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Imagine for a moment that it’s the year 2018, and you were told the following: Baker Mayfield will have the best season of his career in 2023, his sixth season in the league. He’ll set career highs in passing yards, completion percentage, and passing touchdowns, and he’ll lead his team to their third consecutive division […]

Every college football season tells a unique story, but ultimately it all boils down to one fundamental and defining question… who won the National Championship? This year, the answer to that question will be either the Washington Huskies or the Michigan Wolverines, the only two undefeated teams in the nation left standing. My guess is that […]

Remember how badly people hated the final season of Game of Thrones? Personally, I thought the vitriolic reaction was moderately overblown, but the eighth season was admittedly troubling enough that many viewers believed it had ruined what was otherwise one of the top-tier television programs of the 21st century. That seemed like a total overreaction, […]

In what could be a game that ends up having major postseason implications, the New Orleans Saints will be without one of their biggest offensive stars. The Saints were monitoring the injury status of Alvin Kamara all week long, ever since he departed with an ankle sprain last week versus the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay […]

Here’s all I’ll say… It’s a damn good thing that the Houston Texans came away with the win and a Playoff berth on Saturday night, because if they hadn’t, Texans tight end Dalton Schultz was sure to be one sour son of a gun. Heading into the game, Dalton Schultz needed just six receptions to […]

In what has to be considered one of the biggest transfer portal coups of the year, the Boise State Broncos have received a surprising commitment from Malachi Nelson, the #1 prospect in the 2023 recruiting class. Nelson himself was the one who broke the news on Twitter, simply tweeting, “Boise, this is it.. Committed #BleedBlue.” […]

Nearly every single man in the Texans locker room was not just ready, but eager to give CJ Stroud his well deserved flowers following Houston’s win over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, which secured a playoff berth for the upstart Texans. To a man, each of the Texans who spoke after the game gave […]

While Boxing may not occupy the same sort of space within the sports/pop culture fabric of America that it used to, every now and then, let’s say half a dozen times a year, there’s a fight that manages to capture a little bit of the excitement that was once palpable when fighters like Mike Tyson […]

Since acquiring Josh Hart the day of the 2023 NBA Trade Deadline, the New York Knicks are 36-23, which stretched over the course of an 82 game regular season, works out to be a 50-win pace. Hart is one of those players who can impact winning in ways that aren’t always reflected in the box […]

Dillon Johnson transferred from Mississippi State to the Washington because he had, in his own words, “hopes of finding a more fit playing environment for me.” In Seattle with the Huskies, Johnson has found just that, and in addition, he now finds himself just one win away from capturing a National Championship that was never […]

From the sounds of it, there’s going to be a full-on Harbaugh family reunion in Houston, Texas on Monday night. Free of any suspensions for the time being, Jim Harbaugh will be on the Michigan sideline for the National Championship Game versus the Washington Huskies. Jay Harbaugh, Jim’s son, is Michigan’s special teams coordinator, so […]

The NFL MVP award is in a very strange place. It’s no secret that the MVP has become a narrative-driven award, but the MVP is only a narrative driven award because people don’t actually have a grasp on what it is they are actually voting for, and that’s because value is not defined in any sort […]

Following back-to-back winning seasons in 2021 and 2022, the Arkansas Razorbacks took a step backwards in 2023, finishing at the bottom of the SEC West with a 4-8 record. But Arkansas’ soon-to-be fifth-year head coach Sam Pittman appears to be hell-bent on making sure the Razorbacks return to winning form in 2024. First came the […]

As the head coach of the Ohio State football program, Ryan Day has won two Big Ten titles, made the College Football Playoff three times, and compiled an impressive 56-8 record, including a 41-3 record in Big Ten play. At most schools, a resume like this one would be good enough that the university would […]

If you’re an Ohio State fan who is still down in the dumps following back-to-back Buckeyes losses at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines and Missouri Tigers to close the season, well be prepared to have your day turned around in an emphatic way, courtesy of Jack Sawyer, AC/DC, and two simple words: “I’m back.” […]

When you hear a former Texas Longhorn heaping heavy praise on a former Oklahoma Sooner, naturally, that makes your ears perk up a little bit. Folks around those parts generally aren’t too quick to give out compliments to one another, but that’s exactly what happened today on the Pat McAfee Show. Former Big 12 champion, longtime […]

Incoming Florida Gators recruit DJ Lagway was already heading to Gainesville with plenty of hype. Ranked 2nd among duel-threat quarterbacks in the 2024 recruiting class by ESPN, Lagway is the type of prospect who represents hope for a Florida football program that is looking to return to their mid-00s form, when they won two National […]

Under previous head coach Willie Fritz, the Tulane football program went from afterthought to AAC powerhouse in the blink of an eye. In their 117 year history, Tulane had never completed back to back seasons with double-digit wins until Fritz showed up, and that very success is what ultimately lured Fritz away to the University […]

I know what you’re thinking, but don’t worry… this isn’t another Conor Stalions story. The secret weapon that Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy referred to as “a trained assassin” in the aftermath of Michigan’s overtime win over Alabama in the Rose Bowl is the Wolverines strength coach Ben Herbert. Herbert, or “Coach Herb,” as his players […]

