Month: January 2020

Only two playoff spots for 2020, one in the AFC and one in the NFC, were open for the taking when the NFL’s final week of the regular season arrived. They were snagged by the Titans and Eagles hours before the 49ers beat the Seahawks on “Sunday Night Football” in incredible fashion to clinch the NFC West and complete the NFL playoff bracket for 2020. The final playoff standings based on the Week 17 results also bring…

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The 2019 NFL regular season is coming to an end, and there’s just one game left in the college football season. With the 2020 NFL Draft order being settled and with bowl games in full swing, it’s becoming a little easier to project what teams are positioned to take the best prospects on the board, before we dive into the four-month process of evaluation ahead of the first round April 23. There have been plenty of showcase games for the…

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College football’s early signing period may be over, but the excitement surrounding the 2020 recruiting class isn’t finished yet. Several four- and five-star recruits are scheduled to announce their commitments during Thursday’s 2020 Under Armour All-America Game about where they’ll play college football next season. That includes two players who will reveal with whom they have signed their national letters of intent. Those players include 247Sports top-100 recruits Darnell Washington (No. 1 athlete, No. 10…

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Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is in concussion protocol after injuring himself in the third quarter of the Crimson Tide’s 35-16 over Michigan. Ruggs dove for a deep third-down pass from quarterback Mac Jones, and clutched his left leg after missing the pass. But Alabama coach Nick Saban said after the game that Ruggs was in concussion protocol. “Henry hit his head on the turf,” Nick Saban said (via AL.com). “He’s in the concussion…

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NFL picks and predictions in the regular season may be considered a breeze compared to those in the NFL playoffs, where all 12 participating teams are worthy of their places in the AFC and NFC brackets. Of course, based on the playoff seeding, the wild-card round in 2020 does offer some relatively easy picks. The Patriots and the Saints opened as solid home favorites over the Vikings and Titans, respectively, for the wild-card round. It’s…

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The Packers will try and lock up a top seed in the NFC playoff bracket on Sunday as they travel to Detroit to take on the Lions in Week 17. Green Bay (12-3) wrapped up the division with a win on “Monday Night Football” against Minnesota in Week 16. Now, the Packers will try and clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs with a win on Sunday. Green Bay’s been on a roll as of…

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The 2019 NFL season has now become the 2020 NFL playoffs. Only 12 teams are left standing in the quest to reach and win Super Bowl 54. The past tells us once a team is in the AFC or NFC tournament, what happened in the regular season is meaningless. Now it’s about getting hot and navigating matchups with a higher degree of difficulty to win the three or four games necessary to win it all. MORE…

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The United States and Finland meet up in the quarterfinals on Thursday in a rematch of last year’s gold-medal game. Like last year, the United States and Finland enter the game as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds from their respective groups. The United States is looking for a different result this year after the Finns won on a Kaapo Kakko goal with under two minutes remaining in the game in the 2019 final.  It’ll…

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No. 9 Alabama and No. 17 Michigan face off in the Citrus Bowl on Wednesday, one of four college football bowls on the 2020 New Year’s Day schedule. Alabama (10-2, 6-2 SEC) makes its way to the Citrus Bowl after suffering two regular-season losses to LSU and Auburn — the first time that has happened since 2010. The Crimson Tide had College Football Playoff championship aspirations this season, so it’s on Nick Saban to keep…

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Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer, who has suffered multiple concussions this season, left Wednesday’s Sugar Bowl game against Georgia after taking another hit to the head. In the fourth quarter, Brewer scrambled from the pocket and ran out of bounds before being popped by defensive lineman Travon Walker late. His head appeared to bounce off the turf as he went down. He stayed on the turf for some time, and was eventually carted off the field.…

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