I don’t know about the rest of college football, but Nick Saban is turning a corner when it comes to his press conference answers. After going off on a tangent about not having a ‘crystal ball’ regarding the future of QB Jalen Milroe, the Alabama coach apologized for his answer, offering up a better one.
This might be the first time we’ve ever heard Saban sound like he genuinely cared about getting one of his responses right. Not that Saban is a bad guy or anything, but he has a way of coming off a little snarky if he doesn’t like the question.
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The NFL is back!
The new NFL season gets underway tonight, with the Chiefs taking on the Lions at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC. Here’s what I’m looking forward to the most over the next 18 weeks.
The SEC rules the roost in college football, and this Saturday brings a preview of what is to come after this massive round of conference realignment takes hold in the years to come. Alabama hosts Texas in primetime on Saturday night, in a game that could have significant College Football Playoff ramifications.
On paper, that matchup is the biggest in the country this weekend.
The NFL is back. Well, almost.
We’re still hours away from the Lions and the defending champion Chiefs kicking off the 2023 season Thursday night in Kansas City, in what should be a fun season opener between two very good teams.
As we get ready for things to officially get underway, let’s focus on some predictions. Our NFL experts at Sports Illustrated have made all of their predictions for the season, as well as Week 1.
NFL Network’s Peter Schrager also made his Super Bowl pick Thursday on Good Morning Football.
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Giants win the NFC East? A RB wins OPOY? We get bold with our calls for 2023.
Do you like hot takes?! No, us either. Believe it or not, we don’t think it’s very helpful to throw out a single incendiary statement like “Kirk Cousins is the worst quarterback in the NFL” to get hate clicks while you scream at us about why we’re wrong. We’ll leave that to blue checks on Twitter who are yearning for some Elon bucks.
Instead we’re calling this “Bold Predictions.
Biles won her historic eighth U.S. women’s all-around championship in August after two years away following the 2020 Olympics.
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Betting on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs is more what you’d call a “guideline” than an actual rule.
The NFL is back. Thursday Night Football is back. Making risky sports bets on your favorite NFL team to ultimately disappoint you … yeah, that is back, too.
As we get ready for tonight’s Week 1 Thursday Night Football matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Detroit Lions, we have our first opportunity to head over to DraftKings Sportsbook and place real money on real, regular season football.
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Pay issues Jonathan Taylor, Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs this offseason have highlighted an on-going problem for running backs — are wide receivers next?
The problems for running backs did not start this year with Jonathan Taylor, Saquon Barkley, and Josh Jacobs. Those situations are merely a symptom of an issue that started well over 10 years ago, when teams stopped getting first round and free agency value returns on running backs that franchises were accustomed to prior to the NFL becoming such a quarterback-friendly league.
Mike Thomas, Justin Thomas’ father, has been the two-time major winner’s swing coach for his entire career. With JT coming off his worst season since turning professional and searching for something, anything, ahead of the Ryder Cup, a rumor has circulated that Thomas has distanced himself from his dad as his swing coach.
The elder Thomas has completely denied those claims and has made it clear that he’s still very much involved with his son’s golf game.
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Mr. Irrelevant took the NFL by storm last season, can he live up to lofty expectations in 2023?
Brock Purdy took the NFL by storm during the latter half of the season. The last pick in the NFL Draft hit the ground running in December, and didn’t lose a start in a game where he finished.
Purdy took over for an injured Jimmy Garoppolo, but their numbers were eerily similar to each other. Both players averaged around seven yards per attempt and completed about 67 percent of their passes. Jimmy G was known for his quick release and efficiency numbers.