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The Denver Broncos were forced to tinker with its roster this week, as injuries have made the franchise adjust on the fly. A direct result off all this tinkering was the release of defensive tackle Kyle Peko, who isn’t to be confused with Broncos starting nose tackle Domata Peko (they are cousins). https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/921812579818676224 Injuries have forced […]

New England Patriots defensive standout Dont’a Hightower has heard what people has had to say about the team’s defense. That, basically, the Patriots are lucky to have a dynamic offense, manned by the legendary Tom Brady, because the other side of the ball is rather inept. Dont’a Hightower has also had enough of that tomfoolery. “I […]

It is amazing what one week of games in the National Football League can do. When the Pittsburgh Steelers were playing its last game, the Kansas City Chiefs were the only undefeated team in the league. Then, because of course, they went on the road to defeat the Chiefs 19-13. Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, while happy […]

The Cleveland Browns are all over the place. With receivers dropping the ball as if it were a phone with bad reception, to switching from DeShone Kizer to Kevin Hogan and back again, it is a wonder how the fan base remains sane. In what appears to be an attempt to highlight leadership, the incredibly […]

Oakland Raiders receiver Amari Cooper wasn’t exactly off to the best start of the National Football League season. Once considered one of the league’s better talents at the position, he had games where he was almost a near non-factor. Following a huge performance against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, that might be no […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must have a great life. That being said, not everything is perfect for the veteran gunslinger, as he seems relatively unhappy with the usage of receiver Brandin Cooks. You might remember Brandin Cooks as the electric talent from the New Orleans Saints. Since being acquired by the Patriots, however, […]

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been around the National Football League for some time now. Once considered one of the elite gunslingers in it, when the veteran speaks, it currently carries some weight. According to Drew Brees, despite some iffy offensive play here and there, the team has potential to be better, and […]

Denver Broncos rookie tight end Jake Butt, while at Michigan, was presumed to be one of the better all-around players at his position. Then, because college football greed and money, he was hurt in what was a glorified exhibition game. Jake Butt has been paying the price ever since, and now it appears as though […]

New York Jets rookie Jamal Adams was drafted with a lot of fanfare. Currently, despite the Jets being as awful you would expect, the first-year safety is claiming he wants to change how the position is played. “I’m going to change the position,” Adams told the New York Daily News. “When you go out there […]

Five games have come and gone for Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy. For the first time in his career, during that period of time, he is without a touchdown. None coming by the way of ground or the air. An amazing thing to consider when you factor in how dynamic the back has been […]

The Kansas City Chiefs fell to conference rival the Oakland Raiders on Thursday evening. In what many will consider iffy officiating toward the end of the game, the (relative) upset can largely be pinned on such a thing. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, however, did his best to not flip his lid during the postgame […]

Dallas Cowboys defensive standout DeMarcus Lawrence might not yet be a household name, but nearly every quarterback in the National Football League fears the man. In fact, he is so good at putting fear in offenses across the sport, DeMarcus Lawrence probably deserves a rich contract when the time calls for it. However, at least according to […]

First-year Denver Broncos coach Vance Joseph has done relatively well when his team is under distress this season. This week, the world might get another chance to see such a thing happen again, as Joseph will be relying heavily upon receiver reserve Bennie Fowler. With injuries ravaging the receiver lineup, Vance Joseph has no other […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has been dealing with an injury after dislocating his left knee and tearing his ACL and other ligaments nearly 14 months ago. It was a horrific situation for both the franchise and young signal-caller. Now, however, Teddy Bridgewater is claiming he will return to the Vikings before the 2017 NFL […]

Jed York, the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, was once technically the man signing Colin Kaepernick’s checks. With the still young quarterback remaining without a job in the NFL, while becoming the focal point for civil unrest, whenever someone talks about the gunslinger, it is a big deal. Depending on how you view things, […]

The Arizona State Sun Devils have made some real headway on the recruiting trail. 4-star guard Luguentz Dort, who is a member of the 2018 recruiting class, has committed to the university. Maybe it pays to not be named in any of the FBI’s current probing of college basketball. I kid … but only kind of. […]

The Pittsburgh Panthers are no longer a national program like back in its heyday, but the Pitt brand does still carry some weight. It is why a relatively random kicker, here being Ian Troost, attempting some peaceful protesting was met with rather large coverage. Ian Troost, a white walk-on kicker for Pitt, decided to kneel during […]

For those of us old enough to remember, the Nebraska Cornhuskers were both once a great football program and one that ran the option to near perfection. Current UCF head football coach Scott Frost is a part of that program’s lore, as he was one of the last iterations of those fancy, and yet dynamic, […]

ESPN has apparently been dancing a fine line lately. The Washington Huskies, on the other hand, have not been too pleased with how late games have been kicking when the program has played. In reaction to comments by Washington coach Chris Petersen, ESPN took a not so subtle shot at the program during one of […]

With Nebraska firing its athletic director, the fallout will be felt nationwide. Heck, even UCF can feel it, as the university is likely worried Scott Frost might be in the hearts and minds of those who are tasked with “saving” Nebraska football. UCF has announced a funding initiative. It is, honestly, just a roundabout and […]