Despite the fact that the Playoffs will elude them for the third consecutive seasons, the Chicago Bears have turned their season around in a huge way. Just think about how far they’ve come… after an 0-4 start to the season, which included an embarrassing home loss in week 1 to the Green Bay Packers and […]

As the 2023 NFL season approached, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was ready to quiet the noise that he was ill-equipped to lead America’s Team. After leading the league in interceptions in 2022, Prescott proclaimed that history would not repeat itself this year. He vowed that his interception total would go down in 2023, but what […]

Long before he was in the NBA, the reputation of Victor Wembanyama had grown so large that everything he did on a basketball court over in Europe was deemed “must-see.” When the San Antonio Spurs won the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery, it was as if they had just won a mega millions jackpot that had […]

On December 9th, when the Los Angeles Lakers took home the NBA Cup as victors of the first ever In-Season Tournament, their record stood at 14-9, good enough for 4th place in the Western Conference. Less than one month later, LA has plummeted down the standings, free falling all the way down to 10th place […]

When the Miami Dolphins host the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the 2023 regular season, the AFC East title will be on the line. After a two decade-long run dominated by Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the New England Patriots, the Bills have taken the title as the premiere team in the AFC […]

Alabama fans were surely hopeful they’d get the opportunity to watch linebacker Chris Braswell don the Crimson and White one more time in his career, but an overtime loss to Michigan in the Rose Bowl — the semifinals of the College Football Playoff — ended Bama’s season, and as a result, Braswell’s career in Tuscaloosa. […]

Michael Penix Jr. and the Washington Huskies are just a single win away from capping off the best season in school history. Already sitting at 14-0 with a Pac-12 championship and a College Football Playoff semifinal win over the Texas Longhorns under their belt, the only obstacle left standing in the way of college football […]

Three years ago, Andy Enfield led the USC Trojans, a #6 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, to the Elite Eight. It was the first time in his tenure, at that point eight years after spending two as the head coach at FGCU, that it felt like Enfield was going to the be able to […]

Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week, and he has pro wrestling legend Booker T to thank for it. (I kid.) However, ever since his pre-game run-in with the WWE Hall of Famer, Tyrese Haliburton has been balling out of control. In the last five games, the […]

The Alabama football team has not done much losing in Nick Saban’s time in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide have won six National Championships and eight SEC titles, and have only lost 28 games since 2007, but something they have done even less than lose is be expected to lose by the folks in Vegas who make those […]

The Georgia Bulldogs now own the two biggest blowout victories in college football bowl game history, and even more impressive, they’ve done so in their last two bowl games. Last year, the Bulldogs beat the TCU Horned Frogs like a drum in the National Championship to the tune of a 65-7 final. This year in […]

It was NFL coaching, broadcasting, and video game legend John Madden who has been credited for uttering the oh-so-true prophecy, “If you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none.” Apparently, at least based on what we’ve seen this season, Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith is not a practicing member of the Church of Madden. […]

Heading into the season, the Indianapolis Colts’ playoff hopes were already considered slim before they even played a game. With a new head coach (Shane Steichen) and a rookie quarterback (Anthony Richardson) leading the way, there wasn’t much reason to believe that the Colts would make a substantial impact in 2023. Then Richardson’s rookie year […]

A 37-point win over the team with the 2nd-best record in your conference to clinch the #1 seed in the Playoffs is enough of a statement in and of itself, but it wasn’t the only statement that Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was prepared to make on Sunday afternoon after Baltimore demolished the […]

The Green Bay Packers find themselves in an all-too-familiar position. Last year, the Packers were presented with an opportunity in Week 18 of the season to clinch a Playoff berth in a home game versus the up-and-coming Detroit Lions. The Lions went into Lambeau Field and upset Green Bay in what would be Aaron Rodgers […]

Happy New Year friends, family, and random readers who I’ve never met! Thank you for stopping by the check out the most recently Bracketology update here at ClutchPoints, the first of the year 2024! We’ve got a jam-packed ‘And One!’ section toward the bottom of this page, so let’s skip the foreplay and dive right […]

In the final game of the year 2023, it was a rough outing for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Yes, the Bills came away with a 27-21 win over the New England Patriots, a team that for so long Buffalo just could not beat, and in doing so, the Bills put themselves in a position […]

Let me tell ya what, and I promise you I speak for all Chicago Bears fans out there, I’m getting really (expletive) tired of watching Justin Fields take off and run, give himself up with a slide, take what is clearly a late hit that should be penalized, only for a complete and total lack […]

The Baltimore Ravens are in complete control against the Miami Dolphins, inching closer and closer to a win that would clinch the #1 seed in the AFC, but in their secondary, the Ravens were dealt a major injury blow that could potentially impact them in a very big way as the calendar turns to 2024 […]

As most bowl games regularly change names or corporate sponsors and suffer from a parade of opt-outs, the Rose Bowl remains by far the most prestigious bowl game in college football, and this year it takes on extra meaning. As the host of one of the two College Football Playoff semifinal games, the winner of […]