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Despite a strong start to the season, Miami’s 2025 College Football Playoff hopes are now in jeopardy after its Week 10 loss to SMU. Head coach Mario Cristobal is aware that the result forces his team into an uphill battle over the final month of the regular season. While Cristobal remains confident in his team’s […]

One week after Brian Kelly’s firing, Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze could become the next in the SEC to lose his job. With a 10-3 loss to Kentucky in Week 10, the Tigers are now 4-5 in 2025 and on a 1-5 skid since beginning conference play. Many of Auburn’s previous losses have been frustrating, but […]

The Houston Texans will have their full offensive arsenal for their Week 9 game against the Denver Broncos. After being listed as questionable all week, tight end Dalton Schultz is expected to play. Schultz will attempt to play through knee and shoulder injuries, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported. By doing so, the 29-year-old gives Houston […]

Steve Sarkisian believes Texas is back on track to make a College Football Playoff run after beating Vanderbilt in Week 10. The Longhorns entered the week ranked No. 20 and welcomed the No. 9 Commodores the Austin with their backs against the wall. While many already wrote them out of the National Championship conversation, Sarkisian […]

SMU fans are holding nothing back after watching their team pick up its biggest win of the 2025 college football season over Miami in Week 10. As soon as T.J. Harden punched in the game-winning touchdown in overtime to secure the 26-20 win, fans wasted no time rushing the field. Chaos ensued, leading to fans […]

The Washington Commanders will have a new receiver on their offense in Week 9. After ruling Terry McLaurin out for their game against the Seattle Seahawks, Washington elevated former Tennessee Titans wideout Treylon Burks from its practice squad. Burks signed with the Commanders’ practice squad on Oct. 16 after his release from the Titans. He […]

Diego Pavia made it clear that Vanderbilt entered its Week 10 matchup with Texas with the College Football Playoffs in sight. They might have to recalibrate their expectations after a wild upset loss to the Longhorns in Austin. Vanderbilt trailed all game but came alive in the fourth quarter to nearly pull off the comeback. […]

Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has officially been pushed over the edge during his team’s Week 10 shootout with Duke. If it has not already, the Tigers’ defense finally gave Swinney one too many headaches in Week 10, causing the veteran head coach to crash out on them on the sideline. Swinney’s frustration slowly […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are forced to alter their offensive game plan ahead of a Week 9 matchup against the Buffalo Bills. With starting running back Isiah Pacheco ruled out, the Chiefs elevated former first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire from their practice squad. In addition to Edwards-Helaire, the team also elevated guard C.J. Hanson, ESPN’s Adam […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without multiple key veterans for their Week 9 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. The team appears in line to have a fully healthy offense, but will be without starting linebacker Cole Holcomb and starting safety Chuck Clark. Holcomb and Clark are both dealing with illnesses and were downgraded to out […]

For Diego Pavia and Vanderbilt, just making it to the 2025 College Football Playoffs is not enough. The Commodores are eyeing a national title at the end of the season, and anything else would be a disappointment in their eyes. Pavia reiterated Vanderbilt’s goal ahead of the team’s matchup with Texas in Week 10. The […]

Steve Sarkisian will have to work without one of his best defensive players on Saturday. Texas will be without star safety Michael Taaffe for its marquee college football Week 10 matchup with Vanderbilt. Taaffe, who has been out since undergoing thumb surgery on Oct. 20, will miss his second consecutive game in Week 10. He […]

Although not out of the woods just yet, Myles Garrett appears likely to remain with the Cleveland Browns through the 2025 NFL trade deadline. Reports of the star edge-rusher potentially being available stem from rumors suggesting that he is unhappy with the team’s 2-6 record through eight games. However, the franchise is determined to hold […]

Nick Saban just turned 74 on Halloween, but fans continue to wonder if the former Alabama football coach will ever return to his former profession. For what feels like the 100th time, the ESPN College GameDay host rejected that notion on the Week 10 edition of the show. Saban’s name continues to get brought up […]

College GameDay just started and Pat McAfee is already shirtless. Just five minutes into the Week 10 edition of the show, Utah football fans in Salt Lake City convinced the eccentric host to remove his top in preparation for their top-25 matchup with Cincinnati. While the show was just getting started, the fans cohesively began […]

The Miami Dolphins’ 2-7 start to the 2025 season has led to their first firing, with general manager Chris Grier receiving his pink slip on Friday. The move creates the first NFL executive job opening ahead of the upcoming offseason. Fans expected the underwhelming Dolphins to make wholesale changes, but Grier’s name was not one […]

Another week of fantasy football, another week of managing the ever-fluctuating kicker market. The position remains the most volatile and often unpredictable for fantasy managers, which will not change in NFL Week 9. Although four teams are on a bye in Week 9, Chase McLaughlin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the only fantasy-relevant kicker who […]

The Miami Dolphins’ dreadful 2025 season took another turn for the worse with a 28-6 Week 9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in prime time. However, the team avoided another potential disaster with running back Ollie Gordon II’s latest injury update. Gordon went down with an ankle injury suffered while blocking for receiver Malik Washington […]

Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season is bringing several challenging wrinkles to the fantasy football landscape, particularly at the running back position. The main wave of waiver wire action has long passed, but there are still several serviceable streaming options remaining in most leagues. Four teams are on bye in Week 9, removing Saquon Barkley, […]

Apparently, Las Vegas Raiders coach Chip Kelly‘s wife is as concerned about the team’s star pass-catchers as fantasy football managers are. The first-year offensive coordinator recently revealed that his wife, Jill, asked him when Brock Bowers and Jakobi Meyers would return from injury absences. Kelly was reminded of this fact when he was asked about […]

