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The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

Terrell Owens and Donovan McNabb had their falling out over 15 years ago and things have not gotten any better since. Owens was on the latest episode of Bleacher Report’s “Untold Stories” series hosted by Master Tesfatsion, and Owens dished on the beef between him and McNabb — but most important, he discussed the story about McNabb allegedly throwing up in the huddle during Super Bowl XXXIX. T.O. knows ‘for a fact’ that McNabb was out drinking The story about McNabb’s Super Bowl puking… Source link

After several questionable calls throughout the Cheezit Bowl, the SEC officiating crew was called out by Yahoo Sports. The officiating in the Cheezit Bowl where the Miami football team lost 37-34 to Oklahoma State was called out by Yahoo Sports. The Yahoo Sports account tweeted out “These refs are ruining the legacy of the Cheezit Bowl” Several blown calls throughout the game were made by officials. Miami appeared to rally from a 21-0 deficit after one quarter with a chance to tie the… Source link

Liberty ruined No. 12 Coastal Carolina’s undefeated season on Saturday night. The Flames blocked a game-tying field goal attempt from Coastal Carolina’s Massimo Biscardi in overtime to beat the Chanticleers 37-34 in the Cure Bowl. Liberty finishes the season at 10-1 while Coastal Carolina finishes the year at 11-1 after missing out on the College Football Playoff and a berth in a New Year’s Six bowl. Liberty fumbled while trying not to score Liberty should have won in regulation. The Flames… Source link

The weirdest modern bowl season is here. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s just two days between the end of the college football season and the start of bowl season. The four teams that were selected for the College Football Playoff have 12 days between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoff instead of the customary four weeks. There are also a lot of teams with losing records in bowl games this year. Losing teams are playing in the postseason thanks to bowl… Source link

The Rose Bowl won’t be played in Pasadena in 2021. The Tournament of Roses said Saturday night that the game would be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 1 due to COVID-19 restrictions in the state of California. The Rose Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinal this season. “We know that the decision was not an easy one to make,” Tournament of Roses director David Eads said in a statement. “While we remain confident that a game could have been played at the Rose… Source link

Boston College has decided to opt out of a bowl game in 2020, with the team and administrators choosing to return home for the holidays instead. Boston College athletic director Dr. Patrick Kraft informed Yahoo Sports of the decision on Thursday, which marks the first program to publicly announce it does not want to play in a bowl game. BC finished 6-5 in head coach Jeff Hafley’s first season and were likely to play in either the Gasparilla Bowl or the Military Bowl, according to bowl… Source link

Yahoo! Sports NFL insider Terez Paylor isn’t buying the Browns as a legitimate Super Bowl contender Source link

Yeah, Alabama’s the No. 1 team in the country. The Crimson Tide (8-0) were No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season on Tuesday and backed up that ranking with a 42-13 win over No. 22 Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday. Auburn (5-3) did nothing to threaten Alabama at all. It was a clear sign of things to come for the Tigers when Mac Jones found DeVonta Smith for a 66-yard TD pass to open the scoring when Auburn’s secondary completely forgot to cover the receiver… Source link

Despite the United States smashing COVID-19 infection records on nearly a daily basis, the NFL remains undeterred in its plans to host as many fans as it safely can in February’s Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida. Projecting what that will look like in November is a near impossibility, although the current grid appears to be set somewhere between 10,000-20,000 fans spread throughout Raymond James Stadium. But as cloudy as the crystal ball of attendance has become, it’s nothing compared to the… Source link