Author: Mitch Lucas

The Southeastern Conference has invaded the Dallas Metroplex area. SEC coaches address the media this morning, beginning with Commissioner Greg Sankey shortly. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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SEC Media Days under way in Dallas

College football season is still more than a month away. But the unofficial start of college football season feels like this week a little bit, doesn’t it? There won’t be actual games, but for the first time in over a

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Texas second-string quarterback Arch Manning negotiated with EA Sports and is now in the new College Football 25 game that's released on Tuesday. He also has an unbelievably-high (for a backup) 87 overall rating. Unfair? (Photo courtesy of LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM)
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Arch Manning an 87 rating in the new game?

So, we know Arch Manning did some last-minute negotiating and just got into the new EA Sports College Football 2025 game. Did part of that negotiating include his in-game rating? Awful Annoucing’s Ben Axelrod has a story (Arch Manning rating

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Greg Olsen, the former NFL tight end and a pretty darn good analyst so far in his career, will drop to No. 2 in Fox's lineup to make room for recent-retiree Tom Brady, who will work with Kevin Burkhardt on the network's No. 1 game each week. (Photo courtesy of NYPOST.COM)
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FOX getting NFL line-ups set

So, who’s working with who on NFL game broadcasts at FOX, now that former quarterback recent retiree Tom Brady has plunged into the booth? Fox is making that more clear in recent days, according to a story by Joe Lucia

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In a complete "total surprise," Kansas City, the NFL's defending Super Bowl champion, is the favorite by DraftKings Sportsbook to finish with most regular season wins this upcoming season, followed closely by San Francisco and Baltimore. Pictured: Chiefs coach Andy Reid (center) and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. (Photo courtesy of ATHLONSPORTS.COM)
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Chiefs, Ravens, Niners favored for most wins

If pressed right now, if interrogated, and you had to answer, what three to four teams would you say would have the best regular season records in the National Football League this upcoming season? Would that be – in some

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Texas and Alabama meet in Austin here in this footage from the new EA Sports College Football 25, released this coming Tuesday on several platforms. (Photo courtesy of GAMEINFORMER.COM)
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EA Sports’ CFB 25 release is Tuesday

Here’s the question: are you more excited about the lead-in to college football season this week, hearing all the talk about the season getting closer, the previews for the games, as the SEC Media Days takes place in Dallas, for

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Michigan wide receiver Siaosi Mariner (14) is pulling away from defenders in the UFL's USFL Conference Championship Game at Birmingham's Protective Stadium on Saturday. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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Michigan leads B’ham at half

BIRMINGHAM – The UFL’s conference championship games are this weekend, and in the first one, here at Protective Stadium, one-loss Birmingham is in trouble – although they did make a late comeback in the second quarter. The Stallions, 9-1 and

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UFL Conference Championship Games this weekend

Is football supposed to be fun? Well, of course it is. Remember Petey from “Remember The Titans?” Of course, remember coach Herman Boone’s answer? Football Zero Fun Sir (youtube.com). In spite of Coach Boone, we’re all going to have a

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