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NFL Week 13 Analysis: How 49ers grounded Eagles, Texans bounced Broncos

If the NFL is not careful, this steady diet of tightly contested games and thrilling finishes is going to spoil its fans.   Five of the seven matchups in the early window of Week 13 were one-possession games heading into the fourth quarter. One went into overtime. ...

Heavy Traffic Already in CFB Transfer Portal

College football's 30-day winter transfer-portal window officially opened for business Monday (Dec. 4) and there are indications it will move even more players than last year’s 2,100. (Update, 7 a.m . PT, Dec 6) On Tuesday, approximately 351 players entered the ...

CFB Bowl Notebook: USC's Caleb Williams opts out

As we prepare for the 42-game College Football Bowl season, watch for news about players who chose not to participate, usually because they decided to begin preparing for the NFL Draft and the Indianapolis Combine that precedes it.  We list all the games in chronological ...

HOF 2024 Finalists? You Make the Call!

Who would you select for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024?  The Hall of Fame opened the virtual ballot box today (Dec. 4, 2023) for the 50-person selection committee to trim the field of 25 Modern Era semifinalists to 15 within the next couple of weeks. ...

SNF: Packers Hold off Chiefs, Love Continues Late-Season Surge

On a day when the elements impacted multiple NFL games, the weather at Lambeau for Sunday night’s key Kansas City-Green Bay tilt was crisp and the field conditions dry.    But for most of the evening, the defending Super Bowl champions still seemed to be playing ...

CFP Semifinals set: Michigan v Bama, Wash. vs. Texas; Unbeaten FSU No. 5

The dastardly deed is done. Knowing a precedent would be set and at least two schools would be irate, the College Football Selection committee slotted Michigan at No. 1  (13-0, Big Ten Champion), Washington No. 2  (13-0, Pac-12's final champion), Texas No. 3 (12-1 ...

CFP Selection Sunday: Chaos Will Prevail

The College Football Playoff selection committee will conduct a three-hour session to determine the top combatants for this season's national championship. There are at least three options, all of them very debatable. The facts as we see them: —Michigan is in ...

CFB's Major Evolution: Broadca$t Rights Changing Landscape Forever

College football's 2023 Championship Week may be remembered for decades as one of the best, as seven teams are in the fight for a playoff berth. Enjoy it, but don't get weepy and nostalgic. Toughen up for a future that will be defined by above board money more ...

Wild Pac-12 Championship Dampened by Conference Demise

George Kliavkoff, as is the custom for a conference commissioner, handed the Pac-12 Championship trophy to Washington coach Kalen DeBoer on Friday night and quickly got out of the way. Because he was at the center of the Pac-12 meltdown and with this almost certainly ...

Homeless Pac-2 find refuge on MWC 2024 CFB Schedule

The Mountain West Conference has agreed to a scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State that will see its football teams play seven conference games plus an additional contest against either the Beavers or Cougars next season. Oregon State and ...

NFL Week 13 Preview: 49ers at Eagles Highlights Big Weekend

The Thursday night barnburner in Dallas got Week 13 in the NFL off to a hot start, with Dallas upending a game Seattle team, 41-35.   Looking at the schedule of games for Sunday and Monday, there appears to plenty of fuel to keep the blaze roaring.   At the ...

Thursday Night Football Recap: Dak, Cowboys Rally to Lasso Seahawks

In one of the best games of the 2023 season — and certainly tops among Thursday Night Football contests — the Cowboys rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Seattle.   Down 35-27 early in the fourth quarter, Dallas cut the deficit ...

CFB Championship Week: Previewing the best of the best

So December is here and that means two things – it’s too late for that early Christmas shopping you talk about each year and…. It is college football championship time, this year with probably the most significant group of title game matchups in the four-team ...

NFL Week 13: Facts, Stats, Insights on all games

Looking at NFL Games This Week Thursday Night: Dallas Cowboys 41, Seattle Seahawks 35 Broncos (6-5) at Texans (6-5) 1 p.m. ET | CBS | Spread: HOU -3.5 (47.5) PLOT LINE: From Week 9-12, the Broncos have held opposing quarterbacks to a QBR of 31.9 (fourth-lowest) ...

Thursday Night NFL Preview: Chasing Eagles, Dallas Takes Aim at Seahawks

— THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PREVIEW —   Seattle (6-5) at Dallas (8-3), 8:15 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime   Unlike the rapturous NFL Sundays of 2023, the Thursday Night Football menu this season has been devoid of quality matchups, thrilling finishes, and games with ...