Sep. 2—GREENSBURG — The Chargers welcomed a Top 10 opponent for their home opener in Week 2 of the high school football season. Class 2A No. 4 Eastern Hancock took advantage of a couple North Decatur miscues to grab a 20-0 halftime lead en route to a 34-8 victory. The Royals improve to 2-0 and the Chargers drop to 1-1. …

Why Rodgers believes he would work well with Shanahan on 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s unlikely to ever happen, but that hasn’t stopped New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers from thinking about how a union with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan in the Bay would have played out. In an exclusive interview with the San Francisco Chronicle’s …

Aug 31, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Conner Weigman (15) warms up prior to the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Whenever a football team loses at every level, the quarterback is almost always blamed for the outcome, even if he doesn’t deserve it. Much like …

Adoree’ Jackson remained unsigned for the entire offseason, training camp and preseason before the Giants brought back cornerback for his eighth NFL season on a one-year deal over the weekend. Despite sitting on the shelf for that long, the veteran insists there are “no animosity, no feelings, no ill intentions on my end” that he wasn’t brought back sooner to …

USATSI The Mountain West has opted not to extend its scheduling partnership with Oregon State and Washington State for the 2025 season. The decision creates uncertainty for the remaining Pac-12 schools as both sit without a long-term conference home.  The “Pac-2” agreed to a 7+1 scheduling contract that allowed MWC schools to play seven conference games and one of the …

Rivals National Recruiting Analyst Marshall Levenson was on the sidelines for several marquee games featuring several of Texas’ top recruits in the 2025, 2026, and 2027 classes. Included in that group are several blue-chippers, including players committed to Ohio State and LSU. Here are eight takeaways from the live in-person evaluations: Chace Calicut backs up his offseason Four-star DB Chace …

Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It wasn’t a bad showing, but it wasn’t one that inspired confidence in the Michigan football offense, either. Former walk-on Davis Warren got the start at quarterback for the Wolverines in Week 1 over expected starter Alex Orji. He went 15-for-25 for 118 yards, one touchdown and one interception. But given the vanilla state …

Report: Aiyuk initially rejected 49ers’ two Aug. 12 contract offers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brandon Aiyuk signed a new lucrative four-year 49ers contract extension last week, but the pact wasn’t without obstacles. In the aftermath of Aiyuk and the 49ers agreeing to a $120 million contract with $76 million guaranteed last Thursday, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt …

Photo: Isaiah Hole ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was an uncharacteristic game for Michigan football cornerback Will Johnson, dubbed by many as the best college football player in the country. In Week 1, Fresno State quarterback Mikey Keene was actively targeting Johnson and managed to have his fair amount of success, to the surprise of many. That is, until he didn’t, …

Justin Madubuike made a name for himself during the 2023 season. Now that Madubuike has his reputation sealed as one of the best defensive tackles in the league, the Baltimore Ravens star wants to go by his birth name for this year and beyond.  Madubuike will go by his Nigerian-given name, Nnamdi, going forward.  “Coming from Nigerian culture, our parents …

Aaron Meullion-USA TODAY Sports The biggest game in college football in Week 2 — and perhaps even the 2024 season — will take place in Ann Arbor when No. 8 Michigan hosts No. 3 Texas for only the second-ever meeting in history and the first time the two storied programs will have played in the regular season. Though Michigan football …

The season opener at Detroit is less than a week away. After more than six weeks of training camp and preseason workouts, the Rams on Monday practiced before an audience that included owner Stan Kroenke and began the countdown and final run-up to playing the Lions on “Sunday Night Football.” “This is a different sense of urgency, in a good …

Florida State will open its home season on Labor Day with a bigger sense of urgency than some might have expected. The Seminoles hope to avoid falling to 0-2 when they face Boston College on Monday night.   Last week’s 24-21 last-second defeat against Georgia Tech in Ireland threw a wrench in Florida State’s plans to march through the ACC …

Where 49ers’ Purdy ranks among top 10 NFL QBs entering 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The best quarterbacks give their teams a high chance at winning the Super Bowl. That’s why, spoiler alert, Patrick Mahomes is the cream of the crop. He consistently gets the Kansas City Chiefs into the most important games and, despite the …

If it wasn’t already a good enough weekend for Penn State and head coach James Franklin, things got a little better on Monday. Days after opening the season with a road win at West Virginia, four-star wide receiver Matthew Outten flipped his commitment from Virginia Tech to Penn State. Outten announced his commitment to Penn State with a post on …