What looked to be another highly entertaining game in the making between North Carolina and South Carolina on Saturday night turned into the Tar Heels defense running the Gamecocks out of Charlotte in a 31-17 win. UNC’s defensive performance had Mack Brown breaking out the dance moves in the postgame locker room celebration.
The quarterback duel between Drake Maye and Spencer Rattler had all the makings of a game ending on the final drive. But the pregame narrative slowly turned into a nightmare for the Gamecocks offensive line, who could not contain a rabid Gene Chizik defensive unit.
Author: Michael
ORLANDO — LSU football coach Brian Kelly threw caution to the wind last week on his radio show.
“We’re going to go beat the heck out of Florida State,” he said simply.
That’s usually something a player might say, and his coach gets mad.
Coaches also usually do not go for two at home in overtime when an extra point would tie and a failed two-point conversion would lose the game. But that’s what Kelly did against Alabama last season, and won.
Apparently, Kelly is going for it in his second season at LSU.
When most people think of what a college football kicker looks like they usually think of a small, skinnier dude.
What they don’t think of is the kind of guy that could just easily be vacuuming up rebounds playing center on the basketball court as they are kicking field goals.
Well, Montana State Bobcats kicker Brendan Hall is exactly that kind of kicker.
The junior out of Springtown, Texas measures in at 6-foot-9 and 232 pounds.
He’s a big dude and when he trotted out to kick an extra point early in the Bobcats game against Utah Tech, his height blew people’s brains.
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Max Verstappen is on the cusp of history, but can Ferrari deny him at Monza?
If you are reading this then you probably know: Max Verstappen is on the cusp of Formula 1 history.
Having won nine straight races, one more victory would put his name in the history books. Verstappen currently sits level with Sebastian Vettel’s mark of nine straight wins, set back in 2013. With a win in the Italian Grand Prix, Verstappen will set a new F1 standard.
But it will not be easy given what we saw on Saturday. Instead of Verstappen on pole, it will be Carlos Sainz Jr.
Jalen Milroe made an emphatic statement about why he should be Alabama’s starting quarterback moving forward, scoring five total touchdowns in a 56-7 win over Middle Tennessee.
Deion Sanders’ new-look Colorado showed out, Tennessee won big and Michigan players really missed their coach — and the rest of the best from Week 1.
I don’t know if this makes sense, but try to follow along. When referring to “Carolina,” I always default to North Carolina unless I’m talking about South Carolina, in which case it applies to the Gamecocks. It makes sense in my heart if not my head. But perhaps North Carolina has asserted itself as the one true Carolina until such time as South Carolina can actually beat them on the football field, which they did not Saturday night, falling to the Heels, 31-17. The clash of two talented quarterbacks didn’t exactly live up to the billing of two great signal-callers.
You’re not going to find Alabama on this list, and USC is MIA, also. This ranking is reserved for the teams that made eye-opening first impressions this weekend.
Former NFL quarterback Matt Cassel is working with NBC this season for the network’s inaugural “Big Ten Saturday Night” football coverage.
Cassel, who is obviously employed by the network for his football prowess, was flamed on social media for his outfit choice ahead of No. 7 Penn State’s 38–15 win over West Virginia in Happy Valley.
Cassel donned a purple button-down shirt complete with a purple plaid sports jacket.
China had no answer for the former NBA Sixth Man of the Year.