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Late Saturday night, a question about the LSU offense led to a fiery retort from head coach Brian Kelly and one of the 2025 season’s early viral moments. In the hours that followed, those moments apparently got a lot more reflective. Kelly opened his weekly news conference on Monday with an apology for the rant following LSU’s grinding 20-10 victory …

MINNEAPOLIS — They knew this was possible. When head coach Kevin O’Connell and the other Minnesota Vikings’ decision-makers chose to go this route for 2025, they knew he could be standing here postgame at the lectern, looking like he’d just lived through four hours of misery. Young quarterbacks tend to be a bit of a roller-coaster ride. Your strategy may …

EAGAN, Minn. — There are often important little Easter-egg-like nuggets hidden in Kevin O’Connell’s news conferences. They’re easy to miss. His discernment regarding what to say — and what not to say — is exceptional, but every so often, he’ll provide a pivotal tidbit. This happened on Wednesday. He was asked about young quarterback J.J. McCarthy and how the second-year …

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Fran Brown spent two years at Georgia being taught to hate the folks in Knoxville. His players say he’s playing “Rocky Top” obnoxiously loud at practice. He’s played the Tennessee fight song so much that the Orange can barely stomach the sound of it anymore. Both Syracuse and Tennessee sport new-look offenses in 2025, and …

Inside Trump’s DC crackdown: Swarms of agents and arrests for minor offenses  Reuters ‘It’s a real mess’: DC courts buckling as Trump’s crime crackdown brings deluge of new cases  CNN ‘The most illegal search’: Judges push back against D.C. criminal charges  NPR In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests  The New York Times Local DC cases are landing in federal …

Doing predictions is never an easy task, but something that seems to be a bit stickier year over year is NFL offenses. With how much investment gets poured into the offensive side of the ball, the top offenses remain at the top for longer. Teams with continuity amongst both sides of the ball really, but especially offensively will really jump …

Jason Mackey: Cam Heyward can read offenses, but he’s apparently not very good at reading a room  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Steelers’ Heyward hints at sitting out into season over contract  ESPN Cam Heyward is “looking to be valued”  NBC Sports Pittsburgh Steelers DC Addresses Cam Heyward Hold-In  Sports Illustrated Steelers’ Cam Heyward is open to sitting out regular-season games in search of a raise  NFL.com Source …

The Detroit Lions’ exhibition season opened with a deflating thud in a turnover-filled drubbing. Mistakes were abundant. The offense struggled to generate drives, the defense let the Chargers control the ground game and showcase Trey Lance, and the special teams units gift-wrapped field position before the opening possessions of each half. Still summer class is in session, this was on …