Sep. 6—Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck coached at Western Michigan. So did Jack Harbaugh, father of Jim and John Harbaugh. So did Elliot Uzelac, whose job as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator went up in flames when star running back Robert Smith sat out the 1991 season because of a conflict with Uzelac. And so did Tim Lester, who took over for …

Getty Images If Thursday night’s season opener between the Chiefs and Ravens is a foreshadowing of how teams will handle the new kickoff rules this season, the NFL may have a problem on its hands.  The new “dynamic kickoff” had little impact on Thursday night. Of the 11 combined kickoffs, nine resulted in touchbacks. This is clearly not what the NFL had …

Shanahan reveals miraculous spot on Pearsall’s body where he was shot originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Ricky Pearsall’s road to recovery after being shot last weekend is a miracle on its own. The 49ers rookie wide receiver was shot during an attempted armed robbery Saturday near San Francisco’s Union Square, with the bullet going through his chest without …

Manny Diaz enters his second game as the Duke football head coach after leading the Blue Devils to a 26-3 victory over Elon in a dominant defensive effort last week. Duke had eight sacks and held Elon to 2.3 yards per play in its Week 1 victory but will face a stronger offense when Duke plays the Northwestern Wildcats on …

Success in NFL survivor pools is all about strategically plotting your way through the NFL schedule. You only have to pick one winner each week, but because you only get to use each team once, you have to make sure have several locks left as you progress through the season. At the same time, if you try to finesse your …

And we’re back! The 2024 season is underway with a jam-packed weekend of NFL action in front of us.  As we do every week, we’ve collected all of the best picks and gambling content from CBSSports.com and SportsLine and put them in one place, so you can get picks against the spread from our CBS Sports experts as well as …

No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will host No. 3 Texas Longhorns during week two of the NCAA football season. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Defending national champs the Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns both won their first games of the season last week, and the two will meet this weekend in Ann Arbor for Week 2 of NCAA football. …

Thursday’s season opener left us with plenty to talk about. The Ravens offensive identity, the wild finish, illegal formation penalties, kickoffs and more. The one storyline that stands out to me is the immediate impact of wide receiver Xavier Worthy (and the subsequent Bills trolling).  Worthy had just three touches, but he made the most of them with 68 scrimmage …

Tight end Pat Freiermuth is coming off the worst numbers of his three NFL seasons. However, the Pittsburgh Steelers intend to keep him around, reaching agreement with Freiermuth on a four-year, $48.4 million contract extension. Last season, Freiermuth caught 32 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns. He was limited to 12 games (and nine starts) due to a hamstring …

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Jeff Lebby ducks into a nearby open room as construction workers loudly clang away in his office as part of a summer remodel.  This is where we’d typically make the obvious comparison to what Lebby inherited as Mississippi State’s new coach, but it wouldn’t be the appropriate analogy. Mississippi State football didn’t need a remodel when Lebby …

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love will face the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time as a starting quarterback on Friday, but this isn’t his first time on the field against Philadelphia. Love replaced Aaron Rodgers in 2022 after the future Hall of Fame quarterback injured his ribs. Love was stellar in relief, completing 6-of-9 passes for 113 yards and …

The Cincinnati Bengals are still the largest favorites on the Week 1 NFL schedule, as Joe Burrow and company open their season against the New England Patriots on Sunday. However, after opening as 9-point favorites in the Week 1 NFL odds via SportsLine Consensus, that line has retreated to Bengals -8.5. So what’s the cause of that NFL line movement …

With six sophomores in the starting lineup, North Star football coach Bob Landis expects growing pains to be mixed with the splash plays his youthful Cougars have made through two weeks of the Inter-County Conference schedule. The bottom line as Landis sees it, North Star will carry a 2-0 record into Friday night’s home game against Somerset County rival Meyersdale …

The way the Philadelphia Eagles finished the 2023 NFL season, it was almost as if they needed a getaway, tapped out of both energy and enthusiasm. The way the Green Bay Packers finished, it was almost as if they were too big for the American stage, primed for an even grander spotlight. Now, as the 2024 NFL campaign gets underway, …

Report: Patriots work out multiple tight ends before Week 1 vs. Bengals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots are in pretty good shape at tight end entering Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season, but it’s still important to have options in case of injury. The Patriots worked out tight ends Irv Smith and Zaire Mitchell-Paden …