GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers are 2-0 after two of the most impressive wins of this young NFL season. The Cleveland Browns are 0-2 after getting trounced last week and going 3-14 last season. On paper, the Packers should roll. Games aren’t played on paper. Here are three reasons why the Packers will lose to the Browns …
Read More »CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Steve Angeli threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns before leaving with a lower leg injury, Justus Ross-Simmons hauled in two TD passes and Syracuse upset heavily-favored Clemson 34-21 on Saturday sending the Tigers to their worst start ever under coach Dabo Swinney. Angeli threw first half TD passes to Ross-Simmons and Darrell Gill Jr. while …
Read More »Plenty of NFL fans didn’t make this week’s Thursday night game priority viewing. After all, the Buffalo Bills were expected to blow out the Miami Dolphins. Instead, the Dolphins put a pretty big scare into the Bills. Advertisement The Bills didn’t blow out the Dolphins. If not for a brutal roughing the punter penalty and a late interception by Tua …
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Rocco Becht in action in Saturday’s 24-16 at Arkansas State. Photo courtesy Iowa State Athletics Communications. Iowa State played brilliant football for 28 seconds of Saturday’s game at heavy underdog Arkansas State. The other 59 minutes and 32 seconds? A mistake-filled mixed bag for the No. 14 Cyclones, who still managed to stave off the Red Wolves’ stirring upset bid, …
Read More »It’s been a while since Georgia Tech football had this much to celebrate. Students in Atlanta made the most of a big win Saturday afternoon and ultimately dumped a goalpost into the pool of school president Ángel Cabrera’s mansion after marching it through the streets of Atlanta. As is tradition. Advertisement Georgia Tech upended No. 12 Clemson 24-21 on Saturday …
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On Saturday, New Mexico defeated UCLA 35-10 to secure its first win over a Power Four opponent since 2008. UCLA paid New Mexico $1.2 million to travel to Los Angeles for the game, per On3’s Brett McMurphy. With the loss, the Bruins record fell to 0-3 this season. They’ve also lost to Utah and UNLV. However, neither of those defeats …
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KNOXVILLE, TN — It’s not hard to notice the overall sense of excitement around the campus of Tennessee this week, ahead of the Top-15 showdown with Georgia that will certainly have the attention of college football fans. But, luckily for us all, we have a monster weekend ahead that spans the entire day. Before last week’s upset loss to …
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With a solid Week 1 behind us, including the winning upset pick for the Raiders to win and cover, it’s time for the Week 2 edition of my confidence picks. I’m giving two picks for each game: One is which team I predict to win outright, the other is which team I predict will cover the point spread. Each pick …
Read More »Five keys to No. 5 Miami avoiding an upset against No. 18 USF 247Sports College football betting lines: Ranked USF looks to upset another in-state rival ESPN Miami Hurricanes’ Carson Beck is a fan of USF’s Byrum Brown. Just not this Saturday Miami Herald Miami will try to prevent South Florida from matching their 1987 standard Canes Warning Picking the winner in Miami vs. …
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Could the Cleveland Browns have won in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals despite K Andre Szmyt missing two kicks (field goal, extra point)? Sure, a lot of other plays could have changed the actual outcome of the game. Could the Browns still have lost even if Szmyt made both kicks? Sure, Bengals QB Joe Burrow has a lot of …
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