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Published Sep. 11, 2023, 1:19 p.m.By James CrepeaBo Nix picked up his first conference weekly award of the 2023 season.Oregon’s quarterback was named Pac-12 offensive player of the week for helping lead the No. 13 Ducks to a 38-30 comeback win at Texas Tech.Nix went 32 of 44 for 359 yards and two touchdowns and had nine carries for 46 yards in the win. It was his eighth career 300-yard passing game ...

Coach Prime and his Colorado football team are coming to Autzen Stadium next week, and the expected top-25 matchup against Oregon will get marquee treatment.The No. 13 Ducks (2-0) and No. 18 Buffaloes (2-0) will kickoff at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 23 and the game will be televised by ABC, the Pac-12 announced Monday. It will be the conference opener for both teams.Oregon, predicted to be a contender for the ...

Has Ohio State's quarterback competition finally been resolved?The battle between junior Kyle McCord and redshirt freshman Devin Brown has been the biggest plotline with the Buckeyes ever since C.J. Stroud's departure to the NFL left them without an obvious successor.According to coach Ryan Day, the two went back and forth in their competition, with neither truly separating himself.But someone had ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sam Hartman, no longer winless at Carter-Finley Stadium, was walking to the Notre Dame football team bus after a long, soggy, satisfying Saturday afternoon in the capital of his home state.Having led the 11th-ranked Irish (US LBM Coaches Poll) to a 45-24 win over his longtime nemesis, N.C. State, the sixth-year graduate transfer quarterback from Wake Forest had family and friends waiting ...

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 4:34 PMNorth Carolina athletic and administrative leaders huddled Monday in a closed session of the UNC board of trustees to discuss how to best handle the eligibility situation with wide receiver Devontez “Tez” Walker.UNC chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz called it an “important meeting” but offered few details following the 90-minute session.“We’re keeping all options on the ...

Omaha World-HeraldBefore each game — regardless where he’s at — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said he heads to middle of the field to ask for a pregame blessing. He asks that every guy who plays on the field comes off it without injury.In the hour before NU’s game at Colorado, Rhule went to CU Buffalo at midfield for the same prayer. When Buff quarterback Shedeur Sanders went in to break up the pregame ...

It’s a rough stat.Two weeks into the season, every Big Ten team has recorded at least one win. Well, every Big Ten team but Nebraska. Yes, even Northwestern. Yes, even Indiana. Rutgers is 2-0.Nebraska, though, isn’t panicking — at least outwardly.My three takes from Matt Rhule’s Monday availability.Jeff Sims’ starting status is up in the airBefore Nebraska fans get too worked up about this, Sims’ status ...

Michigan State quarterback Noah Kim, who went 18-of-22 passing for 292 yards and three touchdowns, was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Spartans’ 45-14 win over Richmond last Saturday.He finished the game by completing 15 straight passes. In the season opener, Kim threw for 279 yards in a win against Central Michigan. He is 36-of-53 for 571 yards with five ...

Detroit Free PressIt’s not about sex. It’s about judgment.That’s the reason Mel Tucker has been suspended as coach of the Michigan State Spartans and, in all likelihood, will never coach them again.Judgment. Not sex. A hearing will determine whether what went on between Tucker and a woman named Brenda Tracy was consensual or not. But in truth, we shouldn’t need to be rooting around in Tucker’s bedroom, ...

ANN ARBOR -- Some of Jim Harbaugh’s earliest and most cherished memories come from when his dad, Jack, was a football coach at Bowling Green.Jim was 4 years old when his dad began the first of his three seasons as an assistant coach at the Ohio school. Jack had played football there from 1957 to 1960 and met his wife, Jackie, in an English class. “There’s a great picture of my dad sitting on the bench ...