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With Caleb Williams watching from the sideline, Miller Moss threw a Holiday Bowl-record six touchdown passes in his first college start, and USC ended a frustrating season by beating Louisville 42-28.

Jim Harbaugh might have accidentally handed Alabama and Jalen Milroe some incredible bulletin board material.
The Wolverines take on the Crimson Tide Monday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff, and the hype around the game is absolutely deafening.
Fans can’t wait to find out whether or not Harbaugh and the Wolverines can finally make the title game or if Nick Saban will crush their currently perfect season.
You need to check your pulse if you’re not pumped for this game.
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines play Alabama in the playoff.

If you’re reading this, you’ve survived the holidays and are just a few sleeps away from 2024. Round of applause for everyone! You did it. We did it. As a reward, we all get to sit back and enjoy the penultimate week of the NFL season.
Side note: penultimate is such an underrated word.
Anyway, welcome to Week 17 — otherwise known as the week we used to end the season with but now we get an extra week of football, which nobody will ever complain about.

First-time candidates Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates joined nine returning finalists who advanced to the final stage of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024.

Texas A&M quarterback Jaylen Henderson was knocked out of the game on the first play of Wednesday night’s Texas Bowl loss to Oklahoma State when he took a hit and fell hard on his arm.

Smart has built one of the top programs in college football. More than a dozen former teammates, including Champ Bailey and Richard Seymour, explain what he was like on and off the field.

Brian Kelly claims he won’t leave LSU for Michigan or any other job.
There’s been growing speculation that Kelly could be on the shortlist to replace Jim Harbaugh at Michigan if the head coach of the Wolverines jumps to the NFL.
As of right now, it’s unclear what Harbaugh will do as he gears up for a playoff game against Alabama, but the belief is among many fans and pundits that there’s never been a better time for him to return to the NFL.
That’s led to a spotlight being pointed directly at Kelly. Well, he claims it’s all nonsense.

There is a scene in A Christmas Story, where, after Ralphie’s father receives the leg lamp as a promotional prize for completing a newspaper crossword puzzle, he begins describing it as a “major award” to people asking about it.
“You won it?” asks his neighbor, Swede, who starts drawing a crowd across the street to stare at the glowing leg in the Parkers’ window.
“I have mind power, Swede,” he says, swelling with pride, pounding his chest, feeling for a second like he is not beaten down by the world or his circumstances. “Mind power.

Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll bats during the 2023 World Series—the first Fall Classic to implement the pitch timer.
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With all due respect to Corey Seager, Adolis García and the rest of the Texas Rangers in their win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the most notable moments of the World Series were the ones that didn’t happen. In the first Fall Classic played with the pitch timer, there were zero clock violations over nearly 1,500 pitches thrown.

Watch out for the Los Angeles Rams. Watch out for Puka Nacua.
The Rams are 8–7 after losing six of their first nine games, and a fifth-round rookie from BYU is among the reasons why nobody will want to see them come playoff time.
Nacua has been dominant throughout the season, helping Los Angeles stay afloat while Cooper Kupp missed time earlier this year. Now, with Kupp and Nacua both healthy alongside running back Kyren Williams and quarterback Matthew Stafford, the Rams have a quartet capable of beating anybody come January.
How good has Nacua been? Keep reading.