AUBURN, AL – August 06, 2024 – Auburn Running Back Damari Alston (#0) during a fall camp practice at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, AL. Photo by Austin Perryman Auburn football has the tools to build a successful season in 2024. However, there is one obstacle the Tigers must overcome to reach that goal says ESPN. ESPN recently …

Bears have four critical roster questions to answer as cut-down day arrives originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — You’ve probably heard this by now, but making the 2024 Bears roster is going to be much harder than making the previous two iterations that general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus have put together. That’s …

The Big Ten has some new looks in 2024 that have everyone around the conference excited to get things started. The Big Ten welcomed four new members to the mix this year with Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington joining the conference. The expansion of the conference has also changed the way the Big Ten will setup its conference championship game …

Lance’s rough preseason game encapsulates frustrating NFL journey originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Trey Lance continues to prove the 49ers both right and inexcusably wrong at the same time. San Francisco made the right move by trading the young quarterback to the Dallas Cowboys for a now-generous fourth-round pick before the 2023 NFL season, but selecting him with …

Sep 24, 2022; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach PJ Fleck waves to fans at Spartan Stadium before playing MSU. Mandatory Credit: Dale Young-USA TODAY Sports The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the Big Ten equivalent of what Cal was to the Pac-12. They have the longest Rose Bowl drought of any long-term Big Ten football member school. …

PHILADELPHIA — Thomas Booker has played in 10 games and has two seasons on his NFL resume. A former fifth-round pick, Booker is used to fighting for an NFL roster spot.  Waiting for that phone call on roster cutdown day is nothing new for Booker. Unlike last year, things may be different when it comes to his roster fate.  The …

Duke landed a commitment from four-star defensive lineman Bryce Davis on Sunday after he flipped from Clemson. If Davis signs with the Blue Devils, he will become the program’s top recruit in the 247Sports era.  Davis is a 6-foot-3. 245-pound star for Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, which is only about an hour from Duke’s campus in Durham. …

Joe D’Alessandris, whose nearly half-century of coaching offensive linemen eventually brought him to four different NFL teams, has died. He was 70. The Baltimore Ravens, D’Alessandris’ employer since 2017, announced that he died Sunday. He was hospitalized earlier this month with an unspecified illness, and that caused him to step away from his duties as the team’s offensive line coach. …

Where ESPN model projects Bosa will land among 2024 NFL sack leaders originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Nick Bosa has established himself as one of the NFL’s best defensive ends, but how will the 49ers star fare this season when it comes to the one stat fans will be talking about? If the Faithful trust ESPN’s projected sack …

Oklahoma’s Casey Thompson is pictured during the University of Oklahoma (OU) spring football practice at the Everest Training Center in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, March 27, 2024. The quarterback room has changed a lot for the Oklahoma Sooners entering 2024. [autotag]Jackson Arnold[/autotag], [autotag]Casey Thompson[/autotag], [autotag]Michael Hawkins Jr.[/autotag], [autotag]Brendan Zurbrugg[/autotag] and [autotag]Steele Wasel[/autotag] make up the unit this season. They’ll be coached …

Bengals star receiver Ja’Marr Chase ended his contract “hold in” and practiced for the first time this summer on Sunday, two weeks before Cincinnati opens the season against the New England Patriots. The Bengals sent out photos from the closed practice on social media showing Chase participating in the sessions. Chase had been watching most practices but not participating as …

The Giants cut 10 players — wide receiver Ayir Asante, defensive lineman Kyler Baugh, cornerbacks Breon Borders and Christian Holmes, defensive back Clayton Isbell, wide receiver John Jiles, running back Joshua Kelley, linebacker Trey Kiser, running back Lorenzo Lingard and offensive lineman Marcus McKethan — among Sunday’s initial moves, as the crunch for a 53-man roster begins before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline. “Obviously, there are more to come,” said Giants …

USA TODAY High School Sports‘ Friday Night Notes is a weekly high school football recruiting recap that looks at the latest news from around the country—from the Class of 2025 to ’26 and beyond. It was a big week on the recruiting front as several more of the nation’s top 2025 prospects came off of the board and there were …

Samson Nacua nearly provided the most exciting touchdown of the NFL preseason on Sunday just before halftime of the matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Tennessee Titans. With four seconds remaining in the second quarter, Titans kicker Brayden Narveson attempted a 58-yard field goal. The kick was well short of the uprights, giving Nacua an opportunity to field the …

Michigan has officially received its notice of allegations from the NCAA regarding the investigation into alleged sign stealing by former Wolverines analyst Connor Stalions, according to CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello.  NCAA policy gives Michigan 90 days to respond to the notice of allegations, which would allow the Wolverines until late November to address the accusations. After a response, the NCAA …