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Who had TCU as the first Texas program to (possibly) make the College Football Playoff?

I hate to give Texas credit for anything because the state already takes credit for everything. However, of all the supposed football-obsessed hubs, the Lone Star State tops them all. Mostly because of how unhealthy the population’s dedication to the sport is — I’m sure there are Texans who got wher...

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UVA cancels final home football game on day shooter is due in court [Updated]

Three days after an on-campus shooting took the lives of three Virginia football players, the university canceled the Cavaliers’ final home game of the season, which would’ve been Saturday against nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina. Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler were the three ki...

Aaron Patrick is pulling a Reggie Bush

By signing an NFL contract, players assume a significant risk. Injury is commonplace in all athletics, but football is a collision sport. Combine the contact of combat sports with stopping, accelerating, and the changing of direction required in basketball, and a significant number of injuries are e...

Does anyone know who the frontrunner for NFL Comeback Player of the Year is?

The NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award is one of the most head-scratching awards in all of professional sports. Nobody really knows what it entails. Just look at the most recent award winners. All of them had wildly different paths to the honor. ...

Give Brian Robinson Jr. his props for the Washington Commanders’ upset victory

Yes, the officiating was questionable. Both teams have cause to complain, and also, the Philadelphia Eagles caught the shorter end of the stick. That being said, they still had every opportunity to extend their record to 9-0 against a below .500 division rival that they demolished on the road seven ...

The UVA shooting, and why sports can’t be America’s savior while also being a target

The University of Virginia’s athletic department shouldn’t be dominating headlines for something like this....

The Atlanta Falcons must be kicking themselves watching Justin Fields

Justin Fields may be evolving into the franchise quarterback Chicago Bears fans have been waiting for since Al Capone was alive. Jim McMahon was a capable Super Bowl-winning game manager, but Fields is demonstrating his potential to introduce Chicagoans to a higher caliber of individual quarterback ...

NFL Week 10 Powerless Rankings: Only the Raiders can lose on a Sunday to a Saturday

It’s time to check in on the teams that can’t get out of their own way. We’re halfway through the 2022 NFL season, and much of it has been unpredictable, but there are always a few teams we expect to disappoint their fanbases. Now let’s get into the powerless ranking for Week 10....

A healthier Commanders defense might just upend Eagles’ perfect season

The Washington Commanders’ strongest unit is their defensive line. Even without Chase Young, the group is big, athletic, and dependable. On Monday Night Football tonight they will be going up against a team with one of the strongest offenses in the NFL — the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles....

The 49ers don't need Jimmy G to throw TDs to win

The Jimmy Garoppolo experience, a ride with far fewer thrills than the Michael Vick one from the Nike commercial. Riding with Jimmy Garoppolo has gotten the San Francisco 49ers to the doorstep of the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl Championship, but he hasn’t been able to get them inside the building....

Josh McDaniels needs to be fired immediately

Josh McDonald’s, er, McDaniels should be fired....

The Dallas Cowboys are allergic to winning in November

November has rolled around, and like clockwork, the Dallas Cowboys proved once again why they can’t be trusted once expectations are placed on their shoulder pads. Nobody outside Wisconsin gave the Packers a chance to beat the Cowboys Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, Dallas must’ve missed the email ...

Josh McDaniels lost to Jeff Saturday in the ‘White Privilege Bowl’

It wasn’t a coincidence. It was evidence. ...

Three University of Virginia football players shot and killed on campus

Three members of the University of Virginia football team were gunned down on the Charlottesville campus late Sunday night and two more were injured, according to police and university officials....

Can Christian Watson get Aaron Rodgers and the Packers through the QB’s contract extension?

For all of the press that Romeo Doubs received during the summer, the wide receiver from the Green Bay Packers 2022 draft class who they had their hopes set on the most was Christian Watson. This FCS star put an exclamation point on his evaluation at the draft combine. ...

Week 10 NFL Takeaways: A few star players shined light on the entire league

Yesterday was most certainly not the most entertaining Sunday of NFL games ever played....

Heartbreak haunts Buffalo again in sickening overtime loss to Minnesota

The Buffalo Bills continue to find more excruciating ways to break their fans’ hearts by losing. This time they did it in the closing seconds and overtime of their Week 10 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. ...

Tom Brady finally fell off that cliff in Germany, but not the one you’re thinking

In the latest edition of “when trick plays go wrong,” we get Tom Brady falling flat on his ass while running a simple go route. Halfway through the third quarter of Tampa Bay’s game against Seattle in Munich, Germany, Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich decided to run a wildcat-looking p...

By all means, the 49ers should have no trouble with the Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are a very good football team. Even in the absence of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams for parts of the season, the downfall of JC Jackson, and the abysmal play of Jerry Tiller on the D-line — thankfully he just got waived — the Chargers have played their way to a 5-3 record a...