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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
This usually is the time of year that Mississippi alumnus Sid Seal is putting the final plans in place for the pregame tailgate parties he has organized for the last two decades. Ole Miss bills itself as the school that offers "the most iconic tailgating in college athletics" with fans flocking to The Grove, a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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' [...]
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 [...]
Ohio State freshman Jack Sawyer already has a new truck thanks to an endorsement deal under new rules that allow him to profit from the use of his name, image or likeness. If any of the defensive end's teammates are jealous of Sawyer's relationship with actor Mark Wahlberg's auto dealership, they are so far keeping [...]