Sep 7, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule walks off the field after defeating the Colorado Buffaloes at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule met with the media on Monday afternoon. The Huskers are currently preparing for Northern Iowa on Saturday night. Nebraska will enter the game ranked No. 24 …

This year’s rookie class includes seven receivers taken in the first round of the 2024 draft and 10 in the first 40 picks, but none had a bigger debut than Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy, who scored two touchdowns in their opening win over the Ravens. That’s more than the four receivers drafted ahead of him combined. “He’s so cool, calm …

In Roob’s Eagles stats: Some Saquon, some A.J. and tons more originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Roob’s Eagles Stats column returns this fall with a weekly collection of trends, numbers and stats you won’t find anywhere else. This week, lots of Saquon Barkley and A.J. Brown, naturally, but plenty of other fascinating stuff I came up with from the …

The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos is the new book by Armen Keteyian and John Talty and it offers a tremendous amount of insight into today’s college football landscape. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney shares 10 takeaways from the book and offers insights on some of the …

The only two franchises to be AFC champions over the last five years will clash on Sunday in the highlight of the Week 2 NFL schedule. Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City will host Joe Burrow and Cincinnati in a matchup that has taken place twice over the last three AFC Championship Games. Over the last eight matchups between these franchises, …

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Being on the wrong end of a college football thriller is the stuff of nightmares for diehard fans. Unfortunately, that’s the case for the Iowa Hawkeyes after their 20-19 rivalry loss against Iowa State. Though this is indeed a game that Hawkeye fans will remember for some time, it’s not one they will remember fondly for the right reasons. Still, …

The 2024 NFL Draft featured six quarterbacks being selected in the first 12 picks — a first in NFL history — and three of them began their voyage as professional quarterbacks in Week 1.  Collectively, it was a very rough go of it for said first-year passers.  The second-year throwers didn’t fare much better, outside of an efficient outing from C.J. …

The Rams used a third-round pick on running back Blake Corum with the idea that they’d use him to share reps and carries with Kyren Williams. On Sunday night, that didn’t happen. Williams had 21 touches (with 18 carries). Corum had none. That’s because Williams was on the field for 91 percent of the offensive snaps (71 total). And Corum …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 10, 2024, 09:00 AM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. We are looking for a forward that is 22 years and 331 days old, with 140 games of NHL experience under his …

Sep. 10—It is Monday again, which means time to write another Tuesday Morning Quarterback column about the Idaho Vandals. In 2024, it also means that it is time to once again make an update on the quarterback situation in Moscow. Last week the news was grim. Starting quarterback Jack Layne suffered a broken collarbone and will be out for several …

Bears overreactions: Will OL waste Caleb Williams’ rookie year? Early indictment of Shane Waldron? originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The start of the Caleb Williams era in Chicago looked eerily similar to a number of different Bears eras of the past. There was a quarterback and an offense struggling to get out of neutral, while a dominant defense carried …

Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell offered no update on running back Tawee Walker and safety Xavier Lucas’ ability entering the Badgers Week 3 game vs. Alabama. Walker, who rushed for 15 rushes for 66 yards and a touchdown in Week 1 vs. Western Michigan, missed the entirety of Wisconsin’s Week 2 bout vs. South Dakota. True freshman cornerback Xavier Lucas, …

As we sat in the green room of our Florida studios watching games Sunday, the overreactions came firing out from all corners. This team is done. That player is a bum. This player is overrated. That player is a star. That team can win a Super Bowl. On and on it went all day long, some of it said sarcastically …

As we get ready to head into Week 2, I’d like to bid a fond farewell to Week 1, which will almost certainly go down as the most bizarre NFL week of the year.  I haven’t checked the NFL record book yet, but I believe it was the first opening week ever where a player got handcuffed by police three …