Louisville football will face Jacksonville State on Saturday at L&N Stadium. The Cardinals are coming off a 62-0 win over Austin Peay. They recorded more than 500 yards of total offense, forced two interceptions and sacked Austin Peay’s quarterback seven times in the victory. Jacksonville State is coming off a 55-27 loss to Coastal Carolina, in which it allowed the …

On paper, the Kansas City Chiefs are the best team in the NFL. They have the game’s best player in Patrick Mahomes, who is on his way to being the best player ever, and they have a great coach in Andy Reid to go with a talented roster. That, coupled with my usual tradition of starting the previous year’s Super …

Steelers running back Jaylen Warren has been dealing with a hamstring injury, but he’s moving in the right direction as the team heads into the first week of the regular season. Video from the team’s practice on Monday shows Warren going through individual drills and having no trouble as he runs and cuts at full speed. Warren said, via Brooke …

The Rutgers football team will host Akron on Saturday at SHI Stadium for its second game of the season. Kickoff is scheduled for noon. The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 44-7 win over Howard, while the Zips on Saturday fell to No. 2 Ohio State 52-6 in Columbus. Here’s how you can get tickets to see Rutgers and Akron …

Kirk Cousins will be Captain Kirk again. As expected. In his first season with the Falcons, the former Vikings quarterback has been elected one of four team captains. The other are tackle Jake Matthews, defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, and safety Jessie Bates III. Four captains are the fewest we’ve seen for 2024. The Steelers also have four. For Cousins, he’s …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Leland Smith was on Purdue football’s radar but ended up a late addition to the 2024 signing class. Head coach Ryan Walters was impressed by receiver’s 6-foot-4 frame and blazing speed. “He is one of probably the top-five fastest guys on the team,” Walters said. Smith, who had 655 yards receiving and nine touchdowns in nine games …

The Lions beat the Rams in a home playoff game in January and they’ll be opening the 2024 season at Ford Field against the same opponent, but there’s a significant difference to the opposition this time around. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald retired after the playoff loss in Detroit and his absence was the subject of a question for Lions …

Clock violation… on the clock? That’s the scenario as Boston College football takes on Florida State on Monday night. The clock was malfunctioning, so the time was being kept on the field. ESPN’s scorebug did not include the time. The back judge will hold both of his hands to indicate that there are 15 seconds left on the play clock …

Bengals coach Zac Taylor doesn’t have any answers for Ja’Marr Chase, who continued to sit out of practice Monday as he seeks a long-term extension. The season starts Sunday, and Taylor sounds as if he doesn’t know whether he will have his star receiver. “We’ll just take it day to day,” Taylor said Monday, via Emily Sanderson of WLWT. Chase’s …

Mt Whitney’s Israel Briggs playing in the 2023 Central Section Division III high school football playoff game between Nipomo and Mt. Whitney. Friday, November 3, 2023 at Mineral King Bowl. Michigan State football TE coach Brian Wozniak has dipped into California for the latest offer in the 2026 recruiting class. The Spartans have extended an offer to Israel Briggs, a …

49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will miss at least the first four games of the regular season while on the non-football injury list because of injuries sustained in a shooting in San Francisco on Saturday. The 49ers made the non-football injury designation this afternoon, about 48 hours after Pearsall was shot. Pearsall was released after spending one night in …

Sep. 2—Idaho took third-ranked Oregon deep into the fourth quarter in its season opener before falling 24-14. And it cost the Vandals their starting quarterback, at least for part of the season. Jack Layne, a redshirt sophomore from Lake Oswego, Oregon, injured his collarbone on Idaho’s second-to-last series against the Ducks. He was taken out of the game when he …

Broncos coach Payton calls Sutton-to-49ers trade rumors a ‘stretch’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sometimes, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to NFL trade rumors. After The Athletic’s Diana Russini reported last Thursday that the Broncos declined a 49ers offer that would have sent a third-round draft pick to Denver in exchange for wide receiver …

Florida State football fans’ patience with their team’s quarterback struggles is wearing thin. The most obvious indication of that occurred shortly after starting quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, a transfer from Clemson by way of Oregon State, threw an interception on a fourth-down conversion attempt in the first drive of the second half. REQUIRED READING: FSU vs Boston College score: Live updates, …

Subscribe to McCoy & Van Noy The 2024 NFL regular season finally kicks off this Thursday night with the Baltimore Ravens traveling to the Kansas City Chiefs. Gerald McCoy and Kyle Van Noy are hyped to start the season and they kick off this episode looking at the reigning NFC champs, the San Francisco 49ers, who have had a tumultuous …