irrelevant at the time and even less so when the 2023 NFL regular season began. And here we are, back to where things stood a year ago. Only …

Read More »

SEE IT: Malik Nabers throws punches during fight at Giants-Lions practice

The Giants practiced with the Detroit Lions for the second straight day on Tuesday, and for the second straight day, fisticuffs broke out. After a few different scuffles broke out on Monday, on Tuesday it was Giants rookie receiver Malik Nabers and Lions safety Kerby Joseph who went at it. After an incomplete pass to Nabers in the end zone, …

Read More »

FIU football changes name of stadium to ‘Pitbull Stadium’ in $6M naming rights deal

Pitbull’s collaborations in the music world helped turn him into a Grammy Award-winning international superstar and entrepreneur, but his latest partnership represents a groundbreaking foray into college sports. Florida International announced Tuesday during a news conference that it is renaming its football stadium “Pitbull Stadium” for the next five seasons in what’s believed to be an unprecedented sponsorship arrangement between …

Read More »

USC football fans remind us that the best defense is a good offense

Oct 15, 2022; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley watches warm ups prior to a game against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports USC’s defense will face a stiff test against the LSU offense in Week 1 of the college football season on Sept. 1 in Las Vegas. The …

Read More »

Fantasy Football: 5 of the most underrated QBs in drafts this season

With so many players to choose from in drafts and so many to rank, some underrated gems are bound to fall through the cracks. But here, fantasy football analyst Sal Vetri wants to help you make sure you don’t miss the players possessing great value, and those with potentially league-winning upside. First up, the quarterbacks. The No. 1 overall pick …

Read More »

49ers’ trade talks involving Brandon Aiyuk with Patriots, Browns heating up

The possibility of Brandon Aiyuk getting traded has seemingly increased, and the ball might be in the wide receiver’s court.  After failing to come to terms on an extension with the star wide receiver this offseason and in the opening weeks of training camp, the 49ers have multiple trades lined up involving Aiyuk, according to multiple reports. The 49ers have …

Read More »

Gophers football team puts two players on The Athletic’s ‘Freaks List’

When The Athletic calls a college football player a “freak,” that’s to be considered a compliment. And the Gophers had two players named to the outlet’s Freaks List in 2024. On the list of most eye-popping and jaw-dropping players in college football, left tackle Aireontae Ersery came in at No. 25 and linebacker Cody Lindenberg at No. 72. Ersery is …

Read More »