Brian Kelly’s tenure as the head football coach at LSU is over, but the fallout is only just getting started. Numerous former players and staff members have since spoken out about their experiences with the now-former Tigers coach in almost unanimous criticism. Since Kelly’s firing, another anonymous former player further peeled back the curtain on […]

The Baltimore Ravens finally looked like the team everyone expected them to be with a dominant 28-6 win over the Miami Dolphins in Week 9. The game marked Lamar Jackson’s return from a two-game absence, and it was everything head coach John Harbaugh expected it to be and more. Jackson and the Ravens offense got […]

Oklahoma got off to a promising start to the 2025 college football season, but is just 1-2 in its past three games entering a Week 10 matchup with Tennessee. The top-20 teams enter the meeting with identical 6-2 records, albeit with differing momentum. Ahead of the high-profile showdown, we will be making our Oklahoma-Tennessee predictions. […]

When Penn State fired then-head football coach James Franklin, everyone immediately turned to Matt Rhule as his most likely successor. However, a potential sleeper candidate has recently emerged in Texas A&M head football coach Mike Elko. Rhule made the most initial sense as a Penn State alum and the recent savior to Nebraska’s football program. […]

The Arizona Cardinals are remaining vague on their Week 9 starting quarterback. Despite the general belief that Kyler Murray will return from his two-game injury absence and face the Dallas Cowboys, the Cardinals are not entirely showing their hand just yet. Murray has not played since Oct. 5, when he suffered a foot injury in […]

For the seventh time in their careers, Lincoln Riley and Matt Rhule go head-to-head when Nebraska welcomes USC to Lincoln in Week 10 of the 2025 college football season. The veteran head coaches most recently met in 2024, but they faced each other five other times in the Big 12. Before the marquee Week 10 […]

Two featherweight prospects collide at UFC Vegas 110 as Isaac Dulgarian (7-1) takes on Yadier del Valle (9-0). It is time to continue our UFC odds series with a Dulgarian-del Valle prediction and pick. Dulgarian, 29, has not fought since September 2024, when he bounced back from his first career loss with a second-round submission […]

The fallout of Brian Kelly’s firing as LSU’s head football coach has been much messier than the school likely anticipated, largely due to the 64-year-old’s $54 million buyout. As the school continues to work out the financials, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry dropped an additional wrinkle that could affect the state’s citizens. Landry, who has been […]

The New York Giants’ past and present are colliding as former legend Carl Banks continues to clash with two-time All-Pro Dexter Lawrence II. Banks, a former two-time Super Bowl champion with the Giants, recently put Lawrence on blast, claiming that “nobody respects” him anymore for managing just 0.5 sacks through the first eight games. Lawrence […]

Coming off its first victory since Week 3, Auburn will look to get back above .500 in Week 10 against Kentucky, but might have to do so without star receiver Cam Coleman. The sophomore suffered a minor injury during the Tigers’ recent 33-24 win over Arkansas. He is listed on the official SEC injury report […]

After four weeks on the shelf due to injury, Lamar Jackson will officially return to the Baltimore Ravens for their Week 9 matchup with the Miami Dolphins. He was initially projected to return in Week 8, but the Ravens opted to keep him out for another game at the last minute, which might have upset […]

The San Francisco 49ers find themselves in an interesting position ahead of the 2025 NFL trade deadline. The team has fought through a host of injuries to find itself sitting at 5-3 eight games into the season. San Francisco has been aggressive at the deadline before and needs to take a similar approach to recognize […]

The Texas football team is already preparing to be without Arch Manning and could also potentially be without another star in Week 10 against Vanderbilt. Safety Michael Taaffe recently became another notable addition to the team’s injury report and is in danger of missing the marquee clash. Taaffe, who recently had thumb surgery, is now […]

One week after he tore his bicep, the Buffalo Bills officially placed nose tackle Ed Oliver on injured reserve ahead of Week 9. They have since responded with a pair of defensive signings and elevated veterans Jordan Poyer and Jordan Phillips to their active roster. The Bills elevated both players from their practice squad, they […]

The Baltimore Ravens experienced multiple franchise lows through the first half of the 2025 season, prompting Lamar Jackson to request that their games be removed from the locker room. When it was first reported that the Ravens removed ping-pong and other table games, it seemed to be a coaching response to the team’s 1-5 record. […]

Derwin James and Mekhi Becton have made their first steps toward clearing the Los Angeles Chargers’ Week 9 injury report. James and Becton both exited the team’s Week 8 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night. However, head coach Jim Harbaugh noted that both are expected to practice on Tuesday, according to Daniel Popper […]

A lot unfolded in Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season, leaving even more to digest ahead of Week 9 for fantasy football managers. The waiver wire situation is practically a crapshoot at this point in the season, but it is becoming clearer which players fantasy football managers can feel safe dropping. With six teams […]

When the New York Giants took Abdul Carter with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, many immediately viewed Kayvon Thibodeaux as a potential trade target. Those discussions died down when the Giants picked up the edge-rusher’s fifth-year option, but have since resurfaced as the trade deadline approaches. Thibodeaux is once again […]

Peyton Manning will be returning to the spotlight in November. After nearly two years away, Manning and Omaha Productions will be returning for a fifth season of “Peyton’s Places,” the TV series featuring the quarterback diving into NFL history. “Peyton’s Places,” which streams on ESPN+, showcases Manning interviewing key figures of NFL history at historical […]