Two plays into the Indianapolis Colts’ first defensive drive against the Houston Texans, the AFC South leaders lost one of their newest defensive stars. The Colts have ruled out cornerback Sauce Gardner for the rest of their Week 13 divisional game. Gardner appeared to get hurt while taking on a block from Texans tight end Cade Stover on his second ...
On Saturday night, Auburn football saw its dreams of bowl eligibility and a win against archrival Alabama vanish in a gutting 27-20 loss in the Iron Bowl. By Sunday morning, the Tigers had a new coach. Auburn is hiring South Florida head coach Alex Golesh for the same role, the school announced on Sunday, Nov. 30. “Auburn football is one ...
The Razorbacks announced the hiring of Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield for its coaching vacancy on Sunday, Nov. 30. Silverfield led the Tigers to an 8-4 record this season and defeated Arkansas 32-31 on Sept. 20. “It became clear during our conversations that Coach Silverfield shares our vision of making the College Football Playoffs and competing for a national championship,” Arkansas athletic ...
Play your way into the College Football Playoff if you can. Talk your way in if you must. Notre Dame’s eye test, Alabama’s strength of schedule will head up talking points among CFP’s bubble teams. Texas, Vanderbilt, Miami coaches join the battle of rhetoric. It’s time to play choose your talking points. Line your stomach, gird your loins or cover ...
AI-assisted summary Ohio State coach Ryan Day showed maturity and humility after finally defeating Michigan. It was a snowy Week 14, making for some fun football weather conditions. The Mountain West conference championship matchup was delayed due to a tiebreaker involving computer metrics. It was a moment Ryan Day waited 2,191 days for. After four straight losses to That Team ...
Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too). What just happened? What does it ...
Kalen DeBoer made a gutsy call. Then Alabama’s coach made a funny. All smiles for the Crimson Tide after Iron Bowl victory, grimy though it was. Alabama needed fourth down heroics to win Iron Bowl, just as it did in 2023. Alabama on playoff bubble, but is probably safe for now. AUBURN, AL – Kalen DeBoer made a gutsy call. ...
Lane Kiffin said after Ole Miss football’s 38-19 win over rival Mississippi State on Friday, Nov. 28, that he’d have an answer on his coaching future Nov. 29. However, that decision has yet to come, as the college football world awaits an announcement from Kiffin, who led the Rebels to an 11-1 finish this season and a likely College Football ...
The scene inside Michigan Stadium, in the cold and snow, played out like a horror film … for the home team, at least. Michigan football fans left in droves throughout the fourth quarter on Saturday, Nov. 29, as Ohio State fans celebrated in enemy territory. OSU’s mascot, Brutus, had drawn a large X through the ‘M’ in Michigan in the ...
Quarterback never used to be a concern for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That was until Father Time caught up to Ben Roethlisberger, of course. Since his retirement, it has been a revolving door at the most important position in sports, rotating through veterans and rookies without finding one capable of sticking around. That road led the Steelers to Aaron Rodgers in ...