While seldom discussed, many fans see college football as a one-month season. When you’re a fan of a team that isn’t typically competing for conference titles, crossing your fingers until the circulation’s cut off and hoping to get to a bowl game, the year often ends before September does. If you look around the Big Ten right now, there are …

Ben Roethlisberger wants his old team to ride the hot hand at quarterback. The Pittsburgh Steelers legend believes Justin Fields should take his old job for the foreseeable future after the Steelers’ 2-0 start, saying that Fields has “earned” the right to keep the starting quarterback role. “So far, I like what I’ve seen,” Roethlisberger said of Fields on his …

Was Belichick’s grudge against Falcons on display during ManningCast? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Call it the Bill Belichick revenge game. The former New England Patriots head coach made his weekly appearance on ESPN2’s ManningCast on Monday night, joining brothers Peyton and Eli Manning on the alternate broadcast of Philadelphia Eagles vs. Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons, you’ll recall, spurned …

Through two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, nine different teams have failed to secure their first victory. That’s about 28% of the entire league. Historically, an 0-2 start does not bode well for the long run, as only 11.5% of teams with that record have gone on to make the playoffs since 1990. But there’s plenty of football left …

The University of Tennessee will increase football ticket prices and the required donations that accompany them by an average of 14.5% in 2025 with most of the new cost going to a “talent fee” to pay players. On Tuesday, Tennessee informed season-ticket holders of the price hike via email, along with a video of athletics director Danny White explaining the …

Sep 17, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Restricted free agent forward Peyton Krebs signed a two-year, $2.9 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Krebs, 23, recorded 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) and 67 penalty minutes in 80 games last season for the Sabres. He has totaled 66 points (20 goals, 46 assists) in 215 career games with the …

For the first time since the Tom Brady era, the Jets will enter a matchup against the Patriots with a quarterback advantage. Aaron Rodgers will play his first game against the Patriots in a Jets uniform when the New York Jets host the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football at 8:15 p.m. ET. Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett has played well …

Auburn Tigers defensive back Jerrin Thompson (1) celebrates his interception as Auburn Tigers take on New Mexico Lobos at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The Auburn Tigers re-found the win column last week against New Mexico in entertaining fashion. Freshman quarterback Hank Brown was fantastic in his first career start, leading his offense to 41 …

Two weeks of 2024 NFL football are in the books, and already we’ve enjoyed all kinds of surprises on the gridirion, from the New Orleans Saints boasting one of the league’s most explosive offenses and the Baltimore Ravens slipping to a winless start to only the Houston Texans logging a “W” in the AFC South. Here’s one thing we learned …

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals delivered a down-to-the-wire game Sunday, and viewers were plugged in, according to CBS. The network’s “National Game,” which included Chiefs-Bengals for most of the country, averaged 27.9 million viewers, an increase of 8 percent over the comparable period last year. The national game was the most-watched telecast on a single network since …

Quarterback Josh Heupel #14 of the Oklahoma Sooners is hoisted by his teammates after defeating the Florida State Seminoles during the Orange Bowl at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. Mandatory Credit: Andy Lyons/ALLSPORT Josh Heupel played quarterback at Oklahoma from 1999-2000. He led the Sooners to a BCS national championship in 2000, the only national title during Bob Stoops’ …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 17, 2024, 10:00 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. There are not as many fantasy-relevant players that experience a season-long lull in production to then later return to their usual self …

An AFC East showdown on Thursday Night Football features the New England Patriots (1-1) visiting the New York Jets (1-1) to get the Week 3 NFL schedule underway. After securing a win in Week 1, the Patriots weren’t able to continue their winning ways. Last Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Patriots, 23-20 in overtime. On the other sideline, the …

In the first two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, the biggest favorite has lost. The Cincinnati Bengals lost as 7.5-point home favorites against the Patriots in Week 1, while the Baltimore Ravens lost as 8.5-point favorites against the Las Vegas Raiders last week. For anyone making NFL office pool picks, avoiding those big upsets will be a primary objective …

Georgia football lost a key member of its offensive line on Saturday in its SEC opener win at Kentucky in senior Tate Ratledge. And according to several reports on Monday, Ratledge is expected to miss a handful of games following an MRI, which showed a sprained MCL in his left knee and a sprained left ankle. It was first reported …