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Tulane football fans may never look at Thanksgiving the same way again. The No. 17 Green Wave entered the holiday with an actual chance to leap past the Big 12 Conference champion and charge into the expanded playoff field. They will no longer earn consideration of any kind following their 34-24 home loss to the […]

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia has never tasted the rivalry atmosphere against Tennessee. The 117th meeting between schools now features the star Commadores QB. Pavia will soon throw his first pass and take a keeper run in this battle between the founding members of the Southeastern Conference. He and Vanderbilt are 10.5-point underdogs entering Saturday’s latest […]

Since North Carolina fired Mack Brown on Tuesday, Arthur Smith emerged as an early favorite to fill the vacant head coaching position. Smith, a 2006 alum of the school, has since confirmed his interest but remains committed to his current job as the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator for the time being. In the days since […]

Many expected this year’s Miami Hurricanes to be one of the best in recent memory, largely due to the arrival of Washington State transfer quarterback Cam Ward. Now, with only their Week 14 matchup against Syracuse left in the regular season, the Hurricanes sit at 10-1, facing the pressure to deliver their most critical performance […]

Ole Miss football head coach Lane Kiffin is unhappy about how the College Football Playoff Selection Committee is treating the SEC. The No. 14 Rebels are coming off a brutal loss against the Florida Gators, in which star quarterback Jaxon Dart uncharacteristically struggled with turnovers down the stretch. The Rebels have one more game this regular […]

Alabama football suffered a shocking 24-3 loss to Oklahoma last weekend and desperately needs to bounce back this Saturday in the Iron Bowl against Auburn. This Week 14 matchup is a must-win for the Crimson Tide if they’re going to have any shot at making the expanded College Football Playoff. Bama legend Mark Ingram clearly […]

After a ten-year stint as the North Carolina football coach from 1988 to 1997, Mack Brown returned to Chapel Hill in 2019 with hopes of doing exactly what he did 30 years earlier… turning the Tar Heels football program around. To a certain extent, Brown accomplished what he set out to do. In the final […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with New Mexico-Hawaii predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch New Mexico-Hawaii. The big day of college football has its showcase games on ABC, ESPN, CBS, and Fox. Then there’s this game which will be a lot harder to watch on mainstream television […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Air Force-San Diego State predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Air Force-San Diego State. The Air Force Falcons have had a tough 2024 season. However, coach Troy Calhoun, who has been a superb coach for a long time in Colorado Springs, […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Nevada-UNLV predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Nevada-UNLV. The college football weekend has some high-profile rivalry games in the SEC, and it also has some contentious and feisty regional rivalries elsewhere in the country. The eyes of the nation will be watching […]

During his appearance on Monday night’s ManningCast between the Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers, former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel had an all-time story about long-time Ohio State football head coach Urban Meyer. Not that embarrassing stories of Meyer are hard to come by, but each one seems to outdo the previous. In […]

Quinn Ewers will lead No. 3 Texas football into hostile territory in Week 14 as the Longhorns renew their storied rivalry with No. 20 Texas A&M in College Station. The Aggies were ahead of the curve when they left the Big 12 for the SEC years ago, but with the Longhorns now joining them, one […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Oklahoma-LSU predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Oklahoma-LSU. The 2024 SEC football schedule, with Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference this year, contained so many matchups which, in August — when everyone had a clean slate and no conference games had […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Wyoming-Washington State predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Wyoming-Washington State. This game for Washington State could have been a huge one, on par with the other big games in Week 14. The Cougars had just one loss in mid-November and had a […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Marshall-James Madison predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Marshall-James Madison. The big games on the coming college football weekend will receive massive national attention. This game between Marshall and James Madison won’t get banner headlines, but it’s a huge game nonetheless. […]

Mike Norvell’s wife is Maria Norvell. Mike Norvell is the current head coach of Florida State. Norvell was born in Irving, Texas, on Oct. 11, 1981. He walked on at Louisiana Tech in 2000 and then transferred to the University of Central Arkansas. He was a wide receiver, setting the school’s all-time reception record with […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Houston-BYU predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Houston-BYU. While most college football teams play rivalry games this weekend, BYU — having already faced archrival Utah — concludes its regular-season slate in the Big 12 with a game against newcomer Houston. These […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Kansas State-Iowa State predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State-Iowa State. College football rivalry weekend elicits memories and discussions of the sport’s classic battles. Michigan-Ohio State. Texas-Texas A&M. USC-UCLA. Auburn-Alabama. Army-Navy. These and a few other games are the ones most […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Washington-Oregon predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Washington-Oregon. The Oregon Ducks and coach Dan Lanning enter college football rivalry weekend in an interesting situation. They know that next week, they will play in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis. No […]