With Rick Pitino later going on television to address his situation, former Louisville Cardinals buddy Tom Jurich had already been fired by the program. With now both being unemployed, maybe they could go clubbing together or something. In what felt like the inevitable, Louisville “officially” canned Tom Jurich. That’s the immediate news bit here. Pitino and […]

The Missouri Tigers are looking to have a program resurgence. There is good reason to think that can happen too, especially with the arrival of super-freshman Michael Porter Jr. As do most sane people, I have long assumed that Michael Porter Jr. will go to Missouri for a season, do some incredible things, then enter […]

The SMU Mustangs are attempting a bit of a state-wide branding process. Using its football team as its focal point, SMU will use billboards, train and bus wraps and airport signage to help garner more attention in the state. Per the school’s website: “One of the roles of college athletics is to provide positive visibility and […]

The Texas Longhorns are currently in a weird spot. Concussion expert, Dr. Chris Nowinski, and founder of Boston University’s CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) program, is putting the program on blast for how it handled Sam Ehlinger being mauled last weekend. Long story short: Ehlinger’s head went to the ground on a tackle. He would then lay motionless on the […]

Shelley Meyer is by no means a household name, but her comments carry some weight in the realm of college football. Her husband is Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer, which naturally puts her in the limelight, unfortunately whether she wants it to or not. That limelight has now put in her a bit of […]

The Tennessee Volunteers aren’t doing great this season. Las Vegas has noticed. And now the Vols are a five-touchdown underdog heading into their game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. For a little quick history as to how absurd that line is, in the previous 99 meetings between Tennessee and Alabama, the Vols have lost by […]

Conference realignment be damned, but does (did) it ever make for great potential. The latest is the idea that the Big East Conference could play up to 20 league games, but only if an 11th program is added to the fold. This was first reported by Jon Rothstein. The league currently has 10 teams and […]

Clemson Tigers coach Dabo Swinney must be on the Syracuse payroll, as he is still praising the Orange after last weekend’s upset. Cameras caught the coach praising Syracuse counterpart Dino Babers after the game. Now the Clemson leader is out here (somewhat randomly) still praising the Orange. “We got our butts kicked, and we deserved […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers recently hired Washington State athletic director Bill Moos to the same position. With that happening, many wanted to connect some dots, with it inevitably leading to current Washington State coach Mike Leach joining his former boss. According to Mike Leach, that is certainly not happening. Citing the fact that Nebraska already has […]

Iowa Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery is a lot of different things to a lot of different people. But if you ask the coach himself, he is most certainly not a cheater. In fact, Fran McCaffery has publicly admitted he has no shame in snitching. “I’ve turned programs in and I’ll continue to do that when […]

With the FBI literally probing college basketball, it seems as though every coach in the country is asked for his thoughts regarding every little detail happening. Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self is no different in this regard, but he is not holding back when it comes to his feelings on Adidas. In an interview with […]

At one point in time, former Penn State kicker Joey Julius was a national sensation. Unfortunately for him, while the public enjoyed playing up his size, it was his weight that forced him out of the game. For every highlight that saw Joey Julius tackle someone, a commentator would make a comment about how he […]

Tennessee Volunteers coach Butch Jones is the gift that keeps giving. Between blaming the media for “fake news” to creating the weirdest cliched lines of all-time, he is a gold mine for meme makers. Let’s get to his latest round of strange thought first. Following a loss to South Carolina, despite receiving an extra play […]

Ole Miss officials and former Rebels coach Houston Nutt reached an undisclosed settlement Monday to dismiss Nutt’s lawsuit against the school. This is somewhat shocking, as Houston Nutt almost literally just brought the suit (again) against the school. In a nutshell, Nutt alleged that (now also former) Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze and others used off-the-record […]

Four seconds is not a long time. During South Carolina’s game with Tennessee over the weekend, Will Muschamp and company probably felt as though four seconds had now become the new seven or eight seconds. On what turned out to be the second-to-last play of the game, Tennessee ran a quick pass out left with only […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels were able to hang some banners on Friday with some sense of relief. The NCAA, after over three years of investigating, decided it would not do anything in regards to UNC’s alleged academic fraud which both normal students and student-athletes benefited from. The governing body of college sports basically said […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers politely showed athletic director Shawn Eichorst the door last week. With that being the case, the university would need someone to fill the vacant position. Luckily for Nebraska, Washington State had a man, Bill Moos, who apparently fills it nicely. Through a statement release, the school announced Bill Moos as the new athletic […]

Buzz Williams won’t allow the Virginia Tech Hokies to be the forgotten program in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Starting with exceeding expectations first, now the coach is coupling that with excellence on the recruiting trail, landing 2018 4-star prospect Landers Nolley. Per social media era bylaws, Landers Nolley made his announcement on the mean streets […]

Jamie Dixon is doing something special with the TCU Horned Frogs. After having exceeded expectations in season-one with his old playing stomping grounds, Dixon is now doing work on the recruiting trail, landing 2018 4-star talent Kaden Archie. This continues a trend of how Dixon has been recruiting — at least so far — for […]