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Joe Flacco knows that he has a lot left in the tank, even after the Cleveland Browns benched him for rookie Dillon Gabriel ahead of Week 5. That does not mean Flacco expected to be traded to an in-state rival, the Cincinnati Bengals, even with their struggles at quarterback. The Browns expected to receive trade […]

Star quarterback Sam Leavitt will not play in Week 7, but Kenny Dillingham will not lack experience at quarterback. Arizona State will face Utah on the road with college football journeyman Jeff Sims under center for the 27th start of his six-year career. Despite Arizona State coming off a bye, Leavitt will miss the game […]

Dan Lanning just reminded college football fans why he is so beloved at Oregon. The fourth-year coach is never afraid to do what it takes to get his fan base behind him, as he showed once again with Pat McAfee on College GameDay. With the ESPN show in Eugene for the massive Week 7 matchup […]

Few college football mascots represent their team better than The Oregon Duck. That much was made clear on the Week 7 edition of College GameDay, with the ESPN crew in Eugene for the massive clash between Oregon and Indiana, during which the iconic mascot showed up to set on a horse. Despite the show being […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are turning to their third different quarterback of the 2025 season for their Week 6 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. While he recognizes that his window is closing, Joe Flacco is not taking his latest opportunity for granted. Flacco, 40, is in his 18th season in the league and is still […]

In yet another marquee SEC clash, Missouri hosts Alabama in a pivotal Week 7 college football matchup. The two top-15 teams both enter the game on lengthy win streaks, adding stakes to the highly anticipated showdown. Alabama enters the game as the higher-ranked team, moving up to No. 8 in the Week 7 AP college […]

When the Green Bay Packers take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6, they will do so without Christian Watson, who remains out due to injury. Watson, who is recovering from a torn ACL that prematurely ended his 2024 campaign, returned to practice during Week 6.  However, despite his recent return to practice, head coach […]

Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season is now underway, with the fantasy football season churning along with it. As injuries get finalized late in the week, desperate fantasy football managers turn to free agency, where the running back options are slim. Regardless of how well one’s draft went, every manager gets desperate soon enough. […]

The Philadelphia Eagles expected to leave MetLife Stadium with an easy victory on Thursday night but were instead dealt a slap to the face from the New York Giants. There is a lot of finger-pointing that goes around after such losses, but the Eagles were clearly limited by a few coaches and players who let […]

Since it fired DeShaun Foster during Week 4, UCLA has turned the program over to Tim Skipper, but has already started its search for the next football coach. With multiple names already in the conversation, Washington head football coach Jedd Fisch has suddenly emerged as a dark horse candidate. Fisch is only in his second […]

Since dropping its Week 2 matchup with Oklahoma, Michigan has rattled off three straight victories heading into its next prime-time test against USC. Ahead of the second consecutive Michigan-USC Big Ten football matchup, we will be making our Bryce Underwood predictions. Considering how he started his college football career, Underwood has been the most-watched freshman […]

For the first time since 2019, veteran Ricardo Ramos (17-7) will fight in his home country when he takes on Kaan Ofli (11-4-1) at UFC Rio. It is time to continue our UFC odds series with our Ramos-Ofli prediction and pick. Ramos, 30, has faltered from his early hot start in the UFC, going just […]

Midway through the week, the San Francisco 49ers still do not know who their Week 6 starting quarterback will be. The dust still has not settled, but general manager John Lynch dropped a positive injury update on potential starter Mac Jones. Jones has started three of the team’s last four games, but popped up on […]

Arkansas’ firing of former football coach Sam Pittman was not surprising to fans, but it was perceived differently from within the program. Quarterback Taylen Green was particularly caught off-guard, as he says the rest of the team was. Green is in his second year with the team after being recruited by Pittman and Arkansas from […]

The 2020 NFL draft class is often brought up in quarterback discussions, with it producing Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts. The conversation becomes even more prominent in head-to-head matchups, such as the Week 6 showdown between the Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers. With Tagovailoa taken one pick ahead of Herbert, […]

Ryan Clark has been one of the biggest Shedeur Sanders advocates from the start. As the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback situation gets more complicated following another trade, Clark continues to stand by Sanders while pointing his finger at head coach Kevin Stefanski. The Browns recently traded Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals, which would ideally promote […]

In Lane Kiffin’s perfect world, Ole Miss will never play its home football games anywhere but Oxford. The sixth-year head coach made that clear during his recent criticism of Auburn for moving its 2026 home game against Baylor to Atlanta for a greater NIL payout. Auburn and Baylor agreed to a home-and-home series for the […]

It has been a rough start to the 2025 college football season for Texas quarterback Arch Manning, who entered the year as the preseason Heisman favorite, and is now a mere afterthought in that same conversation. But, for as rough as the first half of the season has been, Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson […]

The Las Vegas Raiders will likely have a new punter in Week 6. Just days after starter AJ Cole suffered an injury during the team’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts, the Raiders are signing former Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills punter Brad Robbins. The move is not official just yet, as the Raiders merely signed […]

For the first time in his career, Conor McGregor has received a drug-related suspension. The Irish star will not be eligible to return to the Octagon until March 2026 after violating the UFC Anti-Doping Policy. McGregor, who has not fought since breaking his leg in a second consecutive loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, […]

Liam Coen has gone against the San Francisco 49ers many times throughout his career, but only once as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. That game notably ended with Coen’s heated interaction with Robert Saleh and Kyle Shanahan, which he hopes to put to rest. Before joining the Jaguars, Coen spent four years as an […]

As one of the longest-tenured backups in NFL history, Chase Daniel is consistently one of the biggest advocates for quarterbacks. Now a league analyst, Daniel attempted to show fans how complex the game can be for a signal-caller, but only received backlash from fellow former backups Ben DiNucci and Kurt Benkert. Daniel released a video […]

Coming off a mistake-filled loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 5, the New York Giants jump right back into the thick of their schedule with a prime-time matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite his highly publicized low usage on the year, Brian Daboll is aware of the threat that A.J. Brown poses on […]

If fans want a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Belichick’s first season as North Carolina’s head football coach, they will have to find another way. The previously announced Hulu docu-series will no longer be in production. Belichick and North Carolina announced in August that Hulu would be filming a season-long documentary about his first season in […]

After five games, the Dallas Cowboys have gotten off to a 2-2-1 start, which is much better than some fans had projected, given the turnover they endured in the offseason. Drew Brees believes that their success should have Dak Prescott in the MVP conversation, but not over Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield. Brees gave Prescott […]

Penn State entered the 2025 college football season as a national championship favorite, but those hopes have taken a significant hit following its Week 6 loss to UCLA. At the heart of their struggles is head coach James Franklin, who has since fallen completely out of favor with the Nittany Lions’ fan base. Many coaches […]

One week after picking up their first win of the season, the New York Giants could not get out of their own way in Week 5 against the New Orleans Saints. The Giants committed five turnovers in the 26-14 loss, leaving Brian Daboll at a loss for words. The Giants were up 14-3 at one […]

The Baltimore Ravens have reached a new low in Week 5 with their 44-10 loss to the Houston Texans. The loss dropped Baltimore to just 1-4 through its first five games of 2025, with no light at the end of the tunnel. The Ravens’ 1-4 record ties their worst start through five games in franchise […]

Anthony Richardson is making the most of his latest opportunity during the Indianapolis Colts’ Week 5 blowout win over the Las Vegas Raiders. He might not be working out as a quarterback, but Richardson is doing his best to showcase his skill set as a receiver. With the Colts up by 34 against the Raiders, […]

One month of the 2025 NFL season is already in the books, setting the initial scene for the year-end NFL Awards. Of them, the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award is quickly shaping up to be the most competitive. While many of the top offensive rookies have yet to find much success, it has […]

With just 151 receiving yards through four games, A.J. Brown has practically demanded more targets come his way. The Philadelphia Eagles seemed to make that a priority in Week 5, with Jalen Hurts funneling the ball in his direction early despite a difficult matchup against the Denver Broncos’ secondary. Brown entered Week 5 after surpassing […]

Despite ending the 2024 season on a high note, Bryce Young has yet to find his rhythm one month into the 2025 season. The Carolina Panthers quarterback’s struggles continued early in Week 5, when he egregiously dropped the ball right in front of Miami Dolphins edge-rusher Bradley Chubb. After the Dolphins took nearly half the […]

College football fans were treated to a heartwarming gesture during Miami’s massive Week 6 win over Florida State. With all eyes on the prime-time rivalry matchup, Hurricanes receiver CJ Daniels took the opportunity to pay tribute to former LSU teammate Kyren Lacy. Daniels was one of Miami’s biggest stars of the night, hauling in five […]

After getting stabbed late on Saturday night, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested Mark Sanchez in the hospital. He has since been charged with three misdemeanors, with the incident allegedly deriving from Sanchez attacking a truck driver. Sanchez, who has since been stabilized, is being charged with battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry […]

With its Week 6 win over Florida State, Miami is now 4-0 against in-state opponents in the 2025 college football season. According to Mario Cristobal, that makes the Hurricanes the unofficial “state champions” of The Sunshine State. After beating Notre Dame in Week 1, Miami has gone on to beat Bethune-Cookman, USF, Florida and Florida […]

Most of the conditions surrounding Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s first career start against the Minnesota Vikings are not ideal. However, he received a couple of positive updates with offensive linemen Jack Conklin and Cam Robinson playing on Sunday. Conklin was listed as questionable throughout the week, and Robinson recently joined the team the day […]

The Seattle Seahawks left Week 4 with a 23-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals, but running back Kenneth Walker III left Glendale with a hefty fine. The NFL fined Walker for his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the second quarter, NFL insider Tom Pelissero reported. Walker got up after a short run and pointed at cornerback […]

Coming off two consecutive wins, Notre Dame returned home to host Boise State in arguably the most underrated matchup of Week 6 of the 2025 college football season. The Irish entered the game as sizable favorites, but suffered a big loss early with offensive tackle Aamil Wagner exiting in the first quarter. The Irish already […]

Former Florida football star Tim Tebow will always stick to his guns, even when the odds are stacked against his alma mater. The quarterback-turned-analyst reminded fans of his passion for the game ahead of the massive Week 6 Texas-Florida matchup in case that was ever in doubt. Tebow was unsurprisingly a part of the SEC […]