Miami football quarterback Cam Ward has been at the top of the Heisman rankings in his first season with the Hurricanes. However, he’s attracted criticism from former Miami football head coach and NFL Hall-of-Famer Jimmy Johnson. He spoke on The Herd with Colin Cowherd about how Ward resembles Caleb Williams, and not in the best […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Florida-Florida State predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Florida-Florida State. The big college football rivalry game this weekend is in College Station, Texas, but this rivalry game in Tallahassee, Fla., will contain its own considerable degree of intrigue. Absolutely no one predicted […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Purdue-Indiana predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Purdue-Indiana. Rivalry weekend in college football continues with the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket. Purdue and Indiana have played football games against each other dating back to 1891. Purdue has had the upper hand […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Virginia-Virginia Tech predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Virginia-Virginia Tech.   The passions and bragging rights associated with a college football rivalry game make each annual renewal of that typically bitter battle a rousing affair and a compelling spectacle. Everyone on each […]

It is the Acrisure Invitational on Thanksgiving as TCU faces Santa Clara. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a TCU-Santa Clara prediction and pick. TCU comes into the game sitting at 4-1. They opened up winning their first three games but would fall on the road against Michigan 76-64. Since then, […]

Boise State football and Ashton Jeanty have one last regular season hurdle to clear. Right before Jeanty and the Broncos host the 2024 Mountain West Conference title game on Dec. 6. The standout running back and the Broncos get the luxury of not traveling for their next two games. This also gives fans inside Albertsons […]

When the finale of the regular season hits, commonly known as Rivalry Week, in-state opponents meet with varying stakes on the line. However, with the 12-team College Football Playoff now in effect, this year’s matchup between No. 7 Georgia (9-2, 6-2 SEC) and unranked Georgia Tech (7-4, 5-3 ACC) in Week 14 carries more weight […]

Former standout Deion Sanders recruit James Houston has been claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns. His addition to the Browns 53-man roster comes after the Detroit Lions released him on Tuesday. Campbell explained why Houston was released, saying, “Yeah, it just didn’t (work out.) It just didn’t, you know, we had James up for […]

Nick Saban found his greatest success at Alabama football and LSU football, he wasn’t unfamiliar with cold weather during his coaching career. Before claiming national titles in the warm climate of the SEC, Saban had to endure the frigid temperatures while coaching the Michigan State football. On Wednesday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, Saban […]

The Oregon Ducks stand alone as the last undefeated team in college football. Their perfect 11-0 record (8-0 Big Ten) solidifies their No. 1 College Football Playoff ranking heading into the final week of the regular season, where they’ll face the Washington Huskies (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) in Week 14 in Big Ten play. For […]

The Alabama football program may have been dealt a playoff-missing blow on Saturday evening with a 24-3 road loss vs. the Oklahoma Sooners. Essentially, nothing went right for the Tide in this game, including a disastrous performance from quarterback Jalen Milroe. Last year, Alabama was able to sneak into the college football playoff thanks to […]

Georgia football quarterback Carson Beck received high praise from Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key ahead of the 118th meeting between the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets. The senior comes into Friday’s game leading the No. 7 team in the country and the current eighth seed in the College Football Playoff bracket. After losing his first-ever […]

Though they had a temporary true for Bad Blood in Atlanta, Georgia, with the duo having a meeting of the minds on Georgia Tech’s football field, it’s clear Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns still aren’t on the best terms despite both being coded as babyfaces on SmackDown. Need proof? Well, look no further than Reigns’ […]

The Penn State football team narrowly avoided a disastrous loss on Saturday as they survived a scare on the road against Minnesota. The Nittany Lions are in prime position to make their first ever College Football Playoff, but if they had lost to the Golden Gophers, their chances might’ve been out the window. Penn State […]

Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr. has died following his injury in the Magic City Classic in October, per a report by local affiliate WBRC. The report confirms findings by Jefferson County Coroner Matt Angelo that Burnett died on Wednesday evening at 5:43 p.m. “Today, our Bulldog family is heartbroken by the loss of […]

This year marks the 120th edition of the treasured Ohio State-Michigan rivalry game. The Ohio State football team is No. 2 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, just behind fellow Big Ten school Oregon. Michigan, a year removed from winning the national title, is 6-5 and in a rebuilding year with Sherrone Moore’s first […]

On Tuesday evening, the College Football Playoff Committee revealed its newest rankings heading into the final week of the regular season. There weren’t many surprises at the top, with Oregon holding serve at number one, followed by Ohio State at number two, but the lower half of the top 15 saw some chaos, as both […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with TCU-Cincinnati predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch TCU-Cincinnati. Some teams are playing for spots in conference championship games this weekend. Other teams are playing for bowl eligibility, and one of them is Cincinnati. The Bearcats are 5-6. They have had a […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Fresno State-UCLA predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Fresno State-UCLA. The reality of Pac-12 football and Pac-12 scheduling is a factor here, even though the Pac-12 is temporarily nonexistent as a genuine football conference and won’t re-emerge until 2026 in a […]

App State looks to become bowl-eligible as they face Georgia Southern. It is time to continue our college football odds series with an App State-Georgia Southern prediction and pick. App State-Georgia Southern Last Game – Matchup History App State comes into the game sitting at 5-5 on the year with a 3-4 conference record. They […]