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AFC clearly the deeper, more powerful conference

It's almost as if the NFL is emulating college football heading into the 2021 season. Yes, the Buccaneers are the defending champions and the Packers deservedly have title aspirations. The rest of the NFC, well, it looks more like Conference USA in comparison to the AFC, the professional version of the SEC. It is that [...]

By |2021-09-13T16:33:44-04:00Thursday, September 9, 2021|

Browns looking to complete long climb to top in AFC North

CLEVELAND (AP) — During a 2020 season strewn with unknowns and unprecedented obstacles, the Browns ended two lengthy droughts. They're focused on quenching another — a first division title since 1989. Not since the AFC Central underwent a name change in 2002 and became the AFC North has Cleveland finished ahead of division rivals Pittsburgh, [...]

By |2021-09-09T16:07:01-04:00Wednesday, September 8, 2021|

Burrow, Bengals healthy and hopeful after 2020 debacle

CINCINNATI — Plagued by injuries to key players — including franchise quarterback Joe Burrow — on top of all the pandemic-related disruption, last season was a special kind of mess for the Cincinnati Bengals. There is plenty of reason to believe this season will be better than that 4-11-1 result for the moribund Bengals. But [...]

By |2021-09-08T08:54:11-04:00Tuesday, September 7, 2021|

Fresh arms: Playoff teams feature new starting quarterbacks

Bryce Young was mostly a spectator for Alabama's march to the College Football Playoffs last season. Ditto for Ohio State's C.J. Stroud. DJ Uiagalelei was a superb fill-in when Clemson needed him most. Notre Dame's Jack Coan was at a different school altogether. All four teams from last season's playoffs sent its starting quarterback on [...]

By |2021-09-07T16:20:02-04:00Thursday, September 2, 2021|

Bell, Enagbare among nation’s best on losing teams

Great players make for great teams. Well, not always. Elite talent is spread across college football, and some of the top players at their positions are on teams that struggle. Consider this: Five players on The Associated Press All-America first or second teams were at schools with losing records. In that spirit, let's take a [...]

By |2021-09-07T15:58:53-04:00Wednesday, September 1, 2021|

Clemson looks to extend ACC run with 7th straight title

James Skalski has been looking forward to third-ranked Clemson's opener against No. 5 Georgia on the same field where the Tigers maintain their Atlantic Coast Conference dominance. "We usually end our regular season in Charlotte," the Clemson linebacker said. And there's no reason to expect otherwise in 2021, either. The Tigers are favored to win [...]

By |2021-09-07T14:37:49-04:00Tuesday, August 31, 2021|

Many sports fans lament move to digital tickets

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — John Fey was rummaging through a box of old scrapbooks this summer when he came upon a couple lost treasures. At the bottom of the box, detached from the page they were once glued to, were ticket stubs from Nebraska's 1971 "Game of the Century" win against Oklahoma and the Cornhuskers' [...]

By |2021-09-07T14:37:35-04:00Tuesday, August 31, 2021|

Ball State favored to repeat as champs in balanced Mid-American Conference

When Ball State was picked to repeat as Mid-American Conference champion, coach Mike Neu shrugged off the prediction in his typically low-key manner. He knew the history. The last six league champs came from six different campuses. Only three teams have earned back-to-back crowns since the first championship game in 1997. And no MAC school [...]

By |2021-08-31T12:35:36-04:00Monday, August 30, 2021|